Western Branch (Chesapeake, VA) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Bruins Colors: Navy/Old Gold Coach: Greg Gibson League: 6A Conference 2 Playoff Division: 6A Playoff Division Rank: #22 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 2014 JV Record: 8-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS D.J. Lanier 6'1" 280 Senior OL/DL 4.8 Arman Jones 6'1" 205 Senior OLB 4.5 Nate Lewis 6'1" 180 Senior CB 4.5 ADDITIONAL SENIOR D1 PROSPECT Jacob Wilson 6'3" 195 Senior QB COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION Kenan Johnson 6'5" 225 Senior SDE Joshua Culberson 6'5" 260 Senior SDE STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Big/Strong Lines, Experience At Skill Positions, Good Team Speed Team Weaknesses: OL Inexperience, Defense Needs To Cut Down On Explosive Plays RATINGS 2014 Final Power Rating: 26.5 2014 National Rank: #2334 2014 State Rank: #67 General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.3 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2015 Starting Power Rating: 27.3 2015 National Rank: #2103 2015 State Rank: #63 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 24.1 Dynasty National Rank: #1618 2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 3.2 Dynasty Record: 87-42 (60-30 in league) HISTORICAL 2014 Overall Record: 7-4 2014 League Record/Finish: 2-1 (3rd) 2014 Points For Average: 32 2014 Points Against Average: 19.8 2014 Differential: +12.2 2014 Wins: #3760 Great Bridge (Chesapeake) (42-7), #4290 Nansemond River (Suffolk) (28-13), #4665 Bethel (Hampton) (54-14), #5025 Grassfield (Chesapeake) (40-29), #5652 Lakeland (Suffolk) (35-16), #7159 Hickory (Chesapeake) (55-14), #10003 Deep Creek (Chesapeake) (42-7) 2014 Losses: #258 Smith [Oscar] (Chesapeake) (56-14), #1285 King's Fork (Suffolk) (14-7), #1476 Kecoughtan (Hampton) (20-14), #2287 Indian River (Chesapeake) (28-21) 2014 Opponents W-L: 63-62 Recent League Championships: 2006 (tied for 1st; Southeastern AAA), 2003 (Southeastern AAA) Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 2 Streak List: 9/11/15 Lakeland (Suffolk) (35-8), 9/18/15 Great Bridge (Chesapeake) (65-0) SCHEDULE 2015 Schedule: 9/4 at Cocoa (FL), 9/11 Lakeland (Suffolk), 9/18 Great Bridge (Chesapeake), 9/25 at King's Fork (Suffolk), 10/2 Grassfield (Chesapeake), 10/9 at Nansemond River (Suffolk), 10/16 at Smith [Oscar] (Chesapeake), 10/23 Deep Creek (Chesapeake), 10/30 Hickory (Chesapeake), 11/6 at Indian River (Chesapeake) Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Cocoa (FL) (52.2), Smith [Oscar] (Chesapeake) (42.2), King's Fork (Suffolk) (38) Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Deep Creek (Chesapeake) (-10), Hickory (Chesapeake) (-1.5), Grassfield (Chesapeake) (8.6) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16 (20.6 overall) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 21 2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +5 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #46 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1727 2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4 2015 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |