Rancho Alamitos (Garden Grove, CA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Vaqueros
Colors: Green/Gold
Coach: Mike Enright
League: Garden Grove
Section: Southern
Playoff Division: Southern (IX)
Playoff Division Rank: #18

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 8
2010 JV Record: 7-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Brett Hurley 5'8" 170 Senior RB/FS 4.61
Lincoln Faletoi 5'10" 170 Senior QB/SS 4.66
Zack Peters 5'11" 240 Senior OL/ILB 4.97

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience, Off-Season Conditioning
Team Weaknesses: Team Speed, Physical Size

RATINGS
2010 Final Power Rating: -14.1
2010 National Rank: #11292
2010 State Rank: #833
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +5.5
2011 Starting Power Rating: -8.6
2011 National Rank: #10184
2011 State Rank: #763
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): -11.8
Dynasty National Rank: #11359
2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 3.2
Dynasty Record: 20-33 [23-30 on the field] (14-11 in league)

HISTORICAL
2010 Overall Record: 4-7
2010 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd)
2010 Points For Average: 19.3
2010 Points Against Average: 19.5
2010 Differential: -0.2
2010 Wins: #12180 Santiago (Garden Grove) (21-7), #12233 La Quinta (Westminster) (21-16), #12354 Los Amigos (Fountain Valley) (49-10), #14219 Bolsa Grande (Garden Grove) (27-0)
2010 Losses: #2212 Sonora (La Habra) (45-26), #2786 Garden Grove (32-16), #8920 Anaheim (27-14), #9004 Pioneer (Whittier) (13-7), #9685 Sunny Hills (Fullerton) (17-16), #10485 Cerritos (28-0), #13433 Saddleback (Santa Ana) (19-15)
2010 Opponents W-L: 55-65
Recent League Championships: 2006
Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: 3
Streak List: 10/7/11 Pioneer (Whittier) (23-7), 10/14/11 Bolsa Grande (Garden Grove) (33-6), 10/20/11 La Quinta (Westminster) (40-0)

SCHEDULE
2011 Schedule: 9/8 vs Saddleback (Santa Ana), 9/16 vs Sunny Hills (Fullerton), 9/23 at Ganesha (Pomona), 9/30 vs Sonora (La Habra), 10/7 at Pioneer (Whittier), 10/14 at Bolsa Grande (Garden Grove), 10/20 vs La Quinta (Westminster), 10/28 vs Garden Grove, 11/3 vs Santiago (Garden Grove), 11/10 vs Los Amigos (Fountain Valley)
Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Sonora (La Habra) (22.2), Garden Grove (21), Pioneer (Whittier) (0.2)
Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Bolsa Grande (Garden Grove) (-39.4), Saddleback (Santa Ana) (-37.4), Santiago (Garden Grove) (-33.7)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -14.3 (-8.8 overall)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -12.1
2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.2
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #898
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #12168
2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2011 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%
Opener: 9/8 vs Saddleback (Santa Ana) [projection: 34-6 win]