West Haven (CT) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Blue Devils Colors: Blue/White Coach: Rich Boshea League: Southern Connecticut - Tier 1 (moving from Southern Connecticut - I East) Playoff Division: LL Playoff Division Rank: #5 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 2015 JV Record: 6-4 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Sheilan Velasquez 6'1" 190 Senior WR/S Anthony Godfrey 5'9" 190 Senior RB/OLB Byron Dickens 6'1" 305 Senior OL/DL STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Experience, Team Speed RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: 26.9 2015 National Rank: #2276 2015 State Rank: #17 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2016 Starting Power Rating: 30.3 2016 National Rank: #1738 2016 State Rank: #9 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 26.7 Dynasty National Rank: #1245 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 4.7 Dynasty Record: 95-45-1 (33-20 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 7-4 2015 League Record/Finish: 2-2 (3rd) 2015 Points For Average: 33.9 2015 Points Against Average: 24.8 2015 Differential: +9.1 2015 Wins: #2871 Xavier (Middletown) (35-27), #3891 Fairfield College Prep (Fairfield) (21-14), #4207 Hillhouse [James] (New Haven) (55-22), #4756 Foran [Joseph A.] (Milford) (39-19), #6105 Cheshire (46-14), #8969 Hamden (43-6), #9198 Cross [Wilbur] (New Haven) (48-8) 2015 Losses: #682 Shelton (48-27), #682 Shelton (40-20), #1227 Notre Dame (West Haven) (40-18), #3123 Hand [Daniel] (Madison) (35-21) 2015 Opponents W-L: 73-45 Recent League Championships: 2013 (Southern Connecticut Division I - East), 2010 (tied for 1st; Southern Connecticut Division I - East), 2006 (tied for 1st; Southern Connecticut Division I - East), 2005 (SCC Division I East), 2003 (SCC Quinnipiac) Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 9/9 at Hamden, 9/16 at Xavier (Middletown), 9/23 Creed/Hill Regional Career Magnet/Whitney RVT (Hamden), 9/30 Cheshire, 10/7 Amity Regional (Woodbridge), 10/21 at Notre Dame (West Haven), 10/28 North Haven, 11/4 at Hand [Daniel] (Madison), 11/11 at Shelton, 11/24 Fairfield College Prep (Fairfield) Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Shelton (32.9), Notre Dame (West Haven) (29.5), North Haven (29.2) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Creed/Hill Regional Career Magnet/Whitney RVT (Hamden) (-12.4), Hamden (-8.9), Cheshire (9.1) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15.9 (21.5 overall) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.6 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.3 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #21 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3360 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2 2016 Projected League Finish: 2nd 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 6% |