Newark (DE)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Yellowjackets Colors: Black/Gold Coach: Butch Simpson League: Blue Hen Flight - A Playoff Division: I Playoff Division Rank: #14 RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: -10.4 2016 National Rank: #9801 2016 State Rank: #33 Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -4.6 2017 Starting Power Rating: -15 2017 National Rank: #10623 2017 State Rank: #34 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 12.6 Dynasty National Rank: #4185 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 27.6 Dynasty Record: 85-68 [84-69 on the field] (62-46 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 3-7 2016 League Record/Finish: 3-5 (tied for 6th) 2016 Points For Average: 16.8 2016 Points Against Average: 31.7 2016 Differential: -14.9 2016 Wins: #7628 Mount Pleasant (Wilmington) (17-3), #11915 Wilmington Charter (Wilmington) (35-21), #13006 Delcastle Vo-Tech (Wilmington) (49-30) 2016 Losses: #687 Middletown (55-18), #1746 Penn [William] (New Castle) (35-7), #3284 Concord (Wilmington) (44-13), #5120 Glasgow (Newark) (28-8), #5725 St. Mark's (Wilmington) (27-7), #6571 Appoquinimink (West Middletown) (40-7), #8264 DuPont [Alexis I.] (Wilmington) (34-7) 2016 Opponents W-L: 59-47 Recent State Championships: 2004, 2003 Recent League Championships: 2011, 2004 (tied for 1st; Blue Hen Flight A), 2003 (tied for 1st; Blue Hen Flight A) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 9/8 at St. Mark's (Wilmington), 9/16 at Concord (Wilmington), 9/22 Hodgson Vo-Tech [Paul M.] (Newark), 9/30 at Penn [William] (New Castle), 10/6 Delcastle Vo-Tech (Wilmington), 10/14 at St. Georges Tech (Middletown), 10/20 Appoquinimink (West Middletown), 10/27 at Middletown, 11/3 Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington), 11/10 St. Elizabeth (Wilmington) Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Middletown (45.4), Penn [William] (New Castle) (25.9), Concord (Wilmington) (18.5) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Delcastle Vo-Tech (Wilmington) (-25.6), Hodgson Vo-Tech [Paul M.] (Newark) (-12.2), St. Elizabeth (Wilmington) (-11.7) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 7.1 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.8 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -0.3 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #9 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5228 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-8 2017 Projected League Finish: 7th 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% We were unable to contact coach to obtain preview info.