Laconia (NH)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Sachems Colors: Red/Silver Coach: Craig Kozens League: Division II - North Playoff Division: II Playoff Division Rank: #11 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 2015 JV Record: 5-2 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Jacob Filgate 6'1" 185 Senior RB/SS 4.5 Carter Doherty 6'3" 240 Senior TE/DE 4.85 Riley Roy 5'11" 170 Junior QB 4.8 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Returning QB Threw For Over 1000 Yards, Returning 3-Year All-Conference Player At CB/RB Team Weaknesses: Roster Size Due To Declining Enrollment, Only Had 40 Players Last Season RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: 3.6 2015 National Rank: #7002 2015 State Rank: #30 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2016 Starting Power Rating: 6.1 2016 National Rank: #6355 2016 State Rank: #28 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 11.7 Dynasty National Rank: #4423 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 5.6 Dynasty Record: 81-46 (71-30 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 4-5 2015 League Record/Finish: 2-3 (5th) 2015 Points For Average: 27.1 2015 Points Against Average: 30.7 2015 Differential: -3.6 2015 Wins: #5281 Plymouth (27-26), #9111 Merrimack Valley (Penacook) (39-14), #10385 Hanover (35-7), #13659 Manchester West (Manchester) (63-34) 2015 Losses: #980 Aquinas [St. Thomas] (Dover) (47-6), #3843 Kennett [A. Crosby] (Conway) (38-13), #5208 Kearsarge (North Sutton) (54-48), #5687 Lebanon (28-6), #5791 Monadnock (East Swanzey) (28-7) 2015 Opponents W-L: 46-37 Recent State Championships: 2007 (IV) Recent League Championships: 2007 (Division IV), 2006 (tied for 1st; Division IV), 2004 (tied for 1st; Division IV) Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 9/2 Hanover, 9/9 at Kingswood (Wolfeboro), 9/16 Plymouth, 9/23 Pembroke, 10/1 at Stark [John] (Weare), 10/7 Lebanon, 10/14 at Kennett [A. Crosby] (Conway), 10/21 Trinity (Manchester), 10/29 at Belmont-Gilford (Belmont) Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Kennett [A. Crosby] (Conway) (17.2), Lebanon (16.8), Plymouth (12.9) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Pembroke (-22), Kingswood (Wolfeboro) (-9.3), Hanover (-1.8) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.2 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 3.6 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.6 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #24 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6728 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4 2016 Projected League Finish: 6th 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%