Notre Dame Prep (Scottsdale, AZ) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Saints Colors: Purple/Gold Coach: Gary Gregory League: II Section VII (moving from II Section III) Playoff Division: II Playoff Division Rank: #10 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 2012 JV Record: 5-4 TOP PLAYERS Jordan Schlueter 6'2" 185 S/RB 4.52 Matt Roth 6'2" 260 OL/DL 5.04 Philip Caniglia 6'2" 210 OLB/RB 4.54 D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION Grant Martinez 6'5" 210 Senior TE [Arizona State] Maurice White 5'11" 165 Senior CB [Northern Arizona] Luke Taffuri 6'0" 210 Senior OLB [San Diego] Duncan Morfitt 6'2" 215 Senior OLB [Yale] STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Defense, LB, S Team Weaknesses: Young Players Must Grow Up Quickly RATINGS 2012 Final Power Rating: 24.9 2012 National Rank: #2486 2012 State Rank: #36 General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.2 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4 2013 Starting Power Rating: 23.2 2013 National Rank: #2519 2013 State Rank: #38 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2012 Rating): 27.4 Dynasty National Rank: #1540 2013 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 2.8 Dynasty Record: 44-17 (24-9 in league) HISTORICAL 2012 Overall Record: 5-6 2012 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (6th) 2012 Points For Average: 26.8 2012 Points Against Average: 25.5 2012 Differential: +1.3 2012 Wins: #2888 Father Judge (Philadelphia, PA) (20-6), #6181 Shadow Mountain (Phoenix) (56-7), #6277 Cactus Shadows (Cave Creek) (34-6), #8522 Goldwater [Barry] (Phoenix) (49-7), #8780 McClintock (Tempe) (42-7) 2012 Losses: #45 Hamilton (Chandler) (58-0), #308 Salpointe Catholic (Tucson) (45-9), #403 Marcos de Niza (Tempe) (42-0), #699 Desert Mountain (Scottsdale) (40-37), #831 Chaparral (Scottsdale) (30-27), #2695 Horizon (Scottsdale) (32-21) 2012 Opponents W-L: 76-49 Recent State Championships: 2008 (4A-II), 2007 (4A-II) Recent League Championships: 2008 (4A Black Canyon), 2007 (tied for 1st; 4A Black Canyon) Winning Streak Entering 2013 Season: none SCHEDULE 2013 Schedule: 8/30 Fairfax [Betty H.] (Laveen), 9/6 at Desert Mountain (Scottsdale), 9/12 at Liberty (Peoria), 9/20 Poston Butte (San Tan Valley), 9/27 at St. Mary's (Phoenix), 10/4 at Chaparral (Scottsdale), 10/11 Cactus Shadows (Cave Creek), 10/18 at Arcadia (Phoenix), 10/25 Paradise Valley (Phoenix), 11/1 at Corona del Sol (Tempe) Highest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: Desert Mountain (Scottsdale) (52), Chaparral (Scottsdale) (46.2), Liberty (Peoria) (28.7) Lowest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: St. Mary's (Phoenix) (-11.5), Cactus Shadows (Cave Creek) (-2.1), Fairfax [Betty H.] (Laveen) (5.5) 2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20.9 (28.8 overall) 2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 17.6 2013 vs. 2012 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3.3 2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #42 2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2406 2013 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3 2013 Projected League Finish: 2nd 2013 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |