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GENERAL
Nickname: Sallies
Colors: Gold/White
Coach: Gene DelleDonne
League: 3A District 1
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank*: #1

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Ahmaad Foster 6'5" 260 Senior DL

RATINGS
2023 Final Power Rating: 48.3
2023 National Rank: #254
2023 State Rank: #1
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: -0.6
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment*: -0.1
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment*: -3.8
2024 Starting Power Rating*: 32.2
2024 National Rank*: #391
2024 State Rank*: #1
5-Year Dynasty Rating (Average 2018-2023 Rating): 25.2
5-Year Dynasty National Rank: #1390
2024 Rating vs. 5-Year Dynasty Rating Comparison*: better by 7
5-Year Dynasty Record: 36-17 (13-2 in league)
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2023 Rating): 33.3
Dynasty National Rank: #839
2024 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 1.1
Dynasty Record: 171-68 (16-3 in league)

HISTORICAL
2023 Overall Record: 12-1
2023 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st)
2023 Points For Average: 37.4
2023 Points Against Average: 15.6
2023 Differential: +21.8
2023 Wins: #662 Middletown (24-14), #662 Middletown (37-14), #1187 Cape Henlopen (Lewes) (45-17), #1281 Hodgson Vo-Tech [Paul M.] (Newark) (38-19), #1677 Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic (Drexel Hill, PA) (36-0), #1687 Smyrna (28-12), #1687 Smyrna (41-40), #2603 St. Mark's (Wilmington) (47-12), #2659 Appoquinimink (West Middletown) (47-14), #3509 Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington) (44-21), #3664 St. Georges Tech (Middletown) (34-13), #3943 Penn [William] (New Castle) (49-0)
2023 Losses: #1231 Dover (27-16)
2023 Opponents W-L: 78-67
Recent State Championships: 2023, 2013 (I), 2009 (I), 2006 (I), 2005 (I)
Recent League Championships: 2023, 2022 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2024 Season: 9
Streak List: 10/6/23 St. Georges Tech (Middletown) (34-13), 10/13/23 Penn [William] (New Castle) (49-0), 10/20/23 Appoquinimink (West Middletown) (47-14), 10/27/23 Middletown (37-14), 11/4/23 Hodgson Vo-Tech [Paul M.] (Newark) (38-19), 11/10/23 St. Mark's (Wilmington) (47-12), 11/17/23 Smyrna (41-40), 11/24/23 Middletown (24-14), 12/1/23 Cape Henlopen (Lewes) (45-17)

SCHEDULE
2024 Schedule: 8/29 Episcopal Academy (Newtown Square, PA), 9/6 at Smyrna, 9/20 Malvern Prep (Malvern, PA), 9/27 Dover, 10/5 at St. Georges Tech (Middletown), 10/12 at Penn [William] (New Castle), 10/18 Appoquinimink (West Middletown), 10/25 at Middletown, 11/1 Hodgson Vo-Tech [Paul M.] (Newark), 11/8 St. Mark's (Wilmington)
Highest-Rated 2024 Regular Season Opponents*: Malvern Prep (Malvern, PA) (39.3), Middletown (24.5), Dover (21.4)
Lowest-Rated 2024 Regular Season Opponents*: Penn [William] (New Castle) (-3.7), St. Georges Tech (Middletown) (-0.3), St. Mark's (Wilmington) (5.9)
2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 25.2
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: 14.4
2024 vs. 2023 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -10.8
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #1
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #350
2024 Projected Regular Season Record*: 8-2
2024 Projected League Finish*: 1st
2024 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: 11%



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