Hopewell Valley Central (Pennington, NJ)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Bulldogs Coach: Dave Caldwell League: West Jersey - Capitol Playoff Division: South Group 3 Playoff Division Rank: #11 RATINGS 2021 Final Power Rating: -1.7 2021 National Rank: #5988 2021 State Rank: #184 Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +10.9 2022 Starting Power Rating: -6.6 2022 National Rank: #4075 2022 State Rank: #119 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2021 Rating): 0.4 Dynasty National Rank: #8491 2022 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 7 Dynasty Record: 74-100 (37-35 in league) HISTORICAL 2021 Overall Record: 4-4 2021 League Record/Finish: 1-3 (5th) 2021 Points For Average: 22.3 2021 Points Against Average: 25.8 2021 Differential: -3.5 2021 Wins: #5316 Ewing (Trenton) (34-27), #6833 Hamilton (21-0), #10558 West Windsor-Plainsboro North/West Windsor-Plainsboro South (Plainsboro) (48-20), #10625 Lawrence (Lawrenceville) (22-20) 2021 Losses: #826 Wall Township (Wall) (42-7), #3031 Nottingham (Hamilton) (46-26), #3483 Notre Dame (Lawrenceville) (33-7), #8464 Trenton Central (Trenton) (18-13) 2021 Opponents W-L: 37-42 Recent Section Championships: 2013 (Central III) Recent League Championships: 2014 (West Jersey - Patriot), 2013 (tied for 1st; West Jersey - Valley), 2008 (Colonial Valley - Patriot), 2006 (tied for 1st; Colonial Valley - Patriot) Winning Streak Entering 2022 Season: none SCHEDULE 2022 Schedule: 9/2 at Lawrence (Lawrenceville), 9/9 Ewing (Trenton), 9/17 at Hamilton, 9/23 Northern Burlington (Columbus), 9/30 Nottingham (Hamilton), 10/8 at Trenton Central (Trenton), 10/14 at Hightstown, 10/21 Notre Dame (Lawrenceville) Highest-Rated 2022 Regular Season Opponents: Nottingham (Hamilton) (9.8), Notre Dame (Lawrenceville) (7), Hightstown (-8.5) Lowest-Rated 2022 Regular Season Opponents: Lawrence (Lawrenceville) (-40.2), Trenton Central (Trenton) (-33.5), Ewing (Trenton) (-21.2) 2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -4.4 (3.4 overall) 2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -14.1 2022 vs. 2021 Schedule Strength Comparison: -9.7 2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #169 2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4775 2022 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-3 2022 Projected League Finish: 2nd 2022 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% We were unable to contact coach to obtain preview info.