Prairie (Cedar Rapids, IA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Hawks
Colors: Black/Orange
Coach: Mark Bliss
League: 4A Group 5 (moving from 4A District 3)
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank*: #12

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2019 JV Record: 9-0
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Gabe Burkle 6'7" 235 Junior TE/DE 4.75
Nick Pearson 5'10" 175 Senior RB/LB 4.44
Julian Fierro 6'3.5" 265 Junior OL/DT 5.14

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Key Skill Position Players Returning, Nearly All Offensive Production Is Back
Team Weaknesses: Line Inexperience

RATINGS
2019 Final Power Rating: 17.3
2019 National Rank: #3074
2019 State Rank: #45
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: -1.5
2020 Starting Power Rating*: 5.1
2020 National Rank*: #3249
2020 State Rank*: #51
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2019 Rating): 23.1
Dynasty National Rank: #2509
2020 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 18
Dynasty Record: 93-77 (59-35 in league)

HISTORICAL
2019 Overall Record: 6-4
2019 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd)
2019 Points For Average: 34
2019 Points Against Average: 29.2
2019 Differential: +4.8
2019 Wins: #4630 Dubuque (43-40), #5008 Hempstead (Dubuque) (28-27), #5083 Pleasant Valley (13-7), #5402 Jefferson [Thomas] (Cedar Rapids) (46-19), #6386 Waterloo West (Waterloo) (62-13), #7723 Washington [George] (Cedar Rapids) (56-7)
2019 Losses: #1054 Waukee (43-7), #1054 Waukee (45-15), #1195 Kennedy [John F.] (Cedar Rapids) (35-28), #1342 Cedar Falls (56-42)
2019 Opponents W-L: 58-44
Recent League Championships: 2016 (4A District 8), 2005 (tied for 1st; Mississippi Valley- Valley)
Winning Streak Entering 2020 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2020 Schedule: 8/28 Kennedy [John F.] (Cedar Rapids), 9/4 at Dubuque, 9/11 Cedar Falls, 9/26 Linn-Mar (Marion), 10/2 at Liberty (North Liberty), 10/9 Washington [George] (Cedar Rapids), 10/23 Davenport North (Davenport), 10/30 vs Kennedy [John F.] (Cedar Rapids)
Highest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Kennedy [John F.] (Cedar Rapids) (17.6), Cedar Falls (16.3), Liberty (North Liberty) (11)
Lowest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Washington [George] (Cedar Rapids) (-15.2), Linn-Mar (Marion) (-8.3), Davenport North (Davenport) (-3.1)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.8 (17.2 overall)
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: 4.4
2020 vs. 2019 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -10.4
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #21
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #2172
2020 Projected Regular Season Record*: 4-4
2020 Projected League Finish*: 2nd
2020 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: less than 1%




*temporary; not finalized until August 6th






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