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GENERAL
Nickname: Gladiators
Colors: Red/White/Black
Coach: Robert Casto
League: Shenandoah
Playoff Division: 1A
Playoff Division Rank: #1

RATINGS
2021 Final Power Rating: 35.2
2021 National Rank: #750
2021 State Rank: #11
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +2.7
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -4.2
2022 Starting Power Rating: 26.5
2022 National Rank: #559
2022 State Rank: #8
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2021 Rating): 22.1
Dynasty National Rank: #2489
2022 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 4.4
Dynasty Record: 208-34 (89-13 in league)

HISTORICAL
2021 Overall Record: 14-0
2021 League Record/Finish: 7-0 (tied for 1st)
2021 Points For Average: 45.4
2021 Points Against Average: 10.6
2021 Differential: +34.8
2021 Wins: #2234 Lord Botetourt (Daleville) (62-38), #2723 Stuarts Draft (28-10), #2723 Stuarts Draft (35-13), #4092 Galax (45-14), #4557 Buffalo Gap (Swoope) (37-0), #4557 Buffalo Gap (Swoope) (42-0), #5136 Essex (Tappahannock) (56-12), #6988 Wilson Memorial (Fishersville) (56-14), #7203 McCluer [Parry] (Buena Vista) (49-0), #7812 Waynesboro (55-14), #8657 Tazewell (56-19), #9305 Campbell [William] (Naruna) (2-0), #10327 Staunton (56-7), #11417 Fort Defiance (56-7)
2021 Losses: none
2021 Opponents W-L: 92-66
Recent State Championships: 2021 (Class 1), 2020 (Class 1), 2019, 2018 (1), 2017, 2016, 2010 (1), 2006 (1)
Recent League Championships: 2021 (tied for 1st), 2020 (tied for 1st), 2019, 2017 (tied for 1st), 2015 (1A Conference 44), 2014 (2A Conference 36), 2010 (A Shenandoah), 2009 (A Shenandoah), 2006 (Shenandoah A), 2005 (Shenandoah A)
Winning Streak Entering 2022 Season: 50 officially, 49 on field
Streak List: 9/22/18 Buffalo Gap (Swoope) (42-7), 9/28/18 Jackson [Stonewall] (Quicksburg) (65-7), 10/5/18 Wilson Memorial (Fishersville) (56-17), 10/12/18 Luray (56-13), 10/19/18 Staunton (49-10), 10/26/18 Central (Woodstock) (35-19), 11/1/18 Page County (Shenandoah) (56-0), 11/17/18 Altavista Combined School (Altavista) (65-7), 11/23/18 Campbell [William] (Naruna) (49-14), 12/1/18 Essex (Tappahannock) (28-6), 12/8/18 Chilhowie (35-7), 8/30/19 Washington & Lee (Montross) (49-15), 9/6/19 Glenvar (Salem) (38-21), 9/13/19 East Rockingham (Elkton) (52-6), 9/27/19 Colonial Beach (55-15), 10/4/19 Skyline (Front Royal) (49-21), 10/11/19 Wilson Memorial (Fishersville) (48-0), 10/18/19 Fort Defiance (28-0), 10/25/19 Staunton (56-14), 11/1/19 Buffalo Gap (Swoope) (49-14), 11/8/19 Stuarts Draft (49-14), 11/15/19 Rappahannock County (Washington) (45-0), 11/22/19 Franklin (59-6), 11/29/19 Sussex Central (Sussex) (46-0), 12/7/19 Essex (Tappahannock) (56-15), 12/14/19 Galax (31-24), 2/27/21 Tazewell (28-17), 3/5/21 Wilson Memorial (Fishersville) (47-7), 3/12/21 Fort Defiance (49-6), 3/19/21 Staunton (55-7), 3/26/21 Buffalo Gap (Swoope) (63-18), 4/1/21 Stuarts Draft (10-7), 4/9/21 Altavista Combined School (Altavista) (58-13), 4/16/21 Lunenburg Central (Victoria) (56-7), 4/24/21 West Point (52-8), 5/1/21 Galax (65-29), 8/27/21 Waynesboro (55-14), 9/3/21 McCluer [Parry] (Buena Vista) (49-0), 9/10/21 Lord Botetourt (Daleville) (62-38), 9/17/21 Stuarts Draft (28-10), 9/25/21 Tazewell (56-19), 10/8/21 Buffalo Gap (Swoope) (42-0), 10/16/21 Wilson Memorial (Fishersville) (56-14), 10/22/21 Fort Defiance (56-7), 10/28/21 Staunton (56-7), 11/5/21 Stuarts Draft (35-13), 11/19/21 Campbell [William] (Naruna) (2-0), 11/26/21 Buffalo Gap (Swoope) (37-0), 12/4/21 Essex (Tappahannock) (56-12), 12/11/21 Galax (45-14)

SCHEDULE
2022 Schedule: 8/26 at Waynesboro, 9/2 at McCluer [Parry] (Buena Vista), 9/9 Lord Botetourt (Daleville), 9/24 at Tazewell, 10/7 Buffalo Gap (Swoope), 10/14 Wilson Memorial (Fishersville), 10/21 at Fort Defiance, 10/28 at Staunton, 11/4 Stuarts Draft
Highest-Rated 2022 Regular Season Opponents: Lord Botetourt (Daleville) (6.3), Stuarts Draft (5.5), Buffalo Gap (Swoope) (-8.9)
Lowest-Rated 2022 Regular Season Opponents: Fort Defiance (-45.3), Staunton (-39.3), McCluer [Parry] (Buena Vista) (-30.5)
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 0
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -20.4
2022 vs. 2021 Schedule Strength Comparison: -20.4
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #167
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6605
2022 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-0
2022 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2022 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 91%



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