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GENERAL
Nickname: Knights
Colors: Red/White
Coach: Jeff Bellar
League: C2 District 3
Playoff Division: C2
Playoff Division Rank*: #1

D1 PROSPECT
Leighton Burbach 6'8" 255 Senior OT

RATINGS
2024 Final Power Rating: 38.2
2024 National Rank: #577
2024 State Rank: #6
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: +2.1
Historical Reload/Regression Factor*: +4.8
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment*: -6.4
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment*: +1.8
2025 Starting Power Rating*: 24.7
2025 National Rank*: #787
2025 State Rank*: #7
5-Year Dynasty Rating (Average 2019-2024 Rating): 37.7
5-Year Dynasty National Rank: #447
2025 Rating vs. 5-Year Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 13
5-Year Dynasty Record: 56-5 (21-0 in league)
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2024 Rating): 42.1
Dynasty National Rank: #267
2025 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 17.4
Dynasty Record: 231-34 (89-10 in league)

HISTORICAL
2024 Overall Record: 13-0
2024 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st)
2024 Points For Average: 39
2024 Points Against Average: 13.9
2024 Differential: +25.1
2024 Wins: #1024 Bishop Neumann (Wahoo) (27-13), #1024 Bishop Neumann (Wahoo) (28-21), #1820 Battle Creek (19-14), #1857 Cedar Catholic (Hartington) (34-10), #2894 Oakland-Craig (Oakland) (48-21), #3006 Raymond Central (Raymond) (41-14), #3128 Kearney Catholic (Kearney) (35-13), #3729 Boone Central (Albion) (36-7), #4450 Ord (33-8), #4761 West Point-Beemer (West Point) (49-12), #6174 Arlington (52-19), #7683 Ponca (43-16), #9998 North Bend Central (North Bend) (62-13)
2024 Losses: none
2024 Opponents W-L: 81-57
Recent State Championships: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2017 (C1), 2012 (C1), 2011 (C1), 2010 (C1), 2005 (C1), 2004 (C1)
Recent League Championships: 2024, 2023 (C2 District 4), 2022 (C2 District 4), 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017 (C1 District 5), 2015 (C1 District 3), 2011 (C1 District 7), 2010 (C1 District 7), 2009 (C1 District 5), 2008 (C1 District 5), 2005 (C1 District 5), 2004 (C1 District 5)
Winning Streak Entering 2025 Season: 39 officially, 38 on field
Streak List: 8/26/22 Oakland-Craig (Oakland) (37-12), 9/2/22 Ord (35-14), 9/9/22 Logan View/Scribner-Snyder (Hooper) (49-7), 9/16/22 Louisville (49-7), 9/23/22 West Holt (Atkinson) (55-6), 9/29/22 Battle Creek (28-7), 10/7/22 Ponca (2-0), 10/14/22 Wayne (63-14), 10/21/22 Cedar Catholic (Hartington) (14-0), 10/28/22 Yutan (28-14), 11/4/22 Lincoln Lutheran (Lincoln) (62-42), 11/11/22 Ord (38-6), 11/22/22 Cedar Catholic (Hartington) (23-0), 8/25/23 Oakland-Craig (Oakland) (42-27), 9/1/23 Ord (31-14), 9/8/23 Logan View/Scribner-Snyder (Hooper) (49-9), 9/15/23 Louisville (49-6), 9/21/23 West Holt (Atkinson) (48-18), 9/29/23 Battle Creek (24-19), 10/6/23 Ponca (49-0), 10/13/23 Wayne (59-7), 10/20/23 Cedar Catholic (Hartington) (41-0), 10/27/23 Aquinas (David City) (42-12), 11/3/23 Kearney Catholic (Kearney) (55-7), 11/10/23 Fillmore Central (Geneva) (42-7), 11/21/23 Ord (41-3), 8/30/24 Bishop Neumann (Wahoo) (28-21), 9/5/24 Boone Central (Albion) (36-7), 9/12/24 North Bend Central (North Bend) (62-13), 9/20/24 Arlington (52-19), 9/27/24 Ponca (43-16), 10/4/24 West Point-Beemer (West Point) (49-12), 10/11/24 Oakland-Craig (Oakland) (48-21), 10/18/24 Battle Creek (19-14), 10/25/24 Cedar Catholic (Hartington) (34-10), 11/1/24 Ord (33-8), 11/8/24 Raymond Central (Raymond) (41-14), 11/15/24 Kearney Catholic (Kearney) (35-13), 11/26/24 Bishop Neumann (Wahoo) (27-13)

SCHEDULE
2025 Projected League Finish*: 1st
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