Granada Hills (CA) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Highlanders Colors: Black/Green/White Coach: Walter Roby League: West Valley Section: Los Angeles Playoff Division: II Playoff Division Rank: #8 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 2016 JV Record: 9-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Matthew Valdivia 6'0" 180 Senior ATH/WR Daniel Lopez 6'2" 260 Junior DL/OL Ernie Guevara Senior QB STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Experience, Senior-Heavy, Work-Ethic Team Weaknesses: Depth, Inexperience Defensively RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: -12.6 2016 National Rank: #10267 2016 State Rank: #717 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -7.1 2017 Starting Power Rating: -8.1 2017 National Rank: #9222 2017 State Rank: #656 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -1.6 Dynasty National Rank: #8729 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 6.5 Dynasty Record: 57-96 (24-46 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 3-8 2016 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (3rd) 2016 Points For Average: 14.6 2016 Points Against Average: 31.7 2016 Differential: -17.1 2016 Wins: #10694 Taft [William Howard] (Woodland Hills) (20-13), #10895 Cleveland [Grover] (Reseda) (20-16), #11104 Chatsworth (20-6) 2016 Losses: #2954 El Camino Real (Woodland Hills) (30-7), #3339 Palisades (Pacific Palisades) (56-17), #3500 Westchester (Los Angeles) (71-7), #4802 Venice (Los Angeles) (48-16), #6982 Birmingham (Van Nuys) (28-21), #7692 Canoga Park (20-10), #8106 Heritage Christian (Northridge) (35-0), #10425 Kennedy [John F.] (Granada Hills) (26-23) 2016 Opponents W-L: 63-64 Recent League Championships: 2013 (tied for 1st) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 8/25 Oxnard, 9/1 vs Grace Brethren (Simi Valley), 9/8 Palisades (Pacific Palisades), 9/15 Kennedy [John F.] (Granada Hills), 9/22 Heritage Christian (Northridge), 10/6 at Chatsworth, 10/13 at Birmingham (Van Nuys), 10/20 Taft [William Howard] (Woodland Hills), 10/27 at El Camino Real (Woodland Hills), 11/3 Cleveland [Grover] (Reseda) Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Grace Brethren (Simi Valley) (17.8), Palisades (Pacific Palisades) (17.4), El Camino Real (Woodland Hills) (14.6) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Taft [William Howard] (Woodland Hills) (-28.8), Chatsworth (-25.6), Kennedy [John F.] (Granada Hills) (-8) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -1.6 (4 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 0.3 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +1.9 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #487 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7282 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7 2017 Projected League Finish: 4th 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |