Meridian (Bellingham, WA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Trojans
Colors: Black/White/Gold
Coach: Bob Ames
League: 1A Northwest
Playoff Division: 1A
Playoff Division Rank: #11

D1 PROSPECT
Simon Burkett 6'2.5" 165 Senior QB

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 6.9
2016 National Rank: #5822
2016 State Rank: #90
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -0.4
2017 Starting Power Rating: 6.5
2017 National Rank: #5798
2017 State Rank: #95
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 19.8
Dynasty National Rank: #2414
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 13.3
Dynasty Record: 119-48 (69-23 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 6-6
2016 League Record/Finish: 3-3 (tied for 2nd)
2016 Points For Average: 29.7
2016 Points Against Average: 32.7
2016 Differential: -3
2016 Wins: #6102 Cascade Christian (Puyallup) (34-21), #6339 King's (Seattle) (17-14), #7301 Nooksack Valley (Everson) (47-20), #9553 Lynden Christian (Lynden) (34-30), #9553 Lynden Christian (Lynden) (33-28), #11065 Anacortes (33-7)
2016 Losses: #2043 Connell (56-21), #3116 Mt. Baker (Deming) (41-28), #3116 Mt. Baker (Deming) (49-7), #5029 Blaine (45-35), #6102 Cascade Christian (Puyallup) (34-33), #7301 Nooksack Valley (Everson) (47-34)
2016 Opponents W-L: 79-46
Recent State Championships: 2006, 2003 (2A)
Recent League Championships: 2006, 2005 (tied for 1st; Whatcom County), 2004 (Whatcom County), 2003 (North Cascades 2A)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/1 Anacortes, 9/8 Blaine, 9/15 Cascade Christian (Puyallup), 9/29 Nooksack Valley (Everson), 10/6 Mt. Baker (Deming), 10/13 at Lynden Christian (Lynden), 10/20 at Nooksack Valley (Everson), 10/27 at Mt. Baker (Deming)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Mt. Baker (Deming) (18.6), Cascade Christian (Puyallup) (11.8), Nooksack Valley (Everson) (6.7)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Anacortes (-24.3), Lynden Christian (Lynden) (-9.6), Blaine (3)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 3.2 (8.5 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2.4
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -0.8
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #101
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6633
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4
2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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