Mountain Ridge (Glendale, AZ)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Mountain Lions
Colors: Crimson/Forest Green
Coach: Bobby Green
League: 6A Desert Valley (moving from II Section VI)
Playoff Division: 6A
Playoff Division Rank: #23

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2015 JV Record: 6-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Elijah Lorence Senior QB
Parker Reiser Senior OL/DL
John Harayda Senior DB/WR

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Turner Bernard 6'1" 205 Senior ATH

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: 19.5
2015 National Rank: #3571
2015 State Rank: #57
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.4
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2016 Starting Power Rating: 18.6
2016 National Rank: #3565
2016 State Rank: #60
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 20.8
Dynasty National Rank: #2205
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 2.2
Dynasty Record: 77-64 (42-27 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 3-7
2015 League Record/Finish: 1-4 (5th)
2015 Points For Average: 23
2015 Points Against Average: 28.9
2015 Differential: -5.9
2015 Wins: #4466 Valley Vista (Surprise) (34-20), #4676 Millennium (Goodyear) (20-17), #5724 Deer Valley (Glendale) (35-21)
2015 Losses: #196 Saguaro (Scottsdale) (30-22), #553 Marcos de Niza (Tempe) (39-21), #643 Skyline (Mesa) (32-3), #1740 O'Connor [Sandra Day] (Phoenix) (24-21), #1871 Apollo (Glendale) (32-20), #2980 Desert Mountain (Scottsdale) (31-24), #3153 Mesquite (Gilbert) (43-30)
2015 Opponents W-L: 72-45
Recent League Championships: 2006 (tied for 1st; 5A Northwest), 2004 (5A Northwest), 2003 (5A Northwest)
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/2/16 Deer Valley (Glendale) (27-20)

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 8/26 Tucson, 9/2 at Deer Valley (Glendale), 9/9 La Joya Community (Avondale), 9/16 at Tolleson, 9/23 Chandler, 9/30 at Horizon (Scottsdale), 10/7 Desert Mountain (Scottsdale), 10/14 at Boulder Creek (Anthem), 10/21 at Pinnacle (Phoenix)
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Pinnacle (Phoenix) (53.7), Chandler (41.2), Desert Mountain (Scottsdale) (32.8)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: La Joya Community (Avondale) (-2.5), Horizon (Scottsdale) (3.4), Tolleson (9.7)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 28.7
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 22
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: -6.7
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #30
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1609
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-5
2016 Projected League Finish: 4th
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%