Northern Valley Regional (Demarest, NJ)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Norsemen
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: Tony Mottola
League: Big North - National (moving from Big North V)
Playoff Division: North I Group 3
Playoff Division Rank: #11

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 8
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Dan Crimmins 6'5" 220 Senior WR/FS 4.80 [Boston College]
Skylar Dennerlein 6'3" 255 Junior OL/DL 5.10
Joe Trumbetti 6'1" 225 Senior WR/SS 4.75

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience, Team Speed
Team Weaknesses: Depth

RATINGS
2010 Final Power Rating: 5.9
2010 National Rank: #6441
2010 State Rank: #172
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.5
Senior D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.3
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2011 Starting Power Rating: 11.4
2011 National Rank: #4705
2011 State Rank: #122
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 3.3
Dynasty National Rank: #7071
2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 9.4
Dynasty Record: 17-33 (6-18 in league)

HISTORICAL
2010 Overall Record: 4-6
2010 League Record/Finish: 2-3 (4th)
2010 Points For Average: 24.7
2010 Points Against Average: 24.2
2010 Differential: +0.5
2010 Wins: #7796 Bergenfield (27-13), #8054 Fair Lawn (40-0), #11377 Morrow [Dwight] (Englewood) (15-12), #11822 Indian Hills (Oakland) (49-28)
2010 Losses: #667 Northern Valley (Old Tappan) (35-21), #1352 DePaul (Wayne) (27-20), #1424 Lakeland Regional (Wanaque) (38-13), #3066 Roxbury (Succasunna) (30-7), #5676 Northern Highlands (Allendale) (38-35), #7546 Tenafly (21-20)
2010 Opponents W-L: 54-50
Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: 4
Streak List: 9/17/11 Fair Lawn (48-10), 10/1/11 Indian Hills (Oakland) (40-7), 10/6/11 Northern Highlands (Allendale) (41-13), 10/15/11 Tenafly (46-21)

SCHEDULE
2011 Schedule: 9/9 at Lakeland Regional (Wanaque), 9/17 at Fair Lawn, 10/1 Indian Hills (Oakland), 10/6 Northern Highlands (Allendale), 10/15 at Tenafly, 10/21 Bergenfield, 10/28 Morrow [Dwight] (Englewood), 11/4 at DePaul (Wayne), 11/24 Northern Valley (Old Tappan)
Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Northern Valley (Old Tappan) (44.7), DePaul (Wayne) (34.8), Lakeland Regional (Wanaque) (24.9)
Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Morrow [Dwight] (Englewood) (-16.4), Indian Hills (Oakland) (-4.2), Fair Lawn (0)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.5 (10.4 overall)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.7
2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: +5.2
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #127
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4252
2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4
2011 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%
Opener: 9/9 at Lakeland Regional (Wanaque) [projection: 28-14 loss]