St. Mark's (Wilmington, DE)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Spartans
Colors: Green/Gold
Coach: John Wilson
League: Freelance
Playoff Division: I
Playoff Division Rank: #4

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 8
2011 JV Record: 6-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Devan LaBau 6'3" 280 Senior T/DT 5.20
Michael Williams 6'2" 225 Senior TE/DE 5.10
Tyler Psenicska 6'1" 220 Senior TE/DE 5.00

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience, Size On Lines, Speed At Skill Positions
Team Weaknesses: Inexperienced Offensive Backfield

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: 28.3
2011 National Rank: #1914
2011 State Rank: #6
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.2
2012 Starting Power Rating: 24.6
2012 National Rank: #2193
2012 State Rank: #6
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): 23.2
Dynasty National Rank: #1639
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 2.6
Dynasty Record: 69-31

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 6-4
2011 League Record/Finish:  
2011 Points For Average: 30.4
2011 Points Against Average: 23.5
2011 Differential: +6.9
2011 Wins: #1298 Salesianum (Wilmington) (28-17), #3360 Penn [William] (New Castle) (20-13), #3362 Sussex Central (Georgetown) (42-21), #4825 Rodney [Caesar] (Camden) (37-14), #5562 Sussex Tech (Georgetown) (49-28), #9337 Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington) (35-7)
2011 Losses: #699 Downingtown East (Exton, PA) (13-7), #733 Newark (39-27), #2389 Dover (34-24), #4068 St. Elizabeth (Wilmington) (49-35)
2011 Opponents W-L: 67-42
Recent State Championships: 2010
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: 1
Streak List: 11/11/11 Salesianum (Wilmington) (28-17)

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 8/22 Concord (Wilmington), 8/30 at Middletown, 9/7 Penn [William] (New Castle), 9/14 Sussex Central (Georgetown), 9/21 at Dover, 9/28 Rodney [Caesar] (Camden), 10/5 Downingtown East (Exton, PA), 10/12 at Newark, 10/20 at Sussex Tech (Georgetown), 10/26 at Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington), 11/2 St. Elizabeth (Wilmington), 11/9 at Salesianum (Wilmington)
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Downingtown East (Exton, PA) (45.6), Middletown (43.7), Newark (35.3)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington) (-5.3), Sussex Tech (Georgetown) (9.2), Penn [William] (New Castle) (15.2)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 21.2
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 23.2
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #1
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1107
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-5
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%