Jake McRee, quarterback at Maiden High in 2013, has the best passing season in Catawba County prep football from 2000 through last season, throwing for 2,887 yards and 40 touchdowns. The county’s top passer in 13 of the last 18 seasons has played for either Bandys (7) or Maiden (6).
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In the previous 18 high school football seasons, only one player led Catawba County in passing yardage in three consecutive seasons – Bandys High quarterback Zach Elliott in 2001-2003.
The county leader in seven of those seasons played for Bandys, Maiden had the leader in six seasons, Hickory had the top passer in three seasons and Newton-Conover had the most prolific passer in two seasons.
Three quarterbacks other than Elliott led the county in passing in back-to-back seasons – Kyle Houser of Bandys, Kyle Johnson of Hickory and Cameron Stanley of Newton-Conover.
The top county passer for 10 consecutive seasons, starting in 2000, played for Bandys or Maiden and in a stretch of 14 seasons – also starting in 2000 – the leading passer was from Bandys or Maiden in 12 of those years.
The top single-season passing yardage in those 18 seasons is 2,887 by Jake McRee of 2013, and he threw the most touchdown passes in a season in that year as well (40).
LEADING PASSERS IN CATAWBA COUNTY BY SEASON (2000-2017)
(All totals are unofficial)
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Season Player/School A-C-I Yds TDs
2000 Grant Rembert, Maiden 157-270-10 2,656 23
2001 Zach Elliott, Bandys 114-215-3 1,884 17
2002 Zach Elliott, Bandys 143-278-9 2,429 33
2003 Zach Elliott, Bandys 161-265-8 2,434 27
2004 Brandon Finger, Maiden 135-277-15 1,824 20
2005 Vantrel England, Maiden 125-233-7 2,537 31
2006 Blake Edmonson, Bandys 115-233-20 2,444 28
2007 Justin Sizemore, Maiden 163-346-12 2,211 17
2008 Kyle Houser, Bandys 186-357-21 2,707 27
2009 Kyle Houser, Bandys 161-294-9 2,424 24
2010 Kyle Johnson, Hickory 97-199-10 1,820 18
2011 Kyle Johnson, Hickory 75-158-11 1,197 8
2012 Anthony Toscano, Bandys 108-191-15 1,765 24
2013 Jake McRee, Maiden 183-325-17 2,887 40
2014 Cameron Stanley, N-Conover 167-273-18 2,243 26
2015 Cameron Stanley, N-Conover 190-316-6 2,840 26
2016 Caleb Farley, Maiden 119-182-12 1,861 20
2017 Darrien Phillips, Hickory 131-282-12 2,364 22
SOURCE: HobbsDailyReport.com research and files.