NUIC and BNC leaders ahead of quarterfinals
The Illinois High School Association state playoffs have reached the quarterfinals, with six Rockford-area teams still alive, including three out of the NUIC and one out of the Big Northern Conference.
Stillman Valley’s ouster from the postseason probably assures there will be no 1,000-yard rusher to come out of the BNC this season, which is a rarity. But Forreston’s Johny Kobler had another big game in the Cardinals’ upset victory in the second round and he overtook the rushing lead in the NUIC, with 1,296 yards and 21 TDs. He’s one of three backs to go for over 1,000 yards in the NUIC this season, with three more on the doorstep.
As we get set for the quarters, here is a look at the updated individual stats for all the players off of local teams from the Big Northern Conference and the NUIC:
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NUIC
rushing
Player and team, then carries, yards and TDs
Johnny Kobler (Forreston), 171-1,296, 21 TD
AJ Mulcahy (Du/Pec), 148-1,289, 23 TD
Gunar Lobdell (Le-Win), 100-1,286, 20 TD
Gage Dunker (Le-Win), 117-996, 22 TD
Adrian Arellano (Dakota), 106-946, 9TD
Jake Zeal (Le-Win), 72-860, 11 TD
Kaleb Sanders (Forreston), 104-857, 12 TD
Thomas Bowman (Dakota), 144-622, 12 TD
Micah Nelson (Forreston), 49-513, 7 TD
Jaylen Noud (Du/Pec), 58-439, 3 TD
Karl Hubb (Stockton), 41-428, 5TD
McKeon Crase (Forreston), 61-366, 5 TD
Quentin Frederick (Forreston), 61-336, 1TD
Dustin Oppold (Stockton), 50-347, 4TD
Cooper Hoffman (Du/Pec) 66-355, 4TD
Kaidyn Niedermeier (Dakota), 67-297, 5 TD
Dermot Dolan (Du/Pec), 32-173, 4 TD
Jace Phillips (Stockton), 43-163, 2TD
Tanner Gile (Stockton), 43-153, 2TD
Eli Kleckler (Le-Win), 12-99, 2 TD
Brody Black (Du/Pec), 3-30, 1 TD
Pass
Player and team, then completions, attempts, yards, interceptions and TDs
Kaidyn Niedermeier (Dakota), 73-134-1,126-11-13
Cooper Hoffman (Du/Pec) 93-134-992-5-14
Carson McPeek (Stockton), 21-55-348-6-3
Drew Streckwald (Le-Win), 7-13-252-0-5
Brock Smith (Forreston) 11-34-182-2-3
Quinn Rodebaugh (Le-Win), 1-1-73-0-1
Will Howard (Du/Pec), 11-27-62-2-0
Parker Luke (Stockton), 5-19-57-1-0
AJ Mulcahy (Du/Pec), 1-1-18-0-0
receiving
Player and team, then catches, yards and TDs
Adrian Arellano (Dakota), 26-595, 8TD
Will Howard (Du/Pec), 33-425, 7 TD
Tug Dornink (Dakota), 34-403, 1TD
Drew Williams (Du/Pec), 31-255, 2 TD
Jaxon Diedrich, (Du/Pec), 16-177, 3 TD
Jace Flynn (Le-Win), 3-165, 2 TD
Nathan Folk (Du/Pec), 9-93
Kaleb Sanders (Forreston), 4-88, 1 TD
Ryley Schultz (Stockton), 6-81
Colby Tucker (Stockton), 4-77, 1 TD
Gunar Lobdell (Le-Win), 1-73, 1 TD
Micah Nelson (Forreston),4-68, 2TD
Thomas Bowman (Dakota), 5-79, 1 TD
Parker Luke (Stockton), 1-54, 1TD
Jake Zeal (Le-Win), 2-53, 2 TD
AJ Mulcahy (Du/Pec), 5-49, 2 TD
Nolan Mayberry (Dakota), 4-25, 1 TD
Quentin Frederick (Forreston), 3-20
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BIG NORTHERN CONFERENCE
Rushing
Player, team, carries, yards, TDs
Supreme Muhammad (Winnebago), 142-942, 12 TD
Porter Needs (Stillman Valley), 101-931, 11 TD
Jory Spain (Stillman Valley), 234-904, 20 TD
Owen Zitkus (Stillman Valley), 110-758, 3TD
Caden Considine (Byron), 76-587, 8 TD
AJ Moore (Lutheran), 96-584, 6 TD
Carsen Behn (Byron), 68-526, 8TD
Kye Aken (Byron), 57-518, 6 TD
Gabe Eckerd (Oregon), 92-514, 5 TD
Logan Olson (Winnebago), 76-499, 6 TD
Chandler Alderman (North Boone), 80-445, 2 TD
Braden Engel (Stillman Valley), 49-422, 3TD
Braden Smith (Byron), 45-451, 8TD
Noah Reeder (Oregon), 66-418, 6 TD
Brayden Knoll (Byron), 48-417, 6 TD
Lucas Cowman (Winnebago), 67-365, 1 TD
Kyng Hughes (Lutheran), 89-351, 4 TD
Jacob Ross (Byron), 42-336, 2 TD
Gavin Sanders (Lutheran), 46-328, 4D
Ashton Henkel (Byron), 19-278, 7 TD
Everett Wichman (Byron), 21-238, 5TD
Brandon Wiggan (Winnebago), 44-224, 6 TD
David Ballard (Lutheran), 23-133, 4 TD
Jack Christensen (North Boone), 20-124, 1 TD
LaRyan Brown Gitchel (Rockford Christian), 30-115
Braden Rodgers (Stillman Valley), 30-104, 2 TD
Brody Carlson (Rockford Christian), 42-78, 1 TD
Will Speltz (Winnebago), 8-73, 1 TD
Jack Washburn (Oregon), 18-15
passing
Player and team, then completions, attempts, yards, interceptions and TDs
Chandler Alderman (North Boone), 126-220-1,313-10-17
Kyng Hughes (Lutheran), 82-184-1,311-6-14
Alec Weavel (Winnebago), 84-153-1,130-4-7
Jack Washburn (Oregon), 84-162-694-6-2
Brody Carlson (Rockford Christian), 18-64-365-10-4
Braden Smith (Byron), 14-41-335-0-6
Jaden Williams (Rockford Christian), 13-31-170-1-2
Braden Engel (Stillman Valley), 3-5-52-0-1
Kale Rauman (Stillman Valley), 2-7-32-1-0
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Rreceiving
Player and team, then catches, yards and TDs
Chris Doetch (North Boone), 48-607, 8 TD
Bjorn Carlson (Rockford Christian), 13-373, 4 TD
David Ballard (Lutheran), 20-371, 3 TD
Adrien Raabe (North Boone), 28-306, 4 TD
Kaiden Steurer (Winnebago), 18-275, 2 TD
Julian Rodriguez (North Boone), 30-250, 2 TD
Andrew Penticoff (Winnebago), 12-249, 2 TD
Trasean Lockhart (Lutheran), 11-245, 2 TD
Josh Crandall (Oregon), 15-224, 1TD
AJ Moore (Lutheran), 19-221, 2TD
Mason Villfuerte (Lutheran), 11-218, 2 TD
Will Speltz (Winnebago), 9-197, 1 TD
Lucas Cowman (Winnebago), 20-195
Jack Behmer (Lutheran), 13-144, 2 TD
Austin Egyed (Oregon), 18-123, 1TD
Brandon Wiggan (Winnebago), 9-121, 2 TD
Jacob Ross (Byron), 3-109, 1TD
Kolton Watts (Winnebago), 14-104
Ashton Henkel (Byron), 4-85, 2 TD
Griffin Marlatt (Oregon), 11-81
Brayden Knoll (Byron), 2-62, 1 TD
Braylon Kilduff (Byron), 3-47, 1 TD
Braden Markell (North Boone), 6-40, 1 TD
Trace Butler (Rockford Christian), 4-37
Supreme Muhammad (Winnebago), 2-18
Jay Taft is a Rockford Register Star sports reporter. Email him at [email protected] 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.