Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh, PA) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Blue Devils Colors: Blue/Gold Coach: Mike Melnyk League: WPIAL 6A Southeastern (moving from WPIAL 6A 2) Playoff Division: AAAAAA Playoff Division Rank: #33 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 3 Returning Defensive Starters: 3 2016 JV Record: 7-3 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS James Stocker 6'2" 210 Senior QB 4.8 Colby Sorsdal 6'5" 285 Senior T/DE 5.3 Coleman Coco 6'3" 230 Senior T/DE 4.85 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: 2000-Yard QB Returns, Strong Line Is Back Team Weaknesses: Inexperience RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 33.4 2016 National Rank: #1291 2016 State Rank: #55 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -6.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2017 Starting Power Rating: 26.9 2017 National Rank: #2000 2017 State Rank: #82 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 28.6 Dynasty National Rank: #1032 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 1.7 Dynasty Record: 85-61 (58-28 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 7-4 2016 League Record/Finish: 5-1 (tied for 1st) 2016 Points For Average: 38.1 2016 Points Against Average: 24.5 2016 Differential: +13.6 2016 Wins: #1756 Bethel Park (35-14), #2303 Penn Hills (Pittsburgh) (56-27), #2696 Norwin (North Huntingdon) (34-13), #4070 Fox Chapel (Pittsburgh) (44-13), #4349 Canon-McMillan (Canonsburg) (32-7), #4851 Peters Township (McMurray) (42-28), #6250 Altoona (49-14) 2016 Losses: #584 North Allegheny (Wexford) (22-15), #722 Seneca Valley (Harmony) (49-43), #783 Pine-Richland (Gibsonia) (42-31), #2681 Hempfield Area (Greensburg) (41-38) 2016 Opponents W-L: 59-58 Recent League Championships: 2016 (tied for 1st; WPIAL 6A 2), 2012 (tied for 1st; WPIAL AAAA Southeastern), 2010 (WPIAL AAAA Great Southern), 2003 (WPIAL AAAA-1 North) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 8/25 Fox Chapel (Pittsburgh), 9/1 at Pine-Richland (Gibsonia), 9/8 Hempfield Area (Greensburg), 9/15 at Canon-McMillan (Canonsburg), 9/22 at Altoona, 9/29 North Allegheny (Wexford), 10/6 Norwin (North Huntingdon), 10/13 at Peters Township (McMurray), 10/20 at Penn Hills (Pittsburgh), 10/27 Bethel Park Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Pine-Richland (Gibsonia) (53.9), Bethel Park (35.1), Penn Hills (Pittsburgh) (34.7) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Altoona (2.5), Canon-McMillan (Canonsburg) (8), Fox Chapel (Pittsburgh) (15) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 23.5 (27.7 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 26.1 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.6 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #30 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #885 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5 2017 Projected League Finish: 4th 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |