Sugar-Salem (Sugar City, ID) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Diggers Colors: Blue/White Coach: Tyler Richins League: 3A Mountain Rivers Playoff Division: 3A Playoff Division Rank: #6 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 4 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 2016 JV Record: 5-3 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Dyan Pope 5'11" 160 Senior S/RB Kyle Ostermiller 5'11" 195 Junior RB/LB Jacob Christensen 6'1" 180 Senior WR/DB STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Speed, Athleticism, Solid RBs Team Weaknesses: Inexperience, Replacing Nearly Entire OL, LB/DL Graduation Losses RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 9.8 2016 National Rank: #5164 2016 State Rank: #35 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -5.5 2017 Starting Power Rating: 4.3 2017 National Rank: #6298 2017 State Rank: #40 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 4.9 Dynasty National Rank: #6608 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 0.6 Dynasty Record: 62-62-1 (21-28 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 6-3 2016 League Record/Finish: 1-2 (3rd) 2016 Points For Average: 27.7 2016 Points Against Average: 18.6 2016 Differential: +9.1 2016 Wins: #5029 Declo (13-6), #6804 Snake River (Blackfoot) (21-7), #8769 Jerome (45-27), #9577 Teton (Driggs) (29-22), #11969 Marsh Valley (Arimo) (48-6), #12616 Jackson Hole (Jackson, WY) (49-7) 2016 Losses: #2331 Shelley (44-28), #2331 Shelley (34-10), #4283 South Fremont (St. Anthony) (14-6) 2016 Opponents W-L: 52-40 Recent League Championships: 2015, 2010 Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 8/25 Declo, 9/1 Jackson Hole (Jackson, WY), 9/8 at Snake River (Blackfoot), 9/15 at Marsh Valley (Arimo), 9/29 at Jerome, 10/6 South Fremont (St. Anthony), 10/13 at Teton (Driggs), 10/19 Shelley Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: South Fremont (St. Anthony) (23.2), Shelley (20.8), Declo (11.3) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Jackson Hole (Jackson, WY) (-24.4), Marsh Valley (Arimo) (-16.3), Jerome (-9.5) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -0.4 (6 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 0.1 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.5 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #43 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7354 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-3 2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |