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GENERAL
Nickname: Fighting Scots
Colors: Blue/Red
Coach: Richard Bailey
League: 3A/4A Sandhills (moving from 3A/4A East Conference 24)
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #28

RATINGS
2022 Final Power Rating: 8.6
2022 National Rank: #3953
2022 State Rank: #109
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -2.2
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.6
2023 Starting Power Rating: -10
2023 National Rank: #4092
2023 State Rank: #115
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2022 Rating): 22.1
Dynasty National Rank: #1756
2023 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 32.1
Dynasty Record: 40-21 (19-11 in league)

HISTORICAL
2022 Overall Record: 7-5
2022 League Record/Finish: 4-2 (tied for 2nd)
2022 Points For Average: 36.4
2022 Points Against Average: 29
2022 Differential: +7.4
2022 Wins: #3471 Britt [Jack] (Fayetteville) (28-27), #4553 Lee County (Sanford) (40-32), #4573 Richmond (Rockingham) (22-21), #5703 Fike [Ralph L.] (Wilson) (42-35), #8517 Northern (Durham) (50-0), #9090 Union Pines (Cameron) (49-14), #10244 Southern Lee (Sanford) (63-34)
2022 Losses: #1921 Hoggard [John T.] (Wilmington) (18-8), #2157 Sanford [Terry] (Fayetteville) (58-55), #2796 Pinecrest (Southern Pines) (30-21), #5552 Marlboro County (Bennettsville, SC) (27-24), #5640 Hoke County (Raeford) (52-35)
2022 Opponents W-L: 69-66
Recent State Championships: 2011 (4A)
Recent League Championships: 2017 (4A Sandhills), 2016 (4A Southeastern), 2015 (4A Southeastern), 2014 (4A Southeastern), 2013 (4A Conference 16), 2012 (4A Southeastern), 2011 (4A Southeastern)
Winning Streak Entering 2023 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2023 Schedule: 8/18 Southern (Durham), 8/25 at Sanford [Terry] (Fayetteville), 9/1 at Marlboro County (Bennettsville, SC), 9/8 Britt [Jack] (Fayetteville), 9/15 at Hoke County (Raeford), 9/22 at Southern Lee (Sanford), 9/29 at Union Pines (Cameron), 10/13 at Pinecrest (Southern Pines), 10/20 Lee County (Sanford), 10/27 at Richmond (Rockingham)
Highest-Rated 2023 Regular Season Opponents: Sanford [Terry] (Fayetteville) (0.1), Britt [Jack] (Fayetteville) (0), Pinecrest (Southern Pines) (-0.5)
Lowest-Rated 2023 Regular Season Opponents: Union Pines (Cameron) (-33.3), Southern Lee (Sanford) (-30.4), Marlboro County (Bennettsville, SC) (-23.2)
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 1.2 (3.5 overall)
2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -13.6
2023 vs. 2022 Schedule Strength Comparison: -14.8
2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #89
2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3844
2023 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2023 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2023 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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