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GENERAL
Nickname: Fightin' Irish
Colors: Blue/Green/White
Coach: Ken Peralta
League: West Catholic
Section: Central Coast
Playoff Division: none

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2014 JV Record: 5-5
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Keith Ismael 6'3" 285 Senior OL/DL 5.2
Jamar Williams-Sheppard 6'2" 215 RB/DB 4.5
Ronan Murphy 6'3" 215 WR/DE 4.6

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Group Loves Game Of Football/School/Teammates
Team Weaknesses: Have Strong Players Who Will Have To Step Into Key Positions Who Are Untested At Varsity Level

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 18.8
2014 National Rank: #3710
2014 State Rank: #268
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 19.3
2015 National Rank: #3454
2015 State Rank: #259
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 18.9
Dynasty National Rank: #2564
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 0.4
Dynasty Record: 52-74 (9-40 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 3-7
2014 League Record/Finish: 0-7 (8th)
2014 Points For Average: 21.7
2014 Points Against Average: 21.9
2014 Differential: -0.2
2014 Wins: #4095 Novato (35-14), #8293 Saratoga (38-7), #13768 Galileo (San Francisco) (51-6)
2014 Losses: #675 Bellarmine (San Jose) (35-14), #730 Valley Christian (San Jose) (28-0), #1053 Serra [Junipero] (San Mateo) (35-17), #1097 St. Francis (Mountain View) (27-21), #1352 Mitty (San Jose) (33-27), #1567 St. Ignatius (San Francisco) (20-7), #4435 Riordan (San Francisco) (14-7)
2014 Opponents W-L: 67-52
Recent Section Championships: 2008 (Small)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 9/4 vs Terra Nova (Pacifica), 9/11 vs St. Joseph (Santa Maria), 9/18 vs Monte Vista (Danville), 10/3 at Valley Christian (San Jose), 10/9 vs St. Ignatius (San Francisco), 10/16 at St. Francis (Mountain View), 10/24 at Serra [Junipero] (San Mateo), 10/30 vs Bellarmine (San Jose), 11/7 at Riordan (San Francisco), 11/13 vs Mitty (San Jose)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Bellarmine (San Jose) (43.8), Serra [Junipero] (San Mateo) (43.1), St. Francis (Mountain View) (38.5)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Terra Nova (Pacifica) (8.5), Riordan (San Francisco) (18.9), St. Ignatius (San Francisco) (22.2)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 22.1
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 28.8
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +6.7
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #64
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #618
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-8
2015 Projected League Finish: 7th
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%