Offensive Stat Monsters in Final Week of Regular Season

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are a few of the top offensive performers stats from the final week of the regular season!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>QB [player_tooltip player_id='1570275' first='Callahan' last='Roper'] (Marion – 2026)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Roper went off for 435 yards on 29/34 for 6 touchdowns to secure a spot in the playoffs.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>QB [player_tooltip player_id='1732085' first='Brendan' last='Mecher'] (Lockport – 2026)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The signal caller had 140 yards passing and one touchdown.&nbsp; Also ran for 72 yards and another touchdown.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>QB Owen Askren (Marian Catholic – 2026)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Marian Catholic quarterback had 4 touchdowns on Friday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>QB [player_tooltip player_id='1853275' first='Connor' last='Henline'] (Coal City – 2027)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Against Wilmington he had 220 yards passing along with 2 touchdowns.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>QB Braeden Novak (Riverside Brookfield – 2027)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The junior signal caller had 289 yards through the air on 19/27 for 3 touchdowns while also rushing for 59 yards and 1 touchdown.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>RB [player_tooltip player_id='1052579' first='Ky'ren' last='Edmon'] (Bradley Bourbonnais – 2028)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The star running back had 6 carries for 121 yards and 2 touchdowns.&nbsp; Also caught a pair of passes for 41 yards and a score.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>RB Trey Seifrid (Aurora Christian – 2026)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The senior back had 3 touchdowns in his last regular season game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>RB Dewonde Taylor Jr (Belleville West – 2027)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Taylor had 21 carries for 164 yards against Vianney.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>RB [player_tooltip player_id='1971183' first='Liam' last='Callaghan'] (Plainfield East – 2029)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The freshman pulled double duty racking up 100 yards and 3 touchdowns along with 3 picks in the JV game.&nbsp; In varsity game he had 2&nbsp; carries for 85 yards and a score in addition to an interception.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>RB Joseph Vieyra (Downers Grove South – 2026)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Vieyra went over 1,000 yards for the season rushing for 108 yards and 2 scores on just 10 carries.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>RB [player_tooltip player_id='1565277' first='Quincy' last='Fulton'] (Newton – 2028)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fulton closed out a monster sophomore season with two more touchdowns!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>RB [player_tooltip player_id='1974778' first='Machai' last='Henderson'] (Cahokia – 2027)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The metro east junior back had 13 carries for 173 yards and 1 touchdown.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>RB Chris Porter (Rockford Guilford – 2026)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Porter had 131 yards rushing on 9 carries including 3 touchdowns.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>RB Gregory Lee (Joliet West – 2026)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The back ran for 94 yards and 2 scores.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>RB [player_tooltip player_id='887187' first='Logan' last='Lennon'] (Antioch – 2028)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Last regular season game the sophomore running back had 121 yards rushing on 9 carries along with a long TD run.&nbsp; Also caught a touchdown pass.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>WR [player_tooltip player_id='1695194' first='Evan' last='Ellis'] (Rock Island – 2027)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ellis had 7 catches for 138 yards and a touchdown against Sterling.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>WR Harrison Yonker (Chicago Christian – 2027)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Yonker caught 6 passes for 101 yards and 1 touchdown.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>WR [player_tooltip player_id='1584496' first='Braden' last='Harms'] (St. Charles North – 2026)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Last game of the regular season he racked up 60 yards receiving and a touchdown.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>WR [player_tooltip player_id='801892' first='Kyan' last='Short'] (Sesser-Valier)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Productive wide receiver closed out regular season with 80 yards on 6 catches including a touchdown.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>WR [player_tooltip player_id='1119247' first='Ryan' last='Franze'] (Johnsburg – 2027)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Another big game for the junior as he had 76 yards and two more scores.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>WR Gavin Matejko (St. Charles East – 2026)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The senior pass catcher had 5 grabs for 91 yards and 3 touchdowns.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>WR Niko Roberts (Reavis – 2026)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Roberts had 2 touchdowns with one on a kick return and other receiving.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>WR Lucas Gordon (Highland Park – 2026)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Gordon is a Wash U commit that had 42 yards on 3 catches including 2 touchdowns in final game of regular season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>ATH [player_tooltip player_id='1647228' first='Dallas' last='Harder'] (Peoria Notre Dame – 2027)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Harder went for 191 yards on 16 carries for 2 touchdowns.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>ATH [player_tooltip player_id='1358093' first='Mariano' last='Velasco'] (Oswego – 2026)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The two way standout had 3.5 tackles including 1 TFL on defense with 70 yards receiving and 1 score.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>ATH [player_tooltip player_id='801989' first='Camden' last='Maniatis'] (Andrew – 2026)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The senior quarterback had 121 passing yards with 3 touchdowns in the air.&nbsp; Also rushed it 14 times for 199 yards and 3 more touchdowns!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>K Jon Mavrianos (Glenbrook South – 2027)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Junior kicker nailed a 33 yard field goal along with 6/6 on extra points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->