Shades Valley (Birmingham, AL) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Mounties Colors: Cardinal/Black Coach: David Partridge League: 6A Region 6 (moving from 6A Region 5) Playoff Division: 6A Playoff Division Rank: #12 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 7 2017 JV Record: 4-3 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS KeiAndre Sanders 5'9" 170 Senior WR/DB 4.45 Draven Griffin 6'2" 325 Senior OL/DL 5.76 Bo Spearman 6'1" 200 Junior LB/FB 4.78 COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION Desmond Trotter 6'3" 185 Senior QB STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Top 3 OL Back, WR Experience, DBs Team Weaknesses: QB/DL Inexperience, Must Replace 3-Year K RATINGS 2017 Final Power Rating: 32.8 2017 National Rank: #1243 2017 State Rank: #21 General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.9 2018 Starting Power Rating: 15.8 2018 National Rank: #1397 2018 State Rank: #29 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 23.7 Dynasty National Rank: #2617 2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 7.9 Dynasty Record: 59-98 [57-100 on the field] (38-57 in league) HISTORICAL 2017 Overall Record: 8-4 2017 League Record/Finish: 4-2 (tied for 2nd) 2017 Points For Average: 34.7 2017 Points Against Average: 26.4 2017 Differential: +8.3 2017 Wins: #1306 Vestavia Hills (41-24), #1837 Andalusia (56-42), #3120 Hueytown (30-20), #3227 Jackson-Olin (Birmingham) (30-7), #4314 Pell City (34-7), #4354 Parker [A. H.] (Birmingham) (35-32), #5896 Center Point (Birmingham) (38-20), #6511 Carroll Catholic [John] (Birmingham) (49-36) 2017 Losses: #82 Pinson Valley (Pinson) (28-27), #327 Austin (Decatur) (42-35), #1304 Homewood (37-27), #1512 Ramsay (Birmingham) (22-14) 2017 Opponents W-L: 87-54 Recent League Championships: 2013 (tied for 1st) Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none SCHEDULE 2018 Schedule: 8/30 at Jackson-Olin (Birmingham), 9/7 Pinson Valley (Pinson), 9/15 at Huffman (Birmingham), 9/21 at Elmore [Stanhope] (Millbrook), 9/28 Vestavia Hills, 10/5 at Clay-Chalkville (Pinson), 10/12 at Oxford, 10/19 Gardendale, 10/26 Pell City, 11/1 Spain Park (Hoover) Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Pinson Valley (Pinson) (51.2), Clay-Chalkville (Pinson) (33.9), Oxford (29.2) Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Pell City (-12.4), Elmore [Stanhope] (Millbrook) (-7.4), Gardendale (0.2) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 24.9 (29.5 overall) 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.9 2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -11 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #16 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #556 2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4 2018 Projected League Finish: 4th 2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |