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GENERAL
Nickname: Wildcats
Colors: Blue
Coach: Craig Turner
League: Middlesex - Freedom
Playoff Division: 4
Playoff Division Rank: #26

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2018 JV Record: 2-7
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Dean Nally 6'1" 230 Senior LB/OL 5.0
Bailey Smith 5'10" 210 Senior RB/LB 4.8
Pat McAndrew 6'3" 285 Senior OL/DL 5.5

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: OL, RB, Exceptional Sophomore Class
Team Weaknesses: Line Depth, LB Depth, QB Inexperience

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: -8.8
2018 National Rank: #8413
2018 State Rank: #174
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.4
2019 Starting Power Rating: -25.6
2019 National Rank: #8611
2019 State Rank: #175
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 21
Dynasty National Rank: #3092
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 46.6
Dynasty Record: 105-71 [104-72 on the field] (51-36 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 3-8
2018 League Record/Finish: 1-4 (5th)
2018 Points For Average: 14.8
2018 Points Against Average: 25.8
2018 Differential: -11
2018 Wins: #9559 Watertown (33-7), #10274 Shawsheen Valley Tech (Billerica) (10-7), #10409 Bedford (35-10)
2018 Losses: #636 Tewksbury Memorial (Tewksbury) (43-0), #1181 Stoneham (36-7), #2585 Lynn Classical (Lynn) (38-8), #4840 Melrose (17-14), #5306 Winchester (34-18), #6326 Burlington (42-7), #7270 Somerville (34-22), #9179 Wakefield Memorial (Wakefield) (16-9)
2018 Opponents W-L: 66-59
Recent League Championships: 2007 (tied for 1st; Cape Ann - Large), 2006 (tied for 1st; Cape Ann - Large), 2004 (Cape Ann I)
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 9/13 Woburn Memorial (Woburn), 9/20 at Bishop Fenwick (Peabody), 9/27 Melrose, 10/4 vs Watertown, 10/11 Burlington, 10/18 at Stoneham, 10/25 Wakefield Memorial (Wakefield), 11/28 at Tewksbury Memorial (Tewksbury)
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Tewksbury Memorial (Tewksbury) (23.3), Stoneham (16.1), Bishop Fenwick (Peabody) (1)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Wakefield Memorial (Wakefield) (-36.1), Watertown (-28.1), Burlington (-17.5)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 0.3 (3.1 overall)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -7.1
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -7.4
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #77
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3610
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-6
2019 Projected League Finish: 4th
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%