Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh, PA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Blue Devils
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Mile Melynk
League: WPIAL AAAA Southeastern (moving from WPIAL AAAA Great Southern)
Playoff Division: AAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #32

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Arthur Goldberg 6'4" 270 Senior DT [Wisconsin]
Luke Hagy 5'11" 185 Senior S 4.50 [Cornell]

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: 35.7
2011 National Rank: #1073
2011 State Rank: #52
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2012 Starting Power Rating: 33
2012 National Rank: #1148
2012 State Rank: #49
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): 28.4
Dynasty National Rank: #902
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 5.8
Dynasty Record: 53-41 (33-17 in league)

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 7-4
2011 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd)
2011 Points For Average: 24.3
2011 Points Against Average: 17.5
2011 Differential: +6.8
2011 Wins: #1942 Penn Hills (Pittsburgh) (16-0), #2023 Woodland Hills (Pittsburgh) (28-21), #2504 Pine-Richland (Gibsonia) (34-7), #2989 Bethel Park (14-3), #3748 Baldwin (Pittsburgh) (38-7), #3925 Peters Township (McMurray) (42-21), #8858 Canon-McMillan (Canonsburg) (38-0)
2011 Losses: #167 Upper St. Clair (42-6), #233 Central Catholic (Pittsburgh) (31-14), #790 Penn-Trafford (Harrison City) (34-17), #1464 Hopewell (Aliquippa) (27-20)
2011 Opponents W-L: 66-50
Recent League Championships: 2010 (WPIAL AAAA Great Southern), 2003 (WPIAL AAAA-1 North)
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 9/7 at Bethel Park, 9/14 Plum (Pittsburgh), 9/21 at Baldwin (Pittsburgh), 9/28 at Woodland Hills (Pittsburgh), 10/5 Canon-McMillan (Canonsburg), 10/12 Peters Township (McMurray), 10/19 at Penn Hills (Pittsburgh), 10/26 at Upper St. Clair
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Upper St. Clair (48.3), Bethel Park (22.6), Penn Hills (Pittsburgh) (22.2)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Plum (Pittsburgh) (-7.9), Canon-McMillan (Canonsburg) (-1.1), Woodland Hills (Pittsburgh) (16.9)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 25.2 (29.9 overall)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 17.3
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: -7.9
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #93
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2229
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-1
2012 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 5%



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