RUNNINGBACKS:
Junior Niko Carestia of Schuylkill Haven rushed for 277 yards and a school tying record 7 td’s in their win over Minersville. Zach Barket scored 7 td’s vs North Schuylkill in 2008 and Kobe Brish scored 7 td’s vs Minersville in 2017 and again in 2019. Barket holds the school’s rushing yardage record when he ran for 413 yards in that North Schuylkill game. Carestia leads the District with his 983 yards rushing and his 18 td’s scored. He also joins the “40 td” club with his 43 career td’s. In the same game, Minersville’s Dante Carr rushed for 143 yards, scored 4 td’s, threw for 403 yards, and threw 3 td passes. Scott Schwalm holds the Minersville school record for passing yards in a game when he threw for 492 yards vs Schuylkill Valley in 2019. Carr has scored 13 td’s and passed for another 14 td’s so far this season. He went over 1,000 yards passing for the season (1,111 yards) and also joined the “40 td” club with his 42 career td passes. Sean Steckert of Southern Lehigh rushed for 226 yards and scored 4 td’s in their win over Pottsville. In the same game JuJu Bainbridge of Pottsville rushed for 205 yards and 2 td’s. Samuel Spolski of Nativity hit the 30 career td total in week 5.
QUARTERBACKS:
Ben Kreitzer of Nativity went over 3,000 yards passing for his career in week 5. Kreitzer has thrown for 3,109 yards and 28 td passes in his career. Matt Bodnar of Notre Dame had his 5th 200 yard passing game (249) last week and leads the District this season with 1,764 yards passing and 18 td passes. Bodnar also went over 2,000 yards passing for his career (2,137). Chase Walker of Freedom had his 4th 200 yard passing game when he threw for 208 yards and 2 td’s in their win over Allen. Walker went over 1,000 yards passing (1,034) for the season in the game. Colton Sams of Southern Lehigh threw for 235 yards and 2 td’s vs Pottsville to go over 1,000 yards passing for the season (1,070). Caden Mengel of North Schuylkill (231 yards), and Brady Shomper of Williams Valley (225 yards) also threw for over 200 yards in week 5.
RECEIVERS:
Jack Robertson of Saucon Valley broke his third career school record this year in week 5. Robertson has 1,489 career reception yards which breaks the old school record of 1,428 yards that Tyler Csencsits had from 2018-21. Justin Yescavage of Jim Thorpe caught 10 passes vs North Schuylkill to up his season total to 25. He also joined the “100 catch” club with his 102 career receptions which is now a school record. Josh Hontz held the old record when he caught 101 passes from 2005-07. Andrew Olesh of Southern Lehigh also joins the “100 catch” club. Olesh has exactly 100 career catches. Xzavier Pusateri of ES South leads the District with his 30 receptions after catching another 6 passes in week 5 (3rd week in a row). Kian Krzyzanowski of Williams Valley moves up to second place with 27 catches and also went over 1,000 yards receiving for his career (1,080). Ethan Dudsak of Stroudsburg drops a spot to third with his 26 receptions. Pusateri and Krzyzanowski are one/two in yardage with 567 and 521 yards respectively. Kamari Coleman of Stroudsburg caught 5 passes vs PM East with 3 going for td’s. Coleman has 6 td receptions this season. Manny Bolmer of Catasauqua leads the District with 8 td catches, followed by Krzyzanowski’s 7 td grabs (20 career td catches). I’m catching up with some more players going on the chart. I found Shacre Colwell of Freedom is way up on the list with 943 receiving yards, and Brady Behr of PM West has 805 career receiving yards. Victor Schlosser of Tamaqua enters the chart as he has 576 career receiving yards after his big 147 yard game in week 5. Bolmer also gets on the chart with his 503 career yards. Paiten Lapoint and Logan Hutsko of Minersville both had over 140 yard receiving in the Schuylkill Haven game. Lapoint caught 7 passes for 166 yards and 2 td’s, while Hutsko caught 7 passes for 145 yards and a td.
Noah Dolbin of Nativity career receiving total watch:
121 receptions – tied for 31st place all-time in the District with Matt Salvaterra of Emmaus (1996-98)
2,330 yards – 13th place all-time in the District (12th place occupied by Jeff McGeehin of Central Cathlolic) 2,377 yards from 1971-73
TIDBITS:
1st 1,000 yard rusher in school history (5 new this week)
Nazareth – Frank Marakovits 1950 (1,158 yards)
Northampton – Denny Onkotz 1965 (1,234 yards)
Palmerton – Walt Konek 1966 (1,006 yards)
Schuylkill Haven – Blair Moyer 1973 (1,033 yards)
Williams Valley – Don Matter 1970 (1,097 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)
Dieruff – Mark Howard 1976 (1,380 yards)
East Stroudsburg South – Harold Myers 1961 (1,282 yards)
Easton – Charlie Weaver 1959 (1,040 yards)
Freedom – Mike Lawrence 1982 (1,072 yards)
Jim Thorpe – Paul Skrimcovsky 1966 (1,001 yards)
Lehighton – Jake Boyer 1964 (1,009 yards)
Liberty – Tom Donchez 1969 (1,388 yards)
Mahanoy Area – Dan Lucyk 1963 (1,089 yards)
North Schuylkill – John Rosella 1968 (1,438 yards)
Northern Lehigh – Maurice Schleicher 1954 (1,476 yards)
Northwestern – Carson Wentz 1970 (1,111 yards)
Panther Valley – Mike Winsko 1966 (1,137 yards)
Pleasant Valley – Chris Jacobs 1998 (1,036 yards)
Pottsville – Jack Brennan 1948 (1,010 yards)
Southern Lehigh – Sam Hess 1972 (1,032 yards)
Tamaqua – George Barron 1962 (1,351 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)
Bangor – Steve Menhennitt 1969 (1,504 yards)
Easton – Don Gentzle 1969 (1,090 yards)
Jim Thorpe – John Searfoss 1985 (1,273 yards)
Mahanoy Area – Matt Lawrence 1986 (1,111 yards)
Tri-Valley – Darin Kehler 1985 (1,352 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)
Lehighton – Terry Woginrich 1967 (1,239 yards)
Marian Catholic – Mike Kmetz 1981 (1,021 yards)
Minersville – Bob Kumpaitis 1970 (1,053 yards)
Nazareth – John Fritchman 1980 (1,081 yards)
Northampton – Eric Spadt 1995 (1,100 yards)
Northern Lehigh – Ron Henry 1963 (1,130 yards)
Palmerton – Pete Kale 1974 (1,025 yards)
Saucon Valley – Jim Kugler 1967 (1,043 yards)
Shenandoah Valley – Mickey Kayes 1968 (1,276 yards)
Southern Lehigh – Al Kniffen 1980 (1,096 yards)
1st 1,000 yard receiver in school history (3 new this week)
Easton – Mark Libiano 1991 (1,010 yards)
Emmaus – Dylan Darville 2022 (1,047 yards)
Freeland – Brian Ayers 1986 (1,097 yards)
Bethlehem Catholic – John Dieser 2000 (1,187 yards)
Central Catholic – Kevin Gulyas 2010 (1,282 yards)
Dieruff – Joel Rupp 2002 (1,027 yards)
ES South – Dan Cason 2009 (1,095 yards)
Nativity – Paul Bandholz 1988 (1,004 yards)
North Schuylkill – Al Marquardt 1999 (1,008 yards)
Northwestern – Trevor Cunningham 2016 (1,108 yards)
Notre Dame – David Sanders 2018 (1,341 yards)
Palisades – Jim Kacergis 1975 (1,054 yards)
Pine Grove – Shea Morgan 2020 (1,019 yards)
2024 single-game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat
Single Game Touchdowns (4)
7 (5) Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)
5 (1), 4 (4) Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua) *School Record*
5 (4) Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)
4 (1) Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
4 (1) Gabe Green (Liberty)
4 (3) Jasir Frutchey (Easton)
4 (5) Dante Carr (Minersville)
4 (5) Sean Steckert (Southern Lehigh)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
277 (5), 260 (4), 204 (3) Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)
226 (5) Sean Steckert (Southern Lehigh)
207 (3) Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
206 (4) Fletcher Thompson (Williams Valley)
205 (5) JuJu Bainbridge (Pottsville)
Single Game Passing Yardage (200)
607 (1), 363 (3), 313 (2), 249 (5), 218 (4) Matt Bodnar (Notre Dame) **DISTRICT RECORD**
403 (5), 270 (1), 215 (4) Dante Carr (Minersville)
313 (1) Aiden Reilly (Catasauqua)
303 (4) Andrew Allen (Pottsville)
278 (4), 212 (1) Ivan Laubach (ES South)
266 (1) Cole Lazorick (Jim Thorpe)
265 (4), 235 (5), 213 (2) Colton Sams (Southern Lehigh)
262 (1), 221 (4), 220 (3), 208 (5) Chase Walker (Freedom)
261 (4), 231 (5) Caden Mengel (North Schuylkill)
255 (3) Peyton Falzone (Nazareth)
254 (3) Braden Rohn (Saucon Valley)
253 (4) Jayce Lawrence (Lehighton)
250 (2), 200 (1) Rocco Delgiudice (Pocono Mountain East)
225 (5), 209 (2) Brady Shomper (Williams Valley)
222 (4) Jack Trickel (Palisades)
212 (2), 202 (1) Brady Strause (Blue Mountain)
212 (4) Garrett Smoyer (Northern Lehigh)
210 (5), 209 (2) Ben Kreitzer (Nativity)
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)
4 (3) Braden Rohn (Saucon Valley)
4 (4) Andrew Allen (Pottsville)
4 (4) Jayce Lawrence (Lehighton)
Single Game Receptions (10)
11 (1) Ethan Dudsak (Stroudsburg)
10 (5) Justin Yescavage (Jim Thorpe)
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*
180 (4) Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
174 (2) Andrew Olesh (Southern Lehigh)
166 (5) Paiten LaPoint (Minersville)
163 (1) Ethan Dudsak (Stroudsburg)
152 (1) Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
147 (5) Victor Schlosser (Tamaqua)
145 (5) Logan Hutsko (Minersville)
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)
3 (4) Joe Roth Lehighton)
3 (5) Kamari Coleman (Stroudsburg)
Field Goals (40 yards)
49 (1) Gavin Mentzer (North Schuylkill)
42 (1) Noah Tapler (Southern Lehigh)
42 (3) Harrison Aillet (ES South)
District 11 Season Leaders
Rushing (550)
983 Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)
734 Rory Dixon (Marian Catholic)
670 Dante Carr (Minersville)
608 Aaron Beete (Freedom)
607 Charlie Capers (ES South)
590 Fletcher Thompson (Williams Valley)
572 Sean Steckert (Southern Lehigh)
569 Colton Reiber (Schuylkill Haven)
562 Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
560 JuJu Bainbridge (Pottsville)
Touchdowns (10)
18 Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)
13 Dante Carr (Minersville)
13 Charlie Capers (ES South)
12 Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
12 Eli Zimmerman (Northwestern)
11 Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua)
10 William Day (Easton)
10 Samuel Spolski (Nativity)
Passing Yards (800)
1764 Matt Bodnar (Notre Dame)
1111 Dante Carr (Minersville)
1070 Colton Sams (Southern Lehigh)
1034 Chase Walker (Freedom)
905 Andrew Allen (Pottsville)
891 Peyton Falzone (Nazareth)
878 Ivan Laubach (ES South)
844 Aiden Reilly (Catasauqua)
Touchdown Passes (10)
18 Matt Bodnar (Notre Dame)
14 Dante Carr (Minersvile)
11 Chase Walker (Freedom)
11 Brady Shomper (Williams Valley)
10 Aiden Reilly (Catasauqua)
Receptions (24)
30 Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
27 Kian Krzyzanowski (Williams Valley)
26 Ethan Dudsak (Stroudsburg)
25 Justin Yescavage (Jim Thorpe)
25 Talon Dogmantis (Whitehall)
24 Jonathan Striba (Notre Dame)
24 Brady Behr (PM West)
24 Jake Puksyzn (Liberty)
Reception Yardage (425)
567 Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
521 Kian Krzyzanowski (Williams Valley)
499 Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua)
452 Tsirell Curry (Pottsville)
437 Paiten LaPoint (Minersville)
429 Carmine Diaz (Notre Dame)
Reception Touchdowns (6)
8 Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua)
7 Kian Krzyzanowski (Williams Valley)
6 Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
6 Paiten LaPoint (Minersville)
6 Shacre Colwell (Freedom)
6 Kamari Coleman (Stroudsburg)
