Western Branch (Chesapeake, VA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Bruins
Colors: Navy/Old Gold
Coach: Greg Gibson
League: 6A Conference 2 (moving from AAA Southeastern)
Playoff Division: 6A
Playoff Division Rank: #3

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2012 JV Record: 7-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Terence Ricks 6'2" 210 Senior WB/OLB 4.30 [Wake Forest]
Daiquan Lawrence 6'0" 190 Senior CB/WR 4.35
T.J. Boothe 6'3" 210 WR/SS 4.65 [Hampton]

ADDITIONAL SENIOR D1 PROSPECT
Thomas Coleman 6'5" 280 Senior OL [Hampton]

D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION
Josh Marriner 5'10" 185 Senior RB [Connecticut]

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Entire OL Returns, Several Offensive Starters Return, More DL Depth
Team Weaknesses: Lost 5 Starting LBs

RATINGS
2012 Final Power Rating: 39
2012 National Rank: #833
2012 State Rank: #22
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.6
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.6
2013 Starting Power Rating: 43.5
2013 National Rank: #425
2013 State Rank: #8
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2012 Rating): 22.2
Dynasty National Rank: #2342
2013 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 23.9
Dynasty Record: 27-26 (24-21 in league)

HISTORICAL
2012 Overall Record: 9-3
2012 League Record/Finish: 7-2 (tied for 2nd)
2012 Points For Average: 35.8
2012 Points Against Average: 19.9
2012 Differential: +15.9
2012 Wins: #1358 Lakeland (Suffolk) (50-0), #1364 Bethel (Hampton) (23-21), #2411 King's Fork (Suffolk) (56-14), #3396 Norcom [I. C.] (Portsmouth) (27-13), #3496 Nansemond River (Suffolk) (35-7), #5182 Indian River (Chesapeake) (47-7), #5581 Hickory (Chesapeake) (28-3), #8486 Deep Creek (Chesapeake) (60-12), #9272 Great Bridge (Chesapeake) (63-30)
2012 Losses: #107 Ocean Lakes (Virginia Beach) (47-20), #215 Smith [Oscar] (Chesapeake) (47-13), #1040 Grassfield (Chesapeake) (38-7)
2012 Opponents W-L: 74-60
Recent League Championships: 2006 (tied for 1st; Southeastern AAA), 2003 (Southeastern AAA)
Winning Streak Entering 2013 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2013 Schedule: 9/6 at Bethel (Hampton), 9/13 Hickory (Chesapeake), 9/20 at Smith [Oscar] (Chesapeake), 9/27 Deep Creek (Chesapeake), 10/4 Grassfield (Chesapeake), 10/11 at Great Bridge (Chesapeake), 10/18 at Indian River (Chesapeake), 10/25 at Lakeland (Suffolk), 11/1 Nansemond River (Suffolk), 11/8 King's Fork (Suffolk)
Highest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: Smith [Oscar] (Chesapeake) (64.8), Grassfield (Chesapeake) (36.5), Bethel (Hampton) (36.1)
Lowest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: Deep Creek (Chesapeake) (2.3), Great Bridge (Chesapeake) (3.1), Hickory (Chesapeake) (9.9)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20.1 (27.8 overall)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 24
2013 vs. 2012 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.9
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #28
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1180
2013 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1
2013 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2013 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 2%