Here are all the Big Northern and NUIC stats headed into final week of regular season
The high school football season has hit the final week of the regular season, and there are plenty of teams looking to finish strong, or head into the playoffs on a high note.
Heading into Week 9, here is a look at the standings and the stats from the area teams in the BNC and the NUIC from the first eight weeks of action:
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BIG NORTHERN CONFERENCE
Standings
Overall (conference records are the same)
Stillman Valley 8-0
Byron 7-1
Genoa-Kingston 6-2
Dixon 5-3
Winnebago 5-3
Lutheran 4-4
North Boone 2-6
Oregon 2-6
Rockford Christian 1-7
Rock Falls 0-8
Rushing
Player, team, carries, yards, TDs
Supreme Muhammad (Winnebago), 104-800, 12 TD
Jory Spain (Stillman Valley), 177-727, 16 TD
Porter Needs (Stillman Valley), 70-682, 9 TD
Owen Zitkus (Stillman Valley), 70-567, 1 TD
Logan Olson (Winnebago), 76-499, 6 TD
Caden Considine (Byron), 60-438, 5 TD
Gabe Eckerd (Oregon), 65-407, 4 TD
Carsen Behn (Byron), 51-406, 6 TD
Kyng Hughes (Lutheran), 81-393, 5 TD
Kye Aken (Byron), 48-360, 4 TD
Braden Smith (Byron), 28-334, 6 TD
Chandler Alderman (North Boone), 65-333, 1 TD
Noah Reeder (Oregon), 49-304, 4 TD
Gavin Sanders (Lutheran), 40-290, 3 TD
A.J. Moore (Lutheran), 52-270, 3 TD
Lucas Cowman (Winnebago), 48-241, 1 TD
Braden Engel (Stillman Valley), 27-232, 2 TD
Jacob Ross (Byron), 32-218, 1 TD
Everett Wichman (Byron), 16-205, 4 TD
Ashton Henkel (Byron), 13-157, 4 TD
Brandon Wiggan (Winnebago), 29-147, 5 TD
LaRyan Brown Gitchel (Rockford Christian), 30-115
David Ballard (Lutheran), 16-115, 4 TD
Jack Christensen (North Boone), 19-115, 1 TD
Braden Rodgers (Stillman Valley), 18-67, 1 TD
Brody Carlson (Rockford Christian), 39-61, 1 TD
Will Speltz (Winnebago), 6-60, 1 T
Jack Washburn (Oregon), 18-15
Passing
Player and team, then completions, attempts, yards, interceptions and TDs
Chandler Alderman (North Boone), 110-199-1,041-10-11
Alec Weavel (Winnebago), 69-119-919-2-5
Kyng Hughes (Lutheran), 54-130-886-3-9
Jack Washburn (Oregon), 77-148-638-6-2
Brody Carlson (Rockford Christian), 14-55-239-9-3
Braden Smith (Byron), 9-34-196-1-2
Jaden Williams (Rockford Christian), 12-28-168-1-2
Braden Engel (Stillman Valley), 3-4-52-0-1
Kale Rauman (Stillman Valley), 1-5-28-0-0
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Receiving
Player and team, then catches, yards and TDs
Chris Doetch (North Boone), 43-502, 6 TD
Bjorn Carlson (Rockford Christian), 10-260, 3 TD
Andrew Penticoff (Winnebago), 12-249, 2 TD
David Ballard (Lutheran), 12-213, 2 TD
Julian Rodriguez (North Boone), 26-208
Josh Crandall (Oregon), 14-206, 1 TD
Kaiden Steurer (Winnebago), 15-184, 1 TD
Adrien Raabe (North Boone), 23-195, 2 TD
Will Speltz (Winnebago), 8-162, 1 TD
Mason Villfuerte (Lutheran), 6-127, 2 TD
Trasean Lockhart (Lutheran), 4-124
Brandon Wiggan (Winnebago), 6-103, 1 TD
Jacob Ross (Byron), 2-96, 1 TD
Austin Egyed (Oregon), 14-95, 1 TD
AJ Moore (Lutheran), 10-93, 1 TD
Kolton Watts (Winnebago), 12-81
Lucas Cowman (Winnebago), 14-122
Griffin Marlatt (Oregon), 11-81
Jack Behmer (Lutheran), 8-71, 2 TD
Braylon Kilduff (Byron), 2-47, 1 TD
Braden Markell (North Boone), 6-40, 1 TD
Trace Butler (Rockford Christian), 4-37
Supreme Muhammad (Winnebago), 2-18
Ashton Henkel (Byron), 2-23
NUIC
Standings
Overall, conference records
Lena-Winslow 7-0, 6-0
Durand/Pecatonica 5-2, 4-2
Fulton 5-2, 5-1
Forreston 4-3, 4-3
Dakota 4-3, 3-3
Galena 3-4, 2-4
Stockton 3-4, 2-4
E/PC 2-5, 2-5
West Carroll 0-7, 0-6
Rushing
Player and team, then carries, yards and TDs
AJ Mulcahy (Du/Pec), 111-1,008, 18 TD
Gunar Lobdell (Le-Win), 78-1,000, 14 TD
Johnny Kobler (Forreston), 110-927, 14 TD
Gage Dunker (Le-Win), 94-913, 19 TD
Kaleb Sanders (Forreston), 69-686, 9 TD
Jake Zeal (Le-Win), 59-662, 9 TD
Adrian Arellano (Dakota), 66-572, 5 TD
Micah Nelson (Forreston), 49-513, 6 TD
Thomas Bowman (Dakota), 104-460, 10 TD
Karl Hubb (Stockton), 41-428, 5 TD
Dustin Oppold (Stockton), 45-340, 4 TD
Jaylen Noud (Du/Pec), 44-297, 1 TD
Quentin Frederick (Forreston), 52-284
Cooper Hoffman (Du/Pec) 53-277, 3 TD
McKeon Crase (Forreston), 37-248, 4 TD
Kaidyn Niedermeier (Dakota), 49-223, 5 TD
Tanner Gile (Stockton), 39-143, 2 TD
Jace Phillips (Stockton), 33-130, 2 TD
Dermot Dolan (Du/Pec), 17-119, 3 TD
Eli Kleckler (Le-Win), 11-97, 2 TD
Brody Black (Du/Pec), 3-30, 1 TD
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Passing
Player and team, then completions, attempts, yards, interceptions and TDs
Kaidyn Niedermeier (Dakota), 59-106-910-7-11
Cooper Hoffman (Du/Pec) 65-100-709-4-9
Carson McPeek (Stockton), 18-49-309-5-2
Drew Streckwald (Le-Win), 6-11-225-0-5
Brock Smith (Forreston), 10-31-156-2-2
Quinn Rodebaugh (Le-Win), 1-1-73-0-1
Parker Luke (Stockton), 5-19-57-1-0
Will Howard (Du/Pec), 6-11-51-0-0
AJ Mulcahy (Du/Pec), 1-1-18-0-0
Receiving
Player and team, then catches, yards and TDs
Adrian Arellano (Dakota), 22-514, 6 TD
Tug Dornink (Dakota), 28-319, 1 TD
Will Howard (Du/Pec), 23-304, 4 TD
Drew Williams (Du/Pec), 22-194, 1 TD
Jace Flynn (Le-Win), 2-138, 2 TD
Jaxon Diedrich, (Du/Pec), 8-113, 2 TD
Nathan Folk (Du/Pec), 7-81
Ryley Schultz (Stockton) 5-76
Gunar Lobdell (Le-Win), 1-73, 1 TD
Micah Nelson (Forreston), 3-55, 2 TD
Parker Luke (Stockton), 1-54, 1 TD
Jake Zeal (Le-Win), 2-53, 2 TD
AJ Mulcahy (Du/Pec), 4-43, 2 TD
Thomas Bowman (Dakota), 2-32, 1 TD
Nolan Mayberry (Dakota), 3-21, 1 TD
Quentin Frederick (Forreston), 3-20
Colby Tucker (Stockton), 3-19
Jay Taft is a Rockford Register Star sports reporter. Email him at jtaft@rrstar.com and follow him on Twitter at @JayTaft. Sign up for the Rockford High School newsletter at rrstar.com. Jay has covered a wide variety of sports, from the Chicago Bears to youth sports, for more than 20 years at the Register Star, and for nearly 30 years all together. He was a four-sport athlete himself, and is the father of five that went on to be jocks of some kind as well.
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