Highland (Palmdale, CA)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Bulldogs Colors: Cardinal/Gold Coach: David Stowe League: Golden Section: Southern Playoff Division: Northern (III) Playoff Division Rank: #23 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 2014 JV Record: 4-5-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Dante Jamison 6'1" 215 Junior DE/OLB 4.8 Brandon Edwards 5'10" 185 RB/OLB 4.6 Xavior Brown 5'8" 170 WR/KR 4.5 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Very Up-Tempo Offense With Explosive Players, Aggressive Defense Team Weaknesses: Very Young Team RATINGS 2014 Final Power Rating: -7 2014 National Rank: #9547 2014 State Rank: #653 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2015 Starting Power Rating: -11.5 2015 National Rank: #10395 2015 State Rank: #704 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 11.6 Dynasty National Rank: #4422 2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 23.1 Dynasty Record: 60-69-1 [59-70-1 on the field] (48-30 in league) HISTORICAL 2014 Overall Record: 4-6 2014 League Record/Finish: 3-4 (5th) 2014 Points For Average: 13.3 2014 Points Against Average: 29 2014 Differential: -15.7 2014 Wins: #1066 Oak Hills (Hesperia) (forfeit), #11723 Knight [William J.] (Palmdale) (26-0), #12917 Littlerock (14-3), #13164 Lancaster (38-0) 2014 Losses: #953 Valencia (49-12), #1805 Thousand Oaks (48-0), #2206 Palmdale (60-0), #4760 Eastside (Lancaster) (36-3), #6448 Antelope Valley (Lancaster) (48-15), #8022 Quartz Hill (17-12) 2014 Opponents W-L: 57-52 Recent League Championships: 2011 (tied for 1st) Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none SCHEDULE 2015 Schedule: 9/4 at Loyola (Los Angeles), 9/11 at Thousand Oaks, 9/18 Valencia, 9/25 at Antelope Valley (Lancaster), 10/2 at Lancaster, 10/9 Palmdale, 10/16 Quartz Hill, 10/23 at Knight [William J.] (Palmdale), 10/30 Littlerock, 11/6 Eastside (Lancaster) Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Loyola (Los Angeles) (53.9), Thousand Oaks (36.7), Valencia (34.8) Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Littlerock (-30.2), Knight [William J.] (Palmdale) (-23.7), Lancaster (-21.2) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 7.9 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 7.5 2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: -0.4 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #403 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5415 2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7 2015 Projected League Finish: 5th 2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%