Iowa high school football: Stat leaders after Week 4
Cody GoodwinA couple of quick takeaways before we get to the numbers.
First off, Sioux City North has scored some points this season, and will likely continue to score some points. You’ll remember them as the team that scored 81 points in Week 2 and lost. The Stars may be 1-3, but they’re averaging 49.3 points per game.
Part of that has been the passing game. Senior quarterback Matt Hagan, the state’s newly-minted passing leader after Week 4, has thrown for 1,416 yards and 22 touchdowns in four games. A lot of that came in that 99-81 loss to Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, of course, but if you take those numbers out, Hagan’s thrown for 1,113 yards and 13 touchdowns in the other three games.
Hagan’s done a fine job of spreading the ball around, too. Four different receivers have caught at least 10 passes, and three have caught at least six touchdowns. Devonta Cobbs is the favorite target, at 29 catches for 606 yards — good for third on our receiving yards list below.
The other takeaway is that you’ll notice a new name atop the tackles leaderboard, and that’s Ridge View’s Jake Kliegl. Kliegl jumped to the top after a 23-tackles performance in a loss to Lawton-Bronson last week. Of those 23 tackles, Kliegl racked up 21 solo stops.
So yeah. Sioux City North has an offense, and Ridge View’s Kliegl can tackle. Good stuff heading into Week 5.
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Below are your stat leaders after Week 4 of the Iowa high school football season:
PASSING YARDS
1. Matt Hagan, sr., Sioux City North: 1,416 yards (53.1 completion percentage, 22 touchdowns in four games)
2. Drake Miller, sr., Fort Dodge: 1,391 yards (64.3 completion percentage, 11 touchdowns in four games)
3. Brett Bobinet, sr., Osage: 1,288 yards (56.1 completion percentage, 13 touchdowns in four games)
4. Nathan Trenkamp, jr., Easton Valley: 1,279 yards (63.2 completion percentage, 17 touchdowns in four games)
5. Michael Schafer, jr., East Mills: 1,184 yards (55.7 completion percentage, 17 touchdowns in four games)
RUSHING YARDS
1. Chase Keifer, jr., Wayne: 1,030 yards (144 attempts, 11 touchdowns)
2. Easton Necker, sr., Central DeWitt: 980 yards (92 attempts, 8 touchdowns)
3. Taven Harris, sr., Burlington: 954 yards (112 attempts, 8 touchdowns)
4. Caleb Swalla, jr., Earlham: 857 yards (94 attempts, 8 touchdowns)
5. Keegan Simmons, sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie: 851 yards (111 attempts, 9 touchdowns)
RECEIVING YARDS
1. Tysen Kershaw, jr., Fort Dodge: 627 yards (37 receptions, 4 touchdowns)
2. Tyler Lode, sr., Sheldon: 620 yards (31 receptions, 5 touchdowns)
3. Devonta Cobbs, sr., Sioux City North: 606 yards (29 receptions, 7 touchdowns)
4. Dawson Stoll, sr., Northeast, Goose Lake: 576 yards (31 receptions, 4 touchdowns)
5. Cade Jargo, jr., Easton Valley: 550 yards (21 receptions, 10 touchdowns)
TACKLES
1. Jake Kliegl, sr., Ridge View (Holstein): 63.5 tackles (53 solo)
2. Juanito Piper, jr., Winfield-Mt. Union: 61 tackles (57 solo)
T3. Drake Johnson, sr., Stanton: 56.5 tackles (39 solo)
T3. Nathan Bell, sr., Roland-Story: 56.5 tackles (33 solo)
T5. Ahkil Muhammad, jr., Waterloo East: 56 tackles (45 solo)
T5. Colton Horak, sr., WACO: 56 tackles (44 solo)
SACKS
1. Dawson Fenton, sr., Bishop Heelan: 9 sacks
2. Austin Gartner, sr., Fremont-Mills: 8.5 sacks
T3. Kaeden Lozano, jr., Bondurant-Farrar: 7.5 sacks
T3. Nate Richardson, sr., East Mills: 7.5 sacks
T5. Ethan Susin, sr., Centerville: 6 sacks
T5. Jordan Bries, sr., West Delaware: 6 sacks
T5. Morgan Martin, sr., Alburnett: 6 sacks
T5. Kanan Morris, sr., Alburnett: 6 sacks
INTERCEPTIONS
1. Keaton Gwinn, sr., Mormon Trail, Garden Grove: 6 interceptions
T2. Seth Boeckman, jr., Tripoli: 5 interceptions
T2. Colton Horak, sr., WACO: 5 interceptions
T2. Jarrin Goecke, soph., West Marshall: 5 interceptions
5. 17 tied with 4 interceptions
*All statistics are pulled from Quikstats on Tuesday. We consider between Friday night and Tuesday more than enough time for teams to update their pages. Coaches, please do so in that time frame to ensure we accurately list the proper statistical leaders. Thank you in advance.
Cody Goodwin covers wrestling and high school sports for the Des Moines Register. Follow him on Twitter at @codygoodwin.