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GENERAL
Nickname: Braves
Colors: Maroon/White
Coach: Matt Parzero
League: Super - American Blue
Playoff Division: North Group 2
Playoff Division Rank*: #12

RATINGS
2023 Final Power Rating: 1
2023 National Rank: #5294
2023 State Rank: #128
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment*: -4.6
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment*: -1.5
2024 Starting Power Rating*: -23.5
2024 National Rank*: #7245
2024 State Rank*: #164
5-Year Dynasty Rating (Average 2018-2023 Rating): 18.1
5-Year Dynasty National Rank: #2266
2024 Rating vs. 5-Year Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 41.6
5-Year Dynasty Record: 41-8 (24-1 in league)
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2023 Rating): 7.7
Dynasty National Rank: #5965
2024 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 31.2
Dynasty Record: 110-102 (63-78 in league)

HISTORICAL
2023 Overall Record: 7-3
2023 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st)
2023 Points For Average: 21.9
2023 Points Against Average: 17.9
2023 Differential: +4
2023 Wins: #6030 Sussex County Tech (Sparta) (21-7), #6968 Ramsey (21-3), #7343 Lenape Valley (Stanhope) (34-7), #7641 Lyndhurst (33-30), #8990 Kittatinny Regional (Newton) (28-7), #10685 Wallkill Valley (Hamburg) (14-0), #11104 Hackettstown (34-13)
2023 Losses: #924 Westwood (Washington Township) (42-8), #4437 Warren Hills Regional (Washington) (42-14), #4596 Sparta (28-12)
2023 Opponents W-L: 50-51
Recent Section Championships: 2017 (North 1 II)
Recent League Championships: 2023, 2022, 2021 (North Jersey Super - National Red), 2020 (North Jersey Super - American White), 2019 (tied for 1st; North Jersey Super - National Red), 2018 (tied for 1st; North Jersey Super - National Red), 2017 (North Jersey Super - American Red)
Winning Streak Entering 2024 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2024 Schedule: 9/7 at Sussex County Tech (Sparta), 9/13 Lenape Valley (Stanhope), 9/20 Sparta, 9/27 at High Point (Sussex), 10/4 at Jefferson Township (Oak Ridge), 10/11 Hackettstown, 10/19 at Kittatinny Regional (Newton), 10/25 Mountain Lakes
Highest-Rated 2024 Regular Season Opponents*: Mountain Lakes (-3.5), Sparta (-13.9), Sussex County Tech (Sparta) (-23.2)
Lowest-Rated 2024 Regular Season Opponents*: Hackettstown (-46.1), Kittatinny Regional (Newton) (-42.3), Jefferson Township (Oak Ridge) (-39.4)
2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -7.5 (-2.4 overall)
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: -28.8
2024 vs. 2023 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -21.3
2024 Projected Regular Season Record*: 5-3
2024 Projected League Finish*: 3rd
2024 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: less than 1%



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