Harrison County (Cynthiana, KY)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Thorobreds
Colors: Maroon/Gold
Coach: Neil Furnish
League: 4A District 7
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #30

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2016 JV Record: 6-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Ben Vanhook 6'3" 185 Senior QB 4.9
Cody Howard 5'11" 190 Junior LB 4.7
T.C. Abbott 6'2" 170 Junior WR 4.6

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Speed
Team Weaknesses: Young, Inexperienced

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: -10
2016 National Rank: #9714
2016 State Rank: #134
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.6
2017 Starting Power Rating: -9.5
2017 National Rank: #9522
2017 State Rank: #137
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 0.2
Dynasty National Rank: #8119
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 9.7
Dynasty Record: 65-93 (36-28 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 5-6
2016 League Record/Finish: 3-1 (2nd)
2016 Points For Average: 24.5
2016 Points Against Average: 26.7
2016 Differential: -2.2
2016 Wins: #9747 Mason County (Maysville) (35-21), #10230 Montgomery County (Mt. Sterling) (33-20), #10535 Scott (Covington) (36-19), #11298 Grant County (Dry Ridge) (39-18), #11639 Holmes (Covington) (30-6)
2016 Losses: #5120 Newport Central Catholic (Newport) (42-10), #5367 Greenup County (Greenup) (57-28), #7450 Bourbon County (Paris) (19-12), #7488 Lloyd Memorial (Erlanger) (41-20), #7820 South Laurel (London) (24-19), #9577 West Jessamine (Nicholasville) (27-8)
2016 Opponents W-L: 50-77
Recent League Championships: 2008 (4A District 5)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/19 at Mercer County (Harrodsburg), 8/25 Clark [George Rogers] (Winchester), 9/2 Montgomery County (Mt. Sterling), 9/8 at Paris, 9/15 Rockcastle County (Mt. Vernon), 9/22 Holmes (Covington), 9/29 at Scott (Covington), 10/6 Mason County (Maysville), 10/20 at Bourbon County (Paris), 10/27 Western Hills (Frankfort)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Rockcastle County (Mt. Vernon) (17.3), Mercer County (Harrodsburg) (14.4), Western Hills (Frankfort) (6.5)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Holmes (Covington) (-27.4), Paris (-20), Montgomery County (Mt. Sterling) (-13.2)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -6.4 (-2.8 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -3.8
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.6
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #121
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #8673
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6
2017 Projected League Finish: 4th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%