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GENERAL
Nickname: Cougars
Colors: Orange/Blue
Coach: Jason Johnson
League: Great Lakes (moving from Freelance)
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #63

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: -45.4
2018 National Rank: #13654
2018 State Rank: #314
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -3.5
2019 Starting Power Rating: -64.2
2019 National Rank: #13683
2019 State Rank: #318
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): -7
Dynasty National Rank: #11002
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 57.2
Dynasty Record: 61-98 (25-11 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 1-9
2018 League Record/Finish:  
2018 Points For Average: 7.8
2018 Points Against Average: 42.8
2018 Differential: -35
2018 Wins: #13828 Hammond (14-12)
2018 Losses: #4237 Thornton (Harvey, IL) (58-0), #5935 Morton (Hammond) (52-6), #6522 Griffith (53-0), #9721 Woodstock (IL) (62-6), #10890 Gavit [Donald E.] (Hammond) (46-0), #11152 East Chicago Central (East Chicago) (38-8), #11169 Bowman Academy [Thea] (Gary) (44-6), #12084 Roosevelt [Theodore] (Gary) (32-18), #13062 Clark [George Rogers] (Whiting) (31-20)
2018 Opponents W-L: 46-55
Recent League Championships: 2013 (Northwestern), 2012 (Northwestern), 2011 (Northwestern), 2010 (Northwestern), 2009 (Northwestern), 2008 (Northwestern), 2005 (tied for 1st; Northwestern)
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 8/23 at Roosevelt [Theodore] (Gary), 8/30 at Attucks [Crispus] (Indianapolis), 9/6 at Mishawaka, 9/13 Bowman Academy [Thea] (Gary), 9/20 at Morton (Hammond), 9/27 Hammond, 10/4 East Chicago Central (East Chicago), 10/11 at Clark [George Rogers] (Whiting), 10/18 at Gavit [Donald E.] (Hammond)
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Mishawaka (10.1), Morton (Hammond) (-8.9), East Chicago Central (East Chicago) (-29.8)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Hammond (-62.8), Clark [George Rogers] (Whiting) (-52.9), Roosevelt [Theodore] (Gary) (-44.6)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -18 (-16.7 overall)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -32.2
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -14.2
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #258
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #11188
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 1-8
2019 Projected League Finish: 6th
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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