Four QBs crack 1,000 yards passing in BNC, Gage Dunker nears 2,000 rushing in NUIC
It's on to Round 2 of the state playoffs and there are three Rockford-area football teams still alive out of the NUIC and two from Big Northern Conference.
As we get set for the next phase of the playoffs, here is this week's playoff game schedule, and the rushing, passing and receiving leaders from each conference, as well as the final standings:
Big Northern Conference
This week's Class 3A playoff schedule for BNC teams
Saturday's games
Byron (10-0) at Peotone (7-3), 1 p.m.
Durand/Pecatonica (8-2) at Stillman Valley (6-4), 1 p.m.
Rushing leaders
Player, team, carries, yards, TDs
Logan Weems (Oregon), 218-1,208, 16 TDs
Aiden Wiseman (Dixon), 147-1,065, 11 TDs
Gavin Sanders (Lutheran), 84-1,033, 19 TDs
Caden Considine (Byron), 78-842, 19 TDs
Connor McKibben (North Boone), 85-785, 8 TDs
Brayden Knoll (Byron), 43-744, 14 TDs
Tyler Shaner (Dixon), 123-697, 14 TDs
Brady Brewick (Genoa-Kingston), 126-689, 10 TDs
Braden Rogers (Stillman Valley), 142-659, 12 TDs
Supreme Muhammad (Winnebago), 99-625, 9 TDs
Logan Olson (Winnebago), 122-586, 5 TDs
Jack Christensen (North Boone), 88-454, 6 TDs
Jaden Williams (Rockford Christian), 57-420, 3 TDs
Keaton Rauman (Stillman Valley), 58-412, 1 TD
Brock Needs (Stillman Valley), 88-376, 6 TDs
Michael Orlando (Stillman Valley), 70-372, 4 TDs
Kye Aken (Byron), 17-299, 5 TDs
Easton Canales (Rock Falls), 56-285, 2 TDs
Peyton Meyer (Genoa-Kingston), 39-280, 1 TD
Korbin Oligney Jr. (Rock Falls), 51-241, 3 TDs
Liam Connell (Byron), 8-240, 4 TDs
Dillon Schank (Byron), 16-233, 3 TDs
Carsen Behn (Byron), 33-229, 5 TDs
Everett Wichman (Byron), 15-227, 2 TDs
Andrew Talbert (Byron), 14-213, 4 TDs
Braden Engel (Stillman Valley), 28-208, 4 TD
Brandon Wiggan (Winnebago), 31-195, 1 TD
Jacob Ross (Byron), 10-161, 5 TDs
Alijah Carroll (Winnebago), 42-159
Ashton Henkel (Byron), 8-158, 4 TDs
Chris Doetch (North Boone), 11-145, 2 TDs
Trasean Lockhart (Lutheran), 12-122, 1 TD
Isaiah Herebia (Stillman Valley), 7-97
Passing leaders
Player, team, completions, attempts, yards, interceptions, TDs
Jaden Williams (Rockford Christian), 120-210-1,818-10-11
Jack Christensen (North Boone), 138-261-1,687-11-20
Tyler Shaner (Dixon), 84-137-1,277-5-17
Jack Washburn (Oregon), 71-165-1,152-3-7
Nathan Kleba (Genoa-Kingston), 38-84-601-6-5
Mitchel Cunningham (Winnebago), 50-105-549-5-5
Gavin Sanders (Lutheran), 29-62-466-5-3
Daniel Ballard (Lutheran) 36-64-368-1-2
Mason Landes (Rock Falls), 23-39-266-3-1
Ayden Shank (Byron), 12-21-245-1-4
Easton Canales (Rock Falls), 21-59-216-7-1
Ryan Rueff (Stillman Valley), 9-19-180-1-2
Braden Engel (Stillman Valley), 11-17-138-0-1
Andrew Talbert (Byron), 2-2-36-0-1
Receiving leaders
Player, team, catches, yards, TDs
Easton Morehouse (Rockford Christian), 44-945, 8 TDs
Chris Doetch (North Boone), 41-500, 8 TDs
Cullen Shaner (Dixon), 25-487, 7 TDs
Brad Dahl (North Boone), 25-403, 4 TDs
Julian Rodriguez (North Boone), 37-347, 1 TD
Austin Egyed (Oregon), 25-326
Tyson Dambman (Dixon), 32-325, 4 TDs
Josh Crandall (Oregon), 15-295, 4 TDs
David Ballard (Lutheran), 23-284, 2 TDs
Jermaine Francis (Rockford Christian), 20-278, 3 TDs
Kirkan Johnson (Rockford Christian), 20-223
Hayden Hodgson (Genoa-Kingston), 13-216, 5 TDs
Griffin Marlatt (Oregon), 10-211, 1 TD
Azriel Dixon (North Boone), 9-188, 1 TD
R.J. Wolski (North Boone), 15-161, 2 TDs
Austin Castaneda (Rock Falls), 12-156
Connor McKibben (North Boone), 16-154, 4 TDs
Brayden Knoll (Byron), 4-122, 1 TD
Blaise Brown (Winnebago), 16-108, 2 TDs
Mikey Flowers (Rock Falls), 10-95
Jacob Rhodes (Stillman Valley), 4-80, 1 TD
Michale Orlando (Stillman Valley), 3-74, 1 TD
Myles Smith (Winnebago), 17-76, 1 TD
K.J. Chavers (Stillman Valley), 4-76
Austin Castaneda (Rock Falls), 7-68, 1 TD
Avery Lewis (Oregon), 4-65, 1 TD
Everett Wichman (Byron), 2-59, 1 TD
Kaenan McDevitt (Stillman Valley), 3-54, 1 TD
Reed Schrank (Winnebago), 6-37
Logan Weems (Oregon), 1-33
Ashton Henkel (Byron), 2-30
Braylon Kilduff (Byron), 3-26, 2 TD
Keaton Rauman (Stillman Valley), 1-15
Final BNC standings
Byron 10-0
Dixon 9-1
N.Boone 6-4
S.Valley 6-4
Lutheran 5-5
Oregon 5-5
G.-Kingston 4-5
R. Falls 2-7
Winnebago 1-8
R.Christian 0-9
NUIC
This week's playoff schedule for NUIC teams
Saturday's games
Class 3A: Durand/Pecatonica (8-2) at Stillman Valley (6-4), 1 p.m.
Class 1A: Forreston (8-2) at Lena (L.-Winslow) (10-0), 2 p.m.
Rushing leaders
Player, team, carries, yards, TDs
Gage Dunker (Le-Win), 203-1,887, 29 TDs
Cobryn Lynch (Le-Win), 79-790, 12 TDs
Owen Mulder (Forreston), 147-726, 14 TDs
Karl Hubb (Stockton), 121-656, 5 TDs
Cooper Hoffman (Du/Pec), 96-594, 12 TDs
Kaleb Sanders (Forreston), 96-571, 6 TDs
Tanner Gile (Stockton), 126-568, 10 TDs
Jason Bowers (Dakota), 90-537, 8 TDs
Jaylen Noud (Du/Pec), 56-510, 5 TDs
Nick Tippett (Le-Win), 51-507, 3 TDs
Micah Nelson (Forreston), 73-522, 3 TDs
Conner Mathews (Dakota), 79-368, 5 TDs
Connor Hughes (Du/Pec), 57-358, 6 TDs
Mark Detwiler (Stockton), 49-252, 2 TDs
Dane Setterstrom (Forreston), 65-223, 1 TD
Alex Ryia (Forreston), 43-216, 2 TDs
Jayden Gordon (Dakota), 45-206
Lucas Fye (Le-Win), 31-205, 2 TDs
Bennie Gordon (Dakota), 22-166, 3 TDs
Passing leaders
Player, team, completions, attempts, yards, interceptions, TDs
Cooper Hoffman (Durand/Pecatonica), 144-232-1,777-5-22
Colby Tucker (Stockton), 22-46-367-4-6
Nolan Mayberry (Dakota), 10-29-162-4-1
Drake Davis (Dakota), 9-36-157-1-3
Brady Gill (Forreston), 5-24-124-5-1
Jake Schumacher (Le-Win), 3-4-88-0-1
Receiving leaders
Player, team, catches, yards, TDs
Drew Williams (Du/Pec), 36-545, 6 TDs
Jaxon Diedrich (Du/Pec), 27-346, 4 TDs
Brady Haas (Stockton), 11-243, 4 TDs
Jaylen Noud (Du/Pec), 24-210, 2 TDs
Brody Black (Du/Pec), 16-204, 4 TDs
Max Milbrath (Du/Pec), 10-162, 2 TDs
Braxton Niedermeier (Dakota), 6-125, 5 TDs
Micah Nelson (Forreston), 4-65
Alex Ryia (Forreston), 2-52
Bennie Gordon (Dakota), 1-49
Karl Hubb (Stockton), 3-44, 1 TD
Cobryn Lynch (Le-Win), 1-34, 1 TD
Final NUIC standings
(Team, conf, overall)
Le-Win 8-0, 10-0
Du/Pec 7-1, 8-2
Forreston 6-2, 8-2
Fulton 5-3, 6-4
Stockton 3-5, 4-5
Galena 3-5, 3-6
Dakota 2-6, 3-6
E/PC 2-6, 3-6
W.Carroll 0-8, 0-9
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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