| Palo Verde Valley (Blythe, CA) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Yellowjackets Colors: Green/Gold Coach: Wally Grant League: Desert Section: San Diego Playoff Division: IV Playoff Division Rank: #1 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 8 Returning Defensive Starters: 7 2021 JV Record: 9-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Markus Macon 5'9" 175 Senior RB/MLB 4.58 Xzavier Bejarano 5'8" 170 Senior RB/OLB 4.62 Ian Maciel 5'9.5" 185 Senior DE/TE 4.65 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Skill Positions/LBs Return Intact, Line Size/Strength/Speed, 8 Returning Offensive Starters Team Weaknesses: Many 2-Way Players, Depth RATINGS 2021 Final Power Rating: 2.3 2021 National Rank: #5092 2021 State Rank: #361 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +8.5 2022 Starting Power Rating: -3.2 2022 National Rank: #3541 2022 State Rank: #277 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2021 Rating): -8.3 Dynasty National Rank: #10923 2022 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 5.1 Dynasty Record: 99-101 (31-54 in league) HISTORICAL 2021 Overall Record: 11-3 2021 League Record/Finish: 4-0 (1st) 2021 Points For Average: 30.9 2021 Points Against Average: 16.7 2021 Differential: +14.2 2021 Wins: #6032 Fallbrook (29-28), #6337 Morse [Samuel F. B.] (San Diego) (20-16), #6604 Mission Bay (San Diego) (41-19), #9090 Barstow (34-16), #9587 Calexico (15-6), #9733 Holtville (40-8), #10569 Crawford (San Diego) (36-14), #10579 Southwest (El Centro) (48-20), #10969 Vincent Memorial (Calexico) (50-16), #11505 Mountain Empire (Pine Valley) (34-21), #13422 Calipatria (42-6) 2021 Losses: #3149 Shadow Hills (Indio) (17-13), #4315 Quartz Hill (26-20), #7042 Coachella Valley (Thermal) (21-10) 2021 Opponents W-L: 79-76 Recent Section Championships: 2021 (V) Recent League Championships: 2021 Winning Streak Entering 2022 Season: none SCHEDULE 2022 Schedule: 8/20 Calexico, 8/26 at Coachella Valley (Thermal), 9/2 at Kofa (Yuma, AZ), 9/9 San Jacinto Valley Academy (San Jacinto), 9/16 Imperial, 9/23 Barstow, 9/30 vs Vincent Memorial (Calexico), 10/7 Calipatria, 10/14 at Holtville, 10/21 at Southwest (El Centro) Highest-Rated 2022 Regular Season Opponents: Coachella Valley (Thermal) (-11.5), Imperial (-11.9), Barstow (-30.3) Lowest-Rated 2022 Regular Season Opponents: Kofa (Yuma, AZ) (-73.6), Calipatria (-69.6), Southwest (El Centro) (-48.6) 2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -10.8 (-12.9 overall) 2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -35.3 2022 vs. 2021 Schedule Strength Comparison: -24.5 2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #718 2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #10679 2022 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1 2022 Projected League Finish: 1st 2022 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 29% |