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Santa Teresa (San Jose, CA) GENERAL Nickname: Saints Colors: Royal Blue/Orange/White Coach: Nick Alfano League: Santa Teresa Section: Central Coast Playoff Division: none CA Bowl Division: North 1 (not yet official) CA Bowl Division Rank: #85 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 9 Returning Defensive Starters: 8 2007 JV Record: 6-3-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: no RATINGS 2007 Final Power Rating: -5.3 2007 National Rank: #9324 2007 State Rank: #672 Off-Season Rating Adjustment: +8.5 2008 Starting Power Rating: 3.2 2008 National Rank: #7088 2008 State Rank: #514 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2007 Rating): 1.3 Dynasty National Rank: #7100 2008 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 1.9 Dynasty Record: 29-24 (17-16 in league) HISTORICAL 2007 Overall Record: 5-5 2007 League Record/Finish: 2-5 (7th) 2007 Points For Average: 19.6 2007 Points Against Average: 18.8 2007 Differential: +0.8 2007 Wins: #8275 Sobrato (Morgan Hill) (13-3), #10020 Evergreen Valley (San Jose) (20-12), #11755 Silver Creek (San Jose) (21-0), #11860 Overfelt (San Jose) (27-7), #12343 Santa Clara (14-3) 2007 Losses: #4450 Del Mar (San Jose) (40-14), #5907 Leland (San Jose) (21-10), #7853 Westmont (Campbell) (32-18), #8275 Gunderson (San Jose) (27-22), #10297 Mt. Pleasant (San Jose) (43-37) 2007 Opponents W-L: 48-54-1 Recent League Championships: 2004 (tied for 1st) Winning Streak Entering 2008 Season: none SCHEDULE 2008 Schedule: 9/6 Willow Glen (San Jose), 9/13 Santa Clara, 9/26 at Yerba Buena (San Jose), 10/4 Sobrato (Morgan Hill), 10/10 at Evergreen Valley (San Jose), 10/17 at Branham (San Jose), 10/25 Del Mar (San Jose), 11/1 Prospect (Saratoga), 11/6 at Gunderson (San Jose), 11/15 Independence (San Jose) Highest-Rated 2008 Regular Season Opponents: Del Mar (San Jose) (9.3), Sobrato (Morgan Hill) (7.9), Prospect (Saratoga) (0.1) Lowest-Rated 2008 Regular Season Opponents: Yerba Buena (San Jose) (-25.2), Santa Clara (-24.2), Independence (San Jose) (-12.2) 2007 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -5.5 2008 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -7.1 2008 vs. 2007 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.6 2008 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3 2008 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2008 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 2% Opener: 9/6 Willow Glen (San Jose) [projection: 27-17 win] Outlook: The Santa Teresa Saints return 17 starters from last year, including all the offensive line plus two more players who were injured. Top players include Kyle Palmer QB, Josh Shelton LB/RB, Omar Al-Helew OL/DE, Andrew Amezquita K, Johnny Taylor LB/FB and Mark Gallegos DB/WR. The Saints also add a new offensive coaching staff. "I feel that we will be much improved from last year," coach Nick Alfano commented. If everything falls into place, we should be extremely competitive [this year]."