Lewiston (ME)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Blue Devils Colors: Blue/White Coach: Bruce Nicholas League: A North Playoff Division: A Playoff Division Rank: #12 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 6 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 2017 JV Record: 5-2 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Hunter Landry 5'10" 175 Senior DB/HB 4.8 Tanner Cortes 5'10" 170 Senior QB/DB 4.9 Tom Brochu 6'3" 245 Senior DE/T 5.3 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Speed, Success Last Season Team Weaknesses: Youth At Many Key Positions RATINGS 2017 Final Power Rating: -18.5 2017 National Rank: #10819 2017 State Rank: #55 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5 2018 Starting Power Rating: -34.5 2018 National Rank: #10836 2018 State Rank: #55 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 3.4 Dynasty National Rank: #8358 2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 37.9 Dynasty Record: 65-71 (50-48 in league) HISTORICAL 2017 Overall Record: 4-5 2017 League Record/Finish: 3-3 (tied for 4th) 2017 Points For Average: 22 2017 Points Against Average: 16.3 2017 Differential: +5.7 2017 Wins: #7894 Little [Edward] (Auburn) (41-16), #8896 South Portland (34-21), #10221 Oxford Hills (South Paris) (10-0), #13780 Bangor (40-7) 2017 Losses: #6966 Windham (20-14), #10254 Cheverus (Portland) (20-14), #10375 Deering (Portland) (19-18), #10435 Portland (17-14), #10435 Portland (27-13) 2017 Opponents W-L: 35-55 Recent League Championships: 2010 (tied for 1st; A Pine Tree - South), 2007 (A Pine Tree - South) Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none SCHEDULE 2018 Schedule: 8/31 Oxford Hills/Buckfield (South Paris), 9/7 at Thornton Academy (Saco), 9/15 at Cheverus (Portland), 9/21 Portland, 9/28 at Bangor, 10/5 Windham, 10/12 Scarborough, 10/19 at Little [Edward] (Auburn) Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Scarborough (12.8), Thornton Academy (Saco) (4.5), Windham (-15.4) Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Bangor (-58.3), Portland (-31.8), Cheverus (Portland) (-31.8) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -12.3 (-11.1 overall) 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -18 2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -5.7 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #31 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7762 2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-6 2018 Projected League Finish: 5th 2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%