Cactus Shadows (Cave Creek, AZ)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Falcons
Colors: Navy/Gray
Coach: Mike Hudnutt
League: 5A Northeast Valley (moving from 4A Skyline)
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #17

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: 17.1
2017 National Rank: #3313
2017 State Rank: #37
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -5.6
2018 Starting Power Rating: -4
2018 National Rank: #4299
2018 State Rank: #49
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 14.6
Dynasty National Rank: #4931
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 18.6
Dynasty Record: 82-79 (31-39 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 7-5
2017 League Record/Finish: 3-1 (2nd)
2017 Points For Average: 28.4
2017 Points Against Average: 23.2
2017 Differential: +5.2
2017 Wins: #3872 Seton Catholic (Chandler) (26-22), #5276 Mingus (Cottonwood) (21-20), #5656 Marcos de Niza (Tempe) (34-7), #6418 Moon Valley (Phoenix) (36-2), #7015 Thunderbird (Phoenix) (49-14), #8676 St. Mary's (Phoenix) (41-7), #10157 Shadow Mountain (Phoenix) (51-7)
2017 Losses: #374 Saguaro (Scottsdale) (49-0), #988 Sunrise Mountain (Peoria) (49-13), #2636 Cactus (Glendale) (35-21), #5656 Marcos de Niza (Tempe) (31-24), #7257 Prescott (35-25)
2017 Opponents W-L: 77-59
Recent State Championships: 2006 (4A-II)
Recent League Championships: 2009 (4A Desert Sky), 2006 (4A Wells Fargo 2)
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 8/17 Hayden [Carl] (Phoenix), 8/24 at Gilbert, 8/31 Williams Field (Gilbert), 9/7 at North Canyon (Phoenix), 9/14 at South Mountain (Phoenix), 9/21 Notre Dame Prep (Scottsdale), 10/5 Paradise Valley (Phoenix), 10/12 Horizon (Scottsdale), 10/19 at Desert Mountain (Scottsdale), 10/26 at McClintock (Tempe)
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Notre Dame Prep (Scottsdale) (20.2), Williams Field (Gilbert) (18.7), Desert Mountain (Scottsdale) (15.2)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Hayden [Carl] (Phoenix) (-71.4), South Mountain (Phoenix) (-43.2), North Canyon (Phoenix) (-25.3)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.7 (15.4 overall)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -9.3
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -20
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #48
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4885
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2018 Projected League Finish: 4th
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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