West Valley (Fairbanks, AK)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Wolfpack
Colors: Red/Gold
Coach: Kyle Allison
League: Northern Railbelt
Playoff Division: Large
Playoff Division Rank: #10

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
2015 JV Record: 2-5
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Justin Cummings 6'0" 185 Senior RB/LB 4.6
Jake Foshee 6'3" 260 Senior OL/DL 5.5
Zach Lester 5'8" 180 Senior QB/DB 5.0

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Hard-Workers, Intensity, Consistency
Team Weaknesses: Maturity, Inexperience

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: 5.1
2015 National Rank: #6693
2015 State Rank: #15
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2016 Starting Power Rating: 4.6
2016 National Rank: #6713
2016 State Rank: #15
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 4.5
Dynasty National Rank: #6711
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 0.1
Dynasty Record: 37-71 (23-46 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 3-6
2015 League Record/Finish: 1-2 (3rd)
2015 Points For Average: 19.8
2015 Points Against Average: 31.4
2015 Differential: -11.6
2015 Wins: #7000 North Pole (27-26), #8320 Thunder Mountain (Juneau) (26-9), #9921 Wasilla (54-7)
2015 Losses: #522 West (Anchorage) (45-15), #1375 Bartlett (Anchorage) (76-34), #1818 East (Anchorage) (49-0), #3061 Colony (Palmer) (7-0), #3488 Lathrop (Fairbanks) (48-9), #9457 Juneau-Douglas (Juneau) (16-13)
2015 Opponents W-L: 45-36
Recent League Championships: 2011 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 8/12 Service (Anchorage), 8/19 at Eielson [Ben] (Eielson AFB), 8/26 at South (Anchorage), 9/2 Wasilla, 9/9 at Chugiak (Eagle River), 9/16 at Colony (Palmer), 9/23 Kodiak, 9/30 Lathrop (Fairbanks)
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Chugiak (Eagle River) (30.8), Eielson [Ben] (Eielson AFB) (28.3), South (Anchorage) (20.4)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Wasilla (-3.8), Kodiak (2.9), Service (Anchorage) (7.3)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.7 (17.2 overall)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.2
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.5
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #11
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3483
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-5
2016 Projected League Finish: 4th
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%