Penn Hills (Pittsburgh, PA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Indians
Colors: Gold/Red
Coach: Ron Graham
League: WPIAL 5A Big East (moving from WPIAL 6A Northern Seven)
Playoff Division: AAAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #5

D1 PROSPECTS
Daequan Hardy 5'10" 150 Senior CB
Dante Cephas 6'1" 175 Senior WR
- 6'1" 205 Senior QB
Terry Smith 5'9" 210 Senior RB

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Julian Major 6'1" 185 Senior WR

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: 36.2
2017 National Rank: #958
2017 State Rank: #32
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.2
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +1.8
2018 Starting Power Rating: 26.6
2018 National Rank: #644
2018 State Rank: #19
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 39.3
Dynasty National Rank: #569
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 12.7
Dynasty Record: 96-65 (63-31 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 8-4
2017 League Record/Finish: 3-3 (4th)
2017 Points For Average: 27.9
2017 Points Against Average: 22.3
2017 Differential: +5.6
2017 Wins: #816 Bethel Park (30-28), #1628 Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh) (42-31), #2164 Seneca Valley (Harmony) (44-28), #3848 Butler (54-21), #4531 Canon-McMillan (Canonsburg) (33-17), #5352 Hempfield Area (Greensburg) (42-27), #6193 Plum (Pittsburgh) (26-0), #8063 Shaler Area (Pittsburgh) (34-7)
2017 Losses: #16 Pine-Richland (Gibsonia) (43-6), #464 Central Catholic (Pittsburgh) (21-0), #464 Central Catholic (Pittsburgh) (17-8), #522 North Allegheny (Wexford) (27-16)
2017 Opponents W-L: 72-61
Recent League Championships: 2014 (tied for 1st; WPIAL AAAA Southeastern), 2008 (WPIAL AAAA Big East), 2006 (WPIAL AAAA 3)
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 8/24 vs Steubenville (OH), 8/31 Greater Latrobe (Latrobe), 9/7 vs Fox Chapel (Pittsburgh), 9/14 vs Mars, 9/21 vs Kiski Area (Vandergrift), 9/28 Armstrong (Kittanning), 10/5 vs Hampton (Allison Park), 10/12 Shaler Area (Pittsburgh), 10/19 at Baldwin (Pittsburgh), 10/26 at North Hills (Pittsburgh)
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Steubenville (OH) (24.2), Mars (2.6), North Hills (Pittsburgh) (-6.4)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Baldwin (Pittsburgh) (-24.5), Shaler Area (Pittsburgh) (-22.2), Hampton (Allison Park) (-16.6)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 24.6 (33.5 overall)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -8.6
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -33.2
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #176
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4670
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 10-0
2018 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 54%



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