Sherwood (Sandy Spring, MD)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Warriors
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: Chris Grier
League: Montgomery County 4A - East
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #7

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2016 JV Record: 8-0
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Michael Mbony 5'10" 195 Senior QB/DB 4.6
Jackson Sherrard 6'4" 220 Senior TE/OLB 4.8
Everett Stubblefield 6'2" 265 Senior OL/DL

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Travis Levy 5'11" 190 Senior RB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Much Experience Returning At All Positions, All WRs/DBs Are Back, Pass Defense
Team Weaknesses: Line Size

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 21.1
2016 National Rank: #2970
2016 State Rank: #40
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -6.8
2017 Starting Power Rating: 24.6
2017 National Rank: #2336
2017 State Rank: #37
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 28.4
Dynasty National Rank: #1049
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 3.8
Dynasty Record: 130-35 (66-8 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 10-1
2016 League Record/Finish: 6-0 (1st)
2016 Points For Average: 45
2016 Points Against Average: 17.4
2016 Differential: +27.6
2016 Wins: #2988 Northwest (Germantown) (38-13), #3325 Blair [Montgomery] (Silver Spring) (43-26), #5801 Einstein [Albert] (Kensington) (49-22), #5951 Paint Branch (Burtonsville) (27-20), #6627 Clarksburg (52-21), #9214 Bethesda-Chevy Chase (Bethesda) (27-10), #11687 Northwood (Silver Spring) (76-20), #12026 Springbrook (Silver Spring) (43-7), #12355 Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville) (56-14), #12903 Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring) (64-8)
2016 Losses: #3134 Mergenthaler Vo-Tech (Baltimore) (30-20)
2016 Opponents W-L: 45-69
Recent State Championships: 2008
Recent League Championships: 2016, 2015, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/1 Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville), 9/8 at Damascus, 9/15 at Einstein [Albert] (Kensington), 9/22 Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville), 9/29 Wheaton (Silver Spring), 10/6 at Blair [Montgomery] (Silver Spring), 10/13 Northwood (Silver Spring), 10/20 Paint Branch (Burtonsville), 10/27 at Springbrook (Silver Spring), 11/3 at Whitman [Walt] (Bethesda)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Damascus (52.9), Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville) (22.5), Paint Branch (Burtonsville) (11.1)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Springbrook (Silver Spring) (-25.9), Northwood (Silver Spring) (-24.9), Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville) (-19.3)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -2.5 (1.4 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2.4
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4.9
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #110
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6633
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2017 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%