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GENERAL
Nickname: Whippets
Colors: Purple/White
Coach: Jebb Hatch
League: C1 District 6 (moving from C1 District 7)
Playoff Division: C1
Playoff Division Rank: #11

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 9
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Daulton Kuehn 6'1" 235 Senior G/DT
Carter Harsin 5'10" 165 Senior QB/C 4.7
Seth Hauserman 6'1" 165 Senior WR/C 4.65

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Line Experience, Leadership

RATINGS
2021 Final Power Rating: 11.1
2021 National Rank: #3494
2021 State Rank: #57
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +6.5
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -3.6
2022 Starting Power Rating: 3.2
2022 National Rank: #2570
2022 State Rank: #34
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2021 Rating): 2.7
Dynasty National Rank: #7844
2022 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 0.5
Dynasty Record: 67-105 (30-57 in league)

HISTORICAL
2021 Overall Record: 5-4
2021 League Record/Finish: 2-2 (3rd)
2021 Points For Average: 26
2021 Points Against Average: 19.4
2021 Differential: +6.6
2021 Wins: #3582 Cozad (14-13), #6322 Holdrege (27-13), #8751 Wood River/Shelton (Wood River) (48-8), #9818 Fairbury (49-8), #12649 Hershey (62-7)
2021 Losses: #450 Kearney Catholic (Kearney) (39-8), #504 Boone Central (Albion) (28-13), #1578 Broken Bow (18-0), #1927 Adams Central (Hastings) (41-13)
2021 Opponents W-L: 42-46
Recent League Championships: 2011, 2010, 2009 (C1 District 8), 2008 (C1 District 8)
Winning Streak Entering 2022 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2022 Schedule: 8/25 Adams Central (Hastings), 9/2 at St. Paul, 9/9 Kearney Catholic (Kearney), 9/16 at Fairbury, 9/23 Holdrege, 9/30 Aurora, 10/7 at Broken Bow, 10/14 Gothenburg, 10/21 at Cozad
Highest-Rated 2022 Regular Season Opponents: Aurora (27.3), Kearney Catholic (Kearney) (16.8), Broken Bow (8.6)
Lowest-Rated 2022 Regular Season Opponents: Fairbury (-29.6), Cozad (-14.5), Gothenburg (-10)
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.5
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -1
2022 vs. 2021 Schedule Strength Comparison: -7.5
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #24
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1910
2022 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4
2022 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2022 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%