Prep Football Stat Leaders: Monroe County Region's best in 2023
Quarterback and running backs usually get the headlines, but several kickers in the Monroe County region had seasons worth nothing this year.
Nolan Zajac of Airport and Kyler Ostrowski both kicked more than 50 extra points and were good on six field goals each. Flat Rock’s Mitchell Smith made 39 extra point attempts and his kickoffs into the end zone was a big reason why the Rams beat Summit Academy in the District finals.
Bedford’s Jack Decker was good on all 20 of his extra point attempts for the Mules and made three field goals.
Even Whiteford, which rarely kicked over the last decade or so, got a record-setting 38-yard field goal and 15 extra points kicks from its kicker, Hunter DeBarr.
While the kickers were outstanding, so were Izaiah Wright of Carlson and Brian Booms of Flat Rock.
Wright led the Region in rushing yards with 1,965. Booms got the advantage in touchdowns (32) and points scored (197). Wright’s rushing yards is good for a top 10 spot in region single season history and second in Carlson history behind Chad Schoen’s 2,135 yards in 2004.
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Five region backs had 1,000-yard seasons. The others were Booms (1,713), Jack Mills of Airport (1,401), freshman Luke Beaudrie of Jefferson (1,163) and Dean Thomas of Ida (1,129).
Flat Rock also had the Region passing leader in Graham Junge, who threw for 2,419 yards and 27 touchdowns.
Five region quarterbacks reached 1,000 yards passing. The others were Cooper Nye of Airport, Vaughn Brown of Erie Mason, Joe Krolak of Carlson and freshman Tre Eitniear of Whiteford, who started all 14 games while Whiteford reached the state finals.
Whiteford wide receiver Kolby Masserant just missed becoming just the third receiver in Region history to record 1,000 yards receiving in a single season. He had a Region-best 46 catches for 989 yards. On defense, he was the region leader in interceptions with six. Teammate Jake Iott led the region in tackles with 162.
RUSHING YARDS
Izaiah Wright, Carlson 1,965
Brian Booms, Flat Rock 1,713
Jack Mills, Airport 1,410
Luke Beaudrie, Jefferson 1,163
Dean Thomas, Ida 1,129
Jake Iott, Whiteford 934
William Gaskell, Milan 893
Hunter DeBarr, Whiteford 843
Drew Harris, SMCC 734
Malachi Prybil, Jefferson 712
Micah Smith, Huron 679
Jake Wadsworth, Sum 661
Drew Knaggs, Whiteford 647
Trey Parker, Dundee 640
Joe Krolak, Carlson 626
Dinato Gandara, Monroe 626
Hunter Poignon, Bedford 589
Wyatt Dirkmaat, Ida 588
Ian Foster, SMCC 522
Brennan Caldwell, Huron 521
Region record: Ron Spears, Milan (2007) 2,501.
RECEPTIONS
Kolby Masserant, Whiteford 46
Korbin Herrera, Mason 43
Braiden Whitaker, Dundee 42
Colin Nowak, Airport 37
Adam Szalay, Flat Rock 35
Rocco Breslin, Flat Rock 32
Jaycob Pieprzyk, Flat Rock 32
Brian Booms, Flat Rock 26
Evan Szalay, Flat Rock 25
Jackson Zachary, Carlson 25
RECEIVING YARDS
Kolby Masserant, Whiteford 989
Braiden Whitaker, Dundee 858
Colin Nowak, Airport 738
Korbin Herrera, Mason 639
Adam Szalay, Flat Rock 592
Breslin, Flat Rock 441
Landon Vida, Carlson 440
Jaycob Pieprzyk, Flat Rock 413
Toby Frazier, Mason 378
Tyler Dafoe, Sum 365
Evan Szalay, Flat Rock 363
Jackson Zachary, Carlson 357
Gavin Albring, Ida 324
Jack Mills, Airport 323
Brian Booms, Flat Rock 318
Michael Narew, Mason 300
Adam Nabozny, Monroe 298
Hunter DeBarr, Whiteford 297
Nolan Zajac, Airport 291
Jaxen Wourman, Milan 291
Cole Kreger, Mason 280
Cooper Buhl, Dundee 252
Region record: Eric Cogan, Summerfield (2009) 1.219.
PASSING YARDS
Graham Junge, Flat Rock 2,419
Cooper Nye, Airport 1,739
Vaughn Brown, Mason 1,664
Tre Eitnier, Whiteford 1,075
Joe Krolak, Carlson 1,069
Ryan Zanger, Dundee 950
Trace Secor, Sum 832
Micah Smith, Huron 788
Luke Beaudrie, Jefferson 677
William Gaskell, Milan 634
Ethan Layton, Dundee 513
Ryin Ruddy, Whiteford 486
Owen Snyder, Ida 466
Aiden Newton, Monroe 296
Isaac Henman, Bedford 239
Region record: Graham Junge, Flat Rock (2022) 2.644.
PASSING TOUCHDOWNS
Graham Junge, Flat Rock 27
Cooper Nye, Airport 22
Vaughn Brown, Mason 17
Tre Eitniear, Whiteford 16
Joe Krolak, Carlson 15
Ryan Zanger, Dundee 11
Trace Secor, Sum 12
TACKLES
Jake Iott, Whiteford 162
Cole Kreger, Mason 144
Ryin Ruddy, Whiteford 137
Ethan Layton, Dundee 122
Cooper Buhl, Dundee 121.5
Brian Booms, Flat Rock 117
Kolby Masserant, Whiteford 110
Quentin Lephew, Dundee 109
Toby Frazier, Mason 109
William Gaskell, Milan 106
Brennan Caldwell, Huron 99
Mitchell Gomulinski, Sum 92
Mason DeBarr, Whiteford 88
Stepan Masserant, Whiteford 82
Brandon Knaggs, Whiteford 81
Micah Smith, Huron 79
Logan Goodin, Mason 78
Jacob Hagan, Flat Rock 77
Kam Ackley, Milan 76
Jacob Collins, Carlson 76
INTERCEPTIONS
Kolby Masserant, Whiteford 6
Jackson Zachary, Carlson 5
Hayden Noland, Sum 4
Jaycob Pieprzyk, Flat Rock 4
Luke Beaudrie, Jefferson 3
Tyler Dafoe, Sum 3
Liam Waterford, Whiteford 3
Dean Thomas, Ida 3
Region record: Rico Sambiago, Summerfield (1980) 15.
PATs
Nolan Zajac, Airport 54
Kyler Ostrowski, Carlson 51
Mitchell Smith, Flat Rock 39
Jack Decker, Bedford 20
Camden Schmidt, Monroe 19
Hunter DeBarr, Whiteford 15
Adam Johnson, Milan 15
Joel Treece, SMCC 13
FIELD GOALS
Nolan Zajac, Airport 6
Kyler Ostrowski, Carlson 6
Hunter DeBarr, Whiteford 3
Jack Decker, Bedford 3
Camden Schmidt, Monroe 3
Drew Harris, SMCC 2
Region record: Ryan Metty, Ida (1998) 9.
TOUCHDOWNS
Brian Booms, Flat Rock 32
Izaiah Wright, Carlson 31
Jack Mills, Airport 22
Hunter DeBarr, Whiteford 18
Dean Thomas, Ida 16
Luke Beaudrie, Jefferson 13
Cole Kreger, Mason 12
Kolby Masserant, Whiteford 12
Cooper Nye, Airport 12
Colin Nowak, Airport 12
Jake Iott, Whiteford 11
Drew Knaggs, Whiteford 11
Ryin Ruddy, Whiteford 10
William Gaskell, Milan 10
Region record: Shane Smith, Erie Mason (2002), Nick Levicki, Ida (2016) and Jesse Kiefer, Whiteford (2016), 35.
POINTS
Brian Booms, Flat Rock 197
Izaiah Wright, Carlson 188
Hunter DeBarr, Whiteford 136
Jack Mills, Airport 134
Nolan Zajac, Airport 104
Dean Thomas, Ida 96
Luke Beaudrie, Jefferson 86
Ryin Ruddy, Whiteford 82
Jake Iott, Whiteford 82
Braiden Whitaker, Dundee 76
Cole Kreger, Mason 76
Kolby Masserant, Whiteford 74
Cooper Nye, Airport 72
Colin Nowak, Airport 72
Kyler Ostrowski, Carlson 69
Drew Knaggs, Whiteford 68
William Gaskell, Milan 64
Malachi Prybil, Jefferson 60
Region record: Nick Levicki, Ida (2016) and Jesse Kiefer, Whiteford (2016), 224.
This article originally appeared on The Monroe News: Prep Football Stat Leaders: Kickers put their best foot forward
