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GENERAL
Nickname: Cardinals
Colors: Red/White
Coach: Ted Hardenstine
League: Section 4 C (moving from Section 4 D Division 6)
Playoff Division: C
Playoff Division Rank: #11

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Joe Sherwood 5'10" 140 Senior QB/DB 4.8
Landon Spoonhower 6'2" 185 Senior RB/LB 4.8
Max Flesher 6'4" 170 Senior RB/DB 4.8

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Secondary Returns Intact, 3 OL Starters Returning, Top 2 RBs Are Back
Team Weaknesses: Line Size, LB/FB Inexperience

RATINGS
2021 Final Power Rating: 2.1
2021 National Rank: #5142
2021 State Rank: #105
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5
2022 Starting Power Rating: -11.3
2022 National Rank: #4904
2022 State Rank: #97
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2021 Rating): 4.2
Dynasty National Rank: #7373
2022 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 15.5
Dynasty Record: 102-72 [101-73 on the field] (50-35 in league)

HISTORICAL
2021 Overall Record: 7-3
2021 League Record/Finish: 5-2 (3rd)
2021 Points For Average: 35.6
2021 Points Against Average: 22.1
2021 Differential: +13.5
2021 Wins: #5927 Harpursville/Afton (Harpursville) (28-26), #7136 Delaware Academy (Delhi) (20-7), #10506 Walton (38-6), #10637 Deposit/Hancock (Deposit) (64-22), #11946 Sidney (41-14), #12273 Dryden (35-7), #13069 Bainbridge-Guilford (Bainbridge) (62-3)
2021 Losses: #913 Tioga (Tioga Center) (48-20), #913 Tioga (Tioga Center) (46-15), #5927 Harpursville/Afton (Harpursville) (42-33)
2021 Opponents W-L: 49-40
Recent State Championships: 2016
Recent League Championships: 2020 (Section 4 D Division 7), 2019 (Section 4 C Division 3), 2017 (Section 4 C Division 4), 2016 (Section 4 C Division 5), 2010 (tied for 1st; Section 4 C Division VI), 2009 (Section 4 C Division VI)
Winning Streak Entering 2022 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2022 Schedule: 9/10 Tioga (Tioga Center), 9/16 at Waverly, 9/24 at Susquehanna Valley (Conklin), 10/1 Chenango Valley (Binghamton), 10/7 at Lyons/Sodus (Sodus), 10/15 Oneonta, 10/21 at Chenango Forks (Binghamton), 10/29 Windsor Central (Windsor)
Highest-Rated 2022 Regular Season Opponents: Tioga (Tioga Center) (27.8), Chenango Forks (Binghamton) (17.4), Waverly (4.9)
Lowest-Rated 2022 Regular Season Opponents: Chenango Valley (Binghamton) (-42.3), Oneonta (-30), Windsor Central (Windsor) (-21.6)
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -17.8 (-6.1 overall)
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -6.9
2022 vs. 2021 Schedule Strength Comparison: +10.9
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #17
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2998
2022 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-5
2022 Projected League Finish: 4th
2022 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%