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GENERAL
Nickname: Dragons
Colors: Red/White
Coach: Chris Walden
League: Hoosier Heritage
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank*: #1

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Kyle King 6'4" 240 Senior SDE
Maxen Hook 6'2" 180 Senior S
Charlie Spegal 5'10" 220 Senior FB

RATINGS
2019 Final Power Rating: 61.5
2019 National Rank: #61
2019 State Rank: #1
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: -1.7
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment*: -4.2
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: +3.5
2020 Starting Power Rating*: 52.6
2020 National Rank*: #85
2020 State Rank*: #1
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2019 Rating): 32.4
Dynasty National Rank: #1108
2020 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: better by 20.2
Dynasty Record: 166-41 (101-17 in league)

HISTORICAL
2019 Overall Record: 14-0
2019 League Record/Finish: 7-0 (1st)
2019 Points For Average: 48.6
2019 Points Against Average: 8.9
2019 Differential: +39.7
2019 Wins: #145 Cathedral (Indianapolis) (35-10), #243 Center Grove (Greenwood) (28-9), #389 Valparaiso (27-20), #1237 Bloomington South (Bloomington) (45-0), #1523 Franklin (49-14), #1909 Whiteland (35-7), #2466 Mt. Vernon (Fortville) (49-7), #2547 Delta (Muncie) (49-13), #4074 Pendleton Heights (Pendleton) (47-6), #5025 Yorktown (55-19), #7632 New Castle (68-6), #9801 Greenfield-Central (Greenfield) (68-0), #10392 Kokomo (63-13), #11867 Shelbyville (63-0)
2019 Losses: none
2019 Opponents W-L: 91-71
Recent State Championships: 2019, 2018, 2014 (4A)
Recent League Championships: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2010, 2006, 2005 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2020 Season: 28
Streak List: 8/17/18 Kokomo (77-0), 8/24/18 Center Grove (Greenwood) (31-9), 8/31/18 Yorktown (81-13), 9/7/18 Mt. Vernon (Fortville) (64-0), 9/14/18 Pendleton Heights (Pendleton) (42-21), 9/21/18 Greenfield-Central (Greenfield) (76-7), 9/28/18 Shelbyville (77-7), 10/5/18 New Castle (56-14), 10/12/18 Delta (Muncie) (84-13), 10/26/18 Zionsville (29-17), 11/2/18 Anderson (78-0), 11/9/18 Harrison [William Henry] (West Lafayette) (31-7), 11/17/18 Michigan City (35-10), 11/24/18 Decatur Central (Indianapolis) (28-14), 8/23/19 Kokomo (63-13), 8/30/19 Center Grove (Greenwood) (28-9), 9/6/19 Yorktown (55-19), 9/13/19 Mt. Vernon (Fortville) (49-7), 9/20/19 Pendleton Heights (Pendleton) (47-6), 9/27/19 Greenfield-Central (Greenfield) (68-0), 10/4/19 Shelbyville (63-0), 10/11/19 New Castle (68-6), 10/18/19 Delta (Muncie) (49-13), 11/1/19 Whiteland (35-7), 11/8/19 Franklin (49-14), 11/15/19 Cathedral (Indianapolis) (35-10), 11/22/19 Bloomington South (Bloomington) (45-0), 11/29/19 Valparaiso (27-20)

SCHEDULE
2020 Schedule: 8/28 Brebeuf Jesuit Prep (Indianapolis), 9/4 at Yorktown, 9/11 at Mt. Vernon (Fortville), 9/18 at Pendleton Heights (Pendleton), 9/25 Greenfield-Central (Greenfield), 10/2 at Shelbyville, 10/9 at New Castle, 10/16 Delta (Muncie), 10/30 Franklin, 11/6 at Whiteland
Highest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Brebeuf Jesuit Prep (Indianapolis) (24.1), Whiteland (21.6), Mt. Vernon (Fortville) (20)
Lowest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Shelbyville (-41.6), Greenfield-Central (Greenfield) (-22.7), Yorktown (-14.5)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 3.9 (23.2 overall)
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: -0.3
2020 vs. 2019 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -4.2
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #71
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #3140
2020 Projected Regular Season Record*: 10-0
2020 Projected League Finish*: 1st
2020 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: 90%



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