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 five weeks of action:
Stats, standing after Week 7:Three Stillman Valley backs in the top 5 in rushing in BNC
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
Jory Spain (Stillman Valley), 177-727, 16 TD
Supreme Muhammad (Winnebago), 104-800, 12 TD
Porter Needs (Stillman Valley), 70-682, 9TD
Logan Olson (Winnebago), 76-499, 6 TD
Owen Zitkus (Stillman Valley), 70-567, 1TD
Caden Considine (Byron), 60-438, 5 TD
Kyng Hughes (Lutheran), 81-393, 5 TD
Kye Aken (Byron), 48-360, 4 TD
Gabe Eckerd (Oregon), 65-407, 4 TD
Carsen Behn (Byron), 51-406, 6 TD
Chandler Alderman (North Boone), 65-333, 1TD
Gavin Sanders (Lutheran), 40-290, 3 TD
AJ Moore (Lutheran), 52-270, 3TD
Noah Reeder (Oregon), 49-304, 4TD
Braden Smith (Byron), 28-334, 6 TD
Braden Engel (Stillman Valley), 27-232, 2TD
Lucas Cowman (Winnebago), 48-241, 1 TD
Everett Wichman (Byron), 16-205, 4TD
Jacob Ross (Byron), 32-218, 1TD
Brandon Wiggan (Winnebago), 29-147, 5 TD
Ashton Henkel (Byron), 13-157, 4 TD
LaRyan Brown Gitchel (Rockford Christian), 30-115
David Ballard (Lutheran), 16-115, 4TD
Jack Christensen (North Boone), 19-115, 1 TD
Brody Carlson (Rockford Christian), 39-61, 1 TD
Will Speltz (Winnebago), 6-60, 1 TD
Braden Rodgers (Stillman Valley), 18-67, 1 TD
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
Week 8 NIC-10 football stats:New passing leader and rushing race tightens up
Rreceiving
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
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
Julian Rodriguez (North Boone), 26-208
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, 1TD
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
Johnny Kobler (Forreston), 110-927, 14TD
Gage Dunker (Le-Win), 94-913, 19 TD
AJ Mulcahy (Du/Pec), 111-1.008, 18TD
Gunar Lobdell (Le-Win), 78-1,000, 14 TD
Kaleb Sanders (Forreston), 69-686, 9TD
Jake Zeal (Le-Win), 59-662, 9 TD
Adrian Arellano (Dakota), 66-572, 5TD
Micah Nelson (Forreston), 49-513, 6 TD
Thomas Bowman (Dakota), 104-460, 10TD
Karl Hubb (Stockton), 41-428, 5TD
Dustin Oppold (Stockton), 45-340, 4TD
Jaylen Noud (Du/Pec), 44-297, 1 TD
Cooper Hoffman (Du/Pec) 53-277, 3TD
Kaidyn Niedermeier (Dakota), 49-223, 5 TD
Quentin Frederick (Forreston), 52-284
McKeon Crase (Forreston), 37-248, 4 TD
Dermot Dolan (Du/Pec), 17-119, 3 TD
Tanner Gile (Stockton), 39-143, 2TD
Eli Kleckler (Le-Win), 11-97, 2 TD
Jace Phillips (Stockton), 33-130, 2TD
Brody Black (Du/Pec), 3-30, 1 TD
What we learned:Key takeaways from Week 8 football games from around the Rockford area
Pass
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
Drew Streckwald (Le-Win), 5-11-188-0-4
Carson McPeek (Stockton), 12-31-228-4-2
Brock Smith (Forreston), 11-31-156-3-2
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, 1TD
Will Howard (Du/Pec), 23-304, 4 TD
Jace Flynn (Le-Win), 2-138, 2 TD
Drew Williams (Du/Pec), 22-194, 1 TD
Jaxon Diedrich, (Du/Pec), 8-113, 2 TD
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, 1TD
Jake Zeal (Le-Win), 2-53, 2 TD
Nathan Folk (Du/Pec), 7-81
Thomas Bowman (Dakota), 2-32, 1 TD
AJ Mulcahy (Du/Pec), 4-43, 2 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 [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. 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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