Granite Hills (El Cajon, CA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Eagles
Colors: Carolina Blue/Navy
Coach: Kellan Cobbs
League: Grossmont - Hills (moving from Grossmont - Valley)
Section: San Diego
Playoff Division: II
Playoff Division Rank: #3

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 8
2017 JV Record: 5-5
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Chris Ostreng 5'11" 175 Senior QB 4.8
Gideon Alaba 6'0" 185 Senior RB/DB 4.6
Ethen Bishop 5'10" 175 Junior DB 4.7

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Garrett Curran 6'5" 265 Senior OT

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Defensive Depth/Experience, Secondary Returns Intact, Have 2 RBs Back
Team Weaknesses: OL Youth, Lost 4 OL Starters To Graduation

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: 33.5
2017 National Rank: #1184
2017 State Rank: #117
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.6
2018 Starting Power Rating: 15.8
2018 National Rank: #1397
2018 State Rank: #125
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 13.3
Dynasty National Rank: #5337
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 2.5
Dynasty Record: 72-92 (22-48 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 10-3
2017 League Record/Finish: 4-0 (1st)
2017 Points For Average: 32.4
2017 Points Against Average: 22
2017 Differential: +10.4
2017 Wins: #431 Steele Canyon (Spring Valley) (43-41), #1658 Valley Center (49-30), #3252 Monte Vista (Spring Valley) (41-28), #3376 West Hills (Santee) (35-10), #3605 El Capitan (Lakeside) (28-7), #4012 Hilltop (Chula Vista) (34-20), #5251 Mount Miguel (Spring Valley) (31-13), #5294 Valhalla (El Cajon) (34-18), #8560 Santana (Santee) (40-10), #12696 El Cajon Valley (El Cajon) (45-0)
2017 Losses: #431 Steele Canyon (Spring Valley) (28-27), #1658 Valley Center (29-7), #3639 San Pasqual (Escondido) (52-7)
2017 Opponents W-L: 86-72
Recent League Championships: 2017 (Grossmont - Valley), 2016 (Grossmont - Valley), 2015 (Grossmont - Valley)
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 8/17 Poway, 8/24 at Mt. Carmel (San Diego), 9/7 at Westview (San Diego), 9/14 Hilltop (Chula Vista), 9/21 Southwest (El Centro), 9/28 at Steele Canyon (Spring Valley), 10/5 at Grossmont (El Cajon), 10/12 El Capitan (Lakeside), 10/19 Helix (La Mesa), 10/26 at Valhalla (El Cajon)
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Helix (La Mesa) (41.3), Steele Canyon (Spring Valley) (29.5), Grossmont (El Cajon) (21.5)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Mt. Carmel (San Diego) (-22.8), Valhalla (El Cajon) (-13), Hilltop (Chula Vista) (-4.7)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.8 (22.8 overall)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.4
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -2.4
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #147
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1368
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3
2018 Projected League Finish: 4th
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%