South Central Football Conference stats leaders through Week 8 of 2023 season

Who are the South Central's top passers, rushers, receivers and defensive stars through eight weeks?

Here are the South Central Football Conference leaders through eight weeks of the 2023 Oregon high school football season. 

Leaders will be updated throughout the season. Please send game-by-game stats to orehssports@gmail.com. Is your team missing? Encourage your coach to respond to requests for stats.

Photo by Michele Bunch 

STATE LEADERS: CLASS 6A | CLASS 5A

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Passing yards

Athan Palmateer, South Salem - (149 - 209) 2,437 yards

Traeger Healy, North Medford - (130 - 183) 1,687 yards

Dukatti Witherspoon, Sprague - (158 - 248) 1,541 yards

Kaden Martirano, West Salem - (89 - 183) 1,525 yards

Owen Bentea, Roseburg - (81 - 155) 886 yards

Colby Parosa, Sheldon - (67 - 103) 691 yards

Colby Schwartz, South Medford - (40 - 83) 587 yards

Nathan Bassett, Grants Pass - (43 - 120) 493 yards

TC Manumaleuna II, North Salem - (18 - 45) 375 yards

Passing TDs

Athan Palmateer, South Salem - 26 TDs (2 interceptions)

Traeger Healy, North Medford - 17 TDs (6 interceptions)

Kaden Martirano, West Salem - 13 TDs (8 interceptions)

Dukatti Witherspoon, Sprague - 12 TDs (7 interceptions)

Owen Bentea, Roseburg - 9 TDs (7 interceptions)

Colby Parosa, Sheldon - 6 TDs (3 interceptions)

TC Manumaleuna II, North Salem - 6 TDs (7 interceptions)

Colby Schwartz, South Medford - 4 TDs (6 interceptions)

Nathan Bassett, Grants Pass - 4 TDs (6 interceptions)

Rushing yards

Jamahl Wilson, North Salem - 1,550 yards on 125 carries

Kenya Johnson, Sprague - 818 yards on 169 carries

Bridger Foss, South Medford - 706 yards on 78 carries

Ryder Scheid, South Medford - 622 yards on 103 carries

Jeremiah Robbins, North Medford - 593 yards on 87 carries

Athan Palmateer, South Salem - 504 yards on 77 carries

Kameron Rague, South Medford - 468 yards on 68 carries

Colby Parosa, Sheldon - 457 yards on 85 carries

Cayden Eckel, Roseburg - 397 yards on 90 carries

Landyn Meeker, North Medford - 395 yards on 72 carries

Kaden Martirano, West Salem - 327 yards on 45 carries

Pete Amotai, Grants Pass - 323 yards on 81 carries

Jeremiah Tracy, McNary - 304 yards on 64 carries

Rushing TDs

Jamahl Wilson, North Salem - 19 TDs

Kenya Johnson, Sprague - 13 TDs

Athan Palmateer, South Salem - 9 TDs

Kaden Martirano, West Salem - 9 TDs

Jeremiah Robbins, North Medford - 9 TDs

Colby Parosa, Sheldon - 7 TDs

Bridger Foss, South Medford - 7 TDs

Colby Schwartz, South Medford - 7 TDs

Teimana Tuioti, Sheldon - 6 TDs

Carson Evenson, West Salem - 5 TDs

Ryder Scheid, South Medford - 5 TDs

Pete Amotai, Grants Pass - 4 TDs

Noah Scharer, South Salem - 4 TDs

Landyn Meeker, North Medford - 4 TDs

Tristan Geer, South Salem - 4 TDs

Receiving yards

Esteban Mendez, South Salem - 1,077 yards on 49 receptions

Eli Johnson, South Salem - 610 yards on 31 receptions

AJ Pugliano, North Medford - 422 yards on 33 receptions

Evan Wusstig, West Salem - 408 yards on 18 receptions

Aidan Andresen, Sprague - 396 yards on 31 receptions

Connor Cesaro, North Medford - 385 yards on 28 receptions

Tyler Buchheit, Sprague - 371 yards on 34 receptions

Nathan Kelly, North Medford - 365 yards on 22 receptions

Kaden Austin, Roseburg - 294 yards on 28 receptions

Izaiah Terrones, Sprague - 285 yards on 34 receptions

Dane St. Clair, Roseburg - 279 yards on 19 receptions

Braxton Singleton, North Salem - 279 yards on 9 receptions

Receiving TDs

Esteban Mendez, South Salem - 13 TDs

AJ Pugliano, North Medford - 7 TDs

Eli Johnson, South Salem - 7 TDs

Evan Wusstig, West Salem - 6 TDs

Brody Robinson, Roseburg - 5 TDs

Nathan Kelly, North Medford - 4 TDs

Braxton Singleton, North Salem - 4 TDs

Landon Baldwin-Branch, Sprague - 3 TDs

Cole Carnes, Grants Pass - 3 TDs

Izaiah Terrones, Sprague - 3 TDs

Connor Cesaro, North Medford - 3 TDs

Tyler Buchheit, Sprague - 3 TDs

Total tackles 

Note: Per national federation guidelines, each play should be recorded as having either ONE solo tackle OR no more than TWO assisted tackles. 

Brady Greer, South Salem - 87 tackles

Zach Diaz, West Salem - 80 tackles

Noah Scharer, South Salem - 78 tackles

Jerrik Wangler, North Salem - 76.5 tackles

Hatimu Letisi, South Salem - 66 tackles

Jeremiah Robbins, North Medford - 60 tackles

Tristan Geer, South Salem - 59 tackles

Aedan Saele, Sprague - 53 tackles

Braxton Bingham, Sprague - 52 tackles

Evan Wusstig, West Salem - 50 tackles

Tackles for loss

Cougar Bailey, West Salem - 16 tackles for loss

Hatimu Letisi, South Salem - 14 tackles for loss

AJ Pugliano, North Medford - 13 tackles for loss

Jeremiah Robbins, North Medford - 11 tackles for loss

Trey Kennedy-Coleman, North Medford - 9 tackles for loss

Nicholas Parish, Roseburg - 8 tackles for loss

Noah Scharer, South Salem - 8 tackles for loss

Jerrik Wangler, North Salem - 7 tackles for loss

Satshe Murata, Sprague - 7 tackles for loss

Connor Trinca, North Medford - 7 tackles for loss

Drew Garrett, Grants Pass - 7 tackles for loss

Tristan Geer, South Salem - 7 tackles for loss

Sacks

Cougar Bailey, West Salem - 9 sacks

Hatimu Letisi, South Salem - 9 sacks

Enrike Aguilar, North Salem - 5 sacks

Satshe Murata, Sprague - 5 sacks

Drew Garrett, Grants Pass - 5 sacks

Jeremiah Robbins, North Medford - 5 sacks

Kepa'a Kali, North Salem - 4.5 sacks

Noah Scharer, South Salem - 4 sacks

Jacob Dalton, South Medford - 4 sacks

Grady McQuillan, South Medford - 4 sacks

Gio Livingston, South Medford - 4 sacks

Interceptions

Tate Snyder, North Medford - 7 interceptions

Jacob Nemecek, South Salem - 3 interceptions

Sammy Davis, North Salem - 2 interceptions

Ian Herber, West Salem - 2 interceptions

Pierce Walker, North Salem - 2 interceptions

Colby Raddle, South Salem - 2 interceptions

Cameron Nix, North Medford - 2 interceptions

Gabe Stewart, Sprague - 2 interceptions

Ajani Ingram, South Medford - 2 interceptions

Kameron Rague, South Medford - 2 interceptions

Kerek Kato, Sheldon - 2 interceptions

Forced fumbles

Jerrik Wangler, North Salem - 4 forced fumbles

Carmelo Brown, West Salem - 2 forced fumbles

Kaden Luther, Roseburg - 2 forced fumbles

Fumble recoveries

Carter Howard, West Salem - 3 fumble recoveries

Jamahl Wilson, North Salem - 2 fumble recoveries

Cade Vandiver, West Salem - 2 fumble recoveries

Bruxton Leair, Grants Pass - 2 fumble recoveries

Trayton Futi, Sprague - 2 fumble recoveries

Talon Cunial, Sprague - 2 fumble recoveries

Brody Thomas, Sheldon - 2 fumble recoveries

Connor Johnston, Grants Pass - 2 fumble recoveries

Non-offensive TDs

Jamahl Wilson, North Salem – 3 TDs

Jacob Nemecek, South Salem – 2 TDs

Evan Wusstig, West Salem – 2 TDs 

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STATE LEADERS: CLASS 6A | CLASS 5A

MEDIA RANKINGS: CLASS 6A | CLASS 5A | CLASS 4A