Weslaco East (Weslaco, TX)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Wildcats
Colors: Purple/White
Coach: Michael Burget
League: 6A Region IV District 32
Playoff Division: 6A
Playoff Division Rank: #83

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2016 JV Record: 6-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
J.C. Vargas 5'11" 170 4.5
Roy Pedraza 5'9" 190 4.6
Richard Lefevre 6'3" 260 Senior 5.0

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 25.9
2016 National Rank: #2228
2016 State Rank: #274
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +5.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -4.2
2017 Starting Power Rating: 31.4
2017 National Rank: #1466
2017 State Rank: #192
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 4.9
Dynasty National Rank: #6608
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 26.5
Dynasty Record: 92-65 (61-36 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 8-5
2016 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (tied for 3rd)
2016 Points For Average: 25.4
2016 Points Against Average: 21.9
2016 Differential: +3.5
2016 Wins: #2462 Del Rio (31-13), #2728 Vela [Robert] (Edinburg) (31-28), #3430 McAllen Memorial (McAllen) (37-29), #4464 Weslaco (24-7), #5287 Sharyland (Mission) (21-14), #5555 Harlingen South (Harlingen) (28-7), #8237 Hanna (Brownsville) (35-28), #11167 Rivera (Brownsville) (62-14)
2016 Losses: #68 Steele [Byron P.] (Cibolo) (56-0), #1598 San Benito (25-19), #1951 Harlingen (24-10), #3206 Los Fresnos (17-16), #4640 Economedes (Edinburg) (23-16)
2016 Opponents W-L: 96-53
Recent League Championships: 2012 (5A Region IV District 31), 2011 (4A Region IV District 32), 2010 (tied for 1st; 4A Region IV District 32)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/1 Sharyland (Mission), 9/8 McAllen Memorial (McAllen), 9/15 at Economedes (Edinburg), 9/29 at Weslaco, 10/6 San Benito, 10/13 at Los Fresnos, 10/20 at Harlingen, 10/27 Rivera (Brownsville), 11/3 Harlingen South (Harlingen), 11/10 at Hanna (Brownsville)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: San Benito (39.6), Harlingen (35.8), McAllen Memorial (McAllen) (22.3)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Rivera (Brownsville) (-21.7), Hanna (Brownsville) (-10.8), Harlingen South (Harlingen) (-1.9)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10 (23.3 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.6
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.4
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #568
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4637
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 3%