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Football defensive stats leaders for 2021 spring season

05/12/2021, 10:45am CDT
By Travis Wilson

Superior's Carter Fonger was one of the top tacklers in the state this year

Spring Season Defensive Leaders

Tackles are right up there with basketball assists and baseball hit vs. error as the most subjective stats in sports, and each team records them slightly differently. Nonetheless, below are the spring football season leaders in tackles as well as sacks and interceptions. To be included on the lists coaches must have entered stats on WSN.

2021 Spring Season Tackle Leaders

NAME TEAM G TACKLES SOLO ASSIST TFL SCK FUM FF INT
Chris Heidl North Fond du Lac 7 124 45 79 15 1 2 0 0
Kyle Dietzen Omro 7 99 78 21 11 1 0 2 0
Rudy Detweiler Stoughton 7 94 56 38 15 3 1 2 0
Logan Knudsen Milton 7 86 54 32 16 3.5 0 1 0
Tyler Fahey Belleville 7 79 9 70 0 0.5 1 1 0
Ben Raczek Stevens Point 6 79 53 26 14 2 0 1 0
Nathan Streiff New Glarus/Monticello 7 77 43 34 0 0 0 6 1
Joseph Nerat Campbellsport 7 75 74 1 0 0 0 1 3
Easton Scherer West Allis Hale 7 74 41 33 0 0 1 0 2
Preston Schmidt Cuba City 6 73 55 18 10 3 1 1 0
Zack Bothun Milton 7 72 44 28 4 3 3 2 1
John Harman Stoughton 7 72 53 19 18 11 0 1 0
Blake Fletcher Racine Horlick 7 70 41 29 15 1 2 1 0
Nolan Dunn Middleton 6 69 16 53 3 1 1 1 0
Brandon Hoppman Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg 6 69 33 36 7 0 2 0 3
Ben Werner Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg 6 68 27 41 18 6 1 4 0
Luke Mechler Stoughton 7 67 38 29 13 5 0 2 0
Michael Alexander De Pere 7 67 35 32 4 1.5 0 0 0
Ty Klass Sparta 6 67 30 37 6 1 0 1 0
Hayden Lyga Bangor 6 67 9 58 7 1 0 0 0
Brooks Empey Stoughton 7 66 41 25 19 10 0 2 0
Carter Borchardt Stevens Point 6 64 44 20 14 5 0 0 0
Luke Hessenauer Milton 7 63 35 28 18 4 0 0 0
Carter Fonger Superior 6 63 24 39 4 1 0 0 0
Avery Johnson Lomira 7 63 32 31 14 4 1 0 0
Caleb Rinard De Pere 7 63 35 28 2 0.5 0 2 1
Dylan Posthuma Belleville 7 63 13 50 0 2.5 0 2 1
Jason Samarziya Superior 6 62 30 32 4 0 0 0 0
Sam Barnett Holmen 5 62 34 28 3 2 0 0 0
Luke Schwengels Racine Park 6 62 26 36 5 0 1 2 0

2021 SPRING SEASON sack LEADERS

NAME TEAM G SCK TFL TACKLES SOLO ASSIST
John Harman Stoughton 7 11 18 72 53 19
Brooks Empey Stoughton 7 10 19 66 41 25
Daniel Ford Waunakee 6 7 11 36 19 17
Curtis Jaskulke Stoughton 6 7 10 49 29 20
Ryan Molitor Black Hawk 6 7 17 27 19 8
Gabe Pearson Oregon 5 6 9 46 12 34
Randall Vojitisek Waunakee 6 6 10 33 18 15
Lucas Heyroth Lodi 4 6 9 23 17 6
Ben Werner Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg 6 6 18 68 27 41
Mario Newell Black River Falls 6 5.5 2 26 26 0

2021 SPRING SEASON interception LEADERS

NAME TEAM G INT INT TD PDEF TACKLES SOLO ASSIST
Max Pieterick Oshkosh West 7 8 0 0 29 29 0
Caden McCurdy Waunakee 6 5 1 0 18 9 9
Cade Stachura Omro 7 5 1 5 9 8 1
Jaxson Pier Belleville 7 5 0 4 37 15 22
Anthony Nolden Belleville 7 5 0 3 52 15 37
Jack Campion Milton 6 4 1 1 57 37 20
NJ Elias Verona 6 4 1 1 26 18 8
Blake Schraufnagel Mayville 7 4 1 0 33 22 11
Dan Peterson Brookwood 7 4 0 2 24 13 11

About the Author

Travis Wilson serves as the WisSports.net General Manager, Football Editor, and contributing writer for other parts of the site. Wilson was selected as part of the Sports 40 Under 40 list by Coach & AD Magazine and the National High School Athletic Coaches Association for 2019. The Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) named Travis the 2015 recipient of the Dave McClain Distinguished Service Award. He currently serves on the WFCA Executive Board and is a member of the Executive Board of the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association. A graduate of Richland Center High School and Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Travis was a three-sport athlete in high school (football, baseball, basketball), inducted to the Richland Center High School Hall of Fame in 2023, and currently resides in Reedsburg. You can follow him on Twitter at @travisWSN.

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