Westerville Central (Westerville, OH)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Warhawks
Colors: Silver/Black
Coach: Brent Morrison
League: Ohio Capital - Buckeye
Playoff Division: I
Playoff Division Rank: #36

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2017 JV Record: 5-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Dontay Hunter 6'5.5" 235 Senior DE/TE 4.7
Myles Williamson 5'10" 170 Junior C/WR 4.6
Ricky Hyatt 6'2" 185 Junior S/RB 4.7

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Lines, QB, Secondary
Team Weaknesses: WR, LB

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: 33.1
2017 National Rank: #1216
2017 State Rank: #76
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.1
2018 Starting Power Rating: 16.1
2018 National Rank: #1361
2018 State Rank: #86
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 29.8
Dynasty National Rank: #1565
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 13.7
Dynasty Record: 77-81 (46-33 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 4-6
2017 League Record/Finish: 2-3 (4th)
2017 Points For Average: 25.7
2017 Points Against Average: 30.4
2017 Differential: -4.7
2017 Wins: #1653 Westerville South (Westerville) (42-35), #2029 Upper Arlington (Columbus) (31-21), #3640 Eastmoor Academy (Columbus) (57-28), #3885 Westerville North (Westerville) (21-12)
2017 Losses: #24 Pickerington North (Pickerington) (42-3), #159 Olentangy Liberty (Powell) (31-28), #340 Lincoln (Gahanna) (24-3), #439 Reynoldsburg (41-31), #458 Olentangy Orange (Lewis Center) (35-10), #619 Olentangy (Lewis Center) (35-31)
2017 Opponents W-L: 68-44
Recent League Championships: 2015 (tied for 1st; Ohio Capital - Cardinal), 2013 (Ohio Capital - Cardinal), 2011 (tied for 1st; Ohio Capital - Cardinal), 2006 (Ohio Capital - Central)
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 8/24 at Whitehall-Yearling (Whitehall), 8/31 Grove City, 9/7 at Eastmoor Academy (Columbus), 9/14 Pickerington North (Pickerington), 9/21 at Lincoln (Gahanna), 9/28 at Olentangy Liberty (Powell), 10/5 Westerville North (Westerville), 10/12 Olentangy Orange (Lewis Center), 10/18 at Westerville South (Westerville), 10/26 Olentangy (Lewis Center)
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Pickerington North (Pickerington) (54.8), Olentangy Liberty (Powell) (45.7), Lincoln (Gahanna) (37.7)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Whitehall-Yearling (Whitehall) (-7.2), Westerville North (Westerville) (-1.8), Grove City (1.2)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 42.6
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -22.6
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #24
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #247
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2018 Projected League Finish: 4th
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%