St. Paul's (Covington, LA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Wolves
Colors: Royal Blue/Gold
Coach: Kenny Sears
League: 5A District 6
Playoff Division: I
Playoff Division Rank: #9

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2014 JV Record: 9-0
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Kenny Sears 6'3" 215 Senior QB 4.92
Deonte Sorapuru 6'1" 185 Senior DB 4.52
T.J. Bedford 6'4" 175 Junior WR 4.62

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Jalen McCleskey 5'10" 165 Senior WR
Shawn Butler 5'9" 165 Senior CB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Strong WR/QB Play, Offense Averaged 37 Points Per Game Last Season
Team Weaknesses: Defense Was Young Last Year

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 32.4
2014 National Rank: #1544
2014 State Rank: #40
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +6.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.8
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 38.2
2015 National Rank: #886
2015 State Rank: #26
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 32.7
Dynasty National Rank: #583
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 5.5
Dynasty Record: 100-34 (67-14 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 7-4
2014 League Record/Finish: 5-2 (3rd)
2014 Points For Average: 29.2
2014 Points Against Average: 25.3
2014 Differential: +3.9
2014 Wins: #1470 Karr [Edna] (New Orleans) (26-25), #1514 Covington (27-10), #2508 Slidell (24-16), #3192 Fontainebleau (Mandeville) (31-28), #3514 McDonogh # (New Orleans) (35-27), #5974 Northshore (Slidell) (55-14), #7851 Hammond (36-0)
2014 Losses: #63 Jesuit (New Orleans) (49-22), #280 Ponchatoula (52-16), #703 Mandeville (14-7), #1554 Evangel Christian Academy (Shreveport) (43-42)
2014 Opponents W-L: 70-58
Recent League Championships: 2013 (tied for 1st), 2012, 2011, 2010 (5A District 7), 2009 (5A District 7), 2007 (5A District 7), 2006 (tied for 1st; 5A District 4), 2005 (5A District 4)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/18/15 Denham Springs (27-7)

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 9/4 Karr [Edna] (New Orleans), 9/11 at Jesuit (New Orleans), 9/18 Denham Springs, 9/25 Northshore (Slidell), 10/2 at Hammond, 10/9 Covington, 10/16 at Ponchatoula, 10/23 Slidell, 10/30 at Mandeville, 11/6 at Fontainebleau (Mandeville)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Jesuit (New Orleans) (59.3), Ponchatoula (48.9), Mandeville (45.4)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Hammond (-1.6), Northshore (Slidell) (15.5), Fontainebleau (Mandeville) (16.1)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 27.2 (30.1 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 30.8
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.6
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #11
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #451
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2015 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%