Piedmont Hills (San Jose, CA) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Pirates Colors: Maroon/White Coach: Matt Kiesle League: Mount Hamilton Section: Central Coast Playoff Division: none RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 2016 JV Record: 9-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Rafael Alvarado 6'2" 220 Senior DE/TE 4.8 Deonte Taylor 5'9" 170 Junior RB/CB 4.6 Jesse Flaris 6'2" 190 Junior WR/S 4.6 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Speed, Skill Positions Depth, Good Blend Of Experience/Talented Young Players Team Weaknesses: OL Size/Inexperience, QB Inexperience RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 5.6 2016 National Rank: #6102 2016 State Rank: #439 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.8 2017 Starting Power Rating: 4.1 2017 National Rank: #6334 2017 State Rank: #434 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 9.9 Dynasty National Rank: #4976 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 5.8 Dynasty Record: 81-76 (50-48 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 6-5 2016 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (4th) 2016 Points For Average: 19.9 2016 Points Against Average: 19.3 2016 Differential: +0.6 2016 Wins: #6934 North Salinas (Salinas) (28-12), #7897 Santa Teresa (San Jose) (25-3), #8135 Lincoln [Abraham] (San Jose) (21-14), #9189 Pioneer (San Jose) (14-7), #10457 Willow Glen (San Jose) (34-12), #13253 Mt. Pleasant (San Jose) (41-0) 2016 Losses: #943 Bellarmine (San Jose) (42-12), #2025 Oak Grove (San Jose) (45-7), #3778 Leigh (San Jose) (27-6), #4091 Live Oak (Morgan Hill) (21-18), #5479 Saratoga (29-13) 2016 Opponents W-L: 54-64 Recent Section Championships: 2010 (I) Recent League Championships: 2010 (tied for 1st) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 8/25 vs North Salinas (Salinas), 9/8 Independence (San Jose), 9/15 San Jose, 9/22 Oak Grove (San Jose), 9/29 at Live Oak (Morgan Hill), 10/6 Westmont (Campbell), 10/13 at Pioneer (San Jose), 10/20 Leigh (San Jose), 10/27 at Lincoln [Abraham] (San Jose), 11/3 at Santa Teresa (San Jose) Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Oak Grove (San Jose) (18.3), Live Oak (Morgan Hill) (12.3), Leigh (San Jose) (6.6) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Pioneer (San Jose) (-16.3), Independence (San Jose) (-15.1), San Jose (-8.8) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 1.1 (9.4 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -1.2 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -2.3 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #528 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7843 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3 2017 Projected League Finish: 4th 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |