Knight [William J.] (Palmdale, CA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Hawks
Colors: Vegas Gold/Black
Coach: Chance Tapia
League: Golden
Section: Southern
Playoff Division: 9
Playoff Division Rank: #9

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 2
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
2018 JV Record: 7-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Matthew Carty 6'5" 260 Junior T
Bryan Massengale 5'8" 170 Junior RB
Cruz Johnson 5'8" 190 Senior DB

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Christian Roland-Wallace 6'0" 180 Senior WR

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Speed
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: 16.2
2018 National Rank: #3096
2018 State Rank: #254
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -9.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.9
2019 Starting Power Rating: -9.5
2019 National Rank: #5021
2019 State Rank: #375
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 1.9
Dynasty National Rank: #8586
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 11.4
Dynasty Record: 59-88-1 (43-53 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 9-3
2018 League Record/Finish: 6-1 (2nd)
2018 Points For Average: 33.3
2018 Points Against Average: 20.5
2018 Differential: +12.8
2018 Wins: #2040 Antelope Valley (Lancaster) (42-33), #3286 Paloma Valley (Menifee) (28-21), #4779 Palmdale (42-21), #6574 Quartz Hill (28-21), #7151 Poly (Pasadena) (35-7), #9863 Burroughs (Ridgecrest) (28-6), #9904 Lancaster (42-6), #11322 Eastside (Lancaster) (34-14), #13525 Littlerock (42-0)
2018 Losses: #535 Tesoro (Rancho Santa Margarita) (39-7), #1282 Highland (Palmdale) (22-20), #3469 El Rancho (Pico Rivera) (56-52)
2018 Opponents W-L: 64-68
Recent League Championships: 2010 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 8/30 Tesoro (Rancho Santa Margarita), 9/6 Burroughs (Ridgecrest), 9/13 at Paloma Valley (Menifee), 9/20 at Palmdale, 9/27 Quartz Hill, 10/4 at Lancaster, 10/11 Littlerock, 10/18 at Eastside (Lancaster), 10/25 at Antelope Valley (Lancaster), 11/1 Highland (Palmdale)
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Tesoro (Rancho Santa Margarita) (23.7), Highland (Palmdale) (9.1), Antelope Valley (Lancaster) (-3.2)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Eastside (Lancaster) (-52), Littlerock (-51.3), Lancaster (-37.9)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 7.7 (2.8 overall)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -16.2
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -23.9
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #449
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6287
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2019 Projected League Finish: 4th
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%