BNC, NUIC stat leaders and standings after Week 5 of high school football
The IHSA football season is now past the halfway mark of the regular season, and there have been plenty of highlight-reel plays by star players, week in and week out.
There are a couple of stars who are stepping up in the area, especially when it comes to the Big Northern Conference and NUIC.
Through the first five weeks of action, here are the BNC and NUIC standings, this week's game schedule, and the rushing, passing and receiving leaders.
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Big Northern Conference
BNC standings
Byron 5-0
Dixon 5-0
S.Valley 3-2
N.Boone 3-2
G.-Kingston 3-2
Oregon 2-3
Lutheran 2-3
Winnebago 1-4
R. Falls 1-4
R.Christian 0-5
This week's schedule
Friday's games
Byron at G-K, 7 p.m.
Winnebago at Dixon, 7 p.m.
Oregon at Stillman Valley, 7 p.m.
Lutheran at Rockford Christian, 7 p.m.
North Boone at Rock Falls, 7 p.m.
Rushing leaders
Player, team, carries, yards, TDs
Aiden Wiseman (Dixon), 86-527, 4 TDs
Logan Weems (Oregon), 99-497, 5 TDs
Gavin Sanders (Lutheran), 29-496, 7 TDs
Supreme Muhammad (Winnebago), 51-384, 6 TDs
Connor McKibben (North Boone), 51-378, 3 TDs
Logan Olson (Winnebago), 66-376, 3 TDs
Caden Considine (Byron), 30-365, 9 TDs
Keaton Rauman (Stillman Valley), 33-321, 1 TD
Tyler Shaner (Dixon), 69-312, 8 TDs
Jaden Williams (Rockford Christian), 40-301, 2 TDs
Braden Rogers (Stillman Valley), 58-297, 6 TDs
Michael Orlando (Stillman Valley), 41-292, 4 TDs
Brayden Knoll (Byron), 16-257, 7 TDs
Dillon Schank (Byron), 15-226, 3 TDs
Jack Christensen (North Boone), 38-224, 3 TDs
Braden Engel (Stillman Valley), 28-208, 4 TDs
Easton Canales (Rock Falls), 27-170, 1 TD
Brock Needs (Stillman Valley), 30-167, 3 TDs
Everett Wichman (Byron), 9-153, 1 TD
Kye Aken (Byron), 9-130, 1 TD
Liam Connell (Byron), 3-120, 2 TDs
Jacob Ross (Byron), 6-115, 2 TDs
Brandon Wiggan (Winnebago), 26-106
Carsen Behn (Byron), 19-103, 4 TDs
Isaiah Herebia (Stillman Valley), 7-97
Andrew Talbert (Byron), 8-95, 2 TDs
Trasean Lockhart (Lutheran), 4-70, 1 TD
Ashton Henkel (Byron), 4-52, 2 TDs
Alijah Carroll (Winnebago), 7-53
Passing leaders
Player, team, completions, attempts, yards, interceptions, TDs
Jaden Williams (Rockford Christian), 80-128-1,186-7-8
Jack Christensen (North Boone), 65-129-783-2-8
Tyler Shaner (Dixon), 49-84-720-2-10
Jack Washburn (Oregon), 41-94-670-1-5
Mitchel Cunningham (Winnebago), 27-60-312-1-4
Daniel Ballard (Lutheran) 20-37-289-2-3
Easton Canales (Rock Falls), 19-56-202-6-1
Braden Engel (Stillman Valley), 11-17-138-0-1
Ayden Shank (Byron), 5-12-91-1-2
Receiving leaders
Player, team, catches, yards, TDs
Easton Morehouse (Rockford Christian), 24-561, 5 TDs
Cullen Shaner (Dixon), 16-304, 6 TDs
Chris Doetch (North Boone), 22-258, 4 TDs
Brad Dahl (North Boone), 14-221, 2 TDs
Griffin Marlatt (Oregon), 9-199, 1 TD
Julian Rodriguez (North Boone), 14-145
Jermaine Francis (Rockford Christian), 11-135, 1 TD
Josh Crandall (Oregon), 5-103, 1 TD
Austin Egyed (Oregon), 10-89
Mikey Flowers (Rock Falls), 7-85
Blaise Brown (Winnebago), 9-81, 1 TD
Myles Smith (Winnebago), 7-76, 1 TD
K.J. Chavers (Stillman Valley), 3-72
Avery Lewis (Oregon), 4-65, 1 TD
Brayden Knoll (Byron), 1-50, 1 TD
Kaenan McDevitt (Stillman Valley), 2-48, 1 TD
Logan Weems (Oregon), 1-33
Ashton Henkel (Byron), 2-30
Keaton Rauman (Stillman Valley), 1-15
Reed Schrank (Winnebago), 3-14
Kilduff (Byron), 2-11, 1 TD
NUIC
NUIC standings
(Team, conf, overall)
Du/Pec 5-0, 5-0
Forreston 5-0, 5-0
Le-Win 4-0, 5-0
Fulton 3-2, 3-2
Galena 2-2, 3-2
Stockton 1-3, 2-3
Dakota 0-4, 1-4
W.Carroll 0-4, 0-5
E/PC 0-5, 0-5
This week's schedule
Friday's games
Lena-Winslow at Du/Pec, 7 p.m.
Forreston at Stockton, 7 p.m.
Galena at Fulton, 7 p.m.
West Carroll at Dakota, 7 p.m.
E/PC at Aurora (Central Catholic), 7 p.m.
Rushing leaders
Player, team, carries, yards, TDs
Gage Dunker (Le-Win), 69-679, 12 TDs
Cooper Hoffman (Du/Pec), 47-377, 8 TDs
Owen Mulder (Forreston), 64-320, 9 TDs
Karl Hubb (Stockton), 57-293, 4 TDs
Jaylen Noud (Du/Pec), 33-289, 3 TDs
Tanner Gile (Stockton), 57-278, 7 TDs
Kaleb Sanders (Forreston), 42-260, 3 TDs
Cobryn Lynch (Le-Win), 26-249, 6 TDs
Nick Tippett (Le-Win), 20-245, 2 TDs
Micah Nelson (Forreston), 26-200, 1 TD
Jayden Gordon (Dakota), 41-193, 2 TDs
Alex Ryia (Forreston), 29-180, 2 TDs
Connor Hughes (Du/Pec), 21-175, 2 TDs
Bennie Gordon (Dakota), 18-159, 3 TDs
Mark Detwiler (Stockton), 22-142, 1 TD
Dane Setterstrom (Forreston), 33-141, 1 TD
Lucas Fye (Le-Win), 16-104
Passing leaders
Player, team, completions, attempts, yards, interceptions, TDs
Cooper Hoffman (Durand/Pecatonica), 83-129-882-0-15
Colby Tucker (Stockton), 19-30-329-0-5
Nolan Mayberry (Dakota), 9-24-150-4-2
Brady Gill (Forreston), 4-13-69-3-1
Jake Schumacher (Le-Win), 1-1-22-0-0
Receiving leaders
Player, team, catches, yards, TDs
Drew Williams (Du/Pec), 23-250, 3 TDs
Brady Haas (Stockton), 7-210, 3 TDs
Brody Black (Du/Pec), 12-144, 4 TDs
Jaxon Diedrich (Du/Pec), 12-146, 1 TD
Jaylen Noud (Du/Pec), 15-123, 1 TD
Max Milbrath (Du/Pec), 5-85, 2 TDs
Karl Hubb (Stockton), 3-44, 1 TD
Alex Ryia (Forreston), 2-38
Braxton Niedermeier (Dakota), 2-33, 1 TD
Nick Tippett (Le-Win), 1-22
Kaleb Sanders (Forreston), 2-9
Jay Taft is a Rockford Register Star sports reporter. Email him at jtaft@rrstar.com and follow him on Twitter at @JayTaft. Sign up for the Rockford High School newsletter at rrstar.com. Jay has covered a wide variety of sports, from the Chicago Bears to youth sports, since the turn of the century at the Register Star, and for over 30 years all together.
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