Kennedy [John F.] (Granada Hills, CA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Cougars
Colors: Brown/Gold/White
Coach: Terrance Johnson
League: Valley Mission
Section: Los Angeles
Playoff Division: III
Playoff Division Rank: #1

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2016 JV Record: 6-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Giovani Maffei 5'8" 170 Senior QB
Adam Lopez 5'9" 160 Senior WR
Jacob Cephas 5'10" 175 Senior DB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience, Offensive Leadership
Team Weaknesses: Youth, Defensive Inexperience

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: -13.5
2016 National Rank: #10438
2016 State Rank: #728
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +5.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.9
2017 Starting Power Rating: -8
2017 National Rank: #9207
2017 State Rank: #655
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -7.6
Dynasty National Rank: #10514
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 0.4
Dynasty Record: 51-95 (34-42 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 5-7
2016 League Record/Finish: 2-4 (5th)
2016 Points For Average: 20.6
2016 Points Against Average: 27.4
2016 Differential: -6.8
2016 Wins: #10250 Granada Hills (26-23), #11639 Van Nuys (48-42), #11952 North Hollywood (22-12), #12263 Panorama (Panorama City) (30-16), #12286 Belmont (Los Angeles) (21-0)
2016 Losses: #5231 San Fernando (48-7), #5877 Franklin [Benjamin] (Los Angeles) (42-13), #6359 Sylmar (21-3), #6429 Reseda (41-32), #7692 Canoga Park (48-15), #8106 Heritage Christian (Northridge) (10-8), #10895 Cleveland [Grover] (Reseda) (26-22)
2016 Opponents W-L: 74-64
Recent League Championships: 2006 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/25 vs Heritage Christian (Northridge), 8/31 at Verdugo Hills (Tujunga), 9/8 North Hollywood, 9/15 at Granada Hills, 9/22 Sylmar, 9/28 at Panorama (Panorama City), 10/6 at Van Nuys, 10/13 Reseda, 10/20 San Fernando, 11/3 at Canoga Park
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: San Fernando (19.9), Heritage Christian (Northridge) (3.6), Reseda (3.6)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Panorama (Panorama City) (-30.3), Van Nuys (-27.9), Verdugo Hills (Tujunga) (-27.5)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -6.9 (-6.6 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -10.1
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3.2
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #731
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #10592
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2017 Projected League Finish: 4th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%