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GENERAL
Nickname: Cavaliers
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: Zach Blum
League: 3A District 1
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #1

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Braden Davis 6'5" 195 Senior QB
Tomiwa Durojaiye 6'4" 255 Senior DL

RATINGS
2021 Final Power Rating: 43.5
2021 National Rank: #370
2021 State Rank: #1
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +2.1
2022 Starting Power Rating: 30.3
2022 National Rank: #401
2022 State Rank: #1
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2021 Rating): 34.4
Dynasty National Rank: #810
2022 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 4.1
Dynasty Record: 175-43 [174-44 on the field] (121-14 in league)

HISTORICAL
2021 Overall Record: 10-1
2021 League Record/Finish: 4-0 (1st)
2021 Points For Average: 35.2
2021 Points Against Average: 11.2
2021 Differential: +24
2021 Wins: #717 Smyrna (28-22), #717 Smyrna (28-14), #1952 Salesianum (Wilmington) (33-15), #3017 St. Georges Tech (Middletown) (49-7), #3402 Appoquinimink (West Middletown) (27-0), #3402 Appoquinimink (West Middletown) (49-13), #4198 Sussex Central (Georgetown) (49-7), #4646 Penn [William] (New Castle) (49-15), #8533 Hodgson Vo-Tech [Paul M.] (Newark) (37-0), #11238 Meade (Fort Meade, MD) (32-6)
2021 Losses: #104 St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia, PA) (24-6)
2021 Opponents W-L: 71-58
Recent State Championships: 2021, 2012 (I), 2011 (I), 2007 (I)
Recent League Championships: 2021, 2020 (Blue Hen Flight - A), 2017 (Blue Hen Flight - A), 2016 (Blue Hen Flight - A), 2013 (Blue Hen Flight - A), 2012 (Blue Hen Flight - A), 2007 (Blue Hen Flight - A), 2004 (tied for 1st; Blue Hen Flight A), 2003 (tied for 1st; Blue Hen Flight A)
Winning Streak Entering 2022 Season: 6
Streak List: 10/22/21 St. Georges Tech (Middletown) (49-7), 11/5/21 Sussex Central (Georgetown) (49-7), 11/13/21 Hodgson Vo-Tech [Paul M.] (Newark) (37-0), 11/26/21 Appoquinimink (West Middletown) (27-0), 12/4/21 Salesianum (Wilmington) (33-15), 12/11/21 Smyrna (28-22)

SCHEDULE
2022 Schedule: 9/3 at St. John's (Washington, DC), 9/16 Smyrna, 9/23 at Appoquinimink (West Middletown), 9/30 at Washington (Massillon, OH), 10/6 Penn [William] (New Castle), 10/14 Salesianum (Wilmington), 10/22 at St. Georges Tech (Middletown), 10/28 at IMG Academy (Bradenton, FL), 11/4 at Sussex Central (Georgetown), 11/11 Hodgson Vo-Tech [Paul M.] (Newark)
Highest-Rated 2022 Regular Season Opponents: IMG Academy (Bradenton, FL) (112.9), St. John's (Washington, DC) (62.3), Washington (Massillon, OH) (44)
Lowest-Rated 2022 Regular Season Opponents: Hodgson Vo-Tech [Paul M.] (Newark) (-31), Sussex Central (Georgetown) (-20.6), Appoquinimink (West Middletown) (-8.5)
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 12.9 (17 overall)
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 17.6
2022 vs. 2021 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4.7
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #1
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #303
2022 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3
2022 Projected League Finish: 1st
2022 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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