Palo Verde (Las Vegas, NV) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Panthers Colors: Green/Silver/Black Coach: Joe Aznarez League: 4A Sunset - Northwest Playoff Division: 4A Playoff Division Rank: #18 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 2016 JV Record: 7-2 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Daniel Bellinger 6'6" 205 TE/LB 4.8 Chamere Thomas 6'0" 170 RB/DB 4.6 Jonathan Carpenter 6'1" 225 OL/DL 5.0 COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION Tyler Thornton 6'5" 220 Senior OLB STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Experience, Senior Class Team Weaknesses: Depth RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 13.5 2016 National Rank: #4373 2016 State Rank: #20 General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.4 2017 Starting Power Rating: 12.6 2017 National Rank: #4479 2017 State Rank: #21 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 31.3 Dynasty National Rank: #745 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 18.7 Dynasty Record: 132-41 (70-12 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 3-7 2016 League Record/Finish: 3-3 (4th) 2016 Points For Average: 19.2 2016 Points Against Average: 27.7 2016 Differential: -8.5 2016 Wins: #4327 Centennial (Las Vegas) (48-20), #4802 Shadow Ridge (Las Vegas) (24-9), #8919 Cimarron-Memorial (Las Vegas) (40-13) 2016 Losses: #1 Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) (59-0), #391 Arbor View (Las Vegas) (28-7), #1538 Legacy (North Las Vegas) (45-14), #1963 Faith Lutheran (Las Vegas) (26-21), #2417 Foothill (Henderson) (21-14), #4126 Las Vegas (28-7), #4595 Green Valley (Henderson) (28-17) 2016 Opponents W-L: 65-41 Recent State Championships: 2004 Recent League Championships: 2013 (I Sunset - Northwest), 2011 (Sunset - Northwest), 2010 (Sunset - Northwest), 2008 (Sunset - Northwest), 2007 (Sunset - Northwest), 2004 (Sunset Northwest), 2003 (Northwest) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 8/25 at Sierra Vista (Las Vegas), 8/31 Foothill (Henderson), 9/8 Legacy (North Las Vegas), 9/23 at Faith Lutheran (Las Vegas), 9/28 Del Sol (Las Vegas), 10/6 Arbor View (Las Vegas), 10/13 at Cimarron-Memorial (Las Vegas), 10/20 Shadow Ridge (Las Vegas), 10/26 at Centennial (Las Vegas) Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Arbor View (Las Vegas) (48), Legacy (North Las Vegas) (34.2), Faith Lutheran (Las Vegas) (28.1) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Cimarron-Memorial (Las Vegas) (-5.8), Del Sol (Las Vegas) (-1.2), Centennial (Las Vegas) (0.4) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15.5 (34.7 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 17.5 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #10 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2265 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-5 2017 Projected League Finish: 5th 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |