Spanish Springs (Sparks, NV)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Cougars Colors: Purple/Silver/Black Coach: Eric Borja League: 4A Northern - High Desert Playoff Division: 4A Playoff Division Rank: #24 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 4 2016 JV Record: 7-2 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Gabby Ordaz 5'7" 145 Senior RB/FS 4.6 Ryan Fauls 6'3" 260 Junior OL/DL 5.2 Gray Paholke 6'2" 180 Senior K/P 5.1 RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 10.5 2016 National Rank: #5043 2016 State Rank: #24 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -5.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -4.1 2017 Starting Power Rating: 5 2017 National Rank: #6148 2017 State Rank: #30 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 8 Dynasty National Rank: #5597 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 3 Dynasty Record: 63-78 (34-50 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 5-5 2016 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (3rd) 2016 Points For Average: 27.7 2016 Points Against Average: 30.1 2016 Differential: -2.4 2016 Wins: #3759 Douglas (Minden) (51-27), #5860 McQueen [Robert] (Reno) (28-15), #7798 Galena (Reno) (36-22), #8986 Hug [Procter R.] (Reno) (33-0), #11574 North Valleys (Reno) (38-35) 2016 Losses: #567 Damonte Ranch (Reno) (33-19), #843 Reed [Edward C.] (Sparks) (49-14), #1620 Reno (50-19), #3759 Douglas (Minden) (24-6), #3778 Foothill (Palo Cedro, CA) (46-33) 2016 Opponents W-L: 58-50 Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 8/26 at Rocky Mountain (Meridian, ID), 9/1 Foothill (Palo Cedro, CA), 9/8 at Douglas (Minden), 9/15 Damonte Ranch (Reno), 9/22 at Galena (Reno), 9/29 McQueen [Robert] (Reno), 10/13 North Valleys (Reno), 10/20 at Hug [Procter R.] (Reno), 10/26 at Reno, 11/3 Reed [Edward C.] (Sparks) Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Damonte Ranch (Reno) (56), Rocky Mountain (Meridian, ID) (50.9), Reed [Edward C.] (Sparks) (41) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: North Valleys (Reno) (-27.5), Hug [Procter R.] (Reno) (-9.8), McQueen [Robert] (Reno) (2.9) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.2 (16.1 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16.3 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.1 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #14 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2514 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6 2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%