Niagara Falls (NY) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Wolverines Colors: Blue/Gold/White Coach: Don Bass League: Section 6 AA (moving from Section 6 AA - North) Playoff Division: AA Playoff Division Rank: #39 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 2 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 2016 JV Record: 5-3 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Syquan Ralands 6'3" 180 Senior DE 4.5 Syveon Ralands 6'0" 210 Senior LB 4.6 Rodney Barnes 5'11" 170 Senior WR 4.4 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Defensive Speed Team Weaknesses: Inexperienced QB RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 12.8 2016 National Rank: #4519 2016 State Rank: #126 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -5.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1 2017 Starting Power Rating: 7.3 2017 National Rank: #5626 2017 State Rank: #162 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 7.4 Dynasty National Rank: #5799 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 0.1 Dynasty Record: 52-68 (35-35 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 6-2 2016 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (tied for 1st) 2016 Points For Average: 22.5 2016 Points Against Average: 15.4 2016 Differential: +7.1 2016 Wins: #3156 Orchard Park (26-23), #5328 McKinley (Buffalo) (20-18), #6934 Williamsville North (Williamsville) (17-13), #7692 Kenmore West (Buffalo) (41-15), #8872 Niagara-Wheatfield (Sanborn) (28-0), #10715 Lockport (26-14) 2016 Losses: #4070 Hutchinson-Central Tech/Emerson Vo-Tech/City Honors/School of the Arts (Buffalo) (14-6), #5503 Clarence (26-16) 2016 Opponents W-L: 38-35 Recent League Championships: 2016 (tied for 1st; Section 6 AA - North), 2005 (tied for 1st; Section 6 AA North) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 9/2 at Kenmore West (Buffalo), 9/8 at Clarence, 9/16 Williamsville North (Williamsville), 9/23 Lancaster, 9/29 at Frontier (Hamburg), 10/7 Lockport, 10/14 at Bennett/Olmsted/Middle Early College/East (Buffalo) Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Lancaster (34.4), Clarence (4.7), Bennett/Olmsted/Middle Early College/East (Buffalo) (4.1) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Lockport (-15.6), Frontier (Hamburg) (-14.5), Kenmore West (Buffalo) (-2.7) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.4 (7.2 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 1.8 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3.6 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #200 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6817 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-2 2017 Projected League Finish: 4th 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |