Pioneer (Whittier, CA)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Titans Colors: Dark Green/Black/White Coach: Chuck Willig League: Del Rio Section: Southern Playoff Division: 11 Playoff Division Rank: #22 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 3 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 2015 JV Record: 4-5 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Juan Avalos 5'10" 190 Senior LB/RB 4.8 Brennan Tagaloa 5'10" 175 Junior RB/DB 4.7 Juan Cervantes 6'1" 255 Senior OL/DL 5.1 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Depth On Lines, Speed At Skill Positions Team Weaknesses: Inexperience RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: 1.7 2015 National Rank: #7464 2015 State Rank: #532 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -5.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.5 2016 Starting Power Rating: -3.8 2016 National Rank: #8716 2016 State Rank: #604 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): -8.5 Dynasty National Rank: #10797 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 4.7 Dynasty Record: 42-87-1 [43-86-1 on the field] (14-51 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 7-3 2015 League Record/Finish: 2-3 (4th) 2015 Points For Average: 29.8 2015 Points Against Average: 16.5 2015 Differential: +13.3 2015 Wins: #6051 Whittier (14-7), #9019 El Rancho (Pico Rivera) (39-33), #10332 Rancho Alamitos (Garden Grove) (38-15), #12029 Artesia (Lakewood) (28-0), #13292 Cerritos (49-6), #14185 Cantwell-Sacred Heart (Montebello) (47-7), #14233 Glenn [John] (Norwalk) (62-0) 2015 Losses: #949 La Serna (Whittier) (43-14), #6677 Santa Fe (Santa Fe Springs) (27-7), #7884 California (Whittier) (27-0) 2015 Opponents W-L: 37-69 Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 8/26 at Artesia (Lakewood), 9/2 Covina, 9/8 University (Irvine), 9/16 at Buena Park, 9/22 Inglewood, 10/7 La Serna (Whittier), 10/13 at California (Whittier), 10/21 Whittier, 10/28 at Santa Fe (Santa Fe Springs), 11/4 El Rancho (Pico Rivera) Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Buena Park (48.5), La Serna (Whittier) (36.1), Whittier (13) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Artesia (Lakewood) (-16), Covina (-8), El Rancho (Pico Rivera) (2.3) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -10.4 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.3 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +19.7 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #343 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4992 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7 2016 Projected League Finish: 6th 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%