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GENERAL
Nickname: Black Bears
Colors: Black/White
Coach: Matt Hendricks
League: Heart of America
Playoff Division: 2A
Playoff Division Rank*: #35

RATINGS
2019 Final Power Rating: -12.3
2019 National Rank: #9357
2019 State Rank: #159
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: -7.7
2020 Starting Power Rating*: -30.6
2020 National Rank*: #10677
2020 State Rank*: #183
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2019 Rating): -4.5
Dynasty National Rank: #10227
2020 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 26.1
Dynasty Record: 72-93 (35-54 in league)

HISTORICAL
2019 Overall Record: 4-5
2019 League Record/Finish: 1-2 (5th)
2019 Points For Average: 22.8
2019 Points Against Average: 26.1
2019 Differential: -3.3
2019 Wins: #10537 Southwestern Heights (Kismet) (28-22), #11927 Lyons (27-12), #12777 Marion (48-0), #12952 Ellinwood (55-13)
2019 Losses: #2576 Norton (41-7), #4247 Sedgwick (52-13), #4742 Cimarron (36-14), #6014 Lakin (18-13), #6488 Ell-Saline (Brookville) (41-0)
2019 Opponents W-L: 50-39
Recent League Championships: 2003 (tied for 1st; Mid-Central Mid)
Winning Streak Entering 2020 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2020 Schedule: 9/4 at Sedgwick, 9/11 Garden Plain, 9/18 at Anthony-Harper-Chaparral (Anthony), 9/25 at Hillsboro, 10/2 Lyons, 10/9 at Trinity (Hutchinson), 10/16 at Marion, 10/23 Haven, 10/29 at Douglass
Highest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Sedgwick (8.1), Garden Plain (-3.7), Haven (-7)
Lowest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Marion (-47.1), Lyons (-38.5), Douglass (-36.8)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -7.8 (-5.2 overall)
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: -21.9
2020 vs. 2019 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -14.1
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #181
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #8701
2020 Projected Regular Season Record*: 3-6
2020 Projected League Finish*: 5th
2020 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: less than 1%



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