Week 8 NIC-10 football stats: Leonard Spates, Javius Catlin moving up the most
Auburn's Leonard Spates and East's Javius Catlin were the biggest movers in the NIC-10 stats races last week, both scoring three long touchdowns to lead their teams to wins. Catlin's 241 yards on the ground last week gave him 1,161 on the season. He now leads the area large school runners by more than 200 yards. He also passed Rob Dal Santo, Austin Smaha and Steve McShane to move into second all-time on the NIC-10 career rushing list, 160 yards behind Harlem's Brenton Shaw with one game left in his career.
Spates three catches for 138 yards last week were fourth most in Auburn history, trailing only Davone Stanfield (169 yards), Athavion Coleman (144) and Elgia Leigh (143). He moved up to fourth in the NIC-10 in receiving.
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Here are the Rockford-area large-school football leaders (NIC-10 teams plus Rochelle) after eight weeks of the 2023 season:
RUSHING
Player (School), Att-Yds, TD
Javius Catlin (East), 177-1,161, 14 TDs
Jahmani Muhammad (Har), 164-938, 9 TD
Grant Gensler (Roch), 102-912, 12 TD
Trent Dinsmore (BN), 113-669, 6 TD
Patrick Dubose Jr (Aub), 93-564, 12 TD
Lashawn Gathright (Jeff), 109-517, 3 TD
AJ Moore (Aub), 78-509, 7 TD
Dylan Manning (Roch), 62-506, 8 TD
Roman Villoalobos (Roch), 92-485, 5 TD
Nico Bertolino (BN), 58-454, 7 TD
Izaias Primus (Guil), 93-388, 2 TD
Austin Alonso (Boy), 49-370, 9 TD
Donavan Hanserd (Boy), 75-357, 8 TD
Greyson Motter (Hono), 65-340, 9 TD
Luke Poppe (Hono), 49-321, 7 TD
Juan Cervantes (Belv), 89-314, 1 TD
Estin Fichter (Hono), 56-284, 3 TD
Erick Roman (BN), 31-277, 2 TD
Nate Johnson (Har), 68-225, 2 TD
Brayden Luellen (Jeff), 55-225, 1 TD
Lee Smith (East), 45-213, 1 TD
Cam Verner (Free), 62-208, 1 TD
Chris Porter (Guil), 38-200
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PASSING
Player (School), Comp-Att-Yds
Cole Warren (Hono), 85-137-1,379, 17 TD, 2 Int
Connor Dennis (Boy), 93-161-1,283, 11 TD, 4 Int
Payton Woker (Free), 84-195, 1,224, 17 TD, 15 int
Anthony Purifoy (Aub), 51-89-743, 7 TD, 3 Int
Grayson Weber (Guil), 30-67-541, 7 TD, 4 Int
Gunnar Vuorenmaa (Belv), 59-135, 536, 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), 20-34-340, 10 TD, 2 Int
D’ontae Love (Jeff), 31-65–248, 3 TD, 5 Int
Xavier Lindhe (Guil), 25-54-165, 5 TD, 2 Int
Twaine Phillips, 5-28-114, 1 TD, 0 Int
Nate Johnson (Har), 9-33-51, 1 TD, 2 Int
Chandler Jack (Har), 3-11-48, 0 TD, 1 Int
RECEIVING
Player (School), Rec-Yds
Isaiah Houi (Hono), 29-538, 7 TD
Zac Matz (Free), 33-461, 7 TD
Cole Schmall (Hono), 23-438, 5 TD
Leonard Spates (Aub), 19-429, 4 TD
Santana English (Boy), 24-381, 3 TD
Dedric Macon (Free), 21-360, 7 TD
LaDamian Hoffman (Guil), 19-327, 5 TD
Mason Caltagerone (Boy), 23-320, 3 TD
Jason Dean, (Belv), 25-242
Phillip Dixon (Boy), 14-227, 2 TD
Joseph Melcher (Hono), 11-205, 3 TD
Rasheed Johnson (Boy), 9-205, 2 TD
Jaelin Campbell (Free), 11-189, 1 TD
Nico Bertolino (BN), 10-176, 5 TD
Matt Laslowski (Belv), 14-168, 1 TD
Drake Ferguson (Har), 20-162, 2 TD
Randy Johnson (Jeff), 19-160, 2 TD
Cayden Moore (Roch), 10-149, 2 TD
Jordan Vyborny (Har), 13-146, 2 TD
Jaidyn Nguyen (Guil), 8-135, 2 TD
Jasper Jenkins (Aub), 6-103
Elijah Harley (Roch), 7-101, 1 TD
Tommy Tourdot (Roch), 6-101, 1 TD
Erick Roman (BN), 5-100, 1 TD
Friday's games
Belvidere (1-7) at Harlem (5-3)
Guilford (3-5) at Belvidere North (6-2)
Freeport (2-6) at Boylan (7-1)
Hononegah (8-0) at Auburn (5-3)
Rochelle (6-2) at Richmond-Burton (7-1)
Saturday's game
Jefferson (0-8) at East (3-5)
This article originally appeared on Rockford Register Star: Week 8 NIC-10 football stats plus Week 9 schedule
