Metro League football stats leaders through Week 8 of 2023 season

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

Here are the Metro League leaders through eight weeks of the 2023 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.

Photo by Dan Brood 

STATE LEADERS: CLASS 6A | CLASS 5A

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Passing yards

Drew Nees, Sunset - (107 - 167) 1,556 yards

Alex Ingalls, Mountainside - (78 - 143) 1,038 yards

Trey Cleeland, Jesuit - (65 - 137) 909 yards

Lucas T State-Bowman, Westview - (61 - 134) 749 yards

Cade Mitchell, Mountainside - (15 - 27) 344 yards

Passing TDs

Drew Nees, Sunset - 18 TDs (5 interceptions)

Trey Cleeland, Jesuit - 11 TDs (3 interceptions)

Alex Ingalls, Mountainside - 9 TDs (2 interceptions)

Rushing yards

Jordan Hicks, Mountainside - 932 yards on 145 carries

Heath Thompson, Westview - 846 yards on 135 carries

Lonnie Burt, Jesuit - 711 yards on 130 carries

Irason Kekaualua, Westview - 507 yards on 47 carries

Owen Scholes, Sunset - 479 yards on 106 carries

Sam Vyhlidal, Mountainside - 359 yards on 56 carries

Justin Craigwell, Sunset - 328 yards on 63 carries

Rushing TDs

Justin Craigwell, Sunset - 10 TDs

Lonnie Burt, Jesuit - 9 TDs

Jordan Hicks, Mountainside - 9 TDs

Irason Kekaualua, Westview - 8 TDs

Owen Scholes, Sunset - 6 TDs

Heath Thompson, Westview - 5 TDs

Julius Christensen, Jesuit - 3 TDs

Trey Cleeland, Jesuit - 3 TDs

Receiving yards

Andrew Ramtel, Mountainside - 603 yards on 34 receptions

Blake Hurley, Sunset - 545 yards on 31 receptions

Derek Craigwell, Sunset - 310 yards on 26 receptions

Mason Cushon, Aloha - 219 yards on 9 receptions

Elias Johnson, Jesuit - 214 yards on 6 receptions

Chase Catlow, Mountainside - 208 yards on 14 receptions

Jace Burton, Jesuit - 201 yards on 24 receptions

Matt Eilers, Jesuit - 197 yards on 16 receptions

Receiving TDs

Derek Craigwell, Sunset - 7 TDs

Blake Hurley, Sunset - 4 TDs

Andrew Ramtel, Mountainside - 3 TDs

Matt Eilers, Jesuit - 3 TDs

Chase Catlow, Mountainside - 3 TDs

Elias Johnson, Jesuit - 3 TDs

Total tackles

Note: Per national federation guidelines, each play should be recorded as having either ONE solo tackle OR no more than TWO assisted tackles.

Sam Vyhlidal, Mountainside - 67 tackles

Justin Craigwell, Sunset - 62 tackles

Tyler Hetrick, Mountainside - 58 tackles

Blake Hurley, Sunset - 58 tackles

Derek Craigwell, Sunset - 56 tackles

Irason Kekaualua, Westview - 46 tackles

Griffin Jevning, Sunset - 46 tackles

Kellen Hicks, Mountainside - 46 tackles

Daniel Savenko, Mountainside - 44 tackles

Tackles for loss

Daniel Savenko, Mountainside - 8 tackles for loss

Blake Hurley, Sunset - 8 tackles for loss

JR Berrien, Mountainside - 7 tackles for loss

Tyler Hetrick, Mountainside - 7 tackles for loss

Aidan Cox, Westview - 5 tackles for loss

Elijah Marciel, Aloha - 4.5 tackles for loss

Sacks

Daniel Savenko, Mountainside - 6 sacks

Sam Vyhlidal, Mountainside - 2 sacks

Andrew McCarty, Mountainside - 2 sacks

Alex Esuk, Sunset - 2 sacks

Interceptions

Kellen Hicks, Mountainside - 4 interceptions

Mason Cushon, Aloha - 2 interceptions

Andrew Knight, Sunset - 2 interceptions

Forced fumbles

Micah Currier, Aloha - 2 forced fumbles

Fumble recoveries

Justin Craigwell, Sunset - 4 fumble recoveries

Derek Craigwell, Sunset - 3 fumble recoveries

Alex Esuk, Sunset - 2 fumble recoveries

Non-offensive TDs

Blake Hurley, Sunset – 2 TDs

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STATE LEADERS: CLASS 6A | CLASS 5A

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