El Diamante (Visalia, CA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Miners
Colors: Green/Blue
Coach: Mark Rogers
League: West Yosemite
Section: Central
Playoff Division: 2
Playoff Division Rank: #9

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 2
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
2014 JV Record: 6-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Keland Liles 5'11" 210 Junior TB
Joe Ortiz 6'3" 225 Junior TE

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
JC Robles 6'5" 215 Senior QB
Darius Liles 6'0" 230 Senior ILB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Very Hard-Working Team, Players Have Fun, Play As Team
Team Weaknesses: Young

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 18
2014 National Rank: #3867
2014 State Rank: #276
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -9
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.9
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 7.1
2015 National Rank: #6096
2015 State Rank: #432
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 19.9
Dynasty National Rank: #2348
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 12.8
Dynasty Record: 91-43 (48-18 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 4-6
2014 League Record/Finish: 1-5 (tied for 6th)
2014 Points For Average: 26.6
2014 Points Against Average: 26.2
2014 Differential: +0.4
2014 Wins: #2962 Tulare Union (Tulare) (49-40), #3094 Redwood (Visalia) (27-14), #6327 Sunnyside (Fresno) (40-21), #7361 Monache (Porterville) (31-0)
2014 Losses: #984 Hanford (42-21), #1019 Lemoore (21-20), #1144 Dinuba (28-22), #2936 Golden West (Visalia) (33-13), #6810 Mt. Whitney (Visalia) (28-22), #7679 Hanford West (Hanford) (35-21)
2014 Opponents W-L: 69-46
Recent Section Championships: 2013 (II), 2007 (II)
Recent League Championships: 2013, 2012 (tied for 1st), 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2005
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/27 at Tulare Union (Tulare), 9/4 vs Sunnyside (Fresno), 9/11 vs Monache (Porterville), 9/18 vs Dinuba, 9/25 vs Mt. Whitney (Visalia), 10/2 vs Hanford, 10/16 vs Hanford West (Hanford), 10/23 vs Redwood (Visalia), 10/30 at Lemoore, 11/6 at Golden West (Visalia)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Hanford (41.6), Dinuba (40.1), Tulare Union (Tulare) (33.7)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Mt. Whitney (Visalia) (1), Hanford West (Hanford) (10.5), Redwood (Visalia) (11.1)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 19.4
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 21.7
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.3
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #133
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1606
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-8
2015 Projected League Finish: 6th
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%