Western Branch (Chesapeake, VA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Bruins
Colors: Navy/Old Gold
Coach: Greg Gibson
League: 6A Conference 2
Playoff Division: 6A
Playoff Division Rank: #22

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 1
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2013 JV Record: 8-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Corey Gray 5'8" 190 Senior TB/CB 4.50
Kenan Johnson 6'3" 235 Senior DE/TE 4.75
Daniel Griffith 6'0" 210 Junior QB/OLB 4.50

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Terence Ricks 6'2" 210 Senior RB
Thomas Coleman 6'5" 280 Senior OL
T.J. Boothe 6'0" 200 Senior WR 4.8
Daiquan Lawrence 6'1" 185 Senior DB 4.4

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Defensive Front, Team Speed, Running Game
Team Weaknesses: CB, Inexperienced On Offense

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 39.6
2013 National Rank: #807
2013 State Rank: #23
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -8.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -5.7
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.9
2014 Starting Power Rating: 24.6
2014 National Rank: #2355
2014 State Rank: #68
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 23.9
Dynasty National Rank: #1596
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 1.5
Dynasty Record: 80-38 (58-29 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 10-2
2013 League Record/Finish: 2-1 (tied for 2nd)
2013 Points For Average: 39.9
2013 Points Against Average: 20.1
2013 Differential: +19.8
2013 Wins: #1629 King's Fork (Suffolk) (41-28), #1692 Grassfield (Chesapeake) (55-7), #2867 Cox [Frank W.] (Virginia Beach) (35-7), #3373 Bethel (Hampton) (21-20), #3951 Great Bridge (Chesapeake) (28-14), #4979 Nansemond River (Suffolk) (63-28), #7160 Deep Creek (Chesapeake) (44-7), #7654 Lakeland (Suffolk) (52-14), #7669 Hickory (Chesapeake) (50-7), #8527 Indian River (Chesapeake) (48-20)
2013 Losses: #126 Smith [Oscar] (Chesapeake) (27-14), #291 Ocean Lakes (Virginia Beach) (62-28)
2013 Opponents W-L: 70-66
Recent League Championships: 2006 (tied for 1st; Southeastern AAA), 2003 (Southeastern AAA)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/5/14 Bethel (Hampton) (54-14)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 9/5 Bethel (Hampton), 9/12 at Hickory (Chesapeake), 9/19 Smith [Oscar] (Chesapeake), 9/26 at Deep Creek (Chesapeake), 10/3 at Grassfield (Chesapeake), 10/10 Great Bridge (Chesapeake), 10/17 Indian River (Chesapeake), 10/24 Lakeland (Suffolk), 10/31 at Nansemond River (Suffolk), 11/7 at King's Fork (Suffolk)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Smith [Oscar] (Chesapeake) (66.1), King's Fork (Suffolk) (31.4), Grassfield (Chesapeake) (29.3)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Deep Creek (Chesapeake) (0.7), Hickory (Chesapeake) (1.9), Lakeland (Suffolk) (2.5)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15.5 (23.1 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 18.4
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.9
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #92
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2218
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3
2014 Projected League Finish: 4th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%