St. Francis (La Canada, CA) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Golden Knights Colors: Brown/Gold Coach: Jim Bonds League: Mission Section: Southern Playoff Division: Western (IV) Playoff Division Rank: #8 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 8 2010 JV Record: 6-4 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Travis Talianko 6'1" 200 Senior WR/FS 4.55 Kristion Grbavac 6'3" 265 Senior OL/DL 5.20 Parker Nieves 5'9" 165 Senior WR/DB 4.60 ADDITIONAL SENIOR D1 PROSPECT Tyler Marona 6'5" 225 Senior DE 4.80 D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION Patrick Carroll 6'5" 275 Senior OL 5.30 [UNLV] STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Experience Team Weaknesses: Team Speed RATINGS 2010 Final Power Rating: 32.8 2010 National Rank: #1289 2010 State Rank: #116 General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +3.5 Senior D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3 2011 Starting Power Rating: 33.5 2011 National Rank: #961 2011 State Rank: #88 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 27.4 Dynasty National Rank: #1301 2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 7.4 Dynasty Record: 31-24 (8-9 in league) HISTORICAL 2010 Overall Record: 6-5 2010 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (3rd) 2010 Points For Average: 31.3 2010 Points Against Average: 24.9 2010 Differential: +6.4 2010 Wins: #1230 Venice (Los Angeles) (31-13), #1766 St. Paul (Santa Fe Springs) (40-10), #3040 Cathedral (Los Angeles) (28-21), #3966 Arcadia (42-27), #4162 Harvard-Westlake (North Hollywood) (34-14), #7677 Crescenta Valley (La Crescenta) (42-14) 2010 Losses: #77 Serra [Junipero] (Gardena) (41-14), #400 Chaminade (West Hills) (29-26), #403 Paso Robles (42-28), #567 Dominguez (Compton) (28-25), #2887 West Ranch (Valencia) (35-34) 2010 Opponents W-L: 83-44-1 Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: 3 Streak List: 9/9/11 Arcadia (31-28), 9/16/11 Crescenta Valley (La Crescenta) (35-0), 9/23/11 Venice (Los Angeles) (27-17) SCHEDULE 2011 Schedule: 9/9 at Arcadia, 9/16 Crescenta Valley (La Crescenta), 9/23 at Venice (Los Angeles), 9/30 West Ranch (Valencia), 10/6 Paso Robles, 10/14 Harvard-Westlake (North Hollywood), 10/21 at Serra [Junipero] (Gardena), 10/28 at Chaminade (West Hills), 11/4 at St. Paul (Santa Fe Springs), 11/11 Cathedral (Los Angeles) Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Chaminade (West Hills) (53), Serra [Junipero] (Gardena) (37.5), St. Paul (Santa Fe Springs) (37.1) Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Crescenta Valley (La Crescenta) (1.6), Arcadia (20), Harvard-Westlake (North Hollywood) (21.8) 2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 26.6 (30.6 overall) 2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 28.8 2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.2 2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #67 2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #429 2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4 2011 Projected League Finish: 4th 2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% Opener: 9/9 at Arcadia [projection: 34-21 win] |