St. Mark's (Wilmington, DE)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Spartans
Colors: Green/Gold
Coach: John Wilson
League: Freelance
Playoff Division: I
Playoff Division Rank: #1

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
2010 JV Record: 4-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Jabre Lolley 5'11" 180 Junior DB/RB 4.50
Jeff Ziemba 6'1" 170 Junior QB 4.90
TJ Yeninas 5'10" 190 Junior RB/LB 4.60

D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION
Jake Quinn 6'5" 245 Senior OL [Temple]

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experienced Backfield
Team Weaknesses: Lines

RATINGS
2010 Final Power Rating: 41.7
2010 National Rank: #535
2010 State Rank: #1
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.5
Senior D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.3
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2011 Starting Power Rating: 35.6
2011 National Rank: #775
2011 State Rank: #2
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 27.4
Dynasty National Rank: #1301
2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 9.6
Dynasty Record: 45-14

HISTORICAL
2010 Overall Record: 12-0
2010 League Record/Finish:  
2010 Points For Average: 31.3
2010 Points Against Average: 14.1
2010 Differential: +17.2
2010 Wins: #903 Salesianum (Wilmington) (28-14), #903 Salesianum (Wilmington) (24-10), #1505 St. Elizabeth (Wilmington) (21-0), #1543 Middletown (37-25), #3292 Sussex Central (Georgetown) (24-3), #3337 Dover (37-34), #4437 Newark (52-37), #5188 Penn [William] (New Castle) (24-6), #5425 Milford (28-7), #7456 Caravel (Bear) (30-7), #8040 Glasgow (Newark) (46-26), #11512 Christiana (Newark) (25-0)
2010 Losses: none
2010 Opponents W-L: 67-60
Recent State Championships: 2010
Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2011 Schedule: 9/10 at Penn [William] (New Castle), 9/16 at Sussex Central (Georgetown), 9/24 Dover, 9/30 at Rodney [Caesar] (Camden), 10/7 at Downingtown East (Exton, PA), 10/15 Newark, 10/22 Sussex Tech (Georgetown), 10/29 Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington), 11/4 at St. Elizabeth (Wilmington), 11/11 Salesianum (Wilmington)
Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Downingtown East (Exton, PA) (40.9), Salesianum (Wilmington) (34.4), St. Elizabeth (Wilmington) (28.2)
Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington) (-19.4), Penn [William] (New Castle) (9.7), Rodney [Caesar] (Camden) (14.3)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.7 (19.7 overall)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 18
2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: +8.3
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #4
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2149
2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1
2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 11%
Opener: 9/10 at Penn [William] (New Castle) [projection: 34-7 win]