Rich East (Park Forest, IL)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Rockets
Colors: Green/Gold
Coach: Cornell Middlebrook
League: Southland
Playoff Division: none

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 8
2017 JV Record: 6-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Jeremy Lee 5'9" 170 QB 4.8
Armani Brown 5'10" 230 RB 4.9
Richard Moore 6'5" 315 Senior OL 5.5

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Improved Defensive Speed
Team Weaknesses: WRs

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: -2.2
2017 National Rank: #7430
2017 State Rank: #280
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.5
2018 Starting Power Rating: -16.2
2018 National Rank: #6974
2018 State Rank: #262
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 9.9
Dynasty National Rank: #6376
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 26.1
Dynasty Record: 73-71 (40-40 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 3-6
2017 League Record/Finish: 2-3 (4th)
2017 Points For Average: 27.8
2017 Points Against Average: 31.3
2017 Differential: -3.5
2017 Wins: #7393 Kankakee (30-20), #10199 Chicago Vocational (Chicago) (22-8), #12008 Rich South (Richton Park) (68-20)
2017 Losses: #1547 Crete-Monee (Crete) (48-12), #1832 Rich Central (Olympia Fields) (34-28), #2785 Thornton (Harvey) (56-40), #4423 Bloom (Chicago Heights) (34-22), #4780 Tinley Park (41-8), #7134 LaSalle-Peru (LaSalle) (21-20)
2017 Opponents W-L: 42-45
Recent League Championships: 2007 (tied for 1st; SICA - South), 2005 (tied for 1st; SICA Green)
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: 2
Streak List: 10/14/17 Rich South (Richton Park) (68-20), 10/21/17 Kankakee (30-20)

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 8/24 at Urbana, 9/1 Bloomington, 9/7 at Ypsilanti (MI), 9/15 at Thornton (Harvey), 9/21 at Crete-Monee (Crete), 9/29 Bloom (Chicago Heights), 10/5 at Rich Central (Olympia Fields), 10/13 Rich South (Richton Park), 10/19 at Kankakee
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Crete-Monee (Crete) (7.1), Rich Central (Olympia Fields) (5.5), Thornton (Harvey) (-1.2)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Rich South (Richton Park) (-41.2), Kankakee (-29.2), Urbana (-29)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -13.4
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -23.4
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #253
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6243
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-5
2018 Projected League Finish: 4th
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%