Midwestern League football statistical leaders through Week 8

Who are the Midwestern’s top passers, rushers, receivers and defensive stars through eight weeks?

Here are the Midwestern League leaders through eight weeks of the 2022 Oregon high school football season.

Leaders will be updated throughout the season. Please send game-by-game stats to orehssports@gmail.com. Is your team missing? Encourage your coach to respond to requests for stats or have them posted online by noon each Wednesday.

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STATE LEADERS: CLASS 6A | CLASS 5A | CLASS 4A

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Passing yards 

Ryan Prescott, Willamette - (91 - 176) 1,528 yards

Caeleb Kasperek, Springfield - (83 - 147) 1,412 yards

Noah Blair, Thurston - (77 - 105) 1,022 yards

Devon Anderson, North Eugene - (74 - 124) 931 yards

Bryton Livingston, Eagle Point - (62 - 123) 918 yards

Tyler Mikel, Churchill - (93 - 152) 836 yards

Passing TDs

Caeleb Kasperek, Springfield - 17 TDs (5 interceptions)

Noah Blair, Thurston - 17 TDs (2 interceptions)

Ryan Prescott, Willamette - 13 TDs (4 interceptions)

Devon Anderson, North Eugene - 11 TDs (5 interceptions)

Bryton Livingston, Eagle Point - 11 TDs (7 interceptions)

Tyler Mikel, Churchill - 7 TDs (1 interception)

Rushing yards

David Brown, Eagle Point - 1,442 yards on 189 carries

Devon Anderson, North Eugene - 926 yards on 142 carries

Connor Dye, Springfield - 636 yards on 110 carries

Waylen Alexander, Willamette - 618 yards on 158 carries

Noa Allison, Churchill - 544 yards on 100 carries

Darien Witham, Thurston - 373 yards on 66 carries

Ben Higginson, Crater - 346 yards on 49 carries

Caeleb Kasperek, Springfield - 315 yards on 73 carries

Andrew Kelly, Crater - 314 yards on 64 carries

Will Dau, Thurston - 314 yards on 49 carries

Rushing TDs

David Brown, Eagle Point - 23 TDs

Waylen Alexander, Willamette - 13 TDs

Devon Anderson, North Eugene - 12 TDs

Connor Dye, Springfield - 8 TDs

Andrew Kelly, Crater - 6 TDs

Vaun Halstead, Thurston - 5 TDs

Tyler Mikel, Churchill - 5 TDs

Darien Witham, Thurston - 4 TDs

Noa Allison, Churchill - 3 TDs

Aidan Chenoweth, Crater - 3 TDs

Will Dau, Thurston - 3 TDs

Caeleb Kasperek, Springfield - 3 TDs

Receiving yards

Dwayne Fotta, Springfield - 543 yards on 24 receptions

Brandon Thornton, Willamette - 495 yards on 32 receptions

Scott Price, Crater - 439 yards on 35 receptions

Walker Bonar, Thurston - 410 yards on 32 receptions

Myles Brooks, Willamette - 410 yards on 10 receptions

Luke Newell, Thurston - 395 yards on 13 receptions

Kelin Knutson, North Eugene - 303 yards on 13 receptions

Pete Pennington, Churchill - 282 yards on 22 receptions

David Brown, Eagle Point - 247 yards on 15 receptions

Jackson Babbitt, Springfield - 215 yards on 12 receptions

Wyatt Graves, Eagle Point - 200 yards on 16 receptions

Receiving TDs

Dwayne Fotta, Springfield - 7 TDs

Brandon Thornton, Willamette - 6 TDs

Walker Bonar, Thurston - 6 TDs

Luke Newell, Thurston - 5 TDs

Kelin Knutson, North Eugene - 4 TDs

Pete Pennington, Churchill - 4 TDs

Zackary Sherman, Springfield - 4 TDs

David Brown, Eagle Point - 4 TDs

Wyatt Graves, Eagle Point - 3 TDs

Demetrius Cartwright, North Eugene - 3 TDs

Myles Brooks, Willamette - 3 TDs

Kaden Huff, Eagle Point - 3 TDs

Total tackles

Vaun Halstead, Thurston - 63 tackles

Savion Whitehurst, Springfield - 61 tackles 

Tyree Osirus, North Eugene - 55 tackles

Hyban Garcia, Springfield - 47 tackles

Hayden Weaver, Eagle Point - 45 tackles

Noa Allison, Churchill - 43 tackles

Brian Brown, Eagle Point - 43 tackles

Aiden Pangelinan, Churchill - 39 tackles

Hugo Perezchica, Eagle Point - 37 tackles

Elliot Bloom, Churchill - 37 tackles

Joshua Bayne, Eagle Point - 36 tackles

Easton Raber, Eagle Point - 35 tackles

Tackles for loss

Vaun Halstead, Thurston - 14 tackles for loss

Hayden Weaver, Eagle Point - 12 tackles for loss

Hyban Garcia, Springfield - 12 tackles for loss

Connor Dye, Springfield - 12 tackles for loss

Ceville Pasi, Churchill - 10 tackles for loss

Corren Hester, Thurston - 9 tackles for loss

Savion Whitehurst, Springfield - 9 tackles for loss

Ryan Lucart, Springfield - 8 tackles for loss

Noa Allison, Churchill - 7 tackles for loss

Isaiah Meashintubby, Churchill - 7 tackles for loss

Bryan Lomeli, Springfield - 7 tackles for loss

Elliot Bloom, Churchill - 5.5 tackles for loss

Sacks

Hayden Weaver, Eagle Point - 9 sacks

Connor Dye, Springfield - 4 sacks

Ceville Pasi, Churchill - 4 sacks

Ryan Lucart, Springfield - 4 sacks

Hyban Garcia, Springfield - 4 sacks

Hugo Perezchica, Eagle Point - 3 sacks

Vaun Halstead, Thurston - 3 sacks

Corren Hester, Thurston - 3 sacks

Isaiah Meashintubby, Churchill - 3 sacks

Bryan Lomeli, Springfield - 3 sacks

Elliot Bloom, Churchill - 2.5 sacks

Interceptions

Jackson Babbit, Springfield – 3 interceptions

Andy Womack, Churchill - 3 interceptions

Dylan Schifferdecker, Springfield - 2 interceptions

Danny Doan, Churchill - 2 interceptions

Forced fumbles

Tyler McAlpine, North Eugene - 2 forced fumbles

Darien Witham, Thurston - 2 forced fumbles

Nate Williams, Springfield – 2 forced fumbles

Hyrum Weiss, North Eugene – 2 forced fumbles

Vaun Halstead, Thurston – 2 forced fumbles

Fumble recoveries

Corren Hester, Thurston - 3 fumble recoveries

Ronan Schmidt, South Eugene - 3 fumble recoveries

Jackson Babbitt, Springfield - 3 fumble recoveries

Savion Whitehurst, Springfield - 2 fumble recoveries

Nate Williams, Springfield - 2 fumble recoveries

Vaun Halstead, Thurston - 2 fumble recoveries

Joshua Bayne, Eagle Point - 2 fumble recoveries

Nonoffensive TDs

Ronan Schmidt, South Eugene – 2 TDs 

Dwyane Fotta, Springfield – 2 TDs

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STATE LEADERS: CLASS 6A | CLASS 5A | CLASS 4A

MEDIA RANKINGS: CLASS 6A | CLASS 5A | CLASS 4A