Willow Canyon (Surprise, AZ) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Wildcats Colors: Navy/Silver Coach: Justin Stangler League: 5A Desert West (moving from 5A Northwest) Playoff Division: 5A Playoff Division Rank: #29 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Zack Enhelder 6'4" 230 Senior TE 4.9 Jason Hickson 5'11" 220 Senior DL 5.1 Jalen Schaefer 6'3" 230 Senior DE 4.8 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: 4 Returning DL Starters Team Weaknesses: Speed, Depth RATINGS 2017 Final Power Rating: -4 2017 National Rank: #7925 2017 State Rank: #91 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.5 2018 Starting Power Rating: -18 2018 National Rank: #7401 2018 State Rank: #92 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 6.7 Dynasty National Rank: #7320 2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 24.7 Dynasty Record: 54-80 (29-37 in league) HISTORICAL 2017 Overall Record: 4-6 2017 League Record/Finish: 1-3 (4th) 2017 Points For Average: 19.1 2017 Points Against Average: 24.9 2017 Differential: -5.8 2017 Wins: #4346 Sunnyslope (Phoenix) (10-9), #9684 Lake Havasu (Lake Havasu City) (32-0), #11108 Vista Grande (Casa Grande) (34-14), #13540 Sierra Linda (Phoenix) (56-0) 2017 Losses: #291 Centennial (Peoria) (49-0), #663 Liberty (Peoria) (59-6), #4636 Maricopa (45-13), #5071 Kellis [Raymond S.] (Glendale) (28-7), #6675 Valley Vista (Surprise) (14-7), #8561 Shadow Ridge (Surprise) (31-26) 2017 Opponents W-L: 53-53 Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none SCHEDULE 2018 Schedule: 8/17 Camelback (Phoenix), 8/24 at Dysart (El Mirage), 9/7 Shadow Ridge (Surprise), 9/14 at Valley Vista (Surprise), 9/21 Ironwood (Glendale), 9/28 at Independence (Glendale), 10/5 Agua Fria (Avondale), 10/12 Goldwater [Barry] (Phoenix), 10/19 at Millennium (Goodyear), 10/26 at Verrado (Buckeye) Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Verrado (Buckeye) (6.8), Millennium (Goodyear) (2.6), Valley Vista (Surprise) (-6.4) Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Camelback (Phoenix) (-46.8), Independence (Glendale) (-45), Agua Fria (Avondale) (-44.3) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.1 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -21.7 2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -29.8 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #102 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #8953 2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4 2018 Projected League Finish: 4th 2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |