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GENERAL
Nickname: Knights
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Josh Bowie
League: Peninsula - Bay (moving from Peninsula - Ocean)
Section: Central Coast
Playoff Division: none

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 3
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2017 JV Record: 8-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Aidan Pak 5'10" 170 Senior LB/WR
Kevin Alarcon 6'0" 165 Junior QB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Work-Ethic, Competitiveness, Culture
Team Weaknesses: Youth

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: 15.2
2017 National Rank: #3653
2017 State Rank: #278
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -8.5
2018 Starting Power Rating: -8.8
2018 National Rank: #5258
2018 State Rank: #388
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 15.8
Dynasty National Rank: #4581
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 24.6
Dynasty Record: 109-61 (49-36 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 8-5
2017 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (1st)
2017 Points For Average: 30.8
2017 Points Against Average: 17
2017 Differential: +13.8
2017 Wins: #4218 Hillsdale (San Mateo) (33-10), #5442 King's Academy (Sunnyvale) (28-0), #6072 Piedmont (28-7), #6235 Scotts Valley (26-21), #7647 Jefferson (Daly City) (35-8), #7881 South San Francisco (48-13), #11206 Woodside (51-6), #11672 Stevenson [Robert Louis] (Pebble Beach) (56-6)
2017 Losses: #1951 East Nicolaus (Nicolaus) (16-9), #2007 Gilroy (38-21), #3811 Palma (Salinas) (29-14), #4437 Sacred Heart Prep (Atherton) (25-24), #7501 Sequoia (Redwood City) (42-27)
2017 Opponents W-L: 80-63
Recent League Championships: 2017 (Peninsula - Ocean), 2016 (tied for 1st; Peninsula - Ocean), 2006 (tied for 1st; Peninsula - Ocean)
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 9/1 Piedmont, 9/7 at Santa Clara, 9/14 at Overfelt (San Jose), 9/28 at Capuchino (San Bruno), 10/5 Half Moon Bay, 10/12 at Menlo-Atherton (Atherton), 10/19 Terra Nova (Pacifica), 10/26 at Aragon (San Mateo), 11/2 at Sacred Heart Prep (Atherton)
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Half Moon Bay (16.8), Aragon (San Mateo) (8.4), Menlo-Atherton (Atherton) (7)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Santa Clara (-29.7), Capuchino (San Bruno) (-25.5), Overfelt (San Jose) (-23.6)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 4.1 (8.8 overall)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -7.4
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -11.5
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #342
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4330
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-5
2018 Projected League Finish: 5th
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%