Updated NIC-10 playoff stats and playoff schedule: Hono's Cole Warren closing in on record
Javius Catlin didn't play last week, but the NIC-10's all-time leading rusher clinched his first seasonal rushing title when Harlem and Jahmani Muhammad were eliminated from the playoffs.
TJ Horton moved up into the top 10 in receiving with 165 yards in a 56-12 loss to Hononegah. That ranks second in Auburn history, only four yards shy of Davonte Standfield, who set the record in another loss to Hononegah, 57-34 four years ago.
We have a new passing leader this week, with Boylan's Connor Dennis throwing for a career-high 269 yards to pass Hononegah's Cole Warren. But Warren, with five touchdown passes on only eight throws, put himself in position to grab one of the league's prize records.
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Warren now has 23 TD passes, five behind the season mark of 28 set by Hononegah's Payton Mather in 2019. And both have a good chance to become only the 10th (or 10th and 11th) quarterbacks in league history to throw for 2,000 yards in a season as they lead their teams into the second round of the playoffs Saturday.
Here are our updated large-school Rockford-area football stats (the NIC-10 plus Rochelle) after the first round of the playoffs for the 2023 season:
RUSHING
Player (School), Att-Yds, TD
Javius Catlin (East), 200-1,330, 17 TDs
Jahmani Muhammad (Har), 186-1,192, 12 TD
Grant Gensler (Roch), 138-1,085, 12 TD
Trent Dinsmore (BN), 146-860, 9 TD
Dylan Manning (Roch), 90-726, 11 TD
Patrick Dubose Jr (Aub), 108-615, 12 TD
AJ Moore (Aub), 94-589, 7 TD
Nico Bertolino (BN), 71-584, 9 TD
Greyson Motter (Hono), 93-570, 11 TD
Lashawn Gathright (Jeff), 120-546, 3
Roman Villoalobos (Roch), 109-546, 6 TD
Austin Alonso (Boy), 61-523, 12 TD
Izaias Primus (Guil), 98-389, 2 TD
Donavan Hanserd (Boy), 91-385, 10 TD
Erick Roman (BN), 43-356, 2 TD
Luke Poppe (Hono), 51-327, 7 TD
Estin Fichter (Hono), 65-321, 4 TD
Lee Smith (East), 57-315, 3 TD
Juan Cervantes (Belv), 89-314, 1 TD
Brayden Luellen (Jeff), 66-313, 2 TD
Nate Johnson (Har), 80-309, 5 TD
PASSING
Player (School), Comp-Att-Yds
Connor Dennis (Boy), 127-224-1,717, 16 TD, 5 Int
Cole Warren (Hono), 102-160-1,654, 25 TD, 2 Int
Payton Woker (Free), 106-245, 1,476, 17 TD, 18 int
Anthony Purifoy (Aub), 74-129-1,122, 10 TD, 6 Int
Grayson Weber (Guil), 38-78-637, 7 TD, 4 Int
Carson Lewis (Roch), 38-71-634, 7 TD, 7 Int
Gunnar Vuorenmaa (Belv), 59-135, 536, 4 TD, 7 Int
Derek Anderson (Har), 42-74-402, 4 TD, 2 Int
Max Gyllenswan (BN), 27-47-397, 10 TD, 2 Int
Dontae Love (Jeff), 37-80–380, 4 TD, 5 Int
Xavier Lindhe (Guil), 31-64-314, 6 TD, 2 Int
Twaine Phillips, 5-28-114, 1 TD, 0 Int
RECEIVING
Player (School), Rec-Yds
Isaiah Houi (Hono), 36-631, 11 TD
Leonard Spates (Aub), 26-534, 5 TD
Zac Matz (Free), 37-515, 7 TD
Santana English (Boy), 31-485, 6 TD
Cole Schmall (Hono), 25-449, 5 TD
Mason Caltagerone (Boy), 32-446, 3 TD
LaDamian Hoffman (Guil), 22-408, 6 TD
Dedric Macon (Free), 23-363, 7 TD
TJ Horton (Aub), 26-361, 2 TD
Joseph Melcher (Hono), 15-285, 5 TD
Jaelin Campbell (Free), 13-255, 1 TD
Jason Dean, (Belv), 25-242
Jaidyn Nguyen (Guil), 14-236, 2 TD
Phillip Dixon (Boy), 15-224, 2 TD
Randy Johnson (Jeff), 21-220, 3 TD
Nico Bertolino (BN), 13-214, 5 TD
Rasheed Johnson (Boy), 9-205, 2 TD
Saturday's area second-round playoff games
No. 5 Wauconda (8-2) at No. 4 Belvidere North (8-2), 1 p.m. Saturday in Class 6A
No. 15 Willowbrook Villa Park (8-2) at No. 2 Hononegah (10-0), 2 p.m. Saturday in Class 7A
No. 7 Elmhurst IC Catholic (8-2) at No. Boylan (9-1), 2 p.m. Saturday in Class 4A
Contact: mtrowbridge@rrstar.com, @matttrowbridge or 815-987-1383. Matt Trowbridge has covered sports for the Rockford Register Star for over 30 years, after previous stints in North Dakota, Delaware, Vermont and Iowa City.
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