WNC high school football 2022 final stat leaderboard: passing, rushing, receiving, tackling
The 2022 high school football season came to an end last week for WNC, with the area's two teams in action on Black Friday losing their fourth-round games, finalizing the stat leaderboards the Citizen Times has been tracking all year.
West Henderson senior Lukas Kachilo took over the passing crown during his team's playoff run, finishing with 3,380 yards through the air, the sixth-most single-season yardage in WNC public-school history. Falcons wide receiver Truitt Manuel was his top target, and the junior's 27 receiving touchdowns are a WNC record and the third-most in NCHSAA history.
Murphy junior Hunter Stalcup finished atop a back-and-forth rushing leaderboard by the slimmest of margins, his 2,204 yards edging Robbinsville's Cuttler Adams by two yards. Cherokee linebacker Luke Climbingbear was the area's top tackler, with 143.
See below for the full, final leaderboard from the 2022 season.
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Passing (minimum 500 yards) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player, School | Yards | Comp | Att. | TD | INT |
Lukas Kachilo, West Henderson | 3,380 | 248 | 342 | 43 | 9 |
Javier Rice, ACA | 3,287 | 234 | 369 | 37 | 15 |
Iggy Welch, Erwin | 2,753 | 183 | 318 | 31 | 11 |
Jed West, Smoky Mountain | 2,488 | 181 | 304 | 23 | 10 |
Ricky Tolbert, Asheville School | 2,354 | 157 | 261 | 30 | 9 |
Tray Mauney, Christ School | 2,209 | 146 | 249 | 16 | 5 |
Casey Beiler, Polk County | 1,830 | 111 | 207 | 16 | 8 |
Will Stanford, Avery County | 1,736 | 148 | 299 | 13 | 13 |
Hayden Craig, Reynolds | 1,677 | 113 | 159 | 19 | 2 |
Meek Slydell, Asheville High | 1,614 | 112 | 184 | 20 | 8 |
Cole Laney, Murphy | 1,609 | 95 | 187 | 18 | 14 |
Joseph Justice, East Henderson* | 1,606 | 115 | 229 | 11 | 15 |
Lennard Benniefield, Hendersonville | 1,462 | 92 | 145 | 12 | 2 |
Logan Caldwell, Hayesville | 1,362 | 109 | 183 | 15 | 7 |
Ty Turbyfill, Mitchell | 1,323 | 79 | 117 | 16 | 3 |
Donovan Bateman, Andrews* | 1,304 | 64 | 115 | 14 | 2 |
Caden Hilemon, Madison | 1,228 | 79 | 161 | 10 | 10 |
Colt Swicegood, Brevard* | 987 | 61 | 111 | 5 | 2 |
Davis Anders, Franklin | 871 | 76 | 151 | 7 | 12 |
Elyja Gibbs, Hendersonville | 813 | 48 | 73 | 10 | 1 |
Tso Smith, Cherokee | 642 | 41 | 88 | 5 | 7 |
Ricky Carr, McDowell | 622 | 47 | 89 | 8 | 3 |
Reese Winchester, Swain County | 584 | 47 | 121 | 4 | 11 |
Bryce Adams, Robbinsville | 581 | 37 | 57 | 5 | 1 |
Rushing (minimum 500 yards) | Yards | Att. | TD | ||
Hunter Stalcup, Murphy | 2,204 | 233 | 25 | ||
Cuttler Adams, Robbinsville | 2,202 | 275 | 27 | ||
Max Guest, Reynolds | 1,705 | 247 | 25 | ||
Angus Weaver, Polk County | 1,646 | 188 | 22 | ||
Isaac Weaver, Andrews* | 1,465 | 147 | 23 | ||
Josh Ellis, McDowell | 1,426 | 195 | 9 | ||
Dez Rodriguez, Tuscola* | 1,368 | 190 | 13 | ||
Chad Giarrusso, Mitchell | 1,262 | 154 | 17 | ||
Austin Martin, Andrews* | 1,145 | 140 | 18 | ||
Hezzie Rudisill, Hendersonville | 1,102 | 150 | 13 | ||
Carson Dimsdale, West Henderson | 1,087 | 152 | 6 | ||
Chase Calhoun, Cherokee | 1,057 | 216 | 8 | ||
Caden Hilemon, Madison | 1,032 | 156 | 15 | ||
Griffin Ray, Mountain Heritage* | 1,028 | 190 | 8 | ||
Brandon Quinn, Mountain Heritage* | 1,019 | 130 | 11 | ||
Caleb Jenkins, Asheville School | 1,016 | 112 | 9 | ||
Will Stanford, Avery County | 959 | 154 | 12 | ||
Ty Handley, Franklin | 951 | 178 | 10 | ||
Jett Benson, Tuscola* | 929 | 176 | 13 | ||
Tso Smith, Cherokee | 906 | 150 | 11 | ||
Jed West, Smoky Mountain | 902 | 120 | 8 | ||
Gage Young, Mitchell | 875 | 93 | 9 | ||
Taylor McClure, Hayesville | 838 | 173 | 10 | ||
Nic Williams, Asheville High | 780 | 126 | 7 | ||
Joshua Collins, Swain County | 719 | 156 | 4 | ||
Ricky Tolbert, Asheville School | 656 | 113 | 18 | ||
Tayman Howell, West Henderson | 653 | 81 | 7 | ||
Lex Dinwiddie, Roberson | 643 | 100 | 7 | ||
Marcus McCarson, East Henderson* | 637 | 85 | 7 | ||
Tyrin Credle, Roberson | 634 | 64 | 6 | ||
Reno Jeter, Roberson | 627 | 103 | 11 | ||
Matt Rogers, Enka | 627 | 133 | 10 | ||
Riley Pugh, Enka | 615 | 110 | 4 | ||
Corey Rackley, Rosman | 607 | 137 | 4 | ||
Tray Mauney, Christ School | 594 | 99 | 8 | ||
Nahshon Griffin, Brevard* | 591 | 92 | 7 | ||
Isaiah McNeely, Smoky Mountain | 586 | 115 | 10 | ||
Levi Shelton, Madison | 567 | 117 | 5 | ||
Brayden Watts, Franklin | 564 | 132 | 5 | ||
Jourdyn Butler, Tuscola* | 558 | 79 | 13 | ||
Kyheem Plummer, Asheville High | 538 | 83 | 5 | ||
Blake Boswell, McDowell | 530 | 71 | 6 | ||
Carson Lyday, Rosman | 519 | 104 | 6 | ||
Receiving (minimum 500 yards) | |||||
Player, School | Yards | Rec. | TD | ||
Truitt Manuel, West Henderson | 1,391 | 93 | 27 | ||
Ty Johnson, Erwin | 1,253 | 59 | 12 | ||
Hayezon Tobe, Asheville School | 1,141 | 79 | 17 | ||
Antonio Simpson, Polk County | 1,094 | 50 | 6 | ||
Eric Rasheed, Hendersonville | 1,069 | 52 | 11 | ||
Jacob Price, ACA | 1,043 | 65 | 17 | ||
Da'Mare Williams, Smoky Mountain | 1,024 | 61 | 13 | ||
Bram Lowery, ACA | 820 | 42 | 8 | ||
Meechie Graves, Erwin | 737 | 55 | 8 | ||
Khalil Conley, Christ School | 736 | 39 | 5 | ||
Diego Castro, West Henderson | 722 | 51 | 8 | ||
Jeremiah Dodd, ACA | 686 | 57 | 4 | ||
Jayce Stillwell, Smoky Mountain | 644 | 44 | 6 | ||
Zack Myers, Christ School | 636 | 25 | 8 | ||
Cameron Banks, West Henderson | 632 | 53 | 4 | ||
Cameron Grooms, Murphy | 610 | 35 | 6 | ||
Wesley Murray, East Henderson* | 561 | 29 | 4 | ||
Latrell Baker, Avery County | 533 | 37 | 3 | ||
Cole Anderson, Andrews* | 533 | 23 | 4 | ||
Robert Adams, East Henderson* | 524 | 25 | 6 | ||
Dalton Hollifield, Mitchell | 517 | 30 | 7 | ||
Elijah Holtsclaw, Avery County | 500 | 37 | 4 | ||
Tackles (min. 60; max. 3 per team) | |||||
Player, School | Tackles | GP | |||
Luke Climbingbear, Cherokee | 143 | 12 | |||
Taylor McClure, Hayesville | 138 | 13 | |||
Caden Hilemon, Madison | 131 | 11 | |||
Cohen Bohanon, Roberson | 126 | 11 | |||
Angus Weaver, Polk County | 120 | 10 | |||
Andrew Schultz, West Henderson | 120 | 13 | |||
Noah Shaw, Asheville High | 115 | 11 | |||
John Ledford, Murphy | 115 | 13 | |||
CJ Landrum, Hendersonville | 114 | 12 | |||
Nick Lyons, East Henderson* | 110 | 10 | |||
Dennis Waters, Hendersonville | 109 | 9 | |||
Eben Mann, West Henderson | 109 | 13 | |||
Carter Browning, Pisgah | 108 | 11 | |||
Martavis Davis, Asheville High | 104 | 11 | |||
Paul Orr, Hendersonville | 101 | 12 | |||
Zy-rque Smith, Asheville High | 101 | 11 | |||
Mato Grant, Cherokee | 100 | 12 | |||
Xavier Otter, Cherokee | 99 | 11 | |||
Asher Hartzog, Avery County | 98 | 11 | |||
Judah Balson, ACA | 97 | 10 | |||
Bram Lowery, ACA | 96 | 10 | |||
Kadence Leatherwood, Murphy | 95 | 12 | |||
Lukas Hughes, Avery County | 94 | 11 | |||
Asher Cunningham, Reynolds | 93 | 13 | |||
Tyler Nash, West Henderson | 90 | 13 | |||
Waller Dixon, Asheville School | 89 | 11 | |||
Nick Sharpe, Erwin | 89 | 11 | |||
Judah Dayton, Erwin | 89 | 12 | |||
Brandon Guest, Reynolds | 88 | 12 | |||
Joshua Collins, Swain County | 87 | 12 | |||
Quinn Jumper, Robbinsville | 86 | 13 | |||
Griffin Ray, Mountain Heritage* | 84 | 11 | |||
Logan Reynolds, Mountain Heritage* | 84 | 10 | |||
Blake Sain, Swain County | 84 | 12 | |||
Levi Shelton, Madison | 83 | 11 | |||
Jack Shimer, Christ School | 82 | 11 | |||
Hudson Smith, Pisgah | 82 | 11 | |||
Devon Hollis, Roberson | 81 | 11 | |||
Reno Jeter, Roberson | 81 | 11 | |||
Hunter Stalcup, Murphy | 79 | 13 | |||
Tytus Bridges, Pisgah | 79 | 11 | |||
Bryce Adams, Robbinsville | 77 | 13 | |||
Landon Hughes, Avery County | 76 | 11 | |||
Adam Ledford, Mountain Heritage* | 73 | 11 | |||
Lucas Lyons, East Henderson* | 73 | 10 | |||
Enrique Huaroco, Mitchell | 71 | 12 | |||
Lucas Ritter, Tuscola* | 71 | ||||
Zeke Silvers, Robbinsville | 71 | 13 | |||
Drew Martin, Andrews* | 69 | 10 | |||
Brayden Watts, Franklin | 69 | 11 | |||
Connor Williams, ACA | 66 | 10 | |||
Casey Beiler, Polk County | 66 | 11 | |||
Clayton Guynn, Franklin | 65 | 11 | |||
DaShawn Stone, Reynolds | 65 | 11 | |||
Kicking (min. 15 PATs, 85%) | |||||
Player, School | PATs-att. | PAT% | FGs-att. | FG long | |
Diego Loredo, Madison | 33-33 | 100% | 2-5 | 38 | |
Cooper King, Hendersonville | 40-41 | 98% | 7-9 | 38 | |
Chad Giarrusso, Mitchell | 62-65 | 95% | 2-2 | 35 | |
Nolan Martin, Tuscola* | 39-42 | 93% | 3-3 | 37 | |
Daniel Riddle, Franklin | 26-28 | 93% | 6-10 | 39 | |
Jarod Glenn, Reynolds | 49-53 | 92% | 6-6 | 41 | |
Irbin Villafuerte, W. Henderson | 61-68 | 90% | 6-8 | 45 | |
Hernando Hernandez, Brevard* | 24-27 | 89% | 2-2 | 28 | |
Will Joyner, Murphy | 28-32 | 88% | 1-3 | 32 | |
Logan Nodine, Polk County | 40-46 | 87% | 1-1 | 21 |
Missing stats from final game: Andrews, Brevard, Mountain Heritage, Tuscola
Incomplete stats: East Henderson, North Henderson, Owen
No/incomplete tackling stats: Enka, North Buncombe, North Henderson, Smoky Mountain, Tuscola
No offensive stats: Pisgah
This article originally appeared on Asheville Citizen Times: WNC high school football leaderboard 2022: Full, final season stats
