Metro League football final stats leaders for 2023 regular season

Who are the Metro's top passers, rushers, receivers and defensive stars through nine weeks?

Here are the Metro League leaders through nine weeks of the 2023 Oregon high school football season. 

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Passing yards

Drew Nees, Sunset - (119 - 179) 1,704 yards

Trey Cleeland, Jesuit - (71 - 144) 1,058 yards

Alex Ingalls, Mountainside - (78 - 143) 1,038 yards

Lucas T State-Bowman, Westview - (70 - 154) 829 yards

Cade Mitchell, Mountainside - (24 - 41) 450 yards

Passing TDs

Drew Nees, Sunset - 19 TDs (5 interceptions)

Trey Cleeland, Jesuit - 12 TDs (3 interceptions)

Alex Ingalls, Mountainside - 9 TDs (2 interceptions)

Rushing yards

Jordan Hicks, Mountainside - 1,121 yards on 153 carries

Heath Thompson, Westview - 976 yards on 171 carries

Lonnie Burt, Jesuit - 861 yards on 139 carries

Owen Scholes, Sunset - 578 yards on 125 carries

Irason Kekaualua, Westview - 507 yards on 47 carries

Sam Vyhlidal, Mountainside - 415 yards on 57 carries

Justin Craigwell, Sunset - 372 yards on 72 carries

Rushing TDs

Jordan Hicks, Mountainside - 14 TDs

Lonnie Burt, Jesuit - 12 TDs

Justin Craigwell, Sunset - 11 TDs

Irason Kekaualua, Westview - 8 TDs

Owen Scholes, Sunset - 6 TDs

Heath Thompson, Westview - 5 TDs

Receiving yards

Blake Hurley, Sunset - 641 yards on 36 receptions

Andrew Ramtel, Mountainside - 607 yards on 35 receptions

Derek Craigwell, Sunset - 353 yards on 31 receptions

Mason Cushon, Aloha - 283 yards on 19 receptions

Elias Johnson, Jesuit - 269 yards on 7 receptions

Chase Catlow, Mountainside - 244 yards on 16 receptions

Jace Burton, Jesuit - 243 yards on 26 receptions

Receiving TDs

Derek Craigwell, Sunset - 7 TDs

Blake Hurley, Sunset - 5 TDs

Elias Johnson, Jesuit - 4 TDs

Matt Eilers, Jesuit - 3 TDs

Chase Catlow, Mountainside - 3 TDs

Andrew Ramtel, Mountainside - 3 TDs

Total tackles

Justin Craigwell, Sunset - 76 tackles

Sam Vyhlidal, Mountainside - 72 tackles

Derek Craigwell, Sunset - 69 tackles

Blake Hurley, Sunset - 65 tackles

Tyler Hetrick, Mountainside - 64 tackles

Griffin Jevning, Sunset - 60 tackles

Irason Kekaualua, Westview - 52 tackles

Micah Currier, Aloha - 51 tackles

Tackles for loss

Tyler Hetrick, Mountainside - 9 tackles for loss

Blake Hurley, Sunset - 9 tackles for loss

Daniel Savenko, Mountainside - 8 tackles for loss

JR Berrien, Mountainside - 7 tackles for loss

Elijah Marciel, Aloha - 5 tackles for loss

Adian Cox, Westview - 5 tackles for loss

Justin Craigwell, Sunset - 4 tackles for loss

Deven Etheridge, Aloha - 4 tackles for loss

Sacks

Daniel Savenko, Mountainside - 6 sacks

Andrew A. McCarty, Mountainside - 2 sacks

Sam Vyhlidal, Mountainside - 2 sacks

Alex Esuk, Sunset - 2 sacks

Interceptions

Kellen Hicks, Mountainside - 4 interceptions

Mason Cushon, Aloha - 3 interceptions

Jestin Berry, Aloha - 3 interceptions

Andrew Knight, Sunset - 2 interceptions

Blake Hurley, Sunset - 2 interceptions

Forced fumbles

Micah Currier, Aloha - 2 forced fumbles

Fumble recoveries

Justin Craigwell, Sunset - 4 fumble recoveries

Derek Craigwell, Sunset - 3 fumble recoveries

Alex Esuk, Sunset - 2 fumble recoveries

Non-offensive TDs 

Blake Hurley, Sunset – 2 TDs

Elias Johnson, Jesuit – 2 TDs

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