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Casa Grande (Petaluma, CA) GENERAL Nickname: Gauchos Colors: Forest Green/Gold Coach: Rick O'Brien League: Sonoma County Section: North Coast Playoff Division: II Playoff Division Rank: #4 CA Bowl Division: North 1 (not yet official) CA Bowl Division Rank: #40 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 6 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 2007 JV Record: 7-3 RATINGS 2007 Final Power Rating: 20.1 2007 National Rank: #3022 2007 State Rank: #226 Off-Season Rating Adjustment: +0.5 2008 Starting Power Rating: 20.6 2008 National Rank: #2801 2008 State Rank: #216 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2007 Rating): 24.2 Dynasty National Rank: #1241 2008 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 3.6 Dynasty Record: 47-13-1 (28-2 in league) HISTORICAL 2007 Overall Record: 9-2-1 2007 League Record/Finish: 5-1 (1st) 2007 Points For Average: 24.6 2007 Points Against Average: 9.9 2007 Differential: +14.7 2007 Wins: #3120 Sacred Heart Cathedral (San Francisco) (27-14), #4043 Healdsburg (30-7), #5116 Santa Rosa (13-7), #5564 Petaluma (31-0), #7133 Windsor (31-0), #8697 Carrillo (Santa Rosa) (35-0), #9238 San Rafael (21-0), #9306 Analy (Sebastopol) (35-21), #10175 El Molino (Forestville) (33-7) 2007 Losses: #2366 Rancho Cotate (Rohnert Park) (31-10), #3544 Sonoma Valley (Sonoma) (15-12) 2007 Ties: #4594 Montgomery (Santa Rosa) (17-17) 2007 Opponents W-L: 65-63-2 Recent League Championships: 2007, 2006, 2004, 2003 Winning Streak Entering 2008 Season: none SCHEDULE 2008 Schedule: 9/12 San Rafael, 9/20 at Carrillo (Santa Rosa), 9/26 Montgomery (Santa Rosa), 10/3 vs Napa, 10/10 Petaluma, 10/17 at Analy (Sebastopol), 10/24 Sonoma Valley (Sonoma), 10/31 at Windsor, 11/7 Healdsburg, 11/14 at El Molino (Forestville) Highest-Rated 2008 Regular Season Opponents: Napa (51.2), Healdsburg (16.4), Montgomery (Santa Rosa) (10.4) Lowest-Rated 2008 Regular Season Opponents: Analy (Sebastopol) (-12.2), El Molino (Forestville) (-11.9), San Rafael (-9.8) 2007 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 3.7 (9.1 overall) 2008 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.4 2008 vs. 2007 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.7 2008 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2 2008 Projected League Finish: 1st 2008 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% Opener: 9/12 San Rafael [projection: 31-6 win] Outlook: Coach Rick O'Brien plans to maximize Casa Grande's team speed and athleticism to offset the loss of his 2007 running back and full back positions. Key players Matt O'Brien QB/DB, Matt Nadolski WR/DB, Dan Gustafson OL/DL and Tyler Selna DE/C will be pulling double duty. The 2008 Casa Grande Gauchos will be about at the same level or slightly improved over last year in Coach O'Brien's estimation.