Hesperia (CA)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Scorpions Colors: Black/Gold Coach: Joe Scherf League: Mojave River Section: Southern Playoff Division: 9 Playoff Division Rank: #13 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 9 2016 JV Record: 0-10 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Lauve Williams 5'6" 145 Senior RB/FS 4.6 Steven Valdivia 5'8" 205 Senior OL/LB 5.1 Mario Sicarios 6'2" 245 Senior OL/DL 4.8 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Solid Defense, Entire Backfield Returns Team Weaknesses: Lost All WRs RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: -4.1 2016 National Rank: #8488 2016 State Rank: #591 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +8.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.5 2017 Starting Power Rating: 4.4 2017 National Rank: #6276 2017 State Rank: #430 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 3.5 Dynasty National Rank: #7055 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 0.9 Dynasty Record: 67-81 (19-40 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 1-9 2016 League Record/Finish: 0-5 (6th) 2016 Points For Average: 13.6 2016 Points Against Average: 34.2 2016 Differential: -20.6 2016 Wins: #11415 Granite Hills (Apple Valley) (52-7) 2016 Losses: #1150 Oak Hills (Hesperia) (44-6), #1963 Serrano (Phelan) (58-0), #2303 Silverado (Victorville) (35-0), #2929 Summit (Fontana) (33-7), #3016 Burroughs (Ridgecrest) (45-7), #3631 Apple Valley (28-14), #3735 Elsinore (Wildomar) (37-7), #5582 Sultana (Hesperia) (34-31), #6500 Victor Valley (Victorville) (21-12) 2016 Opponents W-L: 69-42 Recent League Championships: 2008 Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 8/25 at Elsinore (Wildomar), 8/31 vs Summit (Fontana), 9/8 Victor Valley (Victorville), 9/21 at Silverado (Victorville), 9/29 vs Granite Hills (Apple Valley), 10/6 Burroughs (Ridgecrest), 10/13 Serrano (Phelan), 10/20 Sultana (Hesperia), 10/27 at Oak Hills (Hesperia), 11/2 at Apple Valley Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Silverado (Victorville) (34.8), Oak Hills (Hesperia) (26), Summit (Fontana) (25.4) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Granite Hills (Apple Valley) (-22.4), Sultana (Hesperia) (-1.6), Victor Valley (Victorville) (0.5) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 17.6 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.4 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -4.2 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #237 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3246 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7 2017 Projected League Finish: 5th 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%