Gaithersburg (MD)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Trojans
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Kreg Kephart
League: Montgomery County 4A - West
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #26

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2011 JV Record: 3-5
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Solonon Vault 5'10" 185 Junior RB/DB 4.50
Ben Rockwood 6'2" 230 Senior OL/DL
Noble Diwa 6'2" 210 Senior DE 4.70

D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION
Billy Brown 6'4" 205 Senior DE

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience On OL, RB
Team Weaknesses: QB

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: 10.4
2011 National Rank: #5389
2011 State Rank: #86
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.4
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2012 Starting Power Rating: 5.3
2012 National Rank: #6351
2012 State Rank: #98
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): 17.9
Dynasty National Rank: #2637
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 11.4
Dynasty Record: 55-42 (36-17 in league)

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 5-6
2011 League Record/Finish: 2-3 (4th)
2011 Points For Average: 19.6
2011 Points Against Average: 18.7
2011 Differential: +0.9
2011 Wins: #3734 Sherwood (Sandy Spring) (29-21), #6590 Springbrook (Silver Spring) (9-0), #8258 Wootton [Thomas S.] (Rockville) (40-14), #9339 Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville) (35-14), #9523 Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville) (20-7)
2011 Losses: #1015 Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg) (35-0), #2094 Seneca Valley (Germantown) (22-16), #2729 Churchill [Winston] (Potomac) (24-6), #2729 Churchill [Winston] (Potomac) (15-13), #4689 Northwest (Germantown) (28-27), #6376 Clarksburg (26-21)
2011 Opponents W-L: 74-45
Recent League Championships: 2010
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 9/1 Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville), 9/7 at Springbrook (Silver Spring), 9/15 Sherwood (Sandy Spring), 9/21 at Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville), 9/28 Churchill [Winston] (Potomac), 10/5 at Clarksburg, 10/13 Northwest (Germantown), 10/19 at Seneca Valley (Germantown), 10/27 Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg)
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg) (39.1), Churchill [Winston] (Potomac) (22.5), Seneca Valley (Germantown) (19.4)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville) (-6.3), Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville) (-5.4), Springbrook (Silver Spring) (-5.1)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.6 (13.7 overall)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11.3
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +1.7
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-5
2012 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%