Pleasant Valley (Brodheadsville, PA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Bears
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: David Pacchioni
League: Eastern Pennsylvania (moving from Mountain Valley)
Playoff Division: AAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #46

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 9
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2013 JV Record: 7-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Nyiem Nevarez 5'9" 170 Senior WR/DB 4.55
Brian Joseph 6'0" 305 Senior OL/DL 5.20
Austyn Borre 5'9" 190 Junior RB 4.60

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience, Senior Leadership
Team Weaknesses: Physically Undersized

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 21.6
2013 National Rank: #3098
2013 State Rank: #126
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +5.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2014 Starting Power Rating: 25.8
2014 National Rank: #2160
2014 State Rank: #81
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 6.6
Dynasty National Rank: #6005
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 20.5
Dynasty Record: 52-62 (39-31 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 7-4
2013 League Record/Finish: 6-2 (3rd)
2013 Points For Average: 31.9
2013 Points Against Average: 24.8
2013 Differential: +7.1
2013 Wins: #4549 Wyomissing (49-38), #5047 Lehighton (28-6), #5279 Pocono Mountain East (Swiftwater) (28-22), #5494 Dieruff [Louis E.] (Allentown) (51-34), #6683 Pocono Mountain West (Pocono Summit) (35-0), #9263 East Stroudsburg North (Dingmans Ferry) (43-14), #11692 Allen [William] (Allentown) (50-0)
2013 Losses: #369 Whitehall (56-28), #1342 East Stroudsburg South (East Stroudsburg) (30-14), #1513 Stroudsburg (42-16), #1787 Nazareth (31-9)
2013 Opponents W-L: 63-60
Recent League Championships: 2010 (tied for 1st; Mountain Valley)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 Easton, 9/6 at Bethlehem Catholic (Bethlehem), 9/12 Whitehall, 9/19 at Allen [William] (Allentown), 9/27 at Pocono Mountain West (Pocono Summit), 10/3 East Stroudsburg South (East Stroudsburg), 10/10 at Dieruff [Louis E.] (Allentown), 10/17 East Stroudsburg North (Dingmans Ferry), 10/24 at Pocono Mountain East (Swiftwater), 10/31 Stroudsburg
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Whitehall (51.5), Easton (47.5), Stroudsburg (39.9)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Allen [William] (Allentown) (-21.8), East Stroudsburg North (Dingmans Ferry) (-5.6), Pocono Mountain West (Pocono Summit) (5.1)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.4 (18.9 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20.7
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +10.3
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #60
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1737
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2014 Projected League Finish: 9th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%