See below from the Week 5 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 5
— Cooper’s Keagan Maher is now the program’s all-time leading scorer with his receiving touchdown on Friday against DuPont Manual. Maher has scored 324 points in his career, passing recent grad Isaiah Johnson with 320 points.
— Some monster tackling numbers this past Friday. A total of 19 different NKY players registered at least 10 tackles. Ludlow’s Austin Grant Ashcraft and Boone County’s Javier Diaz had 21 and 20 tackles, respectively.
— After his 15 catch, 184-yard performance, Conner’s Aydin Depenbrock now has 30 receptions for 394 yards and four touchdowns on the season. In his last three games, he’s caught 28 passes for 370 yards and four touchdowns.
— Covington Catholic’s run game has now rushed for 1,179 yards in five games. That’s good for 235 yards per game. Cash Harney has 573 of those yards with seven touchdowns, Dylan Gaiser with 380 and eight touchdowns.
— After Beechwood’s loss to Covington Catholic, the number of undefeated teams in Northern Kentucky is down to two. Lloyd Memorial is 5-0 after defeating Campbell County and Holy Cross (4-0) was on bye.
— Speaking of Beechwood, they are 44-4 in their last 48 regular season games. Those four losses have all come at the hands of Covington Catholic. The last team to beat them in the regular season from a team not in Park Hills was Dixie Heights on Oct. 2, 2020.
— Speaking of Lloyd, I don’t think Kyle Niederman gets enough credit for the job he’s done there. He’s 47-24 since taking over in Erlanger in 2019 with six playoff wins and potentially his second 10-win season on tap.
— District play begins this week! The bulk of teams get started next week, but the teams with five and six-team districts, they get underway this week. The district matchups in Northern Kentucky this week are Walton-Verona at Bracken County, Conner at Cooper, Highlands at Harrison County, Lloyd Memorial at Pendleton County, Owen County at Beechwood and Gallatin County at St. Henry.
— Is this the week Holmes snaps their 26-game losing streak? They host Jackson County, who has been outscored 133-8 on the season. It’s also Homecoming night for the Bulldogs and they are celebrating 200 years of Covington schools. Dicky Beal will walk out with the basketball team.
— Football stat leaders statewide and for each class have been released on the KHSAA website. We’ll release some statewide stat leaders later this week on the website.
200-yard passers
Mason Fields, Dixie Heights — 17/27, 330 yds, 3 TD
Grayson Montgomery, Conner — 26/41, 313 yds, 2 TD
Cam O’Hara, Cooper — 10/25, 269 yds, 3 TD
Grant Webb, Simon Kenton — 11/19, 243 yds, 4 TD
Emmanuel Miles, Newport Central Catholic — 12/18, 218 yds, TD
Emmett Queen, Beechwood — 17/29, 211 yds, TD
100-yard rushers
Dylan Gaiser, Covington Catholic — 23 rushes, 178 yds, 3 TD
Cash Harney, Covington Catholic — 13 rushes, 164 yds, 2 TD
Elias Lopez Torres, Dayton — 14 rushes, 162 yds, 2 TD
Jaylen Stone, Ludlow — 10 rushes, 160 yds
Nishawn Golsby, Dixie Heights — 4 rushes, 130 yds, 3 TD
Lincoln Tomlinson, Lloyd Memorial — 18 rushes, 119 yds, 3 TD
Eddie Bivens, Newport Central Catholic — 12 rushes, 107 yds, 2 TD
Jacob Savage, Ryle — 20 rushes, 101 yds, 2 TD
100-yard receivers
Aydin Depenbrock, Conner — 15 receptions, 184 yds, TD
Ryker Campbell, Cooper — 4 receptions, 164 yds, TD
Grayson Harris, Simon Kenton — 5 receptions, 149 yds, 2 TD
Cade Anthrop, Campbell County — 3 receptions, 115 yds, 2 TD
Tyler Fryman, Beechwood — 6 receptions, 104 yds, TD
Defensive standouts
Austin Grant Ashcraft, Ludlow — 21 tackles
Javier Diaz, Boone County — 20 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, sack, fumble recovery
Matthew Riegler, Bishop Brossart — 19 tackles
Travis Hodges, Boone County — 18 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Cooper Burch, Walton-Verona — 16 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Quinten Tischner, Bishop Brossart — 16 tackles
Dax Bolen, Cooper — 14 tackles
Hunter Butsch, Boone County — 12 tackles, 3 tackles for loss
Alexander Yutze, Walton-Verona — 12 tackles, tackle for loss, sack
Elijah Depperschmidt, Campbell County — 12 tackles, tackle for loss
Tyler Fryman, Beechwood — 11 tackles, fumble recovery
Alex Riedinger, Campbell County — 11 tackles, interception
Tyler Crafton, Ludlow — 11 tackles, fumble recovery
Lincoln Tomlinson, Lloyd Memorial — 11 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Joesiah Hernandez, Conner — 11 tackles
Luke Tucker, Dixie Heights — 11 tackles
Avery Conrad, Lloyd Memorial — 10 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, .5 sack
Dakota Daniels, Boone County — 10 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Cash Myers, Covington Catholic — 10 tackles
DeMareon Peterson, Lloyd Memorial — 9 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks
Jeremiah Sanchez, Boone County — 9 tackles
Andre Englemon Jr., Ludlow — 9 tackles
Elias Lopez Torres, Dayton — 8 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, fumble recovery, fumble forced
Brad Roaden, Dixie Heights — 8 tackles, 2 fumbles forced
Max Wethington, Cooper — 8 tackles, sack
Nicholas Cozzi, Bishop Brossart — 8 tackles
Ryland Yates, Ludlow — 8 tackles
Seth Curtis, Ludlow — 8 tackles
Andrew Lynn, Walton-Verona — 8 tackles
Derrick Fortner, Bellevue — 7 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 2 sacks
Ben Griffiths, Ludlow — 7 tackles, fumble recovery
Matthew Brewer, Ludlow — 7 tackles, fumble recovery
Amari Isham, Newport — 7 tackles, fumble recovery
Carvonta Roper, Newport — 7 tackles, interception
Justin Hardy, Scott — 7 tackles, tackle for loss, interception
Jacob Savage, Ryle — 7 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Nathan Pabst, Beechwood — 6 tackles, tackle for loss, forced fumble
Brandon Smith, Covington Catholic — 6 tackles, interception
Marveen Moise, Boone County — 5 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, sack
Kayveion Sharp, Newport — 5 tackles, tackle for loss, interception
Corey Freihofer, Cooper — 5 tackles, interception
Colten Barger, Lloyd Memorial — 5 tackles, interception
Nate Mangulabnan — Dayton — 5 tackles, fumble recovery
Arion Stuckey, Bellevue — 4 tackles, tackle for loss, fumble recovery
Kayne Ross, Bellevue — 4 tackles, tackle for loss, fumble recovery
Charlie Reeves, Covington Catholic — 4 tackles, sack, interception
Ryan Miller, Lloyd Memorial — 4 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, sack, fumble recovery
Logan Day, Ludlow — 4 tackles, fumble recovery
Ethan Estvanko, Conner — 4 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, sack
Kendall Buck-Barber, Newport — 4 tackles, punt return for TD
Gavin Henson, Dixie Heights — 3 tackles, fumble recovery
AJ Curry, Lloyd Memorial — 3 tackles, interception
Tristan Woodyard, Bellevue — interception return for TD, fumble recovery
Gabe Williams, Highlands — interception return for TD
Austin Stephenson, Beechwood — interception
Cade Anthrop, Campbell County — interception
Caleb Arrasmith, Beechwood — fumble recovery
Cameron Schroer, Dixie Heights — fumble recovery
Ryan Dunn, Highlands — fumble recovery
Jordan Pendleton, Simon Kenton — fumble recovery
Kicking standouts (minimum 4 points scored, no missed kicks)
Easton Niemeyer, Dixie Heights — 5/5 PAT, 1/1 FG
Ryan Miller, Lloyd Memorial — 7/7 PAT
Blake Minor, Campbell County — 3/3 PAT, 1/1 FG
Eyler Tibbs, Cooper — 3/3 PAT, 1/1 FG
Gavin Moses, Ryle — 3/3 PAT, 1/1 FG
Logan Zembrodt, Covington Catholic — 6/6 PAT
Kai Anderson, Highlands — 4/4 PAT