Lutheran North (St. Louis, MO)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Crusaders
Colors: Maroon/Gold
Coach: Mike Russell
League: Metro
Playoff Division: 2
Playoff Division Rank: #5

D1 PROSPECTS
Ronnie Perkins 6'2.5" 255 Senior WDE
Donovan Marshall 6'0" 185 Senior RB
Devin Ruffin Jr. 6'1" 210 Senior ILB

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Jordan Sommerville 6'0" 170 Senior WR
Aqeel Glass 6'3.5" 220 Senior QB

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 13.5
2016 National Rank: #4372
2016 State Rank: #85
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +6.2
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.2
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: 0
2017 Starting Power Rating: 19.7
2017 National Rank: #3085
2017 State Rank: #58
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 6.5
Dynasty National Rank: #6097
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 13.2
Dynasty Record: 95-64 (37-32 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 9-3
2016 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd)
2016 Points For Average: 39.9
2016 Points Against Average: 14.9
2016 Differential: +25
2016 Wins: #5231 Orchard Farm (St. Charles) (22-16), #7056 Burroughs [John] (St. Louis) (34-14), #8439 Lutheran South (St. Louis) (35-24), #9272 Normandy (St. Louis) (58-0), #9374 Westminster Christian (St. Louis) (24-21), #9489 Cardinal Ritter (St. Louis) (66-0), #9814 Clayton (St. Louis) (52-0), #11687 Priory (St. Louis) (57-7), #12913 Cleveland NJROTC (St. Louis) (68-6)
2016 Losses: #1396 Trinity Catholic (St. Louis) (31-24), #2874 Mater Dei (Breese, IL) (33-25), #4189 MICDS (St. Louis) (27-14)
2016 Opponents W-L: 63-67
Recent League Championships: 2014 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/19 at Mater Dei (Evansville, IN), 8/26 Orchard Farm (St. Charles), 9/2 at Westminster Christian (St. Louis), 9/7 MICDS (St. Louis), 9/16 at Burroughs [John] (St. Louis), 9/22 Lutheran South (St. Louis), 9/30 at Priory (St. Louis), 10/6 Mater Dei (Breese, IL), 10/14 at Normandy (St. Louis)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: MICDS (St. Louis) (19.3), Mater Dei (Breese, IL) (11.4), Mater Dei (Evansville, IN) (9.4)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Priory (St. Louis) (-22), Normandy (St. Louis) (-6.3), Lutheran South (St. Louis) (-1.7)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -1 (0.6 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2.9
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.9
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #112
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6499
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-1
2017 Projected League Finish: 1st
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 29%



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