Hopewell Valley Central (Pennington, NJ)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Bulldogs
Coach: Dave Caldwell
League: West Jersey - Valley
Playoff Division: Central Group 3
Playoff Division Rank: #4

RATINGS
2012 Final Power Rating: 6.3
2012 National Rank: #6466
2012 State Rank: #172
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +8.3
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2013 Starting Power Rating: 13.2
2013 National Rank: #4528
2013 State Rank: #126
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2012 Rating): -3.9
Dynasty National Rank: #9151
2013 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 18.5
Dynasty Record: 20-30 (10-11 in league)

HISTORICAL
2012 Overall Record: 4-6
2012 League Record/Finish: 1-4 (tied for 5th)
2012 Points For Average: 14.5
2012 Points Against Average: 17.9
2012 Differential: -3.4
2012 Wins: #3502 Notre Dame (Lawrenceville) (14-6), #5381 Hamilton (28-20), #7208 Lawrence (Lawrenceville) (27-18), #10430 West Windsor-Plainsboro North (Plainsboro) (28-7)
2012 Losses: #1394 Nottingham (Hamilton) (35-6), #2434 Allentown (19-7), #5248 Burlington Township (Burlington) (21-7), #5472 Steinert (Hamilton) (21-19), #6103 Red Bank Regional (Little Silver) (12-9), #7863 Hightstown (20-0)
2012 Opponents W-L: 56-48
Recent League Championships: 2008 (Colonial Valley - Patriot), 2006 (tied for 1st; Colonial Valley - Patriot)
Winning Streak Entering 2013 Season: 1
Streak List: 11/22/12 Lawrence (Lawrenceville) (27-18)

SCHEDULE
2013 Schedule: 9/12 at Hamilton, 9/20 West Windsor-Plainsboro North (Plainsboro), 9/27 at Hightstown, 10/5 Allentown, 10/18 Notre Dame (Lawrenceville), 10/25 Steinert (Hamilton), 11/1 at Burlington Township (Burlington), 11/9 at Nottingham (Hamilton), 11/28 at Lawrence (Lawrenceville)
Highest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: Nottingham (Hamilton) (41.7), Burlington Township (Burlington) (21.4), Notre Dame (Lawrenceville) (19.2)
Lowest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: West Windsor-Plainsboro North (Plainsboro) (-10.6), Lawrence (Lawrenceville) (4.8), Hamilton (6.3)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.7 (11 overall)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.4
2013 vs. 2012 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4.7
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #79
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3509
2013 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4
2013 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2013 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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