WNC high school football 2022: Week 2 stat leaderboard, top performers

James Crabtree-Hannigan and Zachary Huber, Asheville Citizen Times
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Each week during the 2022 North Carolina high school football season, the Citizen Times will update the WNC leaderboards, highlighting the players who are having standout years.

Big performances from the West Henderson passing attack and Reynolds ground game were the story in Week 2, while Madison's defensive slugfest with North Buncombe has Patriots atop the tackling leaderboard.

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WEEK 2 STORYLINES: 5 notable results from Friday night

POWER RANKINGS: The top WNC teams, ranked 1-10

Passing (minimum 125 yards)

Player, School

Yards

Comp

Att

TD

INT

Lucas Kachilo, West Henderson

563

32

47

7

3

Iggy Welch, Erwin

548

34

51

7

2

Javier Rice, ACA

398

36

73

5

3

Elyja Gibbs, Hendersonville

374

25

38

4

1

Jed West, Smoky Mountain

308

20

33

3

0

Tray Mauney, Christ School

257

21

38

3

1

Meek Slydell, Asheville High

224

18

34

1

1

Will Stanford, Avery County

223

24

56

0

4

Casey Beiler, Polk County

214

17

35

4

0

Logan Caldwell, Hayesville

205

20

34

3

0

Ty Turbyfill, Mitchell

180

10

16

0

0

Ricky Carr, McDowell

162

13

22

1

1

Donovan Carpenter, Robbinsville

160

10

18

1

2

Gabe Banks, North Buncombe

156

7

15

1

1

Brandon Quinn, Mountain Heritage

149

10

15

1

1

Kaden Smith, Cherokee

142

8

19

1

4

Colt Swicegood, Brevard

128

12

17

0

0

Rushing (minimum 125 yards)

Yards

Att

TD

Max Guest, Reynolds

414

45

4

Cuttler Adams, Robbinsville

353

45

4

Ty Handley, Franklin

345

57

3

Carson Dimsdale, West Henderson

266

36

1

Chad Giarrusso, Mitchell

242

33

5

Angus Weaver, Polk County

235

38

2

Blake Boswell, McDowell

234

31

3

Josh Ellis, McDowell

220

29

1

Corey Rackley, Rosman

216

56

2

Ty Laney, Murphy

198

31

1

Gabe Lillard, Swain County

197

23

1

Gage Young, Mitchell

197

20

2

Griffin Ray, Mountain Heritage

186

28

0

Isaiah McNeely, Smoky Mountain

177

30

2

Caden Hilemon, Madison

173

27

2

Kyle Lunsford, Hayesville

149

20

1

Isaac Weaver, Andrews

141

8

4

Taylor McClure, Hayesville

140

26

1

Tray Mauney, Christ School

131

10

1

Joshua Collins, Swain County

126

29

1

Receiving (minimum 125 yards)

Player, School

Yards

Rec.

TD

Truitt Manuel, West Henderson

232

13

3

Ty Johnson, Erwin

206

10

2

Da'Mare Williams, Smoky Mountain

180

9

2

Antonio Simpson, Polk County

170

10

1

Eric Rasheed, Hendersonville

202

11

2

Diego Castro, West Henderson

162

5

2

Tayshawn Collins, Hendersonville

139

5

2

Tackles (min. 15; max. 3 per team)

Player, School

Tackles

GP

Caden Hilemon, Madison

33

2

Noah Shaw, Asheville High

31

2

Martavis Davis, Asheville High

25

2

Cale Ball, Madison

25

2

Angus Weaver, Polk County

24

2

Paul Orr, Hendersonville

24

2

Levi Shelton, Madison

23

2

Cohen Bohanon, Roberson

22

2

Reno Jeter, Roberson

21

2

Heff Finley, Asheville High

20

2

CJ Landrum, Hendersonville

19

2

Cooper Perone, Christ School

19

2

Lukas Hughes, Avery County

18

2

Tyler Nash, West Henderson

18

2

Ty Laney, Murphy

18

2

Devon Hollis, Roberson

18

2

Tayshawn Collins, Hendersonville

18

2

Taylor McClure, Hayesville

17

2

Asher Hartzog, Avery County

17

2

Jack Shimer, Christ School

17

2

Dawson Bartlett, McDowell

16

2

Devyn Cash, McDowell

16

2

Jordan Riddle, Mitchell

15

2

Ty Handley, Franklin

15

2

Daniel Ensley, Franklin

15

2

No stats available for: East Henderson, Owen, Pisgah, Tuscola

No Week 2 stats available for: Andrews

This article originally appeared on Asheville Citizen Times: WNC high school football stats 2022: Week 2 leaderboard, top players