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Week 8 Prep Props: State's Top Performances

10/10/2016, 8:15am CDT

By Travis Wilson

Prep Props - Week 8

Prep Props is our weekly look at the best individual statistical performances in the state, with the leaders in rushing yards, passing yards, and receiving yards. Prep Props is published every Monday morning.

Week 8 Rushing Leaders

It has been a tough year for Blair-Taylor, but the Wildcats were able to pick up their first win of the year on Friday night, 40-12 over Augusta, behind a big game from quarterback Josh Nitek. He carried the ball 21 times for 374 yards and 4 touchdowns, averaging 17.8 yards per carry. He completed one of two passes for 24 yards and a score, and returned the second half kickoff for a 90-yard touchdown.

Name	School	Att	Yards	TD
Josh Nitek	Blair-Taylor	21	374	4
Alex Dumke	Northern Elite	11	292	5
Ryan Zuern	Hartford	39	284	2
Brian Corbins	Wisconsin Lutheran	25	281	5
Joe Garcia	Racine Horlick	13	279	4
Andrew Mountin	Dodgeland	27	272	1
Sam Gelhar	Lourdes Academy	17	266	4
Erick Doke III	Kenosha Bradford	20	261	3
Brennan Banks	Evansville/Albany	33	250	2
Peter MacCudden	Waukesha West	23	245	2
Gunner Boettcher	Tomah	31	242	2
D.J. Stewart	Kimberly	28	241	2
DJ Sweeney	Janesville Craig	24	232	1
Brandon Spencer	Shiocton	32	227	5
Noah Zastrow	Spencer/Columbus Catholic	18	225	2
Reagan Ruffi	Northwestern	23	222	2
Luke Oelke	Ithaca	7	220	4
Fintan Floyd	Saint Mary's Springs	20	217	4
Jack Werch	Berlin	30	215	2
Zach Feller	New Glarus/Monticello	24	214	3
Mitchell Putnam	Marathon	18	214	0
Nevada Laabs	Merrill	15	212	2
Easton Phalin	Tomahawk	16	211	2
Erik Bauer	Turtle Lake	21	210	2
George Sims	Racine Horlick	11	209	3

Week 8 Passing Leaders

It was a third straight huge game for Onalaska's Brayton Duin, who threw for 477 yards and 4 touchdowns after posting more than 500 yards the previous two weeks. The senior signal-caller completed 34 of 62 passes (54.8%) but did throw 3 interceptions as well as the Hilltoppers pulled away from La Crosse Central 42-14.

Name	School	Comp	Att	Yards	TD	Int
Brayton Duin	Onalaska	34	62	477	4	3
Dylan Fagerland	Watertown	19	32	418	5	0
Will Swita	Madison Edgewood	17	20	371	4	1
Alec Ogden	Monona Grove	16	24	342	5	0
Ben Nienhuis	Oconomowoc	22	37	338	3	0
Weston Swarztrauber	Waterloo	21	30	330	2	0
Carson Clark	Markesan	8	14	322	6	0
Alec Becker	Kenosha Tremper	24	40	321	4	3
Brayden Van Ess	Kohler/Sheboygan Lutheran/Christian	17	25	304	3	1
Isaac Phillips	Milton	27	35	287	4	0
Ryan Johnson	Ashwaubenon	16	31	283	1	3
Matt Nelson	Union Grove	19	39	280	2	0
Tristan Schmidtknecht	Cochrane-Fountain City	20	35	278	5	1
Alex Zeinert	Menasha	15	20	277	4	0
David Freund	Hayward	9	19	272	3	0
Cade Garcia	Whitefish Bay	20	36	271	2	1
Miles Saylor	Necedah	17	28	263	6	1
Max Duchow	Kettle Moraine	22	44	253	2	0
Joe Duty	Adams-Friendship	8	20	249	3	0
Rusty Murphy	Cudahy	15	26	241	2	0
Jackson Enz	Big Foot	14	20	239	4	0
Ryan Venne	Eau Claire North	17	31	228	1	0
Josh Holler	Sauk Prairie	23	34	228	0	0
Jared Wenberg	Kenosha Indian Trail	25	45	226	2	0
Logan Bosquez	Weyauwega-Fremont	12	22	224	2	2

Week 8 Receiving Leaders

A big second quarter helped Madison West top Janesville Craig 35-28 and clinch a playoff berth in the process. Senior receiver Terrell Carey hauled in just 4 passes in the game but they were all big plays, accounting for 211 yards and a pair of touchdowns (80, 65). He added 9 carries for 76 yards and a touchdown on the ground as well.

Name	School	Rec	Yards	TD
Terrell Carey	Madison West	4	211	2
Chris Darcy	Madison Edgewood	5	193	4
Jalen Sample	Onalaska	9	188	1
Ryan Hayden	Watertown	9	182	2
Donnell FInch	Adams-Friendship	3	170	2
Phil Zeigle	Hayward	4	168	1
Jake Rexroade	Lakeland	11	166	2
Ethan Hansing	Milton	14	163	2
Trevor Flease	Weyauwega-Fremont	6	161	1
Thomas Berg	Hudson	3	157	2
Luke Romnek	Menasha	6	150	2
Nathan Ng	Monona Grove	5	150	2
Jimmy Duval	Whitewater	5	149	1
Karl Lemke	West Bend East	6	146	1
Jared Halambeck	D.C. Everest	14	144	2
Aaron Chapman	Waterford	6	144	0
Drew Bernhagen	Markesan	4	143	3
Jack Pettit	Union Grove	3	142	1
Garrison Barum	Cochrane-Fountain City	8	141	2
Addison Gibbs	Port Edwards	16	140	0
Riley Keckeisen	Kenosha Tremper	6	139	2
Zach Harrison	Greendale	6	138	1
Payton Ellis	Ashwaubenon	3	133	1
Patrick Arbanas	Necedah	4	129	2
Austin Triggs	Markesan	2	126	2

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