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Paloma Valley (Menifee, CA) GENERAL Nickname: Wildcats Colors: Silver/Maroon/Black Coach: Bert Esposito League: Sunbelt Section: Southern Playoff Division: Central (V) Playoff Division Rank: #5 CA Bowl Division: South 1 (not yet official) CA Bowl Division Rank: #63 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 9 2007 JV Record: 7-3 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: no RATINGS 2007 Final Power Rating: 18.8 2007 National Rank: #3294 2007 State Rank: #253 Off-Season Rating Adjustment: +7.5 2008 Starting Power Rating: 26.3 2008 National Rank: #1777 2008 State Rank: #163 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2007 Rating): 5.2 Dynasty National Rank: #5834 2008 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 21.1 Dynasty Record: 23-30 (15-9 in league) HISTORICAL 2007 Overall Record: 7-4 2007 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd) 2007 Points For Average: 30.5 2007 Points Against Average: 19.4 2007 Differential: +11.1 2007 Wins: #1889 King (Riverside) (42-14), #3853 West Valley (Hemet) (39-7), #6990 Hemet (52-28), #7513 Lakeside (Lake Elsinore) (38-7), #7513 Cathedral City (34-12), #8726 Perris (38-0), #9503 Patriot (Riverside) (34-21) 2007 Losses: #606 Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita) (38-7), #957 Murrieta Valley (Murrieta) (30-7), #2541 Arroyo Valley (San Bernardino) (35-32), #5032 Elsinore (Wildomar) (21-13) 2007 Opponents W-L: 54-62-1 Recent League Championships: 2006 (tied for 1st), 2005 Winning Streak Entering 2008 Season: none SCHEDULE 2008 Schedule: 9/12 Mission Bay (San Diego), 9/19 at Chaparral (Temecula), 9/26 at Cathedral City, 10/3 Temecula Valley (Temecula), 10/10 at Bloomington, 10/17 West Valley (Hemet), 10/24 at Elsinore (Wildomar), 10/31 Lakeside (Lake Elsinore), 11/7 at Hemet, 11/13 Perris Highest-Rated 2008 Regular Season Opponents: Chaparral (Temecula) (49.2), Temecula Valley (Temecula) (22.2), Mission Bay (San Diego) (17.4) Lowest-Rated 2008 Regular Season Opponents: Perris (-9.3), Cathedral City (-5.9), Lakeside (Lake Elsinore) (1) 2007 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.9 (14.4 overall) 2008 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.1 2008 vs. 2007 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.2 2008 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2 2008 Projected League Finish: 1st 2008 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 1% Opener: 9/12 Mission Bay (San Diego) [projection: 28-17 win] Outlook: Paloma Valley High School had a nice 2007 campaign, winning a portion of the Sunbelt League title. 3-year starter QB Zach Hubert returns, but the Wildcats will need to find someone to carry the load at RB (probably David Tavita or Mario Oliver, a transfer from New York, or both). 9 starters from a pretty decent defense return (19.3 points per game allowed in '07), including LBs Antoine Ewing, Mike Carle, and Stephen Fritscher (the latter two are only going to be juniors). Says Coach Bert Esposito, "We feel that this will be the strongest team we will put on the field since 1999-2000. We have a lot of depth, and our lower levels have been very successful over the last couple years."