Mt. Whitney (Visalia, CA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Pioneers
Colors: Maroon/White
Coach: Marty Martin
League: West Yosemite
Section: Central
Playoff Division: 3
Playoff Division Rank: #6

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2013 JV Record: 6-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Alex Pujol 6'2" 220 Senior LB
Gene Prior 6'2" 280 Junior OL/DL
Hayden McCaw 5'10" 185 Senior RB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience On Lines, Senior Leadership
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience At WR

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 3
2013 National Rank: #7192
2013 State Rank: #520
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +5.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2014 Starting Power Rating: 7.2
2014 National Rank: #5897
2014 State Rank: #431
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 6.6
Dynasty National Rank: #6005
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 1.9
Dynasty Record: 52-68 (26-40 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 2-8
2013 League Record/Finish: 2-4 (5th)
2013 Points For Average: 22.1
2013 Points Against Average: 38.3
2013 Differential: -16.2
2013 Wins: #8501 Golden West (Visalia) (30-21), #8733 Hanford West (Hanford) (49-27)
2013 Losses: #835 El Diamante (Visalia) (49-10), #1422 Mission Oak (Tulare) (41-0), #2010 Sanger (37-7), #2563 Porterville (80-54), #3260 Redwood (Visalia) (35-13), #3853 Lemoore (28-21), #4173 Tulare Western (Tulare) (24-13), #5897 Hanford (41-24)
2013 Opponents W-L: 71-44
Recent Section Championships: 2006 (II)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 at Garces (Bakersfield), 9/5 vs Tulare Western (Tulare), 9/12 at Sunnyside (Fresno), 9/19 vs Mission Oak (Tulare), 9/26 vs El Diamante (Visalia), 10/10 vs Hanford West (Hanford), 10/17 vs Lemoore, 10/24 vs Hanford, 10/31 at Golden West (Visalia), 11/7 vs Redwood (Visalia)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: El Diamante (Visalia) (42.7), Mission Oak (Tulare) (33.6), Garces (Bakersfield) (32)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Hanford West (Hanford) (-3.3), Golden West (Visalia) (-1.8), Hanford (10)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 18.3
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 19.1
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.8
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #202
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2072
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7
2014 Projected League Finish: 5th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%