1996 Football

Standings
School	Conference	Overall	Points for	Points against
Hononegah	8-0	12-1	485	266
Boylan	7-1	10-2	379	131
Freeport	5-3	6-4	256	198
Guilford	5-3	5-4	185	151
Belvidere	4-4	5-4	213	162
Auburn	4-4	4-5	217	218
Harlem	2-6	2-7	197	237
East	1-7	1-8	81	315
Jefferson	0-8	1-8	125	344

               

All-Conference
Offense	School	Position
Kandras Bledsoe	Freeport	End
Mitch Draeger	Jefferson	End
Greg Midget	Hononegah	Tight end
Erik Semenchuk	Auburn	Tackle
Jeremy Hodges	Freeport	Tackle
Jason Jones	Auburn	Guard
John Dorsey	Hononegah	Guard
Jeff Flanders	Hononegah	Center
Chris Finlen	Hononegah	Quarterback
Steve Goldsmith	Auburn	Running back
Jermaine Seals	Freeport	Running back
Matt Beachey (MVP)	Hononegah	Running back
Defense	School	Position
Rob Lukowski	Boylan	Defensive end
Ben Perry	Freeport	Defensive end
Brad Henninger	Belvidere	Defensive line
Tyler Fagan	Boylan	Defensive line
Pete Goodman	Freeport	Defensive line
Gene Scharf	Boylan	Linebacker
Mike Thomas	Freeport	Linebacker
Kevin Selover	Hononegah	Linebacker
Terrell Goldsmith	Auburn	Defensive back
Dion Baxter (MVP)	Boylan	Defensive back
Jared DuFault	Guilford	Defensive back
Geoffrey Morehead	Jefferson	Defensive back
Nick Piper	Hononegah	Kicker
Dan Neumann	Boylan	Punter
Steve Stromquist	Hononegah	Coach

    

Leaders – Rushing
Player	School	G	Att.	Yards	Avg.	TDs
Matt Beachey	Hononegah	13	307	2,350	7.7	25
Dion Baxter	Boylan	12	127	1,138	9.0	13
Jermaine Seals	Freeport	10	147	989	6.7	7
Stephen Goldsmith	Auburn	9	91	869	9.5	9
Mike Mullarkey	Freeport	10	132	836	6.3	11
Javon Oden	East	9	129	803	6.2	5
Kevin Selover	Hononegah	13	151	660	4.4	13
Alonzo Lambert	Auburn	9	92	600	6.5	5
Terrell Goldsmith	Auburn	9	76	590	7.8	7
Brett Pottinger	Belvidere	9	107	545	5.1	8
Tyrone Thomas	Harlem	9	98	511	5.2	8
Quincy Horton	Guilford	9	84	468	5.6	7
Jeremy Ort	Harlem	9	84	416	5.0	4
Gary McWilliams	Boylan	12	93	406	4.4	5
Travis Swalve	Freeport	10	75	399	5.3	8
Ryan Cline	Harlem	9	72	395	5.5	4
Brian Wahl	Boylan	12	72	368	5.1	1
Chris Culvey	Belvidere	9	89	356	4.0	0
Tony Evans	Jefferson	9	55	349	6.3	4
Karac Kotajarvi	Belvidere	9	75	340	4.5	3
Will Embry	Jefferson	9	68	303	4.5	0

 

Passing
Player	School	G	Comp.	Att.	Pct.	Yards	TD	Int.
Chris Finlen	Hononegah	13	75	131	57.3%	1,146	10	4
Adam Fusinato	Jefferson	9	72	163	44.2%	1,067	11	15
Adam Brinkmeier	Freeport	10	67	146	45.9%	918	5	5
David DiGiovanni	Guilford	9	57	115	49.6%	882	10	4
Nick Shields	Harlem	9	53	112	47.3%	775	4	5
Roy Sackmaster	Boylan	12	32	75	42.7%	720	7	7
Brett Pottinger	Belvidere	9	36	72	50.0%	522	2	3
Nick Funk	East	9	21	62	33.9%	487	2	5
Jeff Waggoner	Auburn	9	24	61	39.3%	380	4	4

 

Receiving
Player	School	G	Rec.	Yards	Avg.	TD
Mitch Draeger	Jefferson	9	32	534	16.7	5
Kandras Bledsoe	Freeport	10	30	513	17.1	2
Jared DuFault	Guilford	9	27	464	17.2	7
Brian Purifoy	Harlem	9	20	431	21.6	3
Matt Beachey	Hononegah	13	17	428	25.2	5
Dion Baxter	Boylan	12	14	394	28.1	6
Dan Neumann	Boylan	12	14	276	19.7	3
Quincy Horton	Guilford	9	15	267	17.8	1
Rob Feltner	Belvidere	9	17	264	15.5	1
Josh Warriner	Hononegah	13	25	260	10.4	2
Greg Midgett	Hononegah	13	19	233	12.3	2
Telly Beasley	East	9	7	203	29.0	0
Shawn Muller	Freeport	10	15	202	13.5	1
Joe Gustafson	East	9	8	167	20.9	1
Mike Liss	Belvidere	9	8	164	20.5	1
Tyrone Thomas	Harlem	9	9	156	17.3	2

 

IHSA State Playoffs
First round (5A)	Rockford Boylan 34, Cary-Grove 7
First round (5A)	Rockton Hononegah 49, Freeport 14
Second round (5A)	Rockford Boylan 35, Chicago Mather 6
Second round (5A)	Rockton Hononegah 56, Lake Forest 38
Quarterfinals (5A)	Rockton Hononegah 20, Rockford Boylan 14
Semifinals (5A)	Joliet Catholic 41, Rockton Hononegah 20

 

Breakout players
Player	School	College	Years
Chris Finlen	Hononegah	Northern Illinois	1997-2001
Kevin Selover	Hononegah	Northern Illinois	1997-2000
Kandras Bledsoe	Freeport	Northern Illinois	1999-2001