Higley (Gilbert, AZ)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Knights
Colors: Navy/Silver
Coach: Eddy Zubey
League: III Section III
Playoff Division: III
Playoff Division Rank: #12

SENIOR D1 PROSPECT
Trent Gilbert 6'3" 180 Senior WR

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Quinn Bailey 6'5" 285 Senior OL [Arizona State]
Nick Colson 6'4" 225 Senior TE 4.7 [Air Force]
Logan Johns 6'1" 220 Senior OLB
Mason Johnson 6'2" 225 Senior OLB [Stetson]

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 21.4
2013 National Rank: #3135
2013 State Rank: #45
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.9
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.1
2014 Starting Power Rating: 18.3
2014 National Rank: #3443
2014 State Rank: #53
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 11.5
Dynasty National Rank: #4391
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 7
Dynasty Record: 62-59 [64-57 on the field] (31-31 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 5-6
2013 League Record/Finish: 3-3 (4th)
2013 Points For Average: 36.8
2013 Points Against Average: 32.1
2013 Differential: +4.7
2013 Wins: #3930 Cactus Shadows (Cave Creek) (27-24), #5548 McClintock (Tempe) (40-18), #9227 Phoenix Christian (Phoenix) (52-39), #9569 South Mountain (Phoenix) (53-7), #9613 Apache Junction (43-14)
2013 Losses: #115 Saguaro (Scottsdale) (55-28), #481 Queen Creek (56-35), #532 Williams Field (Gilbert) (42-22), #1718 Canyon del Oro (Tucson) (34-31), #8741 Desert View (Tucson) (forfeit), #12136 Yuma (forfeit)
2013 Opponents W-L: 70-53
Recent League Championships: 2008 (tied for 1st; 4A East Sky), 2006 (4A East Sky)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 1
Streak List: 8/29/14 Yuma (49-7)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 Yuma, 9/5 at Desert View (Tucson), 9/12 Phoenix Christian (Phoenix), 9/19 at Cactus Shadows (Cave Creek), 9/26 Queen Creek, 10/2 at South Mountain (Phoenix), 10/10 Apache Junction, 10/17 at McClintock (Tempe), 10/24 Saguaro (Scottsdale), 10/31 at Williams Field (Gilbert)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Saguaro (Scottsdale) (63.9), Williams Field (Gilbert) (47.1), Queen Creek (44.5)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Yuma (-16.6), Desert View (Tucson) (-14.8), South Mountain (Phoenix) (-11.4)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.6 (16.2 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.1
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.5
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #54
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3614
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2014 Projected League Finish: 4th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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