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GENERAL
Nickname: Tigers
Colors: Purple/White
Coach: Stewart Young
League: AA Region 2 (moving from AA Region 3)
Playoff Division: AA
Playoff Division Rank: #9

RATINGS
2023 Final Power Rating: 2.9
2023 National Rank: #4936
2023 State Rank: #100
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +2.6
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.7
2024 Starting Power Rating: -10.6
2024 National Rank: #4406
2024 State Rank: #91
5-Year Dynasty Rating (Average 2018-2023 Rating): 13.5
5-Year Dynasty National Rank: #2973
2024 Rating vs. 5-Year Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 22
5-Year Dynasty Record: 40-16 (14-10 in league)
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2023 Rating): 10.3
Dynasty National Rank: #5194
2024 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 18.8
Dynasty Record: 129-109 (46-58 in league)

HISTORICAL
2023 Overall Record: 7-4
2023 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (tied for 2nd)
2023 Points For Average: 25.3
2023 Points Against Average: 19.3
2023 Differential: +6
2023 Wins: #2574 Silver Bluff (Aiken) (15-14), #5503 Ninety Six (25-0), #7076 Emerald (Greenwood) (9-6), #9745 Mid-Carolina (Prosperity) (42-10), #9997 Pelion (42-13), #10014 Fox Creek (North Augusta) (28-10), #10720 Ridge Spring-Monetta (Monetta) (55-18)
2023 Losses: #1331 Thurmond [Strom] (Johnston) (48-3), #2017 Gilbert (49-27), #4482 Newberry (24-15), #5184 Batesburg-Leesville (Batesburg) (20-17)
2023 Opponents W-L: 57-68
Recent State Championships: 2019
Recent League Championships: 2017 (AA Region III), 2016 (AA Region III), 2003 (AA Region 3)
Winning Streak Entering 2024 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2024 Schedule: 8/23 at Crescent (Iva), 8/30 Ridge Spring-Monetta (Monetta), 9/13 Chester, 9/20 at Southside Christian (Simpsonville), 9/27 at Newberry, 10/4 American Leadership Academy (Lexington), 10/10 at Pelion, 10/18 at Ninety Six, 10/25 Thurmond [Strom] (Johnston), 11/1 Batesburg-Leesville (Batesburg)
Highest-Rated 2024 Regular Season Opponents: Chester (22.5), Thurmond [Strom] (Johnston) (15.6), Newberry (0.5)
Lowest-Rated 2024 Regular Season Opponents: Ridge Spring-Monetta (Monetta) (-44.9), Pelion (-37), Ninety Six (-14.4)
2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -0.9 (-1.6 overall)
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -8.5
2024 vs. 2023 Schedule Strength Comparison: -7.6
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #83
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3586
2024 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2024 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2024 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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