FB stats: Cactus Shadows' Kinsler moves into national list
September 26, 2012 by Jose Garcia, AZPreps365
Besides setting a new state record for passing yards in a game, Cactus Shadows’ Bryce Kinsler also moved into the national record books.
The 639 yards Kinsler threw in Friday’s game against Prescott is the 6th highest total to ever get recorded in the nation, according to the record books of the National Federation of State High School Associations. David Koral of California Pacific Palisades is the national record holder with 764 passing yards, a feat accomplished in 2000 against Van Nuys Grant.
On Friday, Kinsler also became the fist quarterback in Arizona high school history to throw for more than 600 yards in a game during his team’s 63-49 loss to Prescott.
2012 AZ HS stat leaders
Every Wednesday aia365.com will post the state’s football stat leaders during the remainder of the 2012 regular season.
We’ll just post the top-10 leaders for the major offensive and defensive categories regardless of which division they play in. To view all of Arizona's stat leaders on Maxpreps, go here.
On Monday, we’ll post the stat leaders for volleyball.
(Note: The stats for every football team haven’t been posted on Maxpreps yet.)
Football leaders
Passing yards
No. 1 Ryan Finley, Paradise Valley, 1,541 (308.2 per game)
No. 2 Bryce Kinsler, Cactus Shadows, 1,513 (302.6)
No. 3 Mason Thorman, Red Mountain, 1,477 (295.4)
No. 4 Tyler Rogers, Liberty, 1,252 (250.4)
No. 5 Josh Eckley, Marcos de Niza, 1,245 (249)
No. 6 Luke Rubenzer, Saguaro, 1,210 (242)
No. 7 Emanuel Gant, Tempe, 1,186 (237.2)
No. 8 Kyla Allen, Desert Mountain, 1,181 (236.2)
No. 9 Redmond Delmar, Monument Valley, 1,168 (233.6)
No. 10 James Rasmussen, Washington, 1,152 (230.4)
Rushing
No. 1 Brady Mengarelli, Prescott, 1,410
No. 2 Alfred Erives, Arizona Lutheran, 1,037
No. 3 Mark Dogbah, Greenway, 978
No. 4 Kody Hazlett, Yuma Catholic, 976
No. 5 Matt Guida, Qeen Creek, 927
No. 6 Chris Salsberry, Shadow Ridge, 913
No. 7 Kani Benoit, Thunderbird, 889
No. 8 Johs Hoekstra, Pinnacle, 862
No. 9 Kyle Woolard, Desert Edge, 810
No. 10 Brian McCarty, Nogales, 774
Receiving yards
No. 1 Drake Pierre, Red Mountain, 693 yards
No. 2 Elroy Masters, Sunrise Mountain, 650
No. 3 Paul Elvira, Marcos de Niza, 649
No. 4 Mark Andrews, Desert Mountain, 595
No. 5 Luke Holley, Cienega, 579
No. 6 Massiah Smith, Tempe, 553
No. 7 Nate Phillips, Basha, 552
No. 8 Clark Brown, Mesa Mountain View, 527
No. 9 Kyle Gladstone, Cactus Shadows, 512
No. 10 Lukas Treffers, St. Mary’s, 509
Scoring
No. 1 Brady Mengarelli, Prescott, 120 points (24 per game)
No. 2 Alfred Erives, Arizona Lutheran, 102 (20.4)
No. 3 James Cartwright, Hayden, 96 (19.2)
No. 4 Kani Benoit, Thunderbird, 96 (19.2)
No. 5 Jabril Taylor, Buckeye, 92 (18.4)
No. 6 Blake Sekaquaptewa, Hopi, 82 (16.4)
No. 7 Matt Guida, Queen Creek, 78 (15.6)
No. 8 Mark Andrews, Desert Mountain, 74 (14.8)
No. 9 Adrian Solano, Williams, 74 (14.8)
No. 10 Tyler Wyatt, Liberty, 73 (14.6)
Defense
Total tackles
No. 1 Shem Bowman, Holbrook, 87
No. 2 Gilbert Reger, Cesar Chavez, 64
No. 3 Moisis Barcenas, Yuma Catholic, 64
No. 4 Austin Soszynski, Marana, 63
No. 5 Maceo Brown, Corona del Sol, 63
No. 6 Josh Madu, Maricopa, 61
No. 7 Hayden Clark, Westwood, 61
No. 8 Josh Longfellow, Mingus, 61
No. 9 Donsel Seldon, River Valley, 59
No. 10 Donsel Seldon, River Valley, 59
Sacks
No. 1 Byron Bourgogne, Higley, 8.5
No. 2 Kristian Salinas, Horizon, 7.5
No. 3 Drew Burgesser, Williams Field, 7.5
No. 4 Jace Hardy, Winslow, 7
No. 5 Andrew Stephens, Cactus Shadows, 7
No. 6 Mike Thompson, Cactus Shadows, 6.5
No. 7 Marco Pericone, Yuma Catholic, 6.5
No. 8 Seven players are tied with six sacks, including Antonio Zepeda of Camelback and Fa’asauga Tinoisamoa of Dysart.
Interceptions
No. 1 Darius Williams, Campo Verde, 6
No. 2 Lukas Miller (Sabino) and Ben Watson (Blue Ridge) each have 5
No. 3 Mario Armendarez, Washington, 4
No. 4 Mike Graff, Queen Creek 4
No. 5 Clayton Howard, Hopi, 4
No. 6 Ronald Dowdell, Desert Edge, 4
No. 7 Michael McDonigal, Holbrook, 4
No. 8 Payton Squier, Greenway, 4
No. 9 Several players have at least three interceptions, including Ty Dale (Westwood), Caleb Nicoll (Mesa Mountain View), Sheldon Silversmith (Holbrook).
