FOOTBALL

Here are the final regular-season stats and standings for the Big Northern and NUIC

Jay Taft
Rockford Register Star
Lucas Cowman, who finished with 116 yards rushing during Winnebago's 21-7 loss to Lutheran on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, barrels for extra yardage.

The regular season has come to a close, with some of the teams moving on to the playoffs, while others quietly head into the offseason.

As we get set to embark on the postseason, here is a look at the final regular-season stats for the Big Northern Conference and the NUIC, as well as the final standings for both:

More BNC football: How Rockford Lutheran finally secured its playoff spot

BIG NORTHERN CONFERENCE

Standings

Overall (conference records are the same)

Stillman Valley 8-1

Byron 8-1

Genoa-Kingston 7-2

Dixon 6-3

Winnebago 5-4

Lutheran 5-4

North Boone 3-6

Oregon 2-7

Rockford Christian 1-8

Rock Falls 0-9

Supreme Muhammad looks for some running room to the outside during a game this season for Winnebago's football team.

Rushing

Player, team, carries, yards, TDs

Supreme Muhammad (Winnebago), 125-882, 12 TD

Porter Needs (Stillman Valley), 81-787, 10 TD

Jory Spain (Stillman Valley), 190-784, 16 TD

Owen Zitkus (Stillman Valley), 83-677, 3 TD

Gabe Eckerd (Oregon), 92-514, 5 TD

Logan Olson (Winnebago), 76-499, 6 TD

Carsen Behn (Byron), 55-459, 8 TD

Chandler Alderman (North Boone), 80-445, 2 TD

Caden Considine (Byron), 58-438, 5 TD

Noah Reeder (Oregon), 66-418, 6 TD

Kyng Hughes (Lutheran), 81-393, 5 TD

Kye Aken (Byron), 49-363, 4 TD

Lucas Cowman (Winnebago), 64-359, 1 TD

Brayden Knoll (Byron), 39-354, 5 TD

Braden Engel (Stillman Valley), 35-337, 3 TD

Braden Smith (Byron), 33-339, 5 TD

Gavin Sanders (Lutheran), 40-290, 3 TD

A.J. Moore (Lutheran), 52-270, 3 TD

Jacob Ross (Byron), 34-253, 1 TD

Everett Wichman (Byron), 17-214, 5 TD

Brandon Wiggan (Winnebago), 38-210, 5 TD

Ashton Henkel (Byron), 14-175, 5 TD

Jack Christensen (North Boone), 20-124, 1 TD

LaRyan Brown Gitchel (Rockford Christian), 30-115

David Ballard (Lutheran), 16-115, 4 TD

Brody Carlson (Rockford Christian), 42-78, 1 TD

Will Speltz (Winnebago), 7-70, 1 TD

Braden Rodgers (Stillman Valley), 19-68, 1 TD

Jack Washburn (Oregon), 18-15

Quarterback Alec Weavel has thrown the Winnebago football team back into the playoffs.

Passing

Player and team, then completions, attempts, yards, interceptions and TDs

Chandler Alderman (North Boone), 126-220-1,313-10-17

Alec Weavel (Winnebago), 75-135-978-3-5

Kyng Hughes (Lutheran), 54-130-886-3-9

Jack Washburn (Oregon), 84-162-694-6-2

Brody Carlson (Rockford Christian), 18-64-365-10-4

Braden Smith (Byron), 12-39-273-0-4

Jaden Williams (Rockford Christian), 13-31-170-1-2

Braden Engel (Stillman Valley), 3-4-52-0-1

Kale Rauman (Stillman Valley), 2-6-32-0-0

Receiving

Player and team, then catches, yards and TDs

Chris Doetch (North Boone), 48-607, 8 TD

Bjorn Carlson (Rockford Christian), 13-373, 4 TD

Adrien Raabe (North Boone), 28-306, 4 TD

Andrew Penticoff (Winnebago), 12-249, 2 TD

Julian Rodriguez (North Boone), 30-250, 2 TD

Josh Crandall (Oregon), 15-224, 1 TD

David Ballard (Lutheran), 12-213, 2 TD

Kaiden Steurer (Winnebago), 16-189, 1 TD

Lucas Cowman (Winnebago), 17-167

Will Speltz (Winnebago), 8-162, 1 TD

Mason Villfuerte (Lutheran), 6-127, 2 TD

Trasean Lockhart (Lutheran), 4-124

Austin Egyed (Oregon), 18-123, 1 TD

Jacob Ross (Byron), 3-109, 1 TD

Brandon Wiggan (Winnebago), 7-104, 1 TD

AJ Moore (Lutheran), 10-93, 1 TD

Kolton Watts (Winnebago), 13-89

Griffin Marlatt (Oregon), 11-81

Jack Behmer (Lutheran), 8-71, 2 TD

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

Ashton Henkel (Byron), 2-23

NUIC

Standings

Overall, conference records

Lena-Winslow 9-0, 8-0

Fulton 7-2, 7-1

Durand/Pecatonica 7-2, 6-2

Forreston 5-4, 4-4

Dakota 5-4, 4-4

Galena 4-5, 3-5

E/PC 3-6, 2-6

Stockton 3-6, 2-6

West Carroll 0-9, 0-8

Du-Pec's AJ  Mulcahy catches a touchdown against Lena-Winslow on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, at Pecatonica High School in Pecatonica.

Rushing

Player and team, then carries, yards and TDs

AJ Mulcahy (Du/Pec), 125-1,177, 20 TD

Gunar Lobdell (Le-Win), 90-1,100, 15 TD

Johnny Kobler (Forreston), 122-983, 15 TD

Gage Dunker (Le-Win), 107-943, 20 TD

Kaleb Sanders (Forreston), 81-777, 11 TD

Jake Zeal (Le-Win), 64-732, 10 TD

Adrian Arellano (Dakota), 74-726, 7 TD

Micah Nelson (Forreston), 49-513, 6 TD

Thomas Bowman (Dakota), 112-497, 10 TD

Karl Hubb (Stockton), 41-428, 5 TD

Jaylen Noud (Du/Pec), 54-402, 3 TD

Dustin Oppold (Stockton), 50-347, 4 TD

Quentin Frederick (Forreston), 60-318

McKeon Craze (Forreston), 44-311, 5 TD

Cooper Hoffman (Du/Pec) 54-279, 3 TD

Kaidyn Niedermeier (Dakota), 60-260, 5 TD

Jace Phillips (Stockton), 43-163, 2 TD

Tanner Gile (Stockton), 43-153, 2 TD

Dermot Dolan (Du/Pec), 23-153, 4 TD

Eli Kleckler (Le-Win), 11-97, 2 TD

Brody Black (Du/Pec), 3-30, 1 TD

Passing

Player and team, then completions, attempts, yards, interceptions and TDs

Kaidyn Niedermeier (Dakota), 64-117-1,029-8-13

Cooper Hoffman (Du/Pec) 74-113-788-5-10

Carson McPeek (Stockton), 21-55-348-6-3

Drew Streckwald (Le-Win), 6-12-225-0-5

Brock Smith (Forreston), 10-35-156-3-2

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), 25-585, 10 TD

Tug Dornink (Dakota), 30-367, 1 TD

Will Howard (Du/Pec), 26-339, 5 TD

Drew Williams (Du/Pec), 26-212, 1 TD

Jace Flynn (Le-Win), 2-138, 2 TD

Jaxon Diedrich, (Du/Pec), 8-113, 2 TD

Nathan Folk (Du/Pec), 7-81

Ryley Schultz (Stockton) 6-81

Colby Tucker (Stockton), 4-77, 1 TD

Gunar Lobdell (Le-Win), 1-73, 1 TD

Micah Nelson (Forreston), 3-55, 2 TD

Parker Luke (Stockton), 1-54, 1 TD

Jake Zeal (Le-Win), 2-53, 2 TD

AJ Mulcahy (Du/Pec), 4-43, 2 TD

Thomas Bowman (Dakota), 2-32, 1 TD

Nolan Mayberry (Dakota), 3-21, 1 TD

Quentin Frederick (Forreston), 3-20

Jay Taft is a Rockford Register Star sports reporter. Email him at jtaft@rrstar.com and follow him on Twitter at @JayTaftSign 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.