Portage Northern (Portage, MI) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Huskies Colors: Brown/White Coach: Pete Schermerhorn League: Southwestern Michigan - West Playoff Division: none D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION Austin Labus 6'6" 270 Senior OL [Bowling Green] RATINGS 2013 Final Power Rating: 20.2 2013 National Rank: #3374 2013 State Rank: #114 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.1 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4 2014 Starting Power Rating: 17.8 2014 National Rank: #3550 2014 State Rank: #125 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 16.6 Dynasty National Rank: #3042 2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 2.5 Dynasty Record: 68-39 (43-20 in league) HISTORICAL 2013 Overall Record: 7-3 2013 League Record/Finish: 5-2 (3rd) 2013 Points For Average: 26.2 2013 Points Against Average: 16.5 2013 Differential: +9.7 2013 Wins: #1741 Lakeshore (Stevensville) (16-14), #5808 Mattawan (42-21), #5918 Coldwater (22-13), #8038 Niles (49-6), #8561 Gull Lake (Richland) (33-0), #8934 Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo) (30-6), #11604 Benton Harbor (46-8) 2013 Losses: #356 Portage Central (Portage) (49-7), #1816 Lakeview (Battle Creek) (31-7), #2594 St. Joseph (17-10) 2013 Opponents W-L: 57-46 Recent League Championships: 2010 (tied for 1st), 2005 (tied for 1st; Southwestern Michigan Central), 2004 (tied for 1st; Southwestern Michigan Central), 2003 (Southwestern Michigan Central) Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 1 Streak List: 8/28/14 Lakeview (Battle Creek) (28-24) SCHEDULE 2014 Schedule: 8/28 Lakeview (Battle Creek), 9/6 at Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo), 9/12 at St. Joseph, 9/19 Niles, 9/26 Norrix [Loy] (Kalamazoo), 10/3 at Lakeshore (Stevensville), 10/10 Portage Central (Portage), 10/17 at Central (Battle Creek), 10/24 Benton Harbor Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Portage Central (Portage) (45.1), Lakeview (Battle Creek) (29.8), Lakeshore (Stevensville) (29.1) Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Benton Harbor (-19.3), Central (Battle Creek) (-16), Norrix [Loy] (Kalamazoo) (-8.7) 2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.1 (14.4 overall) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.9 2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.8 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #158 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4855 2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4 2014 Projected League Finish: 4th 2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% We were unable to contact coach to obtain preview info. |