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GENERAL
Nickname: Eagles
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: Bryan Strohl
League: Lancaster-Lebanon 3
Playoff Division: AAAAA
Playoff Division Rank*: #32

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2024 JV Record: 2-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Dane Horning 5'8" 175 Senior FB/LB 4.75
Nick McArdle 5'11" 220 Senior OL/DL 5.2
Logan Horning 5'9" 165 Sophomore FB/LB 4.9

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: OL/LB Experience, Hard-Working
Team Weaknesses: Lost 3-Year Starting QB, All-State LB Graduated, Lost K/P To Graduation

RATINGS
2024 Final Power Rating: 11.4
2024 National Rank: #3111
2024 State Rank: #109
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: -0.5
2025 Starting Power Rating*: -1.5
2025 National Rank*: #3411
2025 State Rank*: #122
5-Year Dynasty Rating (Average 2019-2024 Rating): 20.5
5-Year Dynasty National Rank: #1823
2025 Rating vs. 5-Year Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 22
5-Year Dynasty Record: 40-20 (24-6 in league)
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2024 Rating): 25.7
Dynasty National Rank: #1705
2025 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 27.2
Dynasty Record: 175-85 (110-38 in league)

HISTORICAL
2024 Overall Record: 8-4
2024 League Record/Finish: 5-1 (2nd)
2024 Points For Average: 20.2
2024 Points Against Average: 18.8
2024 Differential: +1.4
2024 Wins: #4200 Warwick (Lititz) (10-7), #4204 Hershey (42-21), #4465 Solanco (Quarryville) (42-24), #5009 Ephrata (10-7), #5449 Garden Spot (New Holland) (21-0), #6900 Manheim Central (Manheim) (30-14), #7437 Fleetwood (21-17), #8194 Elizabethtown (28-14)
2024 Losses: #726 Lampeter-Strasburg (Lampeter) (35-14), #1158 Mechanicsburg (42-3), #1943 New Oxford (21-0), #2170 Weiser [Conrad] (Robesonia) (24-21)
2024 Opponents W-L: 80-50
Recent League Championships: 2023 (Lancaster-Lebanon 4), 2021 (tied for 1st; Lancaster-Lebanon 2), 2016 (tied for 1st; Lancaster-Lebanon 2), 2012 (Lancaster-Lebanon 2)
Winning Streak Entering 2025 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2025 Schedule: 8/23 at Elizabethtown, 8/29 New Oxford, 9/5 Lampeter-Strasburg (Lampeter), 9/12 at Garden Spot (New Holland), 9/19 at Warwick (Lititz), 9/26 Manheim Central (Manheim), 10/3 Ephrata, 10/10 at Solanco (Quarryville), 10/17 at Weiser [Conrad] (Robesonia), 10/24 Fleetwood
Highest-Rated 2025 Regular Season Opponents*: Lampeter-Strasburg (Lampeter) (24.4), New Oxford (8.9), Weiser [Conrad] (Robesonia) (-2.2)
Lowest-Rated 2025 Regular Season Opponents*: Elizabethtown (-32.4), Fleetwood (-31.2), Manheim Central (Manheim) (-22.1)
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.2
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: -8.6
2025 vs. 2024 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -16.8
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #109
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #690
2025 Projected Regular Season Record*: 6-4
2025 Projected League Finish*: 1st
2025 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: less than 1%




*temporary; not finalized until August 7th






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