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GENERAL
Nickname: Hornets
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Tiger LaVerde
League: Chagrin Valley - Chagrin (moving from Chagrin Valley - Valley)
Playoff Division: V
Playoff Division Rank: #1

RATINGS
2020 Final Power Rating: 52
2020 National Rank: #156
2020 State Rank: #9
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: 0
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -4.9
2021 Starting Power Rating: 35.6
2021 National Rank: #296
2021 State Rank: #16
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2020 Rating): 33.4
Dynasty National Rank: #947
2021 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 2.2
Dynasty Record: 200-32 (75-6 in league)

HISTORICAL
2020 Overall Record: 11-0
2020 League Record/Finish: 2-0 (2nd)
2020 Points For Average: 43
2020 Points Against Average: 10.4
2020 Differential: +32.6
2020 Wins: #534 Lake Catholic (Mentor) (31-15), #850 Ironton (38-0), #895 South Range (Canfield) (49-35), #1083 Otsego (Tontogany) (39-13), #2394 Solon (27-7), #2473 Garaway (Sugarcreek) (43-6), #3112 Sandy Valley (Magnolia) (56-28), #4628 Shaker Heights (35-10), #5851 Manchester (Akron) (42-0), #11482 Cardinal (Middlefield) (55-0), #13266 Grand Valley (Orwell) (58-0)
2020 Losses: none
2020 Opponents W-L: 59-43
Recent State Championships: 2020, 2019, 2018 (VI), 2015 (VI), 2013 (VI), 2011
Recent League Championships: 2019 (Chagrin Valley - Valley), 2018 (Chagrin Valley - Valley), 2017 (Chagrin Valley - Valley), 2015 (Chagrin Valley - Valley), 2014 (Chagrin Valley - Valley), 2013 (Chagrin Valley - Valley), 2012 (Chagrin Valley - Valley), 2011 (Chagrin Valley - Valley), 2010 (Chagrin Valley - Valley), 2009 (Chagrin Valley - Valley), 2008 (Chagrin Valley - Valley), 2007 (Chagrin Valley - Valley), 2006 (Chagrin Valley - Valley), 2005 (tied for 1st; Chagrin Valley - Valley)
Winning Streak Entering 2021 Season: 41
Streak List: 8/24/18 Chagrin Falls (43-0), 8/31/18 Columbia (Columbia Station) (49-7), 9/7/18 Geneva (35-0), 9/14/18 Cardinal (Middlefield) (58-6), 9/21/18 Richmond Heights (13-0), 9/28/18 Cuyahoga Heights (Cleveland) (42-6), 10/5/18 Harding (Fairport Harbor) (42-0), 10/12/18 Berkshire (Burton) (43-6), 10/19/18 Independence (50-0), 10/26/18 Wickliffe (34-7), 11/2/18 Catholic Central (Steubenville) (59-0), 11/9/18 Norwayne (Creston) (35-0), 11/16/18 Mogadore (20-14), 11/23/18 Fort Frye (Beverly) (35-18), 11/30/18 Marion Local (Maria Stein) (16-7), 8/30/19 Lakeview (Cortland) (35-0), 9/6/19 Riverside (Painesville) (28-7), 9/13/19 Geneva (30-0), 9/20/19 Cuyahoga Heights (Cleveland) (31-0), 9/27/19 Wickliffe (55-0), 10/4/19 Cardinal (Middlefield) (56-0), 10/11/19 Grand Valley (Orwell) (63-0), 10/18/19 Beachwood (49-14), 10/25/19 Hawken (Gates Mills) (45-0), 11/1/19 Berkshire (Burton) (48-13), 11/9/19 Sandy Valley (Magnolia) (38-24), 11/16/19 South Range (Canfield) (38-7), 11/23/19 Manchester (Akron) (32-7), 11/30/19 Oak Harbor (28-14), 12/7/19 Ironton (17-7), 8/28/20 Lake Catholic (Mentor) (31-15), 9/5/20 Shaker Heights (35-10), 9/11/20 Cardinal (Middlefield) (55-0), 9/18/20 Grand Valley (Orwell) (58-0), 9/25/20 Solon (27-7), 10/17/20 Manchester (Akron) (42-0), 10/24/20 Sandy Valley (Magnolia) (56-28), 10/31/20 Garaway (Sugarcreek) (43-6), 11/7/20 South Range (Canfield) (49-35), 11/14/20 Otsego (Tontogany) (39-13), 11/21/20 Ironton (38-0)

SCHEDULE
2021 Schedule: 8/20 Harvey [Thomas W.] (Painesville), 8/27 at Lutheran West (Rocky River), 9/10 West Geauga (Chesterland), 9/17 at Geneva, 9/24 Chagrin Falls, 10/1 at Perry, 10/8 Lakeside (Ashtabula), 10/15 Edgewood (Ashtabula), 10/22 at Orange (Pepper Pike)
Highest-Rated 2021 Regular Season Opponents: Perry (-0.7), West Geauga (Chesterland) (-1.4), Geneva (-2.8)
Lowest-Rated 2021 Regular Season Opponents: Orange (Pepper Pike) (-32.4), Edgewood (Ashtabula) (-27.1), Harvey [Thomas W.] (Painesville) (-25)
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 1.3 (16.5 overall)
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -15.8
2021 vs. 2020 Schedule Strength Comparison: -17.1
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #375
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6243
2021 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-0
2021 Projected League Finish: 1st
2021 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 91%



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