Hillgrove (Powder Springs, GA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Hawks
Colors: Crimson/Silver
Coach: Phillip Ironside
League: AAAAAA Region 4 (moving from AAAAA Region 4)
Playoff Division: AAAAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #15

SENIOR D1 PROSPECTS
Evan Engram 6'3" 210 Senior TE 4.5 [Mississippi]
Tolando Cleveland 5'11" 170 Senior CB [Georgia Tech]

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Kenyan Drake 6'0" 195 Senior RB 4.4 [Alabama]
Jordan Marshall 5'9" 175 Senior CB 4.69
John Silas 6'1" 225 Senior OLB

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: 39.9
2011 National Rank: #742
2011 State Rank: #30
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.7
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2012 Starting Power Rating: 38
2012 National Rank: #719
2012 State Rank: #29
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): 12.2
Dynasty National Rank: #4110
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 27
Dynasty Record: 44-16 (19-7 in league)

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 11-1
2011 League Record/Finish: 7-0 (1st)
2011 Points For Average: 35.3
2011 Points Against Average: 12.5
2011 Differential: +22.8
2011 Wins: #492 McEachern (Powder Springs) (12-10), #1820 Marietta (48-8), #2208 South Cobb (Austell) (40-7), #2650 Sprayberry (Marietta) (41-21), #2876 North Cobb (Kennesaw) (31-6), #3210 Pebblebrook (Mableton) (41-25), #4112 Harrison [Carl] (Kennesaw) (21-14), #5054 Beach [Alfred Ely] (Savannah) (49-12), #7754 Campbell (Smyrna) (33-7), #8330 Kennesaw Mountain (Kennesaw) (35-0), #8393 North Forsyth (Cumming) (45-0)
2011 Losses: #839 West Forsyth (Cumming) (40-28)
2011 Opponents W-L: 59-73
Recent League Championships: 2011 (AAAAA Region 4)
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 8/24 at Westlake (Atlanta), 8/31 at Lassiter (Marietta), 9/14 at Marietta, 9/28 at Campbell (Smyrna), 10/5 Pebblebrook (Mableton), 10/12 at North Cobb (Kennesaw), 10/19 Kennesaw Mountain (Kennesaw), 10/26 at Harrison [Carl] (Kennesaw), 11/2 South Cobb (Austell), 11/9 McEachern (Powder Springs)
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Lassiter (Marietta) (52.5), McEachern (Powder Springs) (36.5), Marietta (35.4)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Kennesaw Mountain (Kennesaw) (-1), Campbell (Smyrna) (0.8), Harrison [Carl] (Kennesaw) (12.8)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 17.8 (20.1 overall)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 23.1
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +5.3
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #54
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1124
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2012 Projected League Finish: 1st
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 3%



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