Week 7 NIC-10 football leaders: Hononegah duo is chasing rare NIC-10 feat
Teammates have each had 600 yards receiving four times in NIC-10 history. Hononegah's Isaiah Houi and Cole Schmall could make it five.
Former Notre Dame basketball player Ryan Hoover (685) and John Hemenway (641) finished first and third in the league in receiving for Hononegah in 1990. Brandt Hixson (900) and Jalon Benson (657) of Harlem both topped 600 in 2019. In the shortened COVID season, Harlem's Dominic McCarren (647) and Dezzion Jordan (642) each averaged over 100 yards. So did Belvidere's Phil Kolk (1,181 yards) and Will Morris (838 in eight games) in 2016. Houi (503 yards) and Schmall (438) are bidding to join that illustrious company, ranking first and second in the NIC-10 in receiving yards after seven games.
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Here are all the NIC-10 leaders (plus Rochelle) after seven games of the 2023 IHSA football season, plus this week's schedule:
RUSHING
Player (School), Att-Yds, TD
Javius Catlin (East), 161-919, 11 TD
Grant Gensler (Roch), 84-817, 12 TD
Jahmani Muhammad (Har), 146-806, 9 TD
Trent Dinsmore (BN), 109-663, 6 TD
Patrick Dubose Jr (Aub), 82-482, 10 TD
AJ Moore (Aub), 64-422, 4 TD
Nico Bertolino (BN), 51-419, 6 TD
Roman Villoalobos (Roch), 76-418, 4 TD
Lashawn Gathright (Jeff), 92-409, 3 TD
Dylan Manning (Roch), 49-381, 7 TD
Izaias Primus (Guil), 82-365, 2 TD
Austin Alonso (Boy), 40-329, 8 TD
Donavan Hanserd (Boy), 64-303, 7 TD
Greyson Motter (Hono), 60-298, 8 TD
Luke Poppe (Hono), 45-290, 7 TD
Erick Roman (BN), 28-263, 2 TD
Juan Cervantes (Belv), 77-260, 1 TD
Estin Fichter (Hono), 49-253, 2 TD
Nate Johnson (Har), 57-242, 2 TD
Brayden Luellen (Jeff), 49-205, 1 TD
Chris Porter (Guil), 36-198
Lee Smith (East), 38-189, 1 TD
Rasheed Johnson (Boy), 26-172, 2 TD
Jason Dean (Belv), 43-167, 1 TD
Brock Anderson (Hono), 26-163, 3 TD
Messiah Tilson (Guil), 26-163, 3 TD
Malik Livingston (Aub), 19-145, 1 TD
Xavier Lindhe (Guil), 36-144
Salvatore Laudicina (BN), 13-141, 2 TD
Cam Verner (Free), 43-135, 1 TD
Denarius Jackson (Free), 37-132, 3 TD
Max Gyllenswan (BN), 53-131, 2 TD
Leonard Spates (Aub), 14-122
Tyeshaun Whittie (East), 18-112
Dedric Macon (Free), 21-105, 1 TD
Erich Metzger (Roch), 12-105, 2 TD
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PASSING
Player (School), Comp-Att-Yds
Cole Warren (Hono), 79-126-1,310, 15 TD, 1 Int
Connor Dennis (Boy), 81-145-1,131, 10 TD, 4 Int
Payton Woker (Free), 76-170, 1,060, 14 TD, 13 int
Anthony Purifoy (Aub), 46-84-567, 4 TD, 3 Int
Grayson Weber (Guil), 30-65-541, 7 TD, 3 Int
Gunnar Vuorenmaa (Belv), 58-126, 533, 4 TD, 7 Int
Carson Lewis (Roch), 31-54-491, 5 TD, 5 Int
Derek Anderson (Har), 42-74-402, 4 TD, 2 Int
Max Gyllenswan (BN), 18-30-274, 10 TD, 2 Int
Dontae Love (Jeff), 28-57–230, 2 TD, 5 Int
Xavier Lindhe (Guil), 24-49-164, 5 TD, 2 Int
Twaine Phillips, 5-28-114, 1 TD, 0 Int
Nathaniel Johnson (Har), 9-27-51, 1 TD, 2 Int
Chandler Jack (Har), 3-11-48, 0 TD, 1 Int
RECEIVING
Player (School), Rec-Yds
Isaiah Houi (Hono), 28-503, 7 TD
Cole Schmall (Hono), 23-438, 5 TD
Zac Matz (Free), 30-378, 6 TD
Dedric Macon (Free), 21-360, 7 TD
Santana English (Boy), 21-358, 3 TD
LaDamian Hoffman (Guil), 19-327, 5 TD
Leonard Spates (Aub), 16-291, 1 TD
Mason Caltagerone (Boy), 19-250, 2 TD
Jason Dean, (Belv), 24-239
Rasheed Johnson (Boy), 9-205, 2 TD
Joseph Melcher (Hono), 10-193, 3 TD
Phillip Dixon (Boy), 12-187, 2 TD
Matt Laslowski (Belv), 14-168, 1 TD
Nico Bertolino (BN), 9-164, 5 TD
Drake Ferguson (Har), 20-162, 2 TD
Randy Johnson (Jeff), 19-160, 2 TD
Jaelin Campbell (Free), 9-160
Cayden Moore (Roch), 10-149, 2 TD
Jordan Vyborny (Har), 13-146, 2 TD
Jaidyn Nguyen (Guil), 8-135, 2 TD
Elijah Harley (Roch), 7-101, 1 TD
Tommy Tourdot (Roch), 6-101, 1 TD
Friday's games
Belvidere (1-6) at Hononegah (7-0)
Harlem (5-2) at Belvidere North (5-2)
East (2-5) at Freeport (2-5)
Boylan (6-1) at Guilford (3-4)
Plano (4-3) at Rochelle (5-2)
Saturday's game
Auburn (4-3) at Jefferson (0-7) at noon
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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