Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh, PA) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Blue Devils Colors: Blue/Gold Coach: Mike Melnyk League: WPIAL 6A (moving from WPIAL 6A Southeastern) Playoff Division: AAAAAA Playoff Division Rank: #17 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 8 Returning Defensive Starters: 8 2017 JV Record: 8-2 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Michael Palmer 6'0" 175 Senior SS 4.7 Mason Ventrone 6'1" 175 Junior CB 4.5 J.B. Nelson 6'5" 265 Junior OL/DL 5.0 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Speed, Athletic Team Weaknesses: OL Depth RATINGS 2017 Final Power Rating: 29.1 2017 National Rank: #1628 2017 State Rank: #50 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.5 2018 Starting Power Rating: 15 2018 National Rank: #1474 2018 State Rank: #47 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 36.9 Dynasty National Rank: #750 2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 21.9 Dynasty Record: 91-66 (63-29 in league) HISTORICAL 2017 Overall Record: 6-5 2017 League Record/Finish: 5-1 (2nd) 2017 Points For Average: 29.8 2017 Points Against Average: 27.6 2017 Differential: +2.2 2017 Wins: #1815 Peters Township (McMurray) (18-15), #2526 Norwin (North Huntingdon) (35-20), #3609 Fox Chapel (Pittsburgh) (32-27), #4531 Canon-McMillan (Canonsburg) (24-17), #5352 Hempfield Area (Greensburg) (31-0), #6069 Altoona (63-14) 2017 Losses: #16 Pine-Richland (Gibsonia) (53-29), #522 North Allegheny (Wexford) (44-27), #522 North Allegheny (Wexford) (38-14), #816 Bethel Park (34-24), #958 Penn Hills (Pittsburgh) (42-31) 2017 Opponents W-L: 73-52 Recent League Championships: 2016 (tied for 1st; WPIAL 6A 2), 2012 (tied for 1st; WPIAL AAAA Southeastern), 2010 (WPIAL AAAA Great Southern), 2003 (WPIAL AAAA-1 North) Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none SCHEDULE 2018 Schedule: 8/24 Gateway (Monroeville), 8/31 Canon-McMillan (Canonsburg), 9/7 at Butler, 9/14 at Seneca Valley (Harmony), 9/21 North Allegheny (Wexford), 9/28 at Hempfield Area (Greensburg), 10/5 Upper St. Clair, 10/12 at Pine-Richland (Gibsonia), 10/19 Norwin (North Huntingdon), 10/26 at Central Catholic (Pittsburgh) Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Pine-Richland (Gibsonia) (46.2), Central Catholic (Pittsburgh) (29.5), Gateway (Monroeville) (29.3) Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Hempfield Area (Greensburg) (-18.1), Butler (-2.2), Upper St. Clair (-1.3) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 28.5 (34.4 overall) 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 12.4 2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -16.1 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #10 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #679 2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4 2018 Projected League Finish: 4th 2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |