Prep Football Leaders: Monroe County Region leaders after 3 weeks
Seeing a Flat Rock offensive star on top of a Monroe County Region high school football statistical category after three weeks is not surprising.
Perhaps what is surprising is that its running back Brian Booms.
Flat Rock is off to a 3-0 start and has climbed into the state rankings.
The Rams were expected to be solid with quarterback Graham Junge and a host of receivers returning from last season. Junge is off to a great start with 722 yards through the air through three games and he has three receivers with more than 100 yards in receptions.
Booms, however, has made a sudden impact on the Rams with his running game.
Through three weeks he is the co-Region leader with 370 yards on the ground.
Booms is a four-year starter for the Rams, getting his feet wet as a freshman safety. Now he starts both ways, returns kicks, is the long snapper on punts, and calls the defensive signals.
“He never leaves the field,” Flat Rock coach Buck Reaume said. “He’s old school. Throw him into 1950 and he would fit right in.”
Booms set a school record with five touchdowns in Week 2 against Grosse Ile to put him near the top of another category through three games – scoring.
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Reaume said the beauty of the Flat Rock offense is there are so many weapons it’s hard for a defense to stop them all.
“We just take whatever is given to us,” Reaume said. “Against Grosse Ile, they took away some of the things we like to do in our passing game and Booms stepped up and had almost 200 rushing yards.”
Through three games, Junge is second in the Region in passing behind Erie Mason’s Vaughn Brown, who has 791 yards through the air. Those two are far ahead of the third quarterback on the list, Cooper Nye of Airport.
Booms shares the rushing lead with Airport’s Jack Mills. Mills leads the county in touchdowns and scoring.
“He’s a load to bring down,” Reaume said of Mills. “He is a heck of a football player.”
Braiden Whitaker of Dundee is the only receiver with more than 300 yards in receptions. He leads a crowded category that includes Korbin Herrera of Erie Mason (299), Tyler Dafoe of Summerfield (259), Landon Vida of Carlson (221) and Kolby Masserant of Whiteford (214).
Here’s a look at the Region leaders in passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards and points:
PASSING YARDS
Vaughn Brown, Mason 791
Graham Junge, Flat Rock 722
Cooper Nye, Airport 475
Ethan Layton, Dundee 440
Trace Secor, Summerfield 412
Joe Krolak, Carlson 333
Tre Eitniear, Whiteford 312
Luke Beaudrie, Jefferson 286
Owen Snyder, Ida 259
Micah Smith, Flat Rock 178
Ryan Zanger, Dundee 150
William Gaskell V, Milan 128
Drew Logsdon, Bedford 82
RUSHING YARDS
Brian Booms, Flat Rock 370
Jack Mills, Airport 370
Malachi Prybil, Jefferson 343
Drew Harris, SMCC 294
Izaiah Wright, Carlson 287
Jake Iott, Whiteford 260
Luke Beaudrie, Jefferson 245
William Gaskell V, Milan 237
Jake Wadsworth, Summerfield 202
Gavin Albring, Ida 185
Micah Smith, Huron 179
Ethan Layton, Dundee 175
Joey Brink, Dundee 163
Hunter DeBarr, Whiteford 160
Drew Knaggs, Whiteford 153
Avery Ortiz, Carlson 142
Graham Junge, Flat Rock 141
Joe Krolak, Carlson 124
Brandon Rozek, Bedford 114
Evan Marcon, SMCC 106
RECEIVING YARDS
Braiden Whitaker, Dundee 330
Korbin Herrera, Mason 299
Tyler Dafoe, Summerfield 259
Landon Vida, Carlson 221
Kolby Masserant, Whiteford 214
Cole Kreger, Mason 197
Jaycob Pieprzyk, Flat Rock 173
Adam Szalay, Flat Rock 170
Michael Narew, Mason 164
Colin Nowak, Airport 142
Tyler Vanderpool, Jefferson 139
Jack Mills, Airport 123
Nolan Zajac, Airport 119
Toby Frazier, Mason 113
Trey Parker, Dundee 111
Rocco Breslin, Flat Rock 109
Malachi Prybil, Jefferson 101
POINTS
Jack Mills, Airport 54
Izaiah Wright, Carlson 50
Brian Booms, Flat Rock 44
Gavin Albring, Ida 30
Micah Smith, Huron 30
Cole Kreger, Mason 26
Ethan Layton, Dundee 24
William Gaskell V, Milan 24
Kolby Masserant, Whiteford 20
Korbin Herrera, Mason 18
Dean Thomas, Ida 18
Joe Krolak, Carlson 18
Evan Marcon, SMCC 18
Drew Harris, SMCC 18
Luke Beaudrie, Jefferson 16
Kyler Ostrowski, Carlson 16
Ryin Ruddy, Whiteford 16
TACKLES
Cole Kreger, Mason 48
William Gaskell V, Milan 47
Jake Iott, Whiteford 46
Toby Frazier, Mason 44
Ryin Ruddy, Whiteford 43
Lukas Linzell, Milan 35
Login Goodin, Mason 34
Mitchell Gomulinski, Summerfield 31
This article originally appeared on The Monroe News: Prep Football Leaders: Booms adds boom to Flat Rock attack
