| La Costa Canyon (Carlsbad, CA) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Mavericks Colors: Green/Vegas Gold/Midnight Blue Coach: Sean Sovacool League: Avocado Section: San Diego Playoff Division: I Playoff Division Rank: #11 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 2022 JV Record: 8-2 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Trevor Ladd Senior TE Blake Mazzone Senior OL Trey Blazevich Senior LB STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Skill Positions, Defensive Speed/Experience Team Weaknesses: Depth, Interior OL Inexperience RATINGS 2022 Final Power Rating: 27.4 2022 National Rank: #1424 2022 State Rank: #103 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5 2023 Starting Power Rating: 9.6 2023 National Rank: #1514 2023 State Rank: #99 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2022 Rating): 27.2 Dynasty National Rank: #1205 2023 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 17.8 Dynasty Record: 27-24 [26-25 on the field] (13-15 in league) HISTORICAL 2022 Overall Record: 7-5 2022 League Record/Finish: 4-2 (tied for 2nd) 2022 Points For Average: 24.3 2022 Points Against Average: 17.8 2022 Differential: +6.5 2022 Wins: #587 Mission Hills (San Marcos) (13-10), #2319 Torrey Pines (San Diego) (32-7), #2956 San Marcos (30-7), #5251 Oceanside (36-6), #5459 Steele Canyon (Spring Valley) (41-14), #6043 Valley Center (34-6), #10126 Vista (43-13) 2022 Losses: #112 Carlsbad (35-0), #259 Mater Dei (Chula Vista) (41-9), #549 San Clemente (17-0), #988 El Camino (Oceanside) (23-20), #1106 Tesoro (Rancho Santa Margarita) (35-33) 2022 Opponents W-L: 67-74 Recent Section Championships: 2008 Recent League Championships: 2011 (Avocado - West), 2010 (tied for 1st; Avocado - West), 2009, 2008, 2007 (tied for 1st; Palomar), 2006 (Palomar), 2003 (tied for 1st) Winning Streak Entering 2023 Season: none SCHEDULE 2023 Schedule: 8/18 University City (San Diego), 8/25 Del Norte (San Diego), 9/1 at San Clemente, 9/8 at Mira Mesa (San Diego), 9/15 at Fallbrook, 9/29 Poway, 10/6 El Camino (Oceanside), 10/13 at Mission Hills (San Marcos), 10/20 at Carlsbad, 10/27 Torrey Pines (San Diego) Highest-Rated 2023 Regular Season Opponents: Carlsbad (50.3), San Clemente (28.8), Mission Hills (San Marcos) (21.8) Lowest-Rated 2023 Regular Season Opponents: Fallbrook (-13.2), Torrey Pines (San Diego) (-5.6), Mira Mesa (San Diego) (-5) 2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 21.5 (21.7 overall) 2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.7 2023 vs. 2022 Schedule Strength Comparison: -11.8 2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #59 2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #586 2023 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5 2023 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2023 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |