Mount Airy (NC) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Bears Colors: Blue/White Coach: Kelly Holder League: 1A Northwest (moving from 1A Conference 5) Playoff Division: 1A Playoff Division Rank: #9 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 2013 JV Record: 7-2 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Andrew Jones Senior FB/LB 4.90 Caleb Horton Senior WR/DB 4.69 Shay Wilson Senior RB/OLB 4.70 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Experience Team Weaknesses: Youth On Lines RATINGS 2013 Final Power Rating: 2.6 2013 National Rank: #7297 2013 State Rank: #224 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +5.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.5 2014 Starting Power Rating: 5.5 2014 National Rank: #6314 2014 State Rank: #190 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 12.6 Dynasty National Rank: #4115 2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 4.5 Dynasty Record: 123-29 (70-11 in league) HISTORICAL 2013 Overall Record: 9-4 2013 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st) 2013 Points For Average: 30.7 2013 Points Against Average: 16.4 2013 Differential: +14.3 2013 Wins: #6251 East Surry (Pilot Mountain) (34-13), #8927 Carroll County (Hillsville, VA) (34-15), #9062 North Surry (Mt. Airy) (30-27), #9985 Bishop McGuinness (Kernersville) (42-7), #10772 Surry Central (Dobson) (43-7), #11119 East Montgomery (Biscoe) (28-7), #11277 Walkertown (48-40), #13618 Atkins [Simon G.] (Winston-Salem) (64-0), #13954 North Stokes (Danbury) (32-0) 2013 Losses: #4851 West Stokes (King) (40-14), #6251 East Surry (Pilot Mountain) (20-10), #6887 Thomasville (14-7), #8004 Starmount (Boonville) (23-13) 2013 Opponents W-L: 81-77 Recent State Championships: 2008 Recent League Championships: 2013 (1A Conference 5), 2012 (2A/1A Northwest), 2010 (2A/1A Northwest), 2009 (2A/1A Northwest), 2008 (Northwest), 2007 (Northwest), 2005 (tied for 1st; Northwest) Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 3 Streak List: 8/22/14 Starmount (Boonville) (28-17), 8/29/14 Thomasville (22-8), 9/5/14 Carroll County (Hillsville, VA) (55-7) SCHEDULE 2014 Schedule: 8/22 at Starmount (Boonville), 8/29 Thomasville, 9/5 Carroll County (Hillsville, VA), 9/12 at North Surry (Mt. Airy), 9/19 Surry Central (Dobson), 9/26 at West Stokes (King), 10/10 at Bishop McGuinness (Kernersville), 10/17 at Atkins [Simon G.] (Winston-Salem), 10/24 Walkertown, 10/31 at North Stokes (Danbury), 11/7 East Surry (Pilot Mountain) Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: West Stokes (King) (16.6), Thomasville (5.2), East Surry (Pilot Mountain) (-0.5) Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Atkins [Simon G.] (Winston-Salem) (-40.2), North Stokes (Danbury) (-40.1), Walkertown (-8.9) 2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -8.8 (-7 overall) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -8.3 2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.5 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #331 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #10368 2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-2 2014 Projected League Finish: 1st 2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 4% |