Aquinas Institute (Rochester, NY)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Little Irish
Colors: Maroon/White
Coach: Chris Battaglia
League: Section 5 Freelance
Playoff Division: AA
Playoff Division Rank: #4

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 3
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2011 JV Record: 9-0
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Billy Lombardi 5'7" 195 Senior RB
Charlie Rist 5'9" 200 Junior LB
James Hedger 6'1" 250 Senior OL/DE

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Jarron Jones 6'5" 290 Senior DT 4.9 [Notre Dame]
Jahmahl Pardner 6'0" 170 Senior DB 4.60 [Pittsburgh]

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: All-State RB, Team Speed On Defense
Team Weaknesses: Inexperienced Offense, Depth

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: 46.5
2011 National Rank: #348
2011 State Rank: #4
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.8
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2012 Starting Power Rating: 38.1
2012 National Rank: #712
2012 State Rank: #11
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): 33.7
Dynasty National Rank: #444
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 5.6
Dynasty Record: 75-23

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 10-2
2011 League Record/Finish:  
2011 Points For Average: 36.6
2011 Points Against Average: 11
2011 Differential: +25.6
2011 Wins: #563 St. Francis (Athol Springs) (34-20), #1513 St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute (Buffalo) (40-13), #2486 Sweet Home (Amherst) (49-20), #2573 McQuaid Jesuit (Rochester) (42-0), #2573 McQuaid Jesuit (Rochester) (40-3), #3148 Corning-Painted Post East/Corning-Painted Post West (Corning) (51-12), #3237 Honeoye Falls-Lima (Honeoye Falls) (21-0), #3561 Canisius (Buffalo) (50-7), #3611 Wayne (Ontario Center) (35-3), #7147 Henninger (Syracuse) (48-19)
2011 Losses: #239 Maine-Endwell (Endwell) (19-16), #1242 Cathedral Prep (Erie, PA) (16-13)
2011 Opponents W-L: 86-38
Recent State Championships: 2010 (A), 2007 (A)
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 9/1 vs St. Francis (Athol Springs), 9/8 Roosevelt [Theodore] (Washington, DC), 9/15 Bishop Timon-St. Jude (Buffalo), 9/22 McQuaid Jesuit (Rochester), 9/28 St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute (Buffalo), 10/6 vs Canisius (Buffalo), 10/12 Cathedral Prep (Erie, PA)
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Cathedral Prep (Erie, PA) (43.5), St. Francis (Athol Springs) (39.8), McQuaid Jesuit (Rochester) (31.2)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Roosevelt [Theodore] (Washington, DC) (-21.1), Canisius (Buffalo) (19.8), Bishop Timon-St. Jude (Buffalo) (21.8)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20 (26.5 overall)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 23.3
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.3
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #12
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1089
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-1
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 13%