Milton Hershey (Hershey, PA) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Spartans Colors: Brown/Gold Coach: Jeff Boger League: Mid-Penn - Capital Playoff Division: AAA Playoff Division Rank: #75 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 4 Returning Defensive Starters: 7 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Keith Hunter 6'2" 190 Senior SE 4.51 Nyle Garbutt 6'3" 245 Senior DL 4.90 Qwasif Shabaz 5'7" 170 Junior RB 4.53 D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION Tre Brown 6'1" 190 Senior WR STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Defense, Depth On Lines Team Weaknesses: Inexperience On Offense RATINGS 2013 Final Power Rating: 9.2 2013 National Rank: #5727 2013 State Rank: #241 General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.3 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3 2014 Starting Power Rating: 6.1 2014 National Rank: #6174 2014 State Rank: #270 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 10.8 Dynasty National Rank: #4608 2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 3.4 Dynasty Record: 72-44 (49-24 in league) HISTORICAL 2013 Overall Record: 8-3 2013 League Record/Finish: 6-1 (tied for 1st) 2013 Points For Average: 31.5 2013 Points Against Average: 20.5 2013 Differential: +11 2013 Wins: #5947 East Pennsboro (Enola) (28-14), #7499 Middletown (42-14), #9582 Camp Hill (52-20), #9695 Susquehannock (Glen Rock) (41-14), #10218 Boiling Springs (23-8), #11608 Kennard-Dale (Fawn Grove) (54-20), #11625 Trinity (Camp Hill) (48-27), #11648 Susquenita (Duncannon) (32-15) 2013 Losses: #2646 Steelton-Highspire (Steelton) (40-6), #2984 Dover (34-6), #3515 Hershey (20-15) 2013 Opponents W-L: 53-65 Recent League Championships: 2013 (tied for 1st), 2009 (tied for 1st; Mid-Penn - Patriot), 2004 (tied for 1st; Mid-Penn Capital) Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 1 Streak List: 9/5/14 Muhlenberg (Laureldale) (27-7) SCHEDULE 2014 Schedule: 8/29 at Central Dauphin East (Harrisburg), 9/5 Muhlenberg (Laureldale), 9/12 Hershey, 9/19 at Steelton-Highspire (Steelton), 9/26 Camp Hill, 10/3 at Middletown, 10/10 Boiling Springs, 10/17 at West Perry (Elliottsburg), 10/24 Palmyra, 10/31 at Trinity (Camp Hill) Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Central Dauphin East (Harrisburg) (28.1), Muhlenberg (Laureldale) (17.3), Steelton-Highspire (Steelton) (15.6) Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Trinity (Camp Hill) (-23), Boiling Springs (-9.9), Camp Hill (-7) 2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -3.6 (2.1 overall) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 4.3 2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +7.9 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #298 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6361 2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4 2014 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |