Lackawanna Trail (Factoryville, PA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Lions
Colors: Black/Red
Coach: Steve Jervis
League: Lackawanna 3
Playoff Division: A
Playoff Division Rank: #83

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 1
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Trent Phillips 6'2" 215 Senior DE/OL 5.02
Rocco Pacini 5'9" 175 Senior RB/DE 4.78
Thomas Huffsmith 5'10" 220 Junior FB/ILB 4.72

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Attitude, Work-Ethic
Team Weaknesses: Experience

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: -3
2014 National Rank: #8656
2014 State Rank: #372
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -12.5
2015 Starting Power Rating: -15.5
2015 National Rank: #11199
2015 State Rank: #485
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 2.2
Dynasty National Rank: #7499
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 17.7
Dynasty Record: 78-58 (38-22 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 7-4
2014 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (tied for 2nd)
2014 Points For Average: 31.5
2014 Points Against Average: 17
2014 Differential: +14.5
2014 Wins: #6420 Lake-Lehman (Lehman) (28-13), #10189 Riverside (Taylor) (20-13), #10632 Meyers [Elmer L.] (Wilkes-Barre) (28-16), #12032 Carbondale (47-14), #12073 Mid Valley (Throop) (40-7), #13050 Montrose (48-0), #13473 Holy Cross (Dunmore) (55-20)
2014 Losses: #4462 Old Forge (17-14), #8251 Susquehanna (34-19), #8251 Susquehanna (31-28), #8473 Lakeland (Jermyn) (22-19)
2014 Opponents W-L: 48-71
Recent League Championships: 2007, 2005, 2003 (Lackawanna III)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 9/4 Lake-Lehman (Lehman), 9/11 at Riverside (Taylor), 9/18 at Montrose, 9/25 Meyers [Elmer L.] (Wilkes-Barre), 10/2 Lakeland (Jermyn), 10/9 at Carbondale, 10/16 at Old Forge, 10/23 Susquehanna, 10/30 Mid Valley (Throop), 11/7 at Holy Cross (Dunmore)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Old Forge (15.1), Lake-Lehman (Lehman) (2.7), Lakeland (Jermyn) (1.5)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Montrose (-37.5), Holy Cross (Dunmore) (-32.1), Mid Valley (Throop) (-21.8)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -11.2 (-8.8 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -12.3
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.1
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #444
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #11498
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2015 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%