Middletown (NY)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Middie Bears Colors: Blue/White Coach: Tim Strenfel League: Section 9 AA-I Playoff Division: AA Playoff Division Rank: #53 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 3 2016 JV Record: 7-2 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Taj Ali 6'0.5" 180 Senior TB/LB 4.8 Adonis Morano 6'1" 170 Senior TE/DE 5.0 Evan Roberts 6'2" 190 Senior DE/WR 5.15 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: DL, RBs Team Weaknesses: Inexperience, Youth RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 8.3 2016 National Rank: #5472 2016 State Rank: #173 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -8.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -4.8 2017 Starting Power Rating: -0.2 2017 National Rank: #7414 2017 State Rank: #254 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 0.2 Dynasty National Rank: #8119 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 0.4 Dynasty Record: 41-84 (7-49 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 4-5 2016 League Record/Finish: 1-3 (4th) 2016 Points For Average: 29.6 2016 Points Against Average: 25.2 2016 Differential: +4.4 2016 Wins: #3996 Cornwall Central (New Windsor) (40-27), #9686 Valley Central (Montgomery) (61-40), #9914 Kingston (31-7), #11772 Port Jervis (42-0) 2016 Losses: #1347 Newburgh Free Academy (Newburgh) (50-25), #1620 Monroe-Woodbury (Central Valley) (20-7), #2954 Pine Bush (34-19), #4070 Minisink Valley (Slate Hill) (27-20), #6695 Roosevelt [Franklin D.] (Hyde Park) (22-21) 2016 Opponents W-L: 44-41 Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 9/1 Minisink Valley (Slate Hill), 9/8 Kingston, 9/15 Washingtonville, 9/23 at Pine Bush, 9/28 at Monroe-Woodbury (Central Valley), 10/7 at Port Jervis, 10/13 Newburgh Free Academy (Newburgh) Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Newburgh Free Academy (Newburgh) (31.4), Pine Bush (25.2), Monroe-Woodbury (Central Valley) (21.9) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Port Jervis (-21.8), Kingston (-1.5), Minisink Valley (Slate Hill) (4.2) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.1 (10.2 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11.4 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.3 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #66 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3802 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-5 2017 Projected League Finish: 4th 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%