Avon Old Farms (Avon, CT) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Beavers Colors: Red/Blue Coach: Bill Mella League: Housatonic State (Plays In): Prep Schools Playoff Division: NEPSAC A Playoff Division Rank: #8 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 2014 JV Record: 9-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Andrew Horn 6'4" 210 Senior OLB/TE Tucker Spears 6'5" 230 Senior TE/OLB 4.71 Nick Orekoya 5'11" 220 Senior RB/DB 4.5 COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION Chris Clark 6'6" 245 Senior TE 4.7 Anthony Giudice 6'3" 255 Senior DE Matthew Millea 6'2" 190 Senior WR STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: OL Team Weaknesses: Youth At Some Key Positions RATINGS 2014 Final Power Rating: 24.2 2014 National Rank: #2729 2014 State Rank: #25 (in CT) General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.5 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -5.2 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2015 Starting Power Rating: 14.4 2015 National Rank: #4474 2015 State Rank: #39 (in CT) Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 11.4 Dynasty National Rank: #4498 2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 4.1 Dynasty Record: 57-44-1 (41-29-1 in league) HISTORICAL 2014 Overall Record: 6-3 2014 League Record/Finish: 5-1 (tied for 1st) 2014 Points For Average: 36.8 2014 Points Against Average: 31.8 2014 Differential: +5 2014 Wins: #1100 Brunswick (Greenwich) (49-34), #2881 Kent School (Kent) (22-20), #5627 Salisbury School (Salisbury) (45-41), #5862 Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH) (47-20), #5906 Taft (Watertown) (37-12), #10346 Hotchkiss (Lakeville) (42-20) 2014 Losses: #361 Choate Rosemary Hall (Wallingford) (49-20), #2417 Cheshire Academy (Cheshire) (55-35), #4913 Trinity-Pawling (Pawling, NY) (35-34) 2014 Opponents W-L: 41-33 Recent League Championships: 2014 (tied for 1st), 2013 (tied for 1st) Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none SCHEDULE 2015 Schedule: 9/26 vs Brunswick (Greenwich), 10/3 at Cheshire Academy (Cheshire), 10/10 Kent School (Kent), 10/17 at Hotchkiss (Lakeville), 10/24 Taft (Watertown), 10/31 Trinity-Pawling (Pawling, NY), 11/7 Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH), 11/14 at Salisbury School (Salisbury) Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Brunswick (Greenwich) (44.8), Kent School (Kent) (19.6), Cheshire Academy (Cheshire) (19.2) Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Hotchkiss (Lakeville) (-10.8), Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH) (-5.1), Trinity-Pawling (Pawling, NY) (-0.6) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.7 (21.7 overall) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.6 2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: -2.1 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #33 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5018 2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-3 2015 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |