Check out the rushing, passing and receiving leaders in the BNC, NUIC after two weeks
Week 2 was another exciting weekend of football action for the Big Northern Conference and in the NUIC, with some surprises as well as some big performances.
The NUIC stars have been shining early on. Running back Alec Schlichting rushed for 287 yards on 14 carries in Lena-Winslow's second straight win to start the season, which is the most by any running back in the Rockford area so far this year. That was after Durand/Pecatonica's Cooper Hoffman went 17-for-20 for 262 yards with three touchdown passes in Week 1, still the best game through the air in the area. Hoffman was 11-for-18 for 134 yards this past week.
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Want to know who is leading the conferences in rushing, passing and receiving? Through the first two weeks, here are the standings, as well as the stats for the Rockford-area teams in the BNC and in the NUIC:
BNC standings
Byron 2-0
Dixon 2-0
Genoa-Kingston 2-0
North Boone 1-1
Lutheran 1-1
Winnebago 1-1
Stillman Valley 1-1
Oregon 0-2
Rock Falls 0-2
Last year's top 5 final BNC rushing leaders
Player, team, carries, yards, TDs
Caden Considine (Byron), 156-1,630, 27 TDs
Aiden Wiseman (Dixon), 177-1,241, 12 TDs
Logan Weems (Oregon), 218-1,208, 16 TDs
Brayden Knoll (Byron), 81-1,141, 21 TDs
Gavin Sanders (Lutheran), 84-1,033, 19 TDs
This year's BNC rushing leaders
Player, team, carries, yards, TDs
Gavin Sanders (Lutheran), 19-300, 4 TDs
Brayden Knoll (Byron), 11-175, 3 TDs
Kaden McGough (Byron), 15-165, 3 TDs
Logan Weems (Oregon), 45-148, 1 TD
Andrew Talbert (Byron), 6-146, 3 TDs
Cullen Shaner (Dixon), 14-141, 1 TD
Dawson Criddle (Byron), 4-125
Connor Chamberlain (North Boone), 24-122, 1 TD
Caden Considine (Byron), 4-90, 1 TD
Lamont Holmertz (Lutheran), 6-80, 1 TD
Kole Aken (Byron), 10-54, 1 TD
Richard Anderson (Lutheran), 4-52
Alijah Carroll (Winnebago), 10-26
Mitch Cunningham (Winnebago), 13-25
Aidan Bell (Winnebago), 5-22
Daniel Ballard (Lutheran), 6-25, 1 TD
David Ballard (Lutheran), 3-12
Passing leaders
Player, team, completions, attempts, yards, interceptions, TDs
Cullen Shaner (Dixon), 31-52-427-1-6
RJ Wolski (North Boone), 18-25-137-2-2
Daniel Ballard (Lutheran), 10-24-168-0-2
Mitch Cunningham (Winnebago), 4-7-43-0-1
Cooper Johnson (Oregon), 2-6-27-0-0
Benny Olade (Oregon), 1-5-16-0-0
Eli Bryan (North Boone), 4-10-15-3-0
Andrew Talbert (Byron), 0-1-0-0-0
Kaeden Langholf (Winnebago), 0-3-0-1-0
Receiving leaders
Player, team, catches, yards, TDs
Eli Davidson (Dixon), 9-191, 2 TDs
Tyson Dambman (Dixon), 10-84, 1 TD
David Ballard (Lutheran), 5-84, 1 TD
Azriel Dixon (North Boone), 3-35
Brad Dahl (North Boone), 3-28, 1 TD
JJ Ford (North Boone), 3-20, 1 TD
Avery Lewis (Oregon), 1-16
Josh Crandall (Oregon), 1-12, 1 TD
Mason Villafuerte (Lutheran), 2-50
NUIC standings
Lena-Winslow 2-0
Durand/Pecatonica 2-0
Fulton 1-1
E/PC 1-1
Forreston 1-1
Galena 1-1
Stockton 1-1
Dakota 0-2
Morrison 0-2
Last year's top 5 final NUIC rushing leaders
Player, team, carries, yards, TDs
Gage Dunker (Le-Win), 325-2,604, 41 TDs
Cobryn Lynch (Le-Win), 133-1,120, 14 TDs
Owen Mulder (Forreston), 169-830, 15 TDs
Cooper Hoffman (Durand/Pecatonica), 123-811, 15 TDs
Karl Hubb (Stockton), 121-656, 5 TDs
This year's NUIC rushing leaders
Player, team, carries, yards, TDs
Alec Schlichting (Lena-Winslow), 31-346, 3 TDs
Evan Boettner (Forreston), 30-271, 1 TD
Aiden Wild, (Lena-Winslow), 33-219, 2 TD
Mark Detwiller (Stockton), 41-207, 4 TDs
Carter Blair (Stockton), 20-178, 1 TD
Dermot Dolan (Durand/Pecatonica), 31-165, 1 TD
Jaylen Rakowska (Lena-Winslow), 5-134, 1 TD
Draven Zier (E/PC), 39-131
Cooper Hoffman (Durand/Pecatonica), 17-113, 3 TDs
Dane Setterstrom (Forreston), 27-111, 3 TDs
Coehen Kirchner (Forreston), 12-89
Noah Larson (Stockton), 9-71
Jayden Gordon (Dakota), 7-53
Jaxsyn Kempel (E/PC), 14-47, 2 TDs
Passing leaders
Player, team, completions, attempts, yards, interceptions, TDs
Cooper Hoffman (Durand/Pecatonica), 28-38-396-0-3
Kasch Lessman (Lena-Winslow), 5-8-105-0-2
Brady Gill (Forreston), 4-15-107-2-0
Noah Larson (Stockton), 4-10-92-0-1
Jack Mensendike (Stockton), 1-1-21-0-1
Adam Awender (E/PC), 3-6-16-1-0
Jackson Corbin (E/PC), 2-7-15-1-0
Receiving leaders
Player, team, catches, yards, TDs
Jaxon Dietrich (Durand/Pecatonica), 11-178, 2 TDs
Brody Black (Durand/Pecatonica), 8-132
Mickey Probst (Forreston), 3-88
Alec Schlichting (Lena-Winslow), 2-69, 1 TD
Eli Larson (Stockton), 4-66, 1 TD
Carter Blair (Stockton), 1-45, 1 TD
Jordan Gassman (Durand/Pecatonica), 1-20, 1 TD
Peyton Spears (E/PC), 2-15
Miles Mahon (Lena-Winslow), 2-28, 1 TD
Jay Taft is a Rockford Register Star sports reporter. Email him at [email protected] and follow him on X, formerly Twitter, at @JayTaft. Sign up for the Rockford High School Sports Newsletter here at rrstar.com. Jay has covered a variety of sports, from the Chicago Bears and Blackhawks to local youth sports, since the turn of the century at the Register Star.
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