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GENERAL
Nickname: Wildcats
Colors: Black/Gold
Coach: Robert Valdez
League: 3A District 9
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank*: #1

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2019 JV Record: 4-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Saivion Jones 6'5" 245 Senior DE/T 4.6
Shazz Preston 6'2" 190 Junior WR/KR 4.45
Kaleb Brown 5'9.5" 195 Senior ILB/RB 4.6

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Shamar Smith 5'10" 175 Senior WR

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Kicking Game
Team Weaknesses: Offensive Depth

RATINGS
2019 Final Power Rating: 41
2019 National Rank: #554
2019 State Rank: #11
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: -1.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: +1.9
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus*: +3.1
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment*: -1.2
2020 Starting Power Rating*: 33.8
2020 National Rank*: #441
2020 State Rank*: #10
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2019 Rating): 22.9
Dynasty National Rank: #2552
2020 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: better by 10.9
Dynasty Record: 121-88 (47-32 in league)

HISTORICAL
2019 Overall Record: 15-0
2019 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st)
2019 Points For Average: 37
2019 Points Against Average: 9.3
2019 Differential: +27.7
2019 Wins: #616 Destrehan (31-24), #1339 East St. John (Reserve) (30-13), #2111 Union Parish (Farmerville) (25-14), #2868 Jennings (51-14), #3263 Assumption (Napoleonville) (35-7), #3961 Brusly (32-13), #4812 Green Oaks (Shreveport) (41-8), #5269 Donaldsonville (37-6), #5850 White [Edward Douglas] (Thibodaux) (38-7), #5890 Lutcher (34-13), #6159 West St. John (Edgard) (28-8), #7869 Mansfield (28-0), #10349 Berwick (45-0), #10405 Riverdale (Jefferson) (35-13), #10791 Patterson (65-0)
2019 Losses: none
2019 Opponents W-L: 93-85
Recent State Championships: 2019
Recent League Championships: 2019, 2010 (3A District 8), 2009 (tied for 1st; 3A District 8), 2007 (2A District 10)
Winning Streak Entering 2020 Season: 15
Streak List: 9/6/19 West St. John (Edgard) (28-8), 9/13/19 East St. John (Reserve) (30-13), 9/20/19 Riverdale (Jefferson) (35-13), 9/27/19 Destrehan (31-24), 10/4/19 Assumption (Napoleonville) (35-7), 10/11/19 Lutcher (34-13), 10/18/19 Donaldsonville (37-6), 10/24/19 Berwick (45-0), 11/1/19 Patterson (65-0), 11/8/19 White [Edward Douglas] (Thibodaux) (38-7), 11/15/19 Mansfield (28-0), 11/22/19 Green Oaks (Shreveport) (41-8), 11/29/19 Brusly (32-13), 12/6/19 Union Parish (Farmerville) (25-14), 12/13/19 Jennings (51-14)

SCHEDULE
2020 Schedule: 10/2 Riverdale (Jefferson), 10/8 at Destrehan, 10/16 Assumption (Napoleonville), 10/23 at Lutcher, 10/30 Donaldsonville, 11/6 at Berwick, 11/12 at Patterson, 11/20 White [Edward Douglas] (Thibodaux), 11/27 Abbeville, 12/4 Sterlington, 12/11 at Church Point
Highest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Destrehan (25.3), Sterlington (5.4), Church Point (-0.9)
Lowest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Berwick (-40.1), Patterson (-35.9), Riverdale (Jefferson) (-33.6)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.3 (8.2 overall)
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: -11.2
2020 vs. 2019 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -20.5
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #149
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #5925
2020 Projected Regular Season Record*: 11-0
2020 Projected League Finish*: 1st
2020 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: 74%




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