Willow Canyon (Surprise, AZ) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Wildcats Colors: Navy/Silver Coach: Justin Stangler League: 5A Northwest Playoff Division: 5A Playoff Division Rank: #19 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 3 Returning Defensive Starters: 3 2022 JV Record: 4-4 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Austin Rhodes 5'11" 180 Senior FS/RB 4.6 Austin Bouffard 6'2" 260 Senior OL/DL 5.3 Thomas Gilbert 5'10" 165 Junior FS/RB 4.6 RATINGS 2022 Final Power Rating: 10.1 2022 National Rank: #3704 2022 State Rank: #64 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -5.5 2023 Starting Power Rating: -13.2 2023 National Rank: #4602 2023 State Rank: #80 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2022 Rating): -4.4 Dynasty National Rank: #6963 2023 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 8.8 Dynasty Record: 25-22 (14-10 in league) HISTORICAL 2022 Overall Record: 7-3 2022 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (tied for 1st) 2022 Points For Average: 29.4 2022 Points Against Average: 15.6 2022 Differential: +13.8 2022 Wins: #4154 Apollo (Glendale) (32-27), #5529 Goldwater [Barry] (Phoenix) (47-25), #7360 Kellis [Raymond S.] (Glendale) (30-14), #8403 Ironwood (Glendale) (42-14), #9425 Sierra Linda (Phoenix) (38-9), #10415 Agua Fria (Avondale) (32-0), #11935 La Joya Community (Avondale) (50-0) 2022 Losses: #616 Cactus (Glendale) (21-14), #2960 Valley Vista (Surprise) (14-6), #3336 Canyon View (Waddell) (32-3) 2022 Opponents W-L: 49-57 Recent League Championships: 2022 (tied for 1st) Winning Streak Entering 2023 Season: none SCHEDULE 2023 Schedule: 8/25 at Desert View (Tucson), 9/1 at South Mountain (Phoenix), 9/8 Horizon (Scottsdale), 9/15 Millennium (Goodyear), 9/22 at Westview (Avondale), 9/29 Valley Vista (Surprise), 10/6 Agua Fria (Avondale), 10/19 at Apollo (Glendale), 10/27 Ironwood (Glendale), 11/3 at Goldwater [Barry] (Phoenix) Highest-Rated 2023 Regular Season Opponents: Horizon (Scottsdale) (11.4), Millennium (Goodyear) (-0.7), Apollo (Glendale) (-6.2) Lowest-Rated 2023 Regular Season Opponents: Westview (Avondale) (-48.3), Agua Fria (Avondale) (-47.2), Ironwood (Glendale) (-42.3) 2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -6.1 (1.5 overall) 2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -21.4 2023 vs. 2022 Schedule Strength Comparison: -15.3 2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #92 2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5959 2023 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4 2023 Projected League Finish: 4th 2023 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |