Spearfish (SD)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Spartans Colors: Maroon/White Coach: Chad McCarty League: Black Hills - Mount Rushmore Playoff Division: 11AA Playoff Division Rank: #5 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 2 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 2016 JV Record: 7-3 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Reece Hansen 5'10" 175 Senior LB/FB 4.8 Mark Williams 6'2" 225 Senior DL/OL 5.1 Jordan Brinson 6'0" 185 Junior LB/TB 4.7 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Reloading With Strong/Good Young Players, Improved Speed Team Weaknesses: Heavy Graduation Losses RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: -5.1 2016 National Rank: #8705 2016 State Rank: #29 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -9.5 2017 Starting Power Rating: -14.6 2017 National Rank: #10541 2017 State Rank: #36 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -7.5 Dynasty National Rank: #10477 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 7.1 Dynasty Record: 49-95 (18-56 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 6-5 2016 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd) 2016 Points For Average: 24.5 2016 Points Against Average: 25.1 2016 Differential: -0.6 2016 Wins: #9167 Hot Springs (21-7), #9781 Huron (47-19), #10884 Douglas (Box Elder) (20-0), #12651 Belle Fourche (40-0), #13253 Sturgis Brown (Sturgis) (21-16), #14121 Pine Ridge (53-0) 2016 Losses: #2345 Mitchell (55-20), #3699 More [St. Thomas] (Rapid City) (52-21), #4393 Harrisburg (61-7), #7301 Rapid City Central (Rapid City) (40-0), #9781 Huron (26-20) 2016 Opponents W-L: 59-54 Recent State Championships: 2003 Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 8/26 More [St. Thomas] (Rapid City), 9/1 at Stevens (Rapid City), 9/8 Brookings, 9/15 Belle Fourche, 9/22 at Sturgis Brown (Sturgis), 9/29 at Hot Springs, 10/6 Douglas (Box Elder), 10/13 Huron, 10/20 at Mitchell Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Mitchell (28.7), More [St. Thomas] (Rapid City) (15.3), Stevens (Rapid City) (-6.3) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Sturgis Brown (Sturgis) (-31.1), Brookings (-23.1), Belle Fourche (-23) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -11.5 (-4.9 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -9.1 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.4 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #40 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #10301 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-5 2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%