St. Dominic (O'Fallon, MO)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Crusaders Colors: Blue/White Coach: Blake Markway League: AAA - Large Playoff Division: 4 Playoff Division Rank: #42 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 2 Returning Defensive Starters: 3 2018 JV Record: 3-5 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Tyler Mersnick 6'0" 180 Senior RB/DB Jameson Witte 6'5" 215 Senior TE/DL Christian Giarla 5'11" 230 Junior OL/DL STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Line Potential, Have Many Young Talented Players, Passing Game Team Weaknesses: Inexperience, Very Young, Replacing Top 4 LBs RATINGS 2018 Final Power Rating: 10.2 2018 National Rank: #4198 2018 State Rank: #101 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -11.5 2019 Starting Power Rating: -16.6 2019 National Rank: #6640 2019 State Rank: #161 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 1.6 Dynasty National Rank: #8674 2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 18.2 Dynasty Record: 87-72 (50-18 in league) HISTORICAL 2018 Overall Record: 5-5 2018 League Record/Finish: 1-3 (4th) 2018 Points For Average: 24.4 2018 Points Against Average: 23.3 2018 Differential: +1.1 2018 Wins: #3278 St. Charles West (St. Charles) (21-14), #5053 Priory (St. Louis) (35-14), #5995 Father Tolton [Augustine] (Columbia) (42-34), #6853 Nashville Christian (Nashville, TN) (35-7), #8043 Orchard Farm (St. Charles) (42-21) 2018 Losses: #610 Cardinal Ritter (St. Louis) (12-10), #1087 MICDS (St. Louis) (30-15), #1255 St. Francis Borgia (Washington) (30-0), #3963 St. Mary's (St. Louis) (34-24), #5053 Priory (St. Louis) (37-20) 2018 Opponents W-L: 79-42 Recent League Championships: 2016, 2012 (AAA), 2011 (AAA), 2010 (AAA), 2007 (AAA), 2006 (AAA), 2005 (tied for 1st; AAA) Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none SCHEDULE 2019 Schedule: 8/30 at St. Charles West (St. Charles), 9/6 Orchard Farm (St. Charles), 9/13 at Cardinal Ritter (St. Louis), 9/20 Father Tolton [Augustine] (Columbia), 9/27 at St. Mary's (St. Louis), 10/4 St. Francis Borgia (Washington), 10/11 Kelly [Thomas W.] (Benton), 10/18 MICDS (St. Louis), 10/26 at Priory (St. Louis) Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Cardinal Ritter (St. Louis) (26.2), St. Francis Borgia (Washington) (14.3), MICDS (St. Louis) (12.5) Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Kelly [Thomas W.] (Benton) (-36.8), Orchard Farm (St. Charles) (-27), Father Tolton [Augustine] (Columbia) (-11.4) 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15.6 (12.6 overall) 2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -3.5 2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -19.1 2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #65 2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2723 2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-7 2019 Projected League Finish: 5th 2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%