Gaithersburg (MD)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Trojans Colors: Blue/Gold Coach: Kreg Kephart League: Montgomery County 4A - East (moving from Montgomery County 4A - North) Playoff Division: 4A Playoff Division Rank: #25 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 7 2016 JV Record: 3-6 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Sidrick Ofori 5'10" 200 Senior RB/LB 4.6 Marcus Twine 6'3" 295 Senior OL/DL 5.5 Khadere Kounta 6'5" 260 Senior OL/DL 5.5 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Returning Linemen, QB, RB Team Weaknesses: Youth RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 0 2016 National Rank: #7417 2016 State Rank: #115 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.5 2017 Starting Power Rating: 4.5 2017 National Rank: #6255 2017 State Rank: #104 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 15.4 Dynasty National Rank: #3449 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 10.9 Dynasty Record: 78-70 (44-28 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 3-7 2016 League Record/Finish: 1-3 (tied for 3rd) 2016 Points For Average: 13.2 2016 Points Against Average: 24.2 2016 Differential: -11 2016 Wins: #6627 Clarksburg (28-7), #8511 Watkins Mill (Gaithersburg) (28-14), #9814 Johnson [Walter] (Bethesda) (14-0) 2016 Losses: #716 Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg) (45-7), #2988 Northwest (Germantown) (27-6), #3016 Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville) (28-12), #3296 Seneca Valley (Germantown) (25-13), #4543 Whitman [Walt] (Bethesda) (28-17), #5951 Paint Branch (Burtonsville) (26-0), #6627 Wootton [Thomas S.] (Rockville) (42-7) 2016 Opponents W-L: 65-42 Recent League Championships: 2013 (tied for 1st; Montgomery County 4A - West), 2010 (Montgomery County 4A - West) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 9/1 Einstein [Albert] (Kensington), 9/8 at Seneca Valley (Germantown), 9/15 at Churchill [Winston] (Potomac), 9/22 Northwest (Germantown), 9/29 at Clarksburg, 10/6 Wheaton (Silver Spring), 10/13 at Paint Branch (Burtonsville), 10/20 Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring), 10/27 at Watkins Mill (Gaithersburg), 11/3 Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg) Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg) (35.2), Northwest (Germantown) (27.4), Seneca Valley (Germantown) (15.6) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring) (-28.9), Clarksburg (-5.7), Churchill [Winston] (Potomac) (-5.6) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.1 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -7.9 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #88 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5802 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5 2017 Projected League Finish: 5th 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%