Lincolnton (NC) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Wolves Colors: Black/Vegas Gold Coach: Ledford Gibson League: 2A Southern District 7 Playoff Division: 2A Playoff Division Rank: #5 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 4 2015 JV Record: 6-4 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Cordel Littlejohn 6'3" 195 Junior QB 4.6 Langdon Givens 6'2" 180 Senior WR/DB 4.5 Noah Keeneer 6'2" 275 Senior OL 5.1 RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: 32.3 2015 National Rank: #1585 2015 State Rank: #41 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.4 2016 Starting Power Rating: 30.8 2016 National Rank: #1693 2016 State Rank: #48 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 21.1 Dynasty National Rank: #2138 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 9.7 Dynasty Record: 133-51 (66-17 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 12-3 2015 League Record/Finish: 6-1 (2nd) 2015 Points For Average: 38.8 2015 Points Against Average: 15.1 2015 Differential: +23.7 2015 Wins: #3328 Maiden (37-12), #3751 Mountain Heritage (Burnsville) (34-16), #4432 Reidsville (36-6), #5096 East Gaston (Mt. Holly) (43-33), #5896 West Caldwell (Lenoir) (41-7), #6313 Lexington (40-0), #7222 Newton-Conover (Newton) (52-0), #7324 North Gaston (Dallas) (37-13), #9068 North Lincoln (Lincolnton) (62-8), #9563 West Lincoln (Lincolnton) (34-0), #10485 Bandys (Catawba) (49-13), #11019 Bunker Hill (Claremont) (55-0) 2015 Losses: #425 Shelby (37-21), #950 South Point (Belmont) (42-20), #1472 East Lincoln (Denver) (40-21) 2015 Opponents W-L: 113-77 Recent State Championships: 2007 Recent League Championships: 2011 (2A/1A Southern Piedmont), 2010 (2A/1A Southern Piedmont), 2007 (Southern Piedmont), 2005 (Southern Piedmont) Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: 3 Streak List: 8/19/16 North Lincoln (Lincolnton) (63-7), 8/26/16 South Point (Belmont) (25-24), 9/2/16 North Gaston (Dallas) (61-34) SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 8/19 at North Lincoln (Lincolnton), 8/26 at South Point (Belmont), 9/2 North Gaston (Dallas), 9/9 at East Gaston (Mt. Holly), 9/16 West Lincoln (Lincolnton), 9/30 at East Lincoln (Denver), 10/7 at Bandys (Catawba), 10/14 Bunker Hill (Claremont), 10/21 at Newton-Conover (Newton), 10/28 West Caldwell (Lenoir), 11/4 Maiden Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: South Point (Belmont) (38.6), East Lincoln (Denver) (30.5), Maiden (30.3) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Bandys (Catawba) (-16.3), Bunker Hill (Claremont) (-14.5), Newton-Conover (Newton) (-7.1) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 3.5 (13.8 overall) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.7 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.2 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #186 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5766 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-2 2016 Projected League Finish: 1st 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 3% |