Blue Mountain (Schuylkill Haven, PA)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Eagles Colors: Blue/White Coach: Cory Mabry League: Schuylkill 1 (moving from Anthracite) Playoff Division: AAAA Playoff Division Rank: #15 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 2015 JV Record: 8-0 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Erech Noecker 5'11" 235 Senior DL 4.9 Connor Kerstetter 6'3" 220 Senior LB/TE 4.7 Eric Thompson 6'3" 255 Senior OL 5.3 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Defensive Experience Team Weaknesses: Lost Top RB/OL RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: 24.9 2015 National Rank: #2607 2015 State Rank: #103 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2016 Starting Power Rating: 26.4 2016 National Rank: #2251 2016 State Rank: #81 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 10.7 Dynasty National Rank: #4750 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 15.7 Dynasty Record: 73-67 (39-38 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 9-2 2015 League Record/Finish: 8-1 (2nd) 2015 Points For Average: 30.8 2015 Points Against Average: 12 2015 Differential: +18.8 2015 Wins: #3745 Jim Thorpe (31-7), #4375 North Schuylkill (Ashland) (24-20), #4970 Marian Catholic (Tamaqua) (19-7), #6912 Tamaqua (35-6), #7012 Mahanoy Area (Mahanoy City) (35-3), #7709 Schuylkill Haven (38-0), #8116 Pottsville (24-13), #10943 Shenandoah Valley (Shenandoah) (55-7), #12058 Minersville (42-6) 2015 Losses: #1407 Lehighton (36-29), #1407 Lehighton (27-7) 2015 Opponents W-L: 68-55 Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: 2 Streak List: 8/26/16 Muhlenberg (Laureldale) (40-14), 9/2/16 Hanover Area (Hanover Township) (43-6) SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 8/26 Muhlenberg (Laureldale), 9/2 at Hanover Area (Hanover Township), 9/10 at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy (Philadelphia), 9/16 Wyomissing, 9/23 Tamaqua, 9/30 at Jim Thorpe, 10/7 at Pottsville, 10/14 North Schuylkill (Ashland), 10/21 at Lehighton, 10/28 Schuylkill Haven Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Lehighton (27.2), Springside Chestnut Hill Academy (Philadelphia) (16.4), Wyomissing (16.3) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Hanover Area (Hanover Township) (-14.4), Pottsville (2.8), Muhlenberg (Laureldale) (3.2) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.4 (10.5 overall) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.1 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.7 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #213 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5063 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1 2016 Projected League Finish: 2nd 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 21%