Woodland Hills (Pittsburgh, PA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Wolverines
Colors: Black/Teal
Coach: George Novak
League: WPIAL AAAA Southeastern
Playoff Division: AAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #10

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2013 JV Record: 8-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Miles Sanders 5'11" 190 Junior RB 4.40
Dan Gibson 6'3" 265 Senior OL/DL 5.20
Art Thompkins 5'9" 170 Senior SB/DB 4.40

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Trevon Mathis 5'11" 165 Senior DB [Toledo]
Harry Randall 6'0" 185 Senior S

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Team Speed, Experience/Depth, Lines
Team Weaknesses: QB

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 45.7
2013 National Rank: #449
2013 State Rank: #21
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.1
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +3.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.6
2014 Starting Power Rating: 46
2014 National Rank: #357
2014 State Rank: #14
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 36.8
Dynasty National Rank: #306
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 11.8
Dynasty Record: 84-45 (50-18 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 10-3
2013 League Record/Finish: 7-1 (2nd)
2013 Points For Average: 31
2013 Points Against Average: 15
2013 Differential: +16
2013 Wins: #456 Upper St. Clair (28-21), #619 Seneca Valley (Harmony) (28-14), #2314 Pine-Richland (Gibsonia) (35-14), #2390 Bethel Park (38-23), #2874 Penn Hills (Pittsburgh) (19-7), #3535 Peters Township (McMurray) (42-9), #3620 Baldwin (Pittsburgh) (42-21), #4093 Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh) (49-10), #8154 Canon-McMillan (Canonsburg) (34-0), #8779 Plum (Pittsburgh) (51-0)
2013 Losses: #91 Central Catholic (Pittsburgh) (27-7), #456 Upper St. Clair (16-10), #640 McKeesport (33-20)
2013 Opponents W-L: 86-54
Recent League Championships: 2009 (WPIAL AAAA Big East), 2003 (tied for 1st; WPIAL AAAA-2 East)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 2
Streak List: 8/29/14 Peters Township (McMurray) (27-0), 9/5/14 Bethel Park (33-31)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 at Peters Township (McMurray), 9/5 at Bethel Park, 9/12 Shaler Area (Pittsburgh), 9/19 Baldwin (Pittsburgh), 9/26 at Upper St. Clair, 10/3 Canon-McMillan (Canonsburg), 10/10 at West Allegheny (Imperial), 10/17 at Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh), 10/24 Penn Hills (Pittsburgh)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: West Allegheny (Imperial) (44.7), Upper St. Clair (44.4), Penn Hills (Pittsburgh) (31.3)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Shaler Area (Pittsburgh) (-11), Canon-McMillan (Canonsburg) (1.5), Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh) (12.8)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20.9 (31.9 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 21.1
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.2
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #54
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1653
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-1
2014 Projected League Finish: 1st
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 32%