Desert Edge (Goodyear, AZ)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Scorpions
Colors: Black/Silver/Copper
Coach: Rich Wellbrock
League: III Section VII
Playoff Division: III
Playoff Division Rank: #4

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Ismael Murphy-Richardson 6'4" 215 Senior LB 4.6 [Arizona State]
Elijah Marks 6'1" 170 Senior WR [Northern Arizona]

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 42.1
2013 National Rank: #632
2013 State Rank: #14
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.9
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -4
2014 Starting Power Rating: 36.3
2014 National Rank: #917
2014 State Rank: #14
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 5.9
Dynasty National Rank: #6241
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 34.3
Dynasty Record: 60-50 (25-16 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 12-1
2013 League Record/Finish: 6-0 (1st)
2013 Points For Average: 49.7
2013 Points Against Average: 22.4
2013 Differential: +27.3
2013 Wins: #824 Liberty (Peoria) (49-35), #2173 Sabino (Tucson) (55-21), #2432 Shadow Ridge (Surprise) (40-14), #2432 Shadow Ridge (Surprise) (63-28), #3838 Prescott (21-19), #4552 Thunderbird (Phoenix) (56-26), #5022 Agua Fria (Avondale) (55-16), #5725 Buckeye (63-14), #7587 Verrado (Buckeye) (40-25), #9569 South Mountain (Phoenix) (54-8), #12062 Sierra Linda (Phoenix) (48-8), #12501 Youngker (Buckeye) (54-0)
2013 Losses: #115 Saguaro (Scottsdale) (77-48)
2013 Opponents W-L: 80-64
Recent League Championships: 2013, 2012 (III Section III), 2010 (4A Skyline)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/22 at South Mountain (Phoenix), 8/29 at Liberty (Peoria), 9/5 Prescott, 9/12 Sabino (Tucson), 9/19 at Shadow Ridge (Surprise), 10/3 Youngker (Buckeye), 10/10 Verrado (Buckeye), 10/17 at Sierra Linda (Phoenix), 10/24 Buckeye, 10/31 at Agua Fria (Avondale)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Liberty (Peoria) (38.6), Shadow Ridge (Surprise) (25.6), Sabino (Tucson) (24.8)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Youngker (Buckeye) (-23.4), Sierra Linda (Phoenix) (-20), South Mountain (Phoenix) (-11.4)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.2 (17.9 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.8
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #73
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5136
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1
2014 Projected League Finish: 1st
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 39%



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