District 11 Top Returning Players Week 3

Written by: Duke Helm on Thursday, September 12th, 2024. Follow Duke Helm on Twitter.

DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 3):   

 

RUNNINGBACKS: 

Junior Luke Miller of North Schuylkill rushed for 207 yards and 2 td’s while also catching 7 passes for 111 yards and a td in their win over Notre Dame. Junior Niko Carestia of Schuylkill Haven also rushed for 200 yards in week 3. Carestia rushed for 204 yards and 2 td’s in their win over Shenandoah Valley. Miller has rushed for 441 yards this season, and Carestia has rushed for 446 yards. They both trail Rory Dixon of Marian Catholic who has rushed for 456 yards this season. Aaron Beete of Freedom also went over the 400 yard mark in week 3 and has 401 yards rushing. Eli Zimmerman of Northwestern leads the District with his 9 touchdowns scored. Zimmerman has rushed for 5 td’s, caught a td pass and has returned a punt for a td in all 3 games this season. Carestia has scored 30 td’s in his career and Samuel Spolski of Nativity reached the 30 td career mark in week 3.

 

QUARTERBACKS:

Matt Bodnar of Notre Dame threw for 363 yards and 3 td’s vs North Schuylkill to put him over 1,000 yards this season. Bodnar has thrown for 1,280 yards and 14 td passes in the first 3 games. Cayden Vassa of Bethlehem Catholic who threw for 3 td’s in each of the first two games then rushed for 3 td’s in their win over Berks Catholic in week 3. Wayne King of ES North went over 1,000 yards passing for his career in their win over Allen. King has thrown for 1,140 yards in his career and is only the 5th QB to do so for the Timberwolves. The other 4 are, John Cuiffo (3,090 yards) from 2003-06, Thomas Melchiorre (1,087 yards) from 2013-16, David Aquiles (1,020 yards) in 2017 only, and Anthony Johnson (1,235 yards) from 2018-19. Brady Shomper of Williams Valley also went over 1,000 yards passing for his career. Shomper, like King a junior, has thrown for 1,014 career yards. Peyton Falzone of Nazareth, another junior, threw for 255 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Wilson West Lawn. Falzone went over 3,000 yards passing in his career (3,153) and has thrown 25 career td passes. Dante Carr of Minersville has thrown for 8 td’s and rushed for 7 td’s in the first 3 games. Carr, yet another junior, set the school record for career td passes with his 36. Scott Schwalm held the old record when he threw 34 td passes from 2016-2019. Chase Walker of Freedom had his second 200 plus yard passing game in week 3 and went over the 2,000 yard career mark (2,124).

 

RECEIVERS:

Jasir Frutchey of Easton caught 4 passes for 131 yards in their win over Northeast. All 4 catches went for touchdowns which tied the school record that Eddie Olson set back in 2017 vs Whitehall. Ethan Dudsak of Stroudsburg leads the District in receptions with 20. Brady Behr of PM West is one behind with 19. Xzavier Pusateri of ES South has 18 receptions this season and 60 now in his career. Pusateri went over 1,000 career yards in week 3 (1,034). Gaige Guers of Blue Mountain also has 60 career receptions which is a new school record. Charlie Schultz held when he caught 59 passes from 1998-2000. Guers needs 18 yards to reach 1,000 yards for his career. Jack Robertson of Saucon Valley caught his 18th career td pass in week 3 to break Nate Harka’s school career record. Harka caught 17 td passes from 2013-15. Alex Clark of Notre Dame caught 5 passes for 207 yards with three of them going for td’s vs North Schuylkill in week 3. Clark fell 3 yards short of the school record. David Sanders held the record when he had 210 receiving yards on 5 catches vs Palisades in 2018.   

Harrison Aillet of ES South kicked a 42 yard field goal in their win over Whitehall. The school record is 47 yards that Todd Repsher boomed on Thanksgiving morning vs Stroudsburg in 1972.

TIDBITS:

1st 1,000 yard rusher in school history (5 new this week)

East Stroudsburg South – Harold Myers 1961 (1,282 yards)

Jim Thorpe – Paul Skrimcovsky 1966 (1,001 yards)

Liberty – Tom Donchez 1969 (1,388 yards)

Pleasant Valley – Chris Jacobs 1998 (1,036 yards)

Tamaqua – George Barron 1962 (1,351 yards)

Bangor – Dave Menecola 1985 (1,004 yards)

Blue Mountain – Jeff Zimmerman 1965 (1,077 yards)

Cardinal Brennan – John Marin 1974 (1,274 yards)

Central Catholic – Scott Mittl 1980 (1,147 yards)

Easton – Charlie Weaver 1959 (1,040 yards)

Lehighton – Jake Boyer 1964 (1,009 yards)

Mahanoy Area – Dan Lucyk 1963 (1,089 yards)

North Schuylkill  – John Rosella 1968 (1,438 yards)

Northwestern – Carson Wentz 1970 (1,111 yards)

Southern Lehigh – Sam Hess 1972 (1,032 yards)

William Allen – Bruce Montager 1972 (1,041 yards)

Wilson Area – Jeff Lilly 1973 (1,040 yards)

1st 1,000 yard passer in school history (5 new this week)

Northampton – Eric Spadt 1995 (1,100 yards)

Northern Lehigh – Ron Henry 1963 (1,130 yards)

Marian Catholic – Mike Kmetz 1981 (1,021 yards)

Minersville – Bob Kumpaitis 1970 (1,053 yards)

Saucon Valley – Jim Kugler 1967 (1,043 yards)

Bethlehem Catholic – Greg Adams 1971 (1,342 yards)

Catasauqua – Mike Rieker 1972 (1,433 yards)

Dieruff – Ross Moore 1968 (1,432 yards)

East Stroudsburg North – David Aquiles 2017 (1,020 yards)

Emmaus – Evan Burian 1963 (1,090 yards)

1st 1,000 yard receiver in school history (5 new this week)

Bethlehem Catholic – John Dieser 2000 (1,187 yards)

Dieruff – Joel Rupp 2002 (1,027 yards)

Nativity – Paul Bandholz 1988 (1,004 yards)

North Schuylkill – Al Marquardt 1999 (1,008 yards)

Palisades – Jim Kacergis 1975 (1,054 yards)

2024 single-game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat

Single Game Touchdowns (4)

5 (1) Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua)  *School Record*

4 (1) Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)

4 (1) Gabe Green (Liberty)

4 (3) Jasir Frutchey (Easton)

 

Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)

207 (3) Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)

204 (3) Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)

 

Single Game Passing Yardage (200)

604 (1), 363 (3), 313 (2) Matt Bodnar (Notre Dame)  **DISTRICT RECORD**

313 (1) Aiden Reilly (Catasauqua)

270 (1) Dante Carr (Minersville)

266 (1) Cole Lazorick (Jim Thorpe)

262 (1), 220 (3) Chase Walker (Freedom)

255 (3) Peyton Falzone (Nazareth)

250 (2), 200 (1) Rocco Delgiudice (Pocono Mountain East)

228 (1), 213 (2) Colton Sams (Southern Lehigh)

212 (1) Ivan Laubach (ES South)

212 (2), 202 (1) Brady Strause (Blue Mountain)

209 (2) Ben Kreitzer (Nativity)

209 (2) Brady Shomper (Williams Valley)

Single Game TD Passes (4)

7 (1), (4) Matt Bodnar (Notre Dame)  *School Record*

4 (1) Aiden Reilly (Catasauqua)

4 (1) Dante Carr (Minersville)

4 (1) Cole Lazorick (Jim Thorpe)

4 (3) Peyton Falzone (Nazareth)

4 (3) Cole Ordway (Easton)

Single Game Receptions (10)

11 (1) Ethan Dudsak (Stroudsburg)

 

Single Game Reception Yardage (140)

269 (1) Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua)  *School Record*

207 (3) Alex Clark (Notre Dame)

197 (2) Justin Williams (Pocono Mountain East)  *School Record*

163 (1) Ethan Dudsak (Stroudsburg)

153 (1), 152 (2) Andrew Olesh (Southern Lehigh)

152 (1) Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)

 

Single Game Reception TD’s (3)

4 (1) Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua)  *Ties School Record*

4 (3) Jasir Frutchey (Easton)  *Ties School Record*

3 (2) Justin Williams (Pocono Mountain East)  *Ties School Record*

3 (3) Alex Clark (Notre Dame)

Field Goals (40 yards)

49 (1) Gavin Mentzer (North Schuylkill)

42 (3) Harrison Aillet (ES South)

District 11 Season Leaders

Rushing (375)

459 Rory Dixon (Marian Catholic)

446 Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)

441 Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)

401 Aaron Beete (Freedom)

395 Dante Carr (Minersville)

378 Charlie Capers (ES South)

Touchdowns (7)

9 Eli Zimmerman (Northwestern)

7 Dante Carr (Minersville)

7 Charlie Capers (ES South)

7 Kian Krzyzanowski (Williams Valley)

7 Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)

Passing Yards (600)

1280 Matt Bodnar (Notre Dame)

656 Aiden Reilly (Catasauqua)

625 Peyton Falzone (Nazareth)

605 Chase Walker (Freedom)

602 Colton Sams (Southern Lehigh)

Touchdown Passes (7)

14 Matt Bodnar (Notre Dame)

8 Dante Carr (Minersvile)

8 Aiden Reilly (Catasauqua)

7 Brady Shomper (Williams Valley)

Receptions (15)

20 Ethan Dudsak (Stroudsburg)

19 Brady Behr (PM West)

18 Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)

17 Kian Krzyzanowski (Williams Valley)

16 Jonathan Striba (Notre Dame)

15 Jack Robertson (Saucon Valley)

 

Reception Yardage (275)

360 Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua)

330 Andrew Olesh (Southern Lehigh)

329 Alex Clark (Notre Dame)

321 Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)

312 Kian Krzyzanowski (Williams Valley)

296 Tsirell Curry (Pottsville)

294 Noah Dolbin (Nativity)

285 Carmine Diaz (Notre Dame)

284 Justin Williams (PM East)

Reception Touchdowns (4)

5 Kian Krzyzanowski (Williams Valley)

4 Jack Robertson (Saucon Valley)

4 Jasir Frutchey (Easton)

4 Carmine Diaz (Notre Dame)

4 Alphy Deris (Dieruff)

4 Shacre Colwell (Freedom)

4 Justin Williams (PM East)

 

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