Yough (Herminie, PA) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Cougars Colors: Green/Black Coach: Scott Wood League: WPIAL 3A Interstate Playoff Division: AAA Playoff Division Rank: #56 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 6 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 2018 JV Record: 2-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Russell Pytlak 6'4" 225 Senior TE/DE 4.8 Gamal Marballie 5'11" 180 Junior WR/DB 4.6 C.J. Waldier 6'2" 185 Junior WR/S 4.6 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Core Of Defense Returning, Top 2 DL Are Back, Secondary Nearly Returns Intact Team Weaknesses: Lost Entire OL To Graduation, Replacing Top WPIAL RB RATINGS 2018 Final Power Rating: -12 2018 National Rank: #9073 2018 State Rank: #362 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5 2019 Starting Power Rating: -28.8 2019 National Rank: #9269 2019 State Rank: #365 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 1.4 Dynasty National Rank: #8738 2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 30.2 Dynasty Record: 57-96 (50-69 in league) HISTORICAL 2018 Overall Record: 3-7 2018 League Record/Finish: 3-5 (tied for 5th) 2018 Points For Average: 19 2018 Points Against Average: 33.7 2018 Differential: -14.7 2018 Wins: #9021 Deer Lakes (Russellton) (32-13), #10889 Burrell (Lower Burrell) (35-6), #13164 Uniontown (42-30) 2018 Losses: #329 Aliquippa (54-20), #1630 Derry (63-20), #2765 North Catholic (Cranberry Township) (41-0), #4083 Elizabeth Forward (Elizabeth) (44-0), #5899 Freeport (20-0), #7734 Serra Catholic (McKeesport) (44-25), #11326 Mt. Pleasant (22-16) 2018 Opponents W-L: 61-49 Recent League Championships: 2008 (WPIAL AAA Keystone), 2006 (tied for 1st; WPIAL AA 5), 2005 (WPIAL AAA 2) Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none SCHEDULE 2019 Schedule: 8/23 at Serra Catholic (McKeesport), 8/30 Uniontown, 9/6 Mt. Pleasant, 9/13 Deer Lakes (Russellton), 9/20 Burrell (Lower Burrell), 9/27 Freeport, 10/4 Aliquippa, 10/11 Derry, 10/18 North Catholic (Cranberry Township), 10/25 Elizabeth Forward (Elizabeth) Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Aliquippa (27.1), North Catholic (Cranberry Township) (11.5), Derry (5.6) Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Uniontown (-47.3), Mt. Pleasant (-38.9), Burrell (Lower Burrell) (-38.4) 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 0.2 2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -17.2 2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -17.4 2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #238 2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6640 2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6 2019 Projected League Finish: 5th 2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |