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Aquinas (San Bernardino, CA) GENERAL Nickname: Falcons Colors: Navy/White Coach: Josh Henderson League: Christian Section: Southern Playoff Division: East Valley (XII) Playoff Division Rank: #9 CA Bowl Division: South Small (not yet official) CA Bowl Division Rank: #19 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 8 2007 JV Record: 5-5 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes RATINGS 2007 Final Power Rating: -0.1 2007 National Rank: #8034 2007 State Rank: #578 Off-Season Rating Adjustment: +2.5 2008 Starting Power Rating: 2.4 2008 National Rank: #7289 2008 State Rank: #528 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2007 Rating): 1.9 Dynasty National Rank: #6904 2008 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 0.5 Dynasty Record: 43-18 (13-4 in league) HISTORICAL 2007 Overall Record: 7-5 2007 League Record/Finish: 3-0 (1st) 2007 Points For Average: 30.6 2007 Points Against Average: 18.3 2007 Differential: +12.3 2007 Wins: #5032 Ontario Christian (Ontario) (35-30), #10066 Banning (49-16), #11224 Viewpoint (Calabasas) (62-18), #12343 Estancia (Costa Mesa) (35-7), #12401 Western Christian (Covina) (55-17), #12618 Azusa (27-24), #13460 Arrowhead Christian (Redlands) (56-3) 2007 Losses: #3055 Big Bear (Big Bear City) (28-9), #4549 Notre Dame (Riverside) (21-15), #5823 Twentynine Palms (8-6), #7078 Bishop (33-11), #10410 Mary Star of the Sea (San Pedro) (14-7) 2007 Opponents W-L: 67-66 Recent Section Championships: 2005 (XII) Recent League Championships: 2007, 2005 Winning Streak Entering 2008 Season: none SCHEDULE 2008 Schedule: 9/5 Estancia (Costa Mesa), 9/12 Big Bear (Big Bear City), 9/19 Notre Dame (Riverside), 9/25 vs Azusa, 10/3 vs Mary Star of the Sea (San Pedro), 10/10 Twentynine Palms, 10/24 Hamilton (Anza), 11/1 vs Western Christian (Covina), 11/7 at Ontario Christian (Ontario), 11/14 Arrowhead Christian (Redlands) Highest-Rated 2008 Regular Season Opponents: Big Bear (Big Bear City) (12.4), Notre Dame (Riverside) (6.9), Twentynine Palms (5.8) Lowest-Rated 2008 Regular Season Opponents: Estancia (Costa Mesa) (-27.7), Arrowhead Christian (Redlands) (-22.2), Azusa (-21.1) 2007 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -8.8 (-6.1 overall) 2008 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -8.7 2008 vs. 2007 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.1 2008 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3 2008 Projected League Finish: 2nd 2008 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 1% Opener: 9/5 Estancia (Costa Mesa) [projection: 38-14 win] Outlook: Defending Christian League champion Aquinas High School returns 13 starters from 2007, but that only tells half of the story. 8 of them were All-Christian League selections, and 2 are to be 3-year starters this fall. QB Tyler Stirewalt will be new, but Coach Josh Henderson thinks pretty highly of him. "Tyler has the strongest arm of any QB in my tenure. 10 years." Of the 8 all-leaguers, 6 saw action at the skill positions, so that should be a team strength. A weakness, however, may be that 2 of that 6 also saw time on the offensive line. Size on the O-line and depth overall will be an issue for the Falcons. Still, Coach Henderson believes his team has the post-season in their future.