Can Houi and Schmall make history?

Teammates have each had 600 yards receiving four times in NIC-10 history. Hononegah’s Isaiah Houi and Cole Schmall could make it five.

Former Notre Dame basketball player Ryan Hoover (685) and John Hemenway (641) finished first and third in the league in receiving for Hononegah in 1990. Brandt Hixson (900) and Jalon Benson (657) of Harlem both topped 600 in 2019. In the shortened COVID season, Harlem’s Dominic McCarren (647) and Dezzion Jordan (642) each averaged over 100 yards. So did Belvidere’s Phil Kolk (1,181 yards) and Will Morris (838 in eight games) in 2016. Houi (503 yards) and Schmall (438) are bidding to join that illustrious company, ranking first and second in the NIC-10 in receiving yards after seven games.

Here are all the NIC-10 leaders (plus Rochelle) after seven games of the 2023 IHSA football season, plus this week’s schedule:

RUSHING

Player (School), Att-Yds, TD Javius Catlin (East), 161-914, 11 TD Grant Gensler (Roch), 84-817, 12 TD Jahmani Muhammad (Har), 146806, 9 TD

Trent Dinsmore (BN), 109-663, 6 TD Nico Bertolino (BN), 51-419, 6 TD Roman Villoalobos (Roch), 76-418, 4 TD

Lashawn Gathright (Jeff ), 92-409, 3 TD

Dylan Manning (Roch), 49-381, 7 TD Izaias Primus (Guil), 82-365, 2 TD Austin Alonso (Boy), 40-329, 8 TD Donavan Hanserd (Boy), 64-303, 7 TD

Greyson Motter (Hono), 60-298, 8 TD

Luke Poppe (Hono), 45-290, 7 TD Erick Roman (BN), 28-263, 2 TD Estin Fichter (Hono), 49-253, 2 TD Nate Johnson (Har), 57-242, 2 TD Brayden Luellen (Jeff ), 49-205, 1 TD Chris Porter (Guil), 36-198

Lee Smith (East), 38-189, 1 TD Rasheed Johnson (Boy), 26-172, 2 TD Brock Anderson (Hono), 26-163, 3 TD Messiah Tilson (Guil), 26-163, 3 TD Xavier Lindhe (Guil), 36-144 Salvatore Laudicina (BN), 13-141, 2 TD Cam Verner (Free), 43-135, 1 TD Denarius Jackson (Free), 37-132, 3 TD Max Gyllenswan (BN), 53-131, 2 TD Tyeshaun Whittie (East), 18-112 Dedric Macon (Free), 21-105, 1 TD Erich Metzger (Roch), 12-105, 2 TD

PASSING

Player (School), Comp-Att-Yds Cole Warren (Hono), 79-126-1,310, 15 TD, 1 Int

Connor Dennis (Boy), 81-145-1,131, 10 TD, 4 Int

Payton Woker (Free), 76-170, 1,060, 14 TD, 13 int

Grayson Weber (Guil), 30-65-541, 7 TD, 3 Int

Carson Lewis (Roch), 31-54-491, 5 TD, 5 Int

Derek Anderson (Har), 42-74-402, 4 TD, 2 Int

Max Gyllenswan (BN), 18-30-274, 10 TD, 2 Int

Dontae Love (Jeff), 28-57–230, 2 TD, 5 Int

Xavier Lindhe (Guil), 24-49-164, 5 TD, 2 Int

Twaine Phillips, 5-28-114, 1 TD, 0 Int Nathaniel Johnson (Har), 9-27-51, 1 TD, 2 Int

Chandler Jack (Har), 3-11-48, 0 TD, 1 Int

RECEIVING

Player (School), Rec-Yds

Isaiah Houi (Hono), 28-503, 7 TD Cole Schmall (Hono), 23-438, 5 TD Zac Matz (Free), 30-378, 6 TD Dedric Macon (Free), 21-360, 7 TD Santana English (Boy), 21-358, 3 TD LaDamian Hoffman (Guil), 19-327, 5 TD

Mason Caltagerone (Boy), 19-250, 2 TD

Rasheed Johnson (Boy), 9-205, 2 TD Joseph Melcher (Hono), 10-193, 3 TD Phillip Dixon (Boy), 12-187, 2 TD Nico Bertolino (BN), 9-164, 5 TD Drake Ferguson (Har), 20-162, 2 TD Randy Johnson (Jeff ), 19-160, 2 TD Jaelin Campbell (Free), 9-160 Cayden Moore (Roch), 10-149, 2 TD Jordan Vyborny (Har), 13-146, 2 TD Jaidyn Nguyen (Guil), 8-135, 2 TD Elijah Harley (Roch), 7-101, 1 TD Tommy Tourdot (Roch), 6-101, 1 TD

Friday’s games

Belvidere (1-6) at Hononegah (7-0) Harlem (5-2) at Belvidere North (5-2) East (2-5) at Freeport (2-5) Boylan (6-1) at Guilford (3-4) Plano (4-3) at Rochelle (5-2)

Saturday’s game

Auburn (4-3) at Jefferson (0-7) at noon

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CHRIS NIEVES/ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR Hononegah's Isaiah Houi catches a 45-yard touchdown pass against Belvidere North on Friday at Hononegah High School.