Desert Edge (Goodyear, AZ)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Scorpions
Colors: Black/Silver/Copper
Coach: Rich Wellbrock
League: 5A Desert West
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #6

D1 PROSPECTS
Max Wilhite 6'3.5" 300 Senior OT
Austin Young 6'4" 300 Senior OT

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Tehran Thomas 5'10" 205 Senior QB
Roshaun Johnson 6'1" 240 Senior RB
Eric Marsh 6'2" 210 Senior S
Dante Blissit 6'2" 230 Senior WDE

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 43.3
2016 National Rank: #553
2016 State Rank: #15
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.6
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -6.6
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -6.3
2017 Starting Power Rating: 36.4
2017 National Rank: #985
2017 State Rank: #19
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 14.3
Dynasty National Rank: #3733
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 22.1
Dynasty Record: 92-56 (40-17 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 10-2
2016 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (tied for 1st)
2016 Points For Average: 34.8
2016 Points Against Average: 13.4
2016 Differential: +21.4
2016 Wins: #184 Centennial (Peoria) (26-24), #1296 Mesquite (Gilbert) (24-13), #1873 Notre Dame Prep (Scottsdale) (48-19), #2303 Verrado (Buckeye) (34-10), #2383 Deer Valley (Glendale) (42-27), #3500 Millennium (Goodyear) (55-6), #5459 Fairfax [Betty H.] (Laveen) (42-21), #7279 Lake Havasu (Lake Havasu City) (42-14), #9553 Agua Fria (Avondale) (48-0), #11687 Goldwater [Barry] (Phoenix) (48-0)
2016 Losses: #184 Centennial (Peoria) (21-6), #2303 Verrado (Buckeye) (6-3)
2016 Opponents W-L: 79-54
Recent State Championships: 2015 (III)
Recent League Championships: 2016 (tied for 1st), 2015 (III Section V), 2014 (III Section VII), 2013 (III Section VII), 2012 (III Section III), 2010 (4A Skyline)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/18 at Centennial (Peoria), 8/25 at Notre Dame Prep (Scottsdale), 9/1 at Fairfax [Betty H.] (Laveen), 9/8 Millennium (Goodyear), 9/15 Mesquite (Gilbert), 9/29 Agua Fria (Avondale), 10/6 at Goldwater [Barry] (Phoenix), 10/13 at Lake Havasu (Lake Havasu City), 10/20 Deer Valley (Glendale), 10/27 at Verrado (Buckeye)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Centennial (Peoria) (61.9), Mesquite (Gilbert) (38), Notre Dame Prep (Scottsdale) (29.2)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Goldwater [Barry] (Phoenix) (-13.2), Agua Fria (Avondale) (-10.5), Lake Havasu (Lake Havasu City) (-8.7)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15.7 (25.1 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16.8
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +1.1
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #42
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2405
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2017 Projected League Finish: 1st
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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