TEAM NOT OFFICIALLY RATED YET; HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM COACH
GENERAL
Nickname: Hornets
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: Torrey Nowell
League: 6A/7A Tobacco Road (moving from 4A DC 6)
Playoff Division: 7A
Playoff Division Rank*: #31
COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Isaiah Deloatch 6'1" 210 Senior LB
RATINGS
2024 Final Power Rating: 8
2024 National Rank: #3664
2024 State Rank: #90
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: -0.8
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment*: -3.8
2025 Starting Power Rating*: -6
2025 National Rank*: #4080
2025 State Rank*: #101
5-Year Dynasty Rating (Average 2019-2024 Rating): 17.4
5-Year Dynasty National Rank: #2213
2025 Rating vs. 5-Year Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 23.4
5-Year Dynasty Record: 40-17 (23-2 in league)
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2024 Rating): 23
Dynasty National Rank: #2092
2025 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 29
Dynasty Record: 178-88-1 [177-89-1 on the field] (100-28 in league)
HISTORICAL
2024 Overall Record: 7-6
2024 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd)
2024 Points For Average: 23.8
2024 Points Against Average: 21.4
2024 Differential: +2.4
2024 Wins: #4832 Wake Forest (13-10), #5387 Heritage (Wake Forest) (19-13), #7242 Overhills (Spring Lake) (39-12), #7611 Chapel Hill (42-13), #10185 Riverside (Durham) (45-7), #11174 East Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill) (forfeit win), #11438 Northern (Durham) (60-13)
2024 Losses: #396 Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh) (21-0), #396 Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh) (52-19), #846 Dudley [James B.] (Greensboro) (44-0), #1907 Jordan [Charles E.] (Durham) (43-29), #4585 Southern School of Energy and Sustainability (Durham) (7-6), #6067 Panther Creek (Cary) (22-14)
2024 Opponents W-L: 87-65
Recent State Championships: 2010 (4A)
Recent League Championships: 2023 (4A DAC), 2022 (4A East Conference 30), 2021 (4A East Conference 30), 2016 (4A PAC-6), 2015 (4A PAC-6), 2014 (4A PAC-6), 2013 (4A Conference 10), 2012 (4A PAC 6), 2011 (4A PAC 6), 2010 (4A Pac-6), 2008 (tied for 1st; PAC 6), 2007 (tied for 1st; PAC 6), 2006 (tied for 1st; PAC 6)
Winning Streak Entering 2025 Season: none
SCHEDULE
2025 Schedule: 8/22 Smith [E. E.] (Fayetteville), 8/29 at Panther Creek (Cary), 9/5 Dudley [James B.] (Greensboro), 9/12 Orange (Hillsborough), 9/19 at Wake Forest, 10/3 Riverside (Durham), 10/10 Chapel Hill, 10/17 Southern School of Energy and Sustainability (Durham), 10/24 at East Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill), 10/24 Northern (Durham)
Highest-Rated 2025 Regular Season Opponents*: Dudley [James B.] (Greensboro) (24.1), Southern School of Energy and Sustainability (Durham) (-2.3), Wake Forest (-9.2)
Lowest-Rated 2025 Regular Season Opponents*: Northern (Durham) (-50.5), East Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill) (-44.9), Smith [E. E.] (Fayetteville) (-42.6)
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 4.2 (5.4 overall)
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: -23.7
2025 vs. 2024 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -27.9
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #72
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #1341
2025 Projected Regular Season Record*: 8-2
2025 Projected League Finish*: 2nd
2025 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: less than 1%
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