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GENERAL
Nickname: Hillbillies
Colors: Maroon/White
Coach: Kevin Batty
League: North Jersey Super - National White
Playoff Division: North Group 2
Playoff Division Rank*: #1

RATINGS
2019 Final Power Rating: 39.2
2019 National Rank: #665
2019 State Rank: #15
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: +6.6
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment*: -1.4
2020 Starting Power Rating*: 35.1
2020 National Rank*: #392
2020 State Rank*: #14
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2019 Rating): 23.2
Dynasty National Rank: #2485
2020 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: better by 11.9
Dynasty Record: 133-51 (71-24 in league)

HISTORICAL
2019 Overall Record: 12-0
2019 League Record/Finish: 6-0 (1st)
2019 Points For Average: 39.2
2019 Points Against Average: 11.1
2019 Differential: +28.1
2019 Wins: #1731 Lyndhurst (41-0), #3166 Lenape Valley (Stanhope) (43-2), #3207 Boonton (50-27), #4569 Newton (29-7), #4752 Cedar Grove (38-26), #5342 Weequahic (Newark) (32-6), #6746 Hoboken (26-20), #7367 Kinnelon (50-14), #7692 Shabazz [Malcolm X.] (Newark) (35-14), #10688 Glen Ridge (52-17), #10778 Newark Collegiate Academy (Newark) (39-0), #11581 Caldwell [James] (West Caldwell) (35-0)
2019 Losses: none
2019 Opponents W-L: 70-59
Recent Section Championships: 2019 (North II), 2015 (North 1 I), 2014 (North 1 I), 2008 (North 2 I)
Recent League Championships: 2019, 2017, 2015 (Super Essex - Colonial), 2014 (Super Essex - Colonial), 2006 (Colonial Hills - Colonial), 2005 (tied for 1st; Colonial Hills- Colonial)
Winning Streak Entering 2020 Season: 12
Streak List: 9/13/19 Caldwell [James] (West Caldwell) (35-0), 9/20/19 Boonton (50-27), 9/28/19 Newark Collegiate Academy (Newark) (39-0), 10/4/19 Shabazz [Malcolm X.] (Newark) (35-14), 10/11/19 Weequahic (Newark) (32-6), 10/18/19 Hoboken (26-20), 10/25/19 Cedar Grove (38-26), 11/2/19 Glen Ridge (52-17), 11/8/19 Kinnelon (50-14), 11/15/19 Newton (29-7), 11/22/19 Lenape Valley (Stanhope) (43-2), 11/29/19 Lyndhurst (41-0)

SCHEDULE
2020 Schedule: 10/2 at Caldwell [James] (West Caldwell), 10/9 Cedar Grove, 10/17 Newark Collegiate Academy (Newark), 10/23 at Weequahic (Newark), 10/30 Lincoln (Jersey City), 11/6 at Ramsey, 11/12 at Hoboken
Highest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Cedar Grove (5.1), Weequahic (Newark) (1.4), Hoboken (-11.4)
Lowest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Newark Collegiate Academy (Newark) (-37.4), Caldwell [James] (West Caldwell) (-27.5), Ramsey (-19.2)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -6.8 (4.7 overall)
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: -14.4
2020 vs. 2019 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -7.6
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #205
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #6858
2020 Projected Regular Season Record*: 7-0
2020 Projected League Finish*: 1st
2020 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: 93%



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