Washington senior Flynn Heald is the leading receiver in the Mississippi Valley Conference with 41 receptions, according to statistics supplied to the Iowa High School Athletic Association.

Xavier's Carter Valentine is No. 3 in rushing with 573 yards, just ahead of Linn-Mar's Mitch Wantock, who has 537 yards. Washington's Mitch Bredeson is ninth with 433 yards.

Cedar Falls' Barkley Hill leads the conference in rushing with 1,135 yards. Iowa City High's Ronald Thompson is second with 1,068. Hill has scored 21 touchdowns, Thompson 14.

Linn-Mar's Mark Atwater is second ranked in passing with a quarterback rating of 192.8 that is less than a point behind Dubuque Wahlert's Riley McCarron. Atwater is third in passing yards with 872 and is tied with McCarron for first in touchdown passes with 12.

Xavier's Reggie Schulte is seventh in passing with a 133.4 rating, Washington's Braedon Tovey eighth (126.9) and Kennedy's Chico Lizarraga 10th (123.8).

Five Metro preps are among the top 10 in receiving, led by Heald. Linn-Mar's Andy Henry is fourth with 22, Xavier's Corbin Woods fifth (19), Jefferson's Christian Knox tied for sixth (18), and  Kennedy's Trevor Heitland tied for 10th (14).  Henry and Dubuque Wahlert's Brady Williams lead the MVC with seven touchdown catches.

Heald's 689 receiving yards also lead the MVC. Kennedy's Josh Jahlas leads in yards per catch with a 25.6 average.

MVC FOOTBALL STATS

Individual Stats
Rushing
Barkley Hill (CF)               126-1135, 9.0, 21 TDs
Ronald Thompson (ICH)  118-1068, 9.1, 14 TDs
Carter Valentine (CRX)   106-573, 5.4, 5 TDs
Mitch Wantock (LM)        59-537, 9.1, 6 TDs
Sam Koenig (DW)            91-514, 5.6, 1 TD
Riley McCarron (DW)          59-509, 8.6, 4 TDs
Desmond VanArsdale (WE) 61-492, 8.1, 7 TDs
Dequayvious Martin (WW) 86-462, 5.4, 4 TDs
Mitch Bredeson (CRW)    82-433, 5.3, 4 TDs
Zayne Moore (DS)             91-431, 4.7, 0 TD
Jasper Washington (ICH) 54-408, 7.6, 6 TDs
Alex Hillyer (CRK)            91-401, 4.4, 4 TDs
Charles Rogers (ICW)       66-397, 6.0, 10 TDs
Mark Atwater (LM)          43-372, 8.7, 5 TDs
Aaron Taylor (WE)            52-366, 7.0, 2 TDs
David Tann (CRW)           35-357, 10.2, 4 TDs
Trevor Heitland (CRK)      62-336, 5.4, 6 TDs
Walter Short (CRW)         50-305, 6.1, 4 TDs
Amos Lavela (ICH)            34-252, 7.4, 3 TDs
Alex Baxter (CRJ)             60-240, 4.0, 0 TD

Passing (QB Rating)
Riley McCarron (DW)    55-91-4-1067, 12 TDs, 193.7
Mark Atwater (LM)       57-86-2-872, 12 TDs, 192.8
Charles Rogers (ICW)    51-81-1-782, 8 TDs, 174.2
Jasper Washington (ICH)  9-18-1-167, 3 TDs, 171.8
Ike Boettger (CF)         34-51-1-451, 5 TDs, 169.4
Brandon Tovar (WW)    13-19-1-148, 1 TD, 140.7
Reggie Schulte (CRX)    60-101-9-829, 7 TDs, 133.4
Braedon Tovey (CRW)   62-115-9-938, 7 TDs, 126.9
Shawn Bowers (WW)      37-72-1-528, 3 TDs, 124.0
Chico Lizarraga (CRK)     43-85-2-631, 4 TDs, 123.8
Layne Sullivan (CRJ)    10-20-0-131, 1 TD, 121.5
Jace Hanna (CRP)         49-96-4-738, 3 TDs, 117.6
Luke Ploesssl (DH)        40-69-4-445, 2 TDs, 110.1
Robby Jones (DS)          60-110-3-584, 4 TDs, 105.7
Desmond VanArsdale (WE)  28-79-6-572, 4 TDs, 97.8
Alex Baxter (CRJ)          39-75-1-366, 1 TD, 94.7

Receiving
Flynn Heald (CRW)       41-689, 16.8, 4 TDs
Dondre Alexander (ICW) 25-349, 14.0, 3 TDs
Brady Williams (DW)      23-509, 22.1, 7 TDs
Andy Henry (LM)         22-431, 19.6, 7 TDs
Corbin Woods (CRX)     19-256, 13.5, 2 TDs
Keegan Gallery (DS)     18-203, 11.3, 1 TD
Christian Knox (CRJ)    18-201, 11.2, 1 TD
James Harrington (CF)   15-249, 16.6, 3 TDs
Alex Brown (WW)         15-161, 10.7, 2 TDs
Trevor Heitland (CRK)    14-209, 14.9, 1 TD
Alex Smith (DH)            14-206, 14.7, 2 TDs
John Burgmeier (DW)    13-206, 15.8, 3 TDs
Jon Powers (DS)            13-166, 12.8, 2 TDs
Austin Goodell (CRJ)    13-158, 12.2, 1 TD
Connor Ehlers (DH)      12-116, 9.7, 0 TD
Josh Jahlas (CRK)          11-282, 25.6, 3 TDs
Jeremy Morgan (ICW) 11-240, 21.8, 2 TDs
LeTray Reed (WE)        11-214, 19.5, 4 TDs
Elliott Moeller (WW)     11-125, 11.4, 0 TD
Jake Gallu (CF)             11-114, 10.4, 1 TD