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GENERAL
Nickname: Bulldogs
Colors: Cardinal/Gold
Coach: Justin Wyatt
League: Golden
Section: Southern
Playoff Division: none

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 8
2024 JV Record: 10-0
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
LeBron Green 5'10.5" 155 Senior WR/DB 4.47
Viliami Fatanitavake 6'0" 285 Junior DL 5.13
Jamarieh Hector 6'3" 215 Senior DL 4.63

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Speed, Ball Hawking/Hard Hitting Defensively
Team Weaknesses: Offensive Youth/Inexperience

RATINGS
2024 Final Power Rating: 20.6
2024 National Rank: #1921
2024 State Rank: #148
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: -3.5
Historical Reload/Regression Factor*: +6.5
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment*: -3.5
2025 Starting Power Rating*: 7.4
2025 National Rank*: #2365
2025 State Rank*: #175
5-Year Dynasty Rating (Average 2019-2024 Rating): 19.3
5-Year Dynasty National Rank: #1973
2025 Rating vs. 5-Year Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 11.9
5-Year Dynasty Record: 43-15 (31-2 in league)
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2024 Rating): 17.5
Dynasty National Rank: #3193
2025 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 10.1
Dynasty Record: 140-108-1 [139-109-1 on the field] (103-43 in league)

HISTORICAL
2024 Overall Record: 11-5
2024 League Record/Finish: 6-1 (2nd)
2024 Points For Average: 30.9
2024 Points Against Average: 21.2
2024 Differential: +9.7
2024 Wins: #2496 Coalinga (33-31), #2755 Quartz Hill (20-14), #2755 Quartz Hill (27-14), #2949 Wilson [Woodrow] (Long Beach) (14-13), #4286 Burbank (42-28), #4784 Cerritos (21-17), #5000 Palmdale (40-22), #9331 Antelope Valley (Lancaster) (49-7), #11311 Knight [William J.] (Palmdale) (48-0), #12789 Eastside (Lancaster) (84-0), #13238 Littlerock (35-13)
2024 Losses: #9 Mission Viejo (63-6), #304 Oak Hills (Hesperia) (56-24), #841 Liberty (Bakersfield) (19-14), #977 St. Vincent de Paul (Petaluma) (25-23), #3389 Lancaster (17-14)
2024 Opponents W-L: 126-69
Recent Section Championships: 2024 (9), 2019 (9)
Recent League Championships: 2023 (tied for 1st), 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2011 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2025 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2025 Schedule: 8/22 at Oak Hills (Hesperia), 8/29 at Apple Valley, 9/5 at Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita), 9/19 at Quartz Hill, 9/26 at Knight [William J.] (Palmdale), 10/3 at Littlerock, 10/10 at Eastside (Lancaster), 10/17 at Antelope Valley (Lancaster), 10/23 at Lancaster, 10/31 at Palmdale
Highest-Rated 2025 Regular Season Opponents*: Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita) (77.2), Oak Hills (Hesperia) (38.2), Apple Valley (22.5)
Lowest-Rated 2025 Regular Season Opponents*: Eastside (Lancaster) (-58), Littlerock (-57.3), Knight [William J.] (Palmdale) (-36.9)
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -0.1 (8.4 overall)
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: -6
2025 vs. 2024 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -5.9
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #178
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #2673
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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