| Desert Hills (St. George, UT) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Thunder Colors: Gold/Black Coach: Carl Franke League: 3A Region 9 Playoff Division: 3A Playoff Division Rank: #7 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 3 Returning Defensive Starters: 4 2011 JV Record: 6-2 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Ty Rutledge 6'2" 180 Senior WR/DB 4.60 Josh Anderson 6'3" 250 Senior TE/DE 4.70 Brad Wulfenstein 6'2" 185 Senior DB/WR 4.50 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Athleticism, Young Talent Team Weaknesses: OL, Question Marks On DL RATINGS 2011 Final Power Rating: 33.2 2011 National Rank: #1332 2011 State Rank: #18 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -8.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2012 Starting Power Rating: 23.5 2012 National Rank: #2359 2012 State Rank: #30 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): 15.1 Dynasty National Rank: #3342 2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 9.6 Dynasty Record: 25-19 (11-12 in league) HISTORICAL 2011 Overall Record: 9-4 2011 League Record/Finish: 4-2 (tied for 2nd) 2011 Points For Average: 24.5 2011 Points Against Average: 19.2 2011 Differential: +5.3 2011 Wins: #1889 Cedar City (23-21), #2554 Stansbury (Tooele) (26-7), #2635 Dixie (St. George) (41-38), #2751 Moapa Valley (Overton, NV) (24-0), #2925 Pine View (St. George) (21-14), #4874 Snow Canyon (St. George) (24-21), #6406 Park City (34-14), #7796 North Sanpete (Mt. Pleasant) (46-14), #8466 Canyon View (Cedar City) (39-2) 2011 Losses: #282 Hurricane (35-8), #282 Hurricane (21-0), #605 Syracuse (14-12), #1889 Cedar City (48-20) 2011 Opponents W-L: 87-58 Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none SCHEDULE 2012 Schedule: 8/17 at Syracuse, 8/31 West (Salt Lake City), 9/7 at Canyon View (Cedar City), 9/14 Pine View (St. George), 9/21 at Dixie (St. George), 9/28 at Stansbury (Tooele), 10/5 Snow Canyon (St. George), 10/11 at Hurricane, 10/18 Cedar City Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Hurricane (53.3), Pine View (St. George) (38), Syracuse (34.5) Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Canyon View (Cedar City) (-2.2), Snow Canyon (St. George) (12.6), West (Salt Lake City) (21.3) 2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 18 (24.4 overall) 2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 26.9 2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +8.9 2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #14 2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #605 2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-5 2012 Projected League Finish: 4th 2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |