Midwest Stat-Stuffers: 41 Historic Records Broken in 2022

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>One of the greatest accomplishments sports can achieve is etching an athlete's name in the history books and cementing your legacy as both a player and person. That's what we all want, right? To be remembered? Sports offer a great way to do that, and throughout the 2022 season, I've been making sure to track and record various records broken throughout the Midwest so I can one day make a special <em>PrepRedzone </em>Midwest feature for your enjoyment. Well, that day is here, and below we've identified 40 Historic Records Broken in 2022 from America's Heartland that are sure to impress and catch the eye of our lovely subscribers. Offense, defense, and special teams; passing, rushing, receiving, tackle, sack, TFL, and FG records, we've got them all below. Thanks for reading, and congrats to these 40 Midwest preps on etching their names into the history books and putting together a helluva senior and/or career campaign. Records are meant to be broken! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>--</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>1) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='56549' first='Brenden' last='Begeman']</strong> (<em>Herreid/Selby</em>, SD) 2023. RB. – Cemented himself in the&nbsp; Upper Midwest history books when he surpassed 6,000 career rushing yards at the end of October. After tonight's playoff matchup with <em>Hitchcock-Tulare,</em> he's #1 in South Dakota history for rushing yards. Also broke his school's single-season rushing record with 2,245 but is now well above that after a few more games of action.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='243468' first='Ethan' last='Clark']</strong> (<em>Clarkston</em>, MI) RB. 2023. – The Princeton commit became first player in school history to rush for over 5000 yards and only 25^th player in state history to rush for more than 5K. <strong>Clark </strong>is currently sitting at 21^st in state history in rushing yards.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>3) <strong>Danny O'Neil</strong> (<em>Cathedral</em>, IN) 2024. QB. – The monster 2024 QB recruit captured a third career passing record this season with <em>Cathedral </em>and became the all-time leader in passing yards, touchdowns, and completions as only a junior! Became the career passing completion leader on October 7^th and the career passing TD record (49) on September 9^th.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>4) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='146114' first='DaeOnte' last='Mitchell']</strong> <em>(Wichita East</em>, KS) QB. 2024. – Set the<em> Blue Aces</em> All-Time passing yards record in nearly October after crossing the 4,500 mark. Only a junior, too!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>5) <strong>Kendrick Bel</strong>l (<em>Park Hill</em>, MO) QB. 2023. - The Michigan commit set <em>Park Hill's</em> single-season passing yards record with 3,165, the school's completion rate with 247 completions on 339 attempts (72%) and also added 45 total TDs for good measure. Heckuva senior campaign for the Show-Me State native.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>6) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='254753' first='Josh' last='Deal']</strong> (<em>Francis Howell</em>, MO) K. 2023. - The 6', 205 lb. kicker/athlete broke Missouri's all-time record for career kicking points when he hit 255 on Friday, September 30th. More points have been added with that big leg of his since then!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>7) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='92614' first='CJ' last='Hester']</strong> (<em>Wyoming</em>, OH) RB. 2023. - The Western Michigan commit rushed 36 times for a school-record 351 yards Friday the 21^st of October against <em>Maderia</em>. Head Coach confirmed he has rushed for 5,986 in his career at that time and according to <em>Maxpreps</em>, <strong>Hester </strong>is currently at 6,276 career rushing yards.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>8) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='320767' first='Brennan' last='Hayes']</strong> (<em>Creston</em>, IA) 2024. RB. Posted the 11^th most single-game rushing yards in Iowa state 11-man history with a 21 carry for 433 yard and 2 TD performance against <em>Knoxville </em>on September 23rd.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>9) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='107080' first='Jaron' last='Tibbs']</strong> (<em>Cathedral</em>, IN) Purdue commit. 2023. WR. – The senior Purdue Boilermaker B1G commit broke his second <em>Cathedral </em>career record and is now the all-time leader in receiving yards and receptions.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>10) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='103404' first='Briggs' last='Bartosh']</strong> (<em>Parkhill South</em>, MO) QB/ATH. 2023. – The senior stat-monster set <em>Parkhill South's</em> single-game total yardage mark after finishing with 512 yards in their game six matchup with <em>Park Hill</em>. That included 340 passing yards and 2 TDs, 145 rushing yards and 2 TDs, 27 return yards. In a different game, <strong>Bartosh </strong>also set TD records with 6 total TDs on October 28th against <em>Staley </em>and 5 passing TDs, which tied the school record.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>11) <strong>Jackson Filer</strong> (<em>Dowling Catholic</em>/Iowa Western CC) DE. Set Iowa Western's career sack record with 15 in late September. He's posted 13.5 this season with 25 TFLs on top of it. Also 51 tackles and 2 FFs. Monster year for the instate pass-rushing Reiver.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>12) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='30346' first='Darius' last='Taylor']</strong> (<em>Walled Lake Western</em>, MI) RB. 2023. - Continues to destroy the <em>WLW </em>record books and set single-season rushing and TD marks on October 21st against <em>Walled Lake Central.</em> The Minnesota Gophers commit just received a major instate offer from Michigan for his efforts.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>13) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='145515' first='Hudson' last='Ferralez']</strong> (<em>Hesston</em>, KS) QB. 2024. – Broke <em>Hesston's </em>career passing mark as he crossed 4,437 yards on October 7^th against <em>Clearwater High School.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>14) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='215090' first='AJ' last='Raines'] </strong>(<em>Timberland</em>, MO) QB. 2023. - Had a monster Week 4 game against <em>Fort Zumwalt West</em> with his 32-44 for 489 yards and 6 TDs plus 87 rushing yards and a TD on the ground to boot. Broke single-game passing yards, attempts, completions, and passing TD records to etch his name in the history books. Ryan Bainbridge originally set the record in 2010.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>15) <strong>Stone Wetlaufer</strong> (<em>Central</em>, MO) QB. 2023. – Set the trifecta of quarterback passing records at <em>Central High School</em>. He hit new marks of: career completions thrown = 344, career touchdowns thrown = 52, and career passing total = 5,783 yards.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>16) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='484766' first='Brady' last='Schickel']</strong> (<em>Mount Vernon</em>, IN) DE. 2026. – The freshman sensation set <em>Mt. Vernon's</em> single-season sack record with 12 on October 18^th! Can't find if he's added to that total since then.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>17) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='322134' first='Caleb' last='Redd']</strong> <em>(De Smet Jesuit</em>, MO) DL. 2024. – Broke <em>De Smet's</em> single-season sack record as he recorded his 16^th sack last weekend. Previous weekend was 15 set by Ted Corwin in 2009.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>18) <strong>Asher Katakis</strong> (<em>Central</em>, MO) WR. 2023. - Another <em>Central </em>(MO) athlete who is the second part of a dynamic passing duo. <strong>Katakis </strong>became the All-Time leader in receptions (91) and yards (1531) passing a Central HOFer Lester Bass who set the records in 1994.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>19) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='126255' first='Elijah' last='Stevens']</strong> (<em>Rockwood Summit</em>, MO) WR. 2024. - Broke a 1999 single-season TD reception record when the junior recorded his 19 receiving TD on October 14th. More TDs have come through the air since then.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>20) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='263326' first='Sam' last='Parks']</strong> (<em>Maize South, KS)</em> K. 2024. Set his school's record for longest FG as he successfully converted a 50 yard FG Week 4 vs. <em>Newton</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>21) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='300726' first='Tyson' last='Elliott'] </strong>(<em>Mountain Grove</em>, MO) QB. 2023. - The 6', 215 lb. QB and FS broke <em>MG's </em>school record for passing yards in a season and is sitting at 2213 yards through the air in 2022, according to <em>Maxpreps</em>. Also broke the career passing mark as well.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>22) <strong>Braylon Council</strong> (<em>Great Bend</em>, KS) WR. – Broke a 32-year old reception record set in 1990 by posting 12 catches (old record was 11) for 166 yards and 3 TDs plus 3-4 on PATs and 5 kickoffs in his first time kicking. <em>Great Bend</em> won the game 27-22.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>23) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='300311' first='Jack' last='Helzer']</strong> <em>(Christian Life School</em>, WI) DL. 2023. - The Kenosha product set his school's career TFL record, and with 12 posted this season, the last of which came two weekends ago.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>24) <strong>Alex Rose</strong> (<em>Terre Haute South</em>, IN) LB. 2023. - Broke the single-season tackle record at <em>TH-South</em> with 153 total tackles. Also is 5^th all-time in tackles with 255.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>25) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='39075' first='Brennan' last='Wooten']</strong> (<em>Cathedral</em>, IN) 2023. TE. – Became only the 6^th player ever to record 100 career receptions with <em>Cathedral High School </em>in Indianapolis metro. Joins Daijon Collins, Luke Sanders, [player_tooltip player_id='107080' first='Jaron' last='Tibbs'], Camden Jordan, and Reece Horn in the prestigious club.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>26) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='476056' first='Luke' last='Valerio']</strong> (<em>Heritage Christian</em>, IN) 2023. ATH. – Set <em>Heritage Christian's</em> record for single-season kick return TDs led by 95-yard and 99-yard KOR for six.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>27) <strong>Jonathan Montgomery</strong> (<em>Churchill</em>, MI) RB. 2023. - Friday, October 7th, <strong>Montgomery </strong>set the single-game rushing record for <em>Churchill High School</em> with a 423 yard performance against<em> Wayne Memorial.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>28) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='37714' first='Deion' last='Brown']</strong> (<em>Kirkwood</em>, MO) RB. 2023. - Against <em>Lindbergh High School</em> in early October the senior broke <em>Kirkwood's </em>single-game rushing and TD records with a 29 carry for 352 yard and 7 TD performance.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>29) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='185521' first='Camajay' last='Terrell']</strong> (<em>Gary Westside</em>, IN) RB. 2023. – Friday, October 14th, the senior broke his own single-season rushing record of 1,628 yards by finishing their game against <em>Attucks </em>with 1,798 yards. He finished the year with 1,924 rushing yards and 27 TDs.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>30) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='316550' first='Mark' last='Harris']</strong> (<em>Maur Hill Acadaemy</em>, KS) QB. 2023. – Set his school's single-game passing record with 418 and added 4 TDs, 92 rushing yards, and a rushing TD on top of it in an October 28th showdown with <em>Horton High School.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>31) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='188522' first='Leo' last='Brostowitz']</strong> (<em>Wisconsin Rapids-Lincoln</em>, WI) RB. 2023. Had an excellent showing against <em>Menominee</em> and set single-game rushing yard and TD records with 339 rushing yards and 6 TDs. His performance helped clinch a conference championship that night.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>32) <strong>Quinton Renfro</strong> (<em>Joplin</em>, MO) RB. 2024. - Broke <em>Joplin's </em>single-game TD record as he finished with 8 TDs in <em>Joplin's </em>October 21nd win against <em>Neosho</em>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>33) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='211690' first='Caleb' last='Garnand']</strong> (<em>Lawton-Bronson</em>, IA) 2024. WR. – In Week 6 of their regular season, <strong>Garnand </strong>went off vs. <em>Tri-Center</em> and broke school records in single-game receptions (16), single-game receiving yards (224) and added 2 TDs as well.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>34) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='268947' first='Colton' last='Brunell']</strong> (<em>Columbus</em>, WI) RB. 2024. - Had a great showing against <em>Lodi </em>on September 30th and broke the <em>Columbus High School</em> single-game rushing record with 335 yards in the win.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>35) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='126261' first='Grant' last='Gibson']</strong> (<em>Rockwood Summit,</em> MO) QB. 2024. - The 6'3, 210 lb. junior set <em>Rockwood Summit's</em> single-game completion record 27 completed passes in a Week 8 win against <em>Oakville</em>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>36) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='392013' first='Gavin' last='Tindall']</strong> (<em>Covenant Christian</em>, IN) 2023. WR. – Early in the season on September 16^th, the senior wideout set his school's single-game receiving yard record as he posted 7 catches for 222 yards and 2 TDs in a win against<em> North Putnam</em>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>37) <strong>Max Loeffler</strong> (<em>Leo</em>, IN) 2023. RB. 5'7, 170 lbs. – Set <em>Leo's </em>single-game rushing record with 301 yards against <em>DeKalb </em>on October 14th.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>38) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='242432' first='Tyler' last='Nystrom']</strong> (<em>Mounds View</em>, MN) 2024. WR. – The stud junior broke Mounds View's single-game reception record as he posted 16 catches for 189 yards and a TD against <em>Anoka </em>at the beginning of October.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>39) <em>West Bend West High School</em>, Wisconsin. – Little reverse action here as <em>WBW </em>snapped an infamous record of 37 straight losses after they beat <em>Fort Atkinson </em>on August 25th. They then beat Cedarburg the week after!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>40) <em>Eau Claire North High School Huskies</em>, Wisconsin - Snapped a not-fun record of 46 straight conference losses in a 21-0 win over <em>Superior </em>on September 9th.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>41) <strong>Eli Paulson</strong> (<em>Anoka</em>, MN) WR. 2023. - Post-publishing edit and addition to the list, Twin Cities metro wideout Eli Paulson had a special year catching passes and set a new Minnesota state record for single-season receptions with 96. Previous record was 90, set by a kid who went on to earn DIII All-American honors as a TE. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>--</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->