Horizon (Thornton, CO) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Hawks Colors: Maroon/Silver Coach: Frank Ybarra League: 5A Front Range Playoff Division: 5A Playoff Division Rank: #22 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 8 Returning Defensive Starters: 7 2014 JV Record: 3-7 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Elijah Larry 6'0" 210 Senior DE 4.7 Nick Gustafson 6'4" 245 Senior OL 5.0 Wes Exum 6'3" 205 Senior LB 5.2 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Four 3-Year Starters On DL, WR, LB Team Weaknesses: Two Question Marks On OL, Secondary Must Replace 3 Starters RATINGS 2014 Final Power Rating: 19.7 2014 National Rank: #3520 2014 State Rank: #52 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2015 Starting Power Rating: 21.2 2015 National Rank: #3115 2015 State Rank: #46 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 10.9 Dynasty National Rank: #4659 2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 10.3 Dynasty Record: 50-71 (30-45 in league) HISTORICAL 2014 Overall Record: 4-6 2014 League Record/Finish: 2-5 (tied for 5th) 2014 Points For Average: 23.1 2014 Points Against Average: 26.4 2014 Differential: -3.3 2014 Wins: #2683 Chatfield (Littleton) (42-40), #3750 Prairie View (Henderson) (32-18), #5851 Poudre (Fort Collins) (20-14), #8514 Mountain Range (Westminster) (31-7) 2014 Losses: #124 Valor Christian (Highlands Ranch) (48-12), #794 Fairview (Boulder) (35-28), #1617 Rocky Mountain (Fort Collins) (31-20), #2124 Legacy (Broomfield) (21-17), #4140 Fossil Ridge (Fort Collins) (21-7), #4604 Monarch (Louisville) (29-22) 2014 Opponents W-L: 60-47 Recent League Championships: 2011 Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 1 Streak List: 9/18/15 Fairview (Boulder) (18-14) SCHEDULE 2015 Schedule: 9/4 at Prairie View (Henderson), 9/10 at Chatfield (Littleton), 9/18 Fairview (Boulder), 9/25 at Legacy (Broomfield), 10/1 Rocky Mountain (Fort Collins), 10/8 Mountain Range (Westminster), 10/15 Monarch (Louisville), 10/22 at Poudre (Fort Collins), 10/29 at Fossil Ridge (Fort Collins) Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Legacy (Broomfield) (35.9), Fairview (Boulder) (32.5), Rocky Mountain (Fort Collins) (29.7) Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Mountain Range (Westminster) (-2.2), Fossil Ridge (Fort Collins) (8.5), Chatfield (Littleton) (14.3) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 21.5 (27.5 overall) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 19 2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: -2.5 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #24 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2137 2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4 2015 Projected League Finish: 4th 2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |