See below from the Week 4 on the gridiron that was.
Each week, we’ll provide the standouts from Friday night. The top passers, rushers, receivers, defensive and kicking standouts.
We’ll also look at 10 things to take away from the week.
Here goes…
10 takeaways from Week 4
— After forcing four more turnovers in the 21-7 win over St. Henry, Bellevue’s defense has now forced 15 turnovers on the season.
— Boone County’s Malik Johnson is now up to 504 yards rushing on the season to go with six rushing touchdowns. He ran for 229 yards and three touchdowns in the win over Walton-Verona on Friday. The Rebels are off to a 3-1 start for the first time since 2011.
— Speaking of rushing standouts, unofficially we had Dayton’s Malachi Kennedy with 277 yards rushing and three touchdowns in the Greendevils 42-39 victory over Ludlow. If that number is accurate, it puts him at 828 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns through four games.
— After missing the first two games of the season, Campbell County’s Elijah Depperschmidt has 32 tackles in two games.
— Conner’s Grayson Montgomery has found his rhythm in the Cougars passing game. Over the last two weeks he’s thrown for 526 yards and nine touchdowns while completing 34-of-55 passes.
— Scott’s Trey Cook has thrown for 1,078 yards and 13 touchdowns in the Eagles three games. He’s hit on 54-of-his 75 passes and threw for 437 yards and six touchdowns in the win over Grant County last week. The Eagles are 2-1 for the first time since 2021.
— Covington Catholic grad Willie Rodriguez caught his first career collegiate touchdown pass in Kentucky’s 48-23 victory over Eastern Michigan. Rodriguez caught two passes for 28 yards and the touchdown. He’s caught five passes for 68 yards through three games on the season.
— Walton-Verona’s season certainly hasn’t lacked any drama. All three of their games have been decided by one score. They lost to Bishop Brossart and Boone County by eight and defeated Ludlow by five. After a game-winning touchdown against the Panthers the prior week, Boone County defeated them in overtime this past week.
— After Week 2, we praised Campbell County’s kickoff return team for three returned kicks for touchdowns. Now that attention shifts to Holy Cross, who have also now returned three kickoffs for touchdowns. Tommy Maddox opened a game for the second time this season with a kickoff return for a touchdown. He did it against Holmes on Friday and then again in the season opener against St. Henry. Max Hunt also has a kick return for a touchdown against Bracken County.
— Two really good matchups on tap Friday. Covington Catholic at Beechwood and Ryle at Highlands. In the fight for supremacy in NKY, it doesn’t get much better than these two matchups.
200-yard passers
Trey Cook, Scott — 20/25, 437 yds, 6 TD
Avery Howe, Walton-Verona — 14/23, 274 yds, 3 TD
Emmett Queen, Beechwood — 20/25, 237 yds, 4 TD
Grayson Montgomery, Conner — 13/16, 201 yds, 5 TD
100-yard rushers
Malik Johnson, Boone County — 39 rushes, 229 yards, 3 TD
Lincon Tomlinson, Lloyd Memorial — 21 rushes, 151 yds, 2 TD
Nicholi Abbott, Ludlow — 26 rushes, 135 yds, 2 TD
Keagan Maher, Cooper — 20 rushes, 119 yds, 2 TD
Caden Kuntsek, St. Henry — 12 rushes, 109 yds, TD
100-yard receivers
Aaron Hampton, Scott — 7 receptions, 195 yds, 3 TD
Brayden Donato, Walton-Verona — 5 receptions, 142 yds, 3 TD
Grayson Harris, Simon Kenton — 4 receptions, 111 yds
Shepherd Dozier, Conner — 5 receptions, 106 yds, 3 TD
Defensive standouts
Elijah Depperschmidt, Campbell County — 16 tackles
Cooper Burch, Walton-Verona — 15 tackles, interception
DeMareon Peterson, Lloyd Memorial — 14 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Javier Diaz, Boone County — 13 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, fumble recovery
Max Wethington, Cooper — 13 tackles
Kai Workman, Ryle — 12 tackles, fumble recovery, .5 sack
Alexander Yutze, Walton-Verona — 12 tackles
Andre Englemon Jr., Ludlow — 12 tackles
Jacob Cook, Ludlow — 12 tackles
Dax Bolen, Cooper — 11 tackles, sack
Hunter Busch, Boone County — 10 tackles, 3 tackles for loss
Avery Conrad, Lloyd Memorial — 10 tackles
Austin Grant Ashcraft, Ludlow — 10 tackles
Joel Mazala, Boone County — 9 tackles, interception return for TD
Marveen Moise, Boone County — 9 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, sack, fumble forced
Jaymauri Duncan, Cooper — 9 tackles, interception
Ian Schneidt, St. Henry — 9 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, sack
Lincon Tomlinson, Lloyd Memorial — 9 tackles
Ryland Yates, Ludlow — 9 tackles
Sean Hurry, Newport — 9 tackles
Jacob Savage, Ryle — 9 tackles
Kayne Ross, Bellevue — 8 tackles, fumble recovery, interception
Dakota Daniels, Boone County — 8 tackles, 4 tackles for loss
Amari Isham, Newport — 8 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Lucas Pate, St. Henry — 8 tackles, tackle for loss, .5 sack
Ashton Hummel, Ludlow — 8 tackles
Tucker Ober, Simon Kenton — 8 tackles
Nick Strunk, Cooper — 7 tackles, interception return for TD
Lucas Martin, St. Henry — 7 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, .5 sack
Dustin Wilson, Holy Cross — 6 tackles, fumble recovery for TD
Kayveion Sharp, Newport — 6 tackles, tackle for loss, interception
Arion Stuckey, Bellevue — 5 tackles for loss, two sacks
Cash Myers, Covington Catholic — 5 tackles, fumble forced, fumble recovery
Jason Rieselman, Holy Cross — 5 tackles, interception
Garrett Frederick, Holy Cross — 5 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Braydon Ennis, Scott — 4 tackles, sack, fumble recovery
Kameron Stokes, Bellevue — 4 tackles, fumble recovery
Ben Trimnell, Bellevue — 4 tackles, fumble recovery
Hunter Rose, Boone County — 4 tackles, tackle for loss, sack, fumble forced
Chase McDaniel, Beechwood — 4 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, .5 sack
Charles Oglesby, Holy Cross — 4 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, fumble forced
Kendall Buck-Barber, Newport — 4 tackles, 3 tackles for loss
Jeremiah Sanchez, Boone County — 4 tackles, fumble forced
Aaron Hampton, Scott — 4 tackles, interception
Justin Hardy, Scott — 4 tackles, 2 sacks
Travis Keen, Conner — 3 tackles, tackle for loss, sack, interception
Colten Barger, Lloyd Memorial — 3 tackles, interception
Isaac Niemann, Highlands — 3 tackles for loss
Damarcus Foster, Holmes — 3 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Anderson Durrett, Beechwood — 2 tackles, interception
Kingston Brockett, Beechwood — fumble return for TD
Austin Stephenson, Beechwood — interception
Cade Anthrop, Campbell County — interception
Cahlil Johnson, Holy Cross — interception
Nolan Schroder, Bishop Brossart — fumble recovery
Matthew Goering, Bishop Brossart — fumble recovery
Gabe Weis, Covington Catholic — fumble recovery
Jace Thornton, Covington Catholic — fumble recovery
Peyton Klosterman, Highlands — fumble recovery
Brady Carnohan, Highlands — fumble recovery
Andrew Russell, Holy Cross — fumble recovery
Jaden Conley, Newport — fumble recovery
Brayden Kennard, Walton-Verona — fumble recovery
Nathan Pabst, Beechwood — fumble forced
Logan Sanning, Covington Catholic — fumble forced
Charlie Reeves, Covington Catholic — fumble forced
Kicking Standouts
Jack Mercer, Beechwood — 6/6 PAT, 1/1 FG
Finn McMillan, Ludlow — 4/4 PAT, 1/1 FG
Logan Zembrodt, Covington Catholic — 6/6 PAT
Eyler Tibbs, Cooper — 5/5 PAT
Missing stats from: Dayton, Dixie Heights, Newport Central Catholic