Santa Cruz (CA) GENERAL Nickname: Cardinals Colors: Cardinal/White Coach: Jesse Trumbull League: Santa Cruz Coast Section: Central Coast Playoff Division: none CA Bowl Division: North 3 CA Bowl Division Rank: #48 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 9 2008 JV Record: 1-9 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Derrick Delucchi 5'11" 170 Junior RB/DB Peter Miller 6'1" 230 Senior QB/LB Ben Damon 6'3" 200 Senior TE/LB STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Experience, Depth, Off-season Preparation Team Weaknesses: Replacing key players RATINGS 2008 Final Power Rating: 0 2008 National Rank: #8071 2008 State Rank: #629 Off-Season Rating Adjustment: +3 2009 Starting Power Rating: 3 2009 National Rank: #7175 2009 State Rank: #570 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2008 Rating): 5.1 Dynasty National Rank: #5968 2009 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 2.1 Dynasty Record: 32-33-1 (15-19-1 in league) HISTORICAL 2008 Overall Record: 4-6 2008 League Record/Finish: 3-3 (5th) 2008 Points For Average: 18.5 2008 Points Against Average: 22.8 2008 Differential: -4.3 2008 Wins: #7358 San Lorenzo Valley (Felton) (27-20), #8628 Alvarez (Salinas) (30-20), #10589 Aptos (34-12), #11019 Harbor (Santa Cruz) (27-14) 2008 Losses: #828 Sacred Heart Cathedral (San Francisco) (50-0), #3182 Scotts Valley (31-20), #5084 Seaside (21-14), #6096 Soquel (25-14), #7907 St. Francis (Watsonville) (13-0), #10480 Watsonville (22-19) 2008 Opponents W-L: 51-54-2 Recent Section Championships: 2007 (Small) Winning Streak Entering 2009 Season: none SCHEDULE 2009 Schedule: 9/5 at Carlmont (Belmont), 9/11 at Watsonville, 9/18 Seaside, 9/25 Los Altos, 10/2 at Soquel, 10/10 at Scotts Valley, 10/23 Harbor (Santa Cruz), 10/30 San Lorenzo Valley (Felton), 11/7 vs St. Francis (Watsonville), 11/13 Aptos Highest-Rated 2009 Regular Season Opponents: Scotts Valley (26.4), Seaside (12.9), St. Francis (Watsonville) (10.7) Lowest-Rated 2009 Regular Season Opponents: Aptos (-11.2), Harbor (Santa Cruz) (-9.1), Los Altos (-7.1) 2008 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 4 2009 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2.6 2009 vs. 2008 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.4 2009 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #625 2009 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7315 2009 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5 2009 Projected League Finish: 4th 2009 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% Opener: 9/5 at Carlmont (Belmont) [projection: 31-28 loss]