St. John Bosco (Bellflower, CA) GENERAL Nickname: Braves Colors: Blue/Gold/White Coach: Kiki Mendoza League: Trinity Section: Southern Playoff Division: Pac-5 (I) Playoff Division Rank: #16 CA Bowl Division: South 2 CA Bowl Division Rank: #19 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 4 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 2008 JV Record: 7-3 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Austin Mahr 5'8" 175 Senior RB Jerrell Brown 6'1" 190 Senior WR Roth Mendoza 5'10" 175 Senior CB STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Improvement on the lines, Off-season Improvement Team Weaknesses: Unproven QB RATINGS 2008 Final Power Rating: 44.8 2008 National Rank: #266 2008 State Rank: #31 Off-Season Rating Adjustment: -7.5 2009 Starting Power Rating: 37.3 2009 National Rank: #604 2009 State Rank: #71 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2008 Rating): 31.4 Dynasty National Rank: #539 2009 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 5.9 Dynasty Record: 33-29 (10-19 in league) HISTORICAL 2008 Overall Record: 7-3 2008 League Record/Finish: 2-3 (4th) 2008 Points For Average: 34 2008 Points Against Average: 20.2 2008 Differential: +13.8 2008 Wins: #436 Kamehameha (Honolulu, HI) (23-14), #475 Loyola (Los Angeles) (44-28), #1111 Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita) (47-21), #2292 St. Paul (Santa Fe Springs) (37-10), #2777 Damien (La Verne) (34-0), #2817 JSerra (San Juan Capistrano) (33-6), #6382 Cabrillo (Long Beach) (64-6) 2008 Losses: #80 Lutheran (Orange) (34-21), #133 Mater Dei (Santa Ana) (35-6), #184 Servite (Anaheim) (48-31) 2008 Opponents W-L: 53-56 Winning Streak Entering 2009 Season: none SCHEDULE 2009 Schedule: 9/4 St. Bonaventure (Ventura), 9/11 Damien (La Verne), 9/18 at Cabrillo (Long Beach), 9/25 vs Loyola (Los Angeles), 10/2 at St. Paul (Santa Fe Springs), 10/16 Servite (Anaheim), 10/23 vs Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita), 10/30 Lutheran (Orange), 11/6 vs JSerra (San Juan Capistrano), 11/13 Mater Dei (Santa Ana) Highest-Rated 2009 Regular Season Opponents: St. Bonaventure (Ventura) (66), Servite (Anaheim) (56.7), Mater Dei (Santa Ana) (47.9) Lowest-Rated 2009 Regular Season Opponents: Cabrillo (Long Beach) (13.9), St. Paul (Santa Fe Springs) (23.6), Damien (La Verne) (26.3) 2008 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 33.5 2009 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 38.1 2009 vs. 2008 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4.6 2009 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #8 2009 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #19 2009 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5 2009 Projected League Finish: 4th 2009 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% Opener: 9/4 St. Bonaventure (Ventura) [projection: 40-12 loss]