Choate Rosemary Hall (Wallingford, CT)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Wild Boars
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Lawrence Spinnato
League: Central New England
State (Plays In): Prep Schools
Playoff Division: NEPSAC A
Playoff Division Rank: #1

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2016 JV Record: 7-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Shane Sweitzer 6'1" 220 Senior OLB/TB
Clay Zachery 5'10" 190 Junior S/TB
Rashaud Conway 5'10" 205 Junior TB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Balance
Team Weaknesses: Speed

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 46.3
2016 National Rank: #418
2016 State Rank: #4 (in CT)
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -10.1
2017 Starting Power Rating: 33.7
2017 National Rank: #1228
2017 State Rank: #7 (in CT)
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 19.7
Dynasty National Rank: #2440
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 24.1
Dynasty Record: 83-35-2 (7-0 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 9-0
2016 League Record/Finish: 7-0 (1st)
2016 Points For Average: 43.6
2016 Points Against Average: 15.6
2016 Differential: +28
2016 Wins: #1016 Cheshire Academy (Cheshire) (33-30), #2025 Trinity-Pawling (Pawling, NY) (46-20), #3085 Suffield Academy (Suffield) (39-15), #3759 Loomis Chaffee (Windsor) (49-28), #4913 Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville, NJ) (42-14), #5582 Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, MA) (44-20), #5860 Phillips Academy (Andover, MA) (49-7), #6606 Worcester Academy (Worcester, MA) (41-6), #9351 Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH) (49-0)
2016 Losses: none
2016 Opponents W-L: 35-43
Recent League Championships: 2016
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: 30
Streak List: 11/9/13 Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, MA) (27-0), 9/13/14 Cushing Academy (Ashburnham, MA) (55-0), 9/20/14 Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville, NJ) (37-0), 9/27/14 Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH) (49-0), 10/5/14 Phillips Academy (Andover, MA) (56-6), 10/11/14 Taft (Watertown) (58-13), 10/18/14 Worcester Academy (Worcester, MA) (28-7), 10/25/14 Suffield Academy (Suffield) (31-21), 11/1/14 Loomis Chaffee (Windsor) (14-8), 11/9/14 Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, MA) (45-0), 11/15/14 Avon Old Farms (Avon) (49-20), 9/19/15 Cushing Academy (Ashburnham, MA) (45-12), 9/26/15 Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville, NJ) (51-0), 10/3/15 Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH) (35-3), 10/10/15 Phillips Academy (Andover, MA) (27-15), 10/17/15 Taft (Watertown) (42-0), 10/24/15 Worcester Academy (Worcester, MA) (47-10), 10/31/15 Suffield Academy (Suffield) (35-7), 11/7/15 Loomis Chaffee (Windsor) (38-12), 11/14/15 Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, MA) (48-13), 11/21/15 Salisbury School (Salisbury) (48-28), 9/17/16 Cheshire Academy (Cheshire) (33-30), 9/24/16 Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville, NJ) (42-14), 10/1/16 Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH) (49-0), 10/8/16 Phillips Academy (Andover, MA) (49-7), 10/22/16 Worcester Academy (Worcester, MA) (41-6), 10/29/16 Suffield Academy (Suffield) (39-15), 11/5/16 Loomis Chaffee (Windsor) (49-28), 11/12/16 Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, MA) (44-20), 11/19/16 Trinity-Pawling (Pawling, NY) (46-20)

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/16 at More [St. Thomas] (Oakdale), 9/23 Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville, NJ), 9/30 Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH), 10/7 at Phillips Academy (Andover, MA), 10/21 Worcester Academy (Worcester, MA), 10/28 at Suffield Academy (Suffield), 11/4 Loomis Chaffee (Windsor), 11/11 at Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, MA)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Suffield Academy (Suffield) (27.6), Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville, NJ) (10.9), Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, MA) (6.7)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: More [St. Thomas] (Oakdale) (-19.6), Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH) (-10.5), Worcester Academy (Worcester, MA) (-1.6)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.9 (17 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2.6
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -8.3
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #78
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6581
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-0
2017 Projected League Finish: 1st
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 85%