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GENERAL
Nickname: Dragons
Colors: Purple/Gold
League: 5A District 3 (moving from 5A Group 2)
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank*: #5
COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Micah Cook 6'6" 235 Senior Edge
RATINGS
2024 Final Power Rating: 34.6
2024 National Rank: #781
2024 State Rank: #11
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: -0.6
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment*: -1.6
2025 Starting Power Rating*: 28.2
2025 National Rank*: #631
2025 State Rank*: #7
5-Year Dynasty Rating (Average 2019-2024 Rating): 21.3
5-Year Dynasty National Rank: #1740
2025 Rating vs. 5-Year Dynasty Rating Comparison*: better by 6.9
5-Year Dynasty Record: 28-23 (11-6 in league)
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2024 Rating): 28.6
Dynasty National Rank: #1304
2025 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 0.4
Dynasty Record: 131-93 (63-39 in league)
HISTORICAL
2024 Overall Record: 8-3
2024 League Record/Finish: 4-0 (1st)
2024 Points For Average: 36
2024 Points Against Average: 17.2
2024 Differential: +18.8
2024 Wins: #423 Southeast Polk (Pleasant Hill) (34-0), #959 Ankeny (24-7), #1684 Waukee (21-7), #1866 Sioux City East (Sioux City) (35-14), #1935 Northwest (Waukee) (28-17), #3525 Urbandale (56-14), #3646 Waterloo West (Waterloo) (49-14), #5041 Lincoln [Abraham] (Council Bluffs) (56-7)
2024 Losses: #535 Valley (West Des Moines) (34-24), #535 Valley (West Des Moines) (38-35), #1940 Cedar Falls (37-34)
2024 Opponents W-L: 70-47
Recent League Championships: 2024 (5A Group 2), 2017 (4A District 1)
Winning Streak Entering 2025 Season: none
SCHEDULE
2025 Schedule: 8/29 Waukee, 9/5 at Dowling (West Des Moines), 9/12 at Ames, 9/19 Liberty (North Liberty), 9/26 at Lincoln [Abraham] (Council Bluffs), 10/3 at Ankeny, 10/10 Sioux City East (Sioux City), 10/17 at Southeast Polk (Pleasant Hill), 10/24 Roosevelt [Theodore] (Des Moines)
Highest-Rated 2025 Regular Season Opponents*: Southeast Polk (Pleasant Hill) (37.3), Ankeny (30), Liberty (North Liberty) (29.4)
Lowest-Rated 2025 Regular Season Opponents*: Roosevelt [Theodore] (Des Moines) (-23.4), Lincoln [Abraham] (Council Bluffs) (-17.6), Ames (-11.6)
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 22.4 (23.2 overall)
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: 11.9
2025 vs. 2024 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -10.5
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #1
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #122
2025 Projected Regular Season Record*: 6-3
2025 Projected League Finish*: 2nd
2025 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: 1%
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