Palm Beach Lakes (West Palm Beach, FL) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Rams Colors: Maroon/Gray/White Coach: Al Shipman League: 7A District 13 Playoff Division: 7A Playoff Division Rank: #38 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 2 Returning Defensive Starters: 2 2016 JV Record: 6-2 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no D1 PROSPECTS Gurvan Hall 5'10.5" 175 Senior S Teja Young 5'11" 170 Senior WR COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION D.J. Edwards 6'2" 180 Senior WR Zion Edmonds 6'1" 175 Senior CB STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Very Talented, Hungry, Athletic Team Weaknesses: Very Young RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 31.8 2016 National Rank: #1458 2016 State Rank: #93 General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -11.5 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.2 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.2 2017 Starting Power Rating: 20.3 2017 National Rank: #2995 2017 State Rank: #185 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 15.9 Dynasty National Rank: #3317 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 4.4 Dynasty Record: 69-78 (25-35 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 8-3 2016 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd) 2016 Points For Average: 20.2 2016 Points Against Average: 19.3 2016 Differential: +0.9 2016 Wins: #2215 Glades Central (Belle Glade) (16-13), #3025 South Fork (Stuart) (23-16), #3596 Royal Palm Beach (7-6), #4213 Olympic Heights (Boca Raton) (33-14), #4543 Lake Worth (24-20), #4913 Suncoast (Riviera Beach) (35-20), #6571 Forest Hill (West Palm Beach) (20-14), #7759 West Boca Raton (Boca Raton) (47-6) 2016 Losses: #7 Aquinas [St. Thomas] (Fort Lauderdale) (35-0), #242 Dwyer [William T.] (Palm Beach Gardens) (40-3), #290 Vero Beach (28-14) 2016 Opponents W-L: 66-50 Recent League Championships: 2005 (tied for 1st; 6A District 7) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 8/25 vs Pahokee, 9/1 vs Lake Worth, 9/15 vs Dwyer [William T.] (Palm Beach Gardens), 9/29 vs Royal Palm Beach, 10/6 vs Seminole Ridge (Loxahatchee), 10/13 vs Olympic Heights (Boca Raton), 10/20 vs West Boca Raton (Boca Raton), 10/27 vs Forest Hill (West Palm Beach), 11/3 vs Oxbridge Academy (West Palm Beach) Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Oxbridge Academy (West Palm Beach) (55.2), Pahokee (41.5), Dwyer [William T.] (Palm Beach Gardens) (40.4) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: West Boca Raton (Boca Raton) (-5), Forest Hill (West Palm Beach) (0.3), Lake Worth (2.8) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 18 (32.3 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 19.5 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +1.5 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #172 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1851 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4 2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |