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GENERAL
Nickname: Red Raiders
Colors: Scarlet/White
Coach: Tim Morris
League: Middlesex - Freedom
Playoff Division: 4
Playoff Division Rank*: #18

RATINGS
2023 Final Power Rating: 2.8
2023 National Rank: #4949
2023 State Rank: #94
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment*: -1.6
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment*: -0.9
2024 Starting Power Rating*: -12.8
2024 National Rank*: #5259
2024 State Rank*: #104
5-Year Dynasty Rating (Average 2018-2023 Rating): 13.7
5-Year Dynasty National Rank: #2941
2024 Rating vs. 5-Year Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 26.5
5-Year Dynasty Record: 34-17 (17-8 in league)
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2023 Rating): 23.1
Dynasty National Rank: #2151
2024 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 35.9
Dynasty Record: 154-79 (87-44 in league)

HISTORICAL
2023 Overall Record: 7-4
2023 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (tied for 2nd)
2023 Points For Average: 26.1
2023 Points Against Average: 16.2
2023 Differential: +9.9
2023 Wins: #4100 Stoneham (15-8), #6129 Wilmington (41-28), #6394 Reading Memorial (Reading) (21-20), #8555 Whittier RVT (Haverhill) (35-8), #9779 Watertown (42-8), #10569 Lexington (41-14), #11091 Malden (42-6)
2023 Losses: #3519 Winchester (17-12), #3887 Burlington (27-7), #4288 Wayland (35-28), #4698 Wakefield Memorial (Wakefield) (7-3)
2023 Opponents W-L: 59-64
Recent State Championships: 2019, 2017
Recent League Championships: 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016 (tied for 1st), 2015, 2013, 2007 (tied for 1st; Middlesex), 2004 (tied for 1st; Middlesex)
Winning Streak Entering 2024 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2024 Schedule: 8/27 Lynnfield, 8/30 Masconomet Regional (Boxford), 9/6 at Peabody Veterans Memorial (Peabody), 9/27 at Swampscott, 10/3 at Stoneham, 10/18 at Burlington, 10/25 at Watertown, 11/1 Wilmington
Highest-Rated 2024 Regular Season Opponents*: Lynnfield (10), Peabody Veterans Memorial (Peabody) (8.9), Stoneham (-0.9)
Lowest-Rated 2024 Regular Season Opponents*: Masconomet Regional (Boxford) (-41.3), Watertown (-37.9), Wilmington (-21.5)
2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -6.1 (-5.5 overall)
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: -11.4
2024 vs. 2023 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -5.3
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #67
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #2511
2024 Projected Regular Season Record*: 4-4
2024 Projected League Finish*: 4th
2024 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: less than 1%



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