La Costa Canyon (Carlsbad, CA) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Mavericks Colors: Green/Vegas Gold/Midnight Blue Coach: Sean Sovacool League: Avocado Section: San Diego Playoff Division: I Playoff Division Rank: #6 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 4 2017 JV Record: 3-7 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Karson Lippert 5'11" 185 Senior RB/DB 4.38 Austin Nicholas 6'2" 225 Junior LB 4.78 Luka Trifunovic 6'5" 255 Senior OL 5.31 COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION Jake Neufeld 6'4" 180 Senior QB STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Speed, Offensive Experience, Defensive Front 7 Physicality Team Weaknesses: DB/OL Depth/Inexperience, Very Difficult Schedule, QB Inexperience RATINGS 2017 Final Power Rating: 39.7 2017 National Rank: #718 2017 State Rank: #76 General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.7 Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +2.6 2018 Starting Power Rating: 26.4 2018 National Rank: #655 2018 State Rank: #66 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 40.3 Dynasty National Rank: #493 2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 13.9 Dynasty Record: 117-59 [118-58 on the field] (52-18 in league) HISTORICAL 2017 Overall Record: 7-4 2017 League Record/Finish: 4-2 (tied for 2nd) 2017 Points For Average: 27.6 2017 Points Against Average: 18.2 2017 Differential: +9.4 2017 Wins: #336 Torrey Pines (San Diego) (27-21), #913 El Camino (Oceanside) (38-21), #1401 Carlsbad (36-21), #1724 Oceanside (21-0), #3160 La Serna (Whittier) (34-7), #4930 Poway (35-7), #6979 Escondido (38-0) 2017 Losses: #96 Mission Hills (San Marcos) (24-13), #336 Torrey Pines (San Diego) (40-0), #378 San Marcos (41-34), #6104 Mt. Carmel (San Diego) (forfeit) 2017 Opponents W-L: 71-61 Recent Section Championships: 2008 Recent League Championships: 2011 (Avocado - West), 2010 (tied for 1st; Avocado - West), 2009, 2008, 2007 (tied for 1st; Palomar), 2006 (Palomar), 2003 (tied for 1st) Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none SCHEDULE 2018 Schedule: 8/17 Cathedral (San Diego), 8/24 at Vista, 8/31 at San Clemente, 9/7 El Camino (Oceanside), 9/14 Oceanside, 9/28 at San Marcos, 10/5 Valley Center, 10/12 at Mission Hills (San Marcos), 10/19 at Carlsbad, 10/26 Torrey Pines (San Diego) Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: San Clemente (41.6), Torrey Pines (San Diego) (34.5), Mission Hills (San Marcos) (34.1) Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Vista (0.6), El Camino (Oceanside) (9.9), Oceanside (15.4) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 28.9 (35.5 overall) 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 21.7 2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -7.2 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #42 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #197 2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4 2018 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |