Valley Vista (Surprise, AZ)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Monsoons
Colors: Purple/Black/Silver
Coach: Josh Sekoch
League: 6A Southwest (moving from II Section II)
Playoff Division: 6A
Playoff Division Rank: #22

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2015 JV Record: 5-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Creston Cooledge 6'5" 255 Senior OL/DE
Benjamin Collier 5'9" 155 Senior WR/DB
Vodrey Gates 5'5" 140 Senior WR 4.4

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: OL/WR Experience
Team Weaknesses: All Starting LBs Graduated, QB

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: 15
2015 National Rank: #4466
2015 State Rank: #69
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2016 Starting Power Rating: 19.5
2016 National Rank: #3384
2016 State Rank: #58
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 4.4
Dynasty National Rank: #6755
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 15.1
Dynasty Record: 43-51 [42-52 on the field] (19-29 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 5-5
2015 League Record/Finish: 3-3 (tied for 3rd)
2015 Points For Average: 19.8
2015 Points Against Average: 30.4
2015 Differential: -10.6
2015 Wins: #1871 Apollo (Glendale) (30-21), #4676 Millennium (Goodyear) (21-20), #6169 St. Mary's (Phoenix) (28-22), #6754 Willow Canyon (Surprise) (20-19), #7278 Safford (15-13)
2015 Losses: #196 Saguaro (Scottsdale) (62-6), #1081 Westview (Avondale) (40-14), #3571 Mountain Ridge (Glendale) (34-20), #4851 Tolleson (35-32), #6197 Shadow Ridge (Surprise) (38-12)
2015 Opponents W-L: 53-56
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 8/26 at Mountain View (Mesa), 9/2 Skyline (Mesa), 9/9 at Shadow Ridge (Surprise), 9/16 at Copper Canyon (Glendale), 9/23 Willow Canyon (Surprise), 9/30 Cibola (Yuma), 10/7 at Tolleson, 10/14 Westview (Avondale), 10/21 La Joya Community (Avondale), 10/28 at Millennium (Goodyear)
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Skyline (Mesa) (48), Westview (Avondale) (41.7), Mountain View (Mesa) (37.6)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Copper Canyon (Glendale) (-27.2), La Joya Community (Avondale) (-2.5), Shadow Ridge (Surprise) (-1)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 19.1
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.2
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: -4.9
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #53
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3482
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2016 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%