Watervliet (NY)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Cannoneers Colors: Garnet/Gray Coach: Brian Hoefer League: Section 2 C - South Playoff Division: C Playoff Division Rank: #26 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 6 Returning Defensive Starters: 7 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Ravion Burt 6'0" 180 Junior RB/DB Shawn Wellington 5'11" 210 Senior LB Hunter Weaver 5'5" 210 Senior DT/OL STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Experience, Willingness To Learn, Hard-Working Team Weaknesses: Leadership, QB Play RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: -6.3 2016 National Rank: #8922 2016 State Rank: #335 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.1 2017 Starting Power Rating: -4.8 2017 National Rank: #8528 2017 State Rank: #319 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -4.9 Dynasty National Rank: #9698 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 0.1 Dynasty Record: 69-54 (51-27 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 7-2 2016 League Record/Finish: 4-0 (1st) 2016 Points For Average: 27.2 2016 Points Against Average: 14 2016 Differential: +13.2 2016 Wins: #9351 Catholic Central/Notre Dame Bishop Gibbons/Saratoga Central Catholic (Troy) (12-6), #10849 Coxsackie-Athens (Coxsackie) (28-6), #10937 Chatham (27-13), #11065 Broadalbin-Perth (Broadalbin) (27-13), #12807 Tamarac (Troy) (40-0), #13611 Taconic Hills (Craryville) (34-8), #14518 Cairo-Durham (Cairo) (54-3) 2016 Losses: #4676 Greenwich (35-8), #6627 Mechanicville (42-15) 2016 Opponents W-L: 37-46 Recent League Championships: 2016, 2007 (tied for 1st), 2003 (Section 2 Capital Buckley) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: 1 Streak List: 10/27/16 Catholic Central/Notre Dame Bishop Gibbons/Saratoga Central Catholic (Troy) (12-6) SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 9/1 Taconic Hills (Craryville), 9/8 at Coxsackie-Athens (Coxsackie), 9/15 at Voorheesville, 9/22 Chatham, 9/29 at Cairo-Durham (Cairo), 10/6 at Tamarac (Troy), 10/13 Corinth Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Voorheesville (2.4), Chatham (-11.2), Coxsackie-Athens (Coxsackie) (-17.3) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Cairo-Durham (Cairo) (-62), Taconic Hills (Craryville) (-37.2), Tamarac (Troy) (-33.4) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -23.5 (-13.4 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -25.7 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -2.2 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #535 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #13478 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-1 2017 Projected League Finish: 2nd 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 10%