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GENERAL
Nickname: Spartans
Colors: Blue/Gray
League: 5A District 6 (moving from 5A Group 5)
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank*: #17

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Joey VanWetzinga 6'2" 255 Senior IOL

RATINGS
2024 Final Power Rating: 27.1
2024 National Rank: #1314
2024 State Rank: #25
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: -0.8
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment*: -19.1
2025 Starting Power Rating*: 0.7
2025 National Rank*: #3050
2025 State Rank*: #66
5-Year Dynasty Rating (Average 2019-2024 Rating): 26.5
5-Year Dynasty National Rank: #1173
2025 Rating vs. 5-Year Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 25.8
5-Year Dynasty Record: 41-10 (19-0 in league)
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2024 Rating): 22
Dynasty National Rank: #2239
2025 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 21.3
Dynasty Record: 146-78 (105-41 in league)

HISTORICAL
2024 Overall Record: 7-3
2024 League Record/Finish: 4-0 (1st)
2024 Points For Average: 37.2
2024 Points Against Average: 22.9
2024 Differential: +14.3
2024 Wins: #717 Liberty (North Liberty) (42-28), #1940 Cedar Falls (51-28), #2240 Linn-Mar (Marion) (35-21), #2309 Prairie (Cedar Rapids) (38-21), #3314 Kennedy [John F.] (Cedar Rapids) (35-20), #7322 Muscatine (42-7), #7959 Dubuque (49-6)
2024 Losses: #423 Southeast Polk (Pleasant Hill) (24-21), #1812 Iowa City West (Iowa City) (49-35), #2020 Bettendorf (25-24)
2024 Opponents W-L: 56-46
Recent League Championships: 2024 (5A Group 5), 2023 (5A Group 5), 2022 (5A Group 4), 2021 (5A Group 4), 2020 (4A Group 7), 2015 (4A District 7), 2014 (4A District 7), 2013 (4A Mississippi), 2012 (4A Mississippi)
Winning Streak Entering 2025 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2025 Schedule: 8/29 Bettendorf, 9/5 at Cedar Falls, 9/12 Iowa City West (Iowa City), 9/19 at Hempstead (Dubuque), 9/26 Muscatine, 10/3 at Linn-Mar (Marion), 10/10 Liberty (North Liberty), 10/17 Dubuque, 10/24 at Davenport Central (Davenport)
Highest-Rated 2025 Regular Season Opponents*: Liberty (North Liberty) (29.4), Iowa City West (Iowa City) (23.1), Cedar Falls (12.6)
Lowest-Rated 2025 Regular Season Opponents*: Davenport Central (Davenport) (-31.5), Dubuque (-31.2), Muscatine (-23.5)
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 17.5 (18.6 overall)
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: -2.9
2025 vs. 2024 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -20.4
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #54
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #464
2025 Projected Regular Season Record*: 5-4
2025 Projected League Finish*: 4th
2025 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: less than 1%



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