Piedmont Hills (San Jose, CA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Pirates
Colors: Maroon/White
Coach: Matt Kiesle
League: Mount Hamilton
Section: Central Coast
Playoff Division: none

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2017 JV Record: 9-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Gabriel Reclusado 5'9" 165 Senior QB/FS 4.6
Brandon Lowe 5'9" 150 Senior WR/CB 4.6
Ryan Devlin 6'0" 245 Senior OL/DL 5.0

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Speed, Skill Positions, Strong Returning Offensive Core
Team Weaknesses: Depth, Line Youth

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: 5
2017 National Rank: #5728
2017 State Rank: #422
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.6
2018 Starting Power Rating: -10
2018 National Rank: #5530
2018 State Rank: #404
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 13.8
Dynasty National Rank: #5187
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 23.8
Dynasty Record: 89-79 (55-50 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 8-3
2017 League Record/Finish: 5-2 (tied for 2nd)
2017 Points For Average: 39.5
2017 Points Against Average: 27.2
2017 Differential: +12.3
2017 Wins: #6563 Westmont (Campbell) (49-21), #8347 Independence (San Jose) (25-7), #8410 Pioneer (San Jose) (49-31), #8769 Lincoln [Abraham] (San Jose) (42-35), #9352 Santa Teresa (San Jose) (42-20), #9670 Leigh (San Jose) (64-48), #9802 North Salinas (Salinas) (40-26), #12704 San Jose (57-20)
2017 Losses: #3694 Los Gatos (42-21), #4001 Live Oak (Morgan Hill) (21-20), #4281 Oak Grove (San Jose) (28-26)
2017 Opponents W-L: 50-69
Recent Section Championships: 2010 (I)
Recent League Championships: 2010 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 8/24 Overfelt (San Jose), 9/7 at Independence (San Jose), 9/14 at Terra Nova (Pacifica), 9/21 Santa Teresa (San Jose), 9/28 at Oak Grove (San Jose), 10/5 Live Oak (Morgan Hill), 10/12 at Westmont (Campbell), 10/19 Pioneer (San Jose), 10/26 at Leland (San Jose), 11/2 Lincoln [Abraham] (San Jose)
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Terra Nova (Pacifica) (-2.3), Oak Grove (San Jose) (-2.8), Leland (San Jose) (-5.5)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Pioneer (San Jose) (-24.7), Westmont (Campbell) (-23.9), Overfelt (San Jose) (-23.6)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -5.4 (1.7 overall)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -14.4
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -9
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #456
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6586
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2018 Projected League Finish: 4th
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%