RUNNINGBACKS:
Charles Capers of ES South rushed for 247 yards and 3 td’s in their win over PM East in week 7. Capers became the 2nd back in the District this season to go over 1,000 yards rushing (1,004 yards). Niko Carestia of Schuylkill Haven extended his District lead when he rushed for 255 yards and a td in their win over Marian Catholic. Carestia has rushed for 1,571 yards and scored 22 td’s this season. He has exactly 3,500 career rushing yards to go along with his 47 career td’s. Luke Miller of North Schuylkill rushed for 235 yards and scored 5 td’s in their win over Bangor. His 5 td’s ties the school single game record that is held by Ethan Motsney (vs Jim Thorpe in 2012) and John Rupinski (vs Marian Catholic in 2014). Miller has rushed for 880 yards and scored 18 td’s this season. Marquez Wimberly of Nazareth scored 4 td’s in their week 7 win over Liberty. The 4 td’s gave him 10 on the season and 30 for career. Jameson Trainer of Palmerton rushed for over 200 yards for the 2nd consecutive week. Trainer rushed for 268 yards and scored 3 td’s while also throwing for 135 yards and 2 td passes in their win over Palisades. Qb, Cole Lazorick of Jim Thorpe went over the 1,000 yard career rushing mark last week (1,068). Also joining the chart after week 7 are William Day of Easton (1,078 yards), Caiden Faust of Pen Argyl (1,061 yards), and Sean Steckert of Southern Lehigh (1,014 yards).
QUARTERBACKS:
Ivan Laubach of ES South threw for 245 yards and 5 td’s vs PM East. Laubach went over 2,000 yards passing in his career (2,104) and has thrown 23 career td passes. His 5 td passes is 1 short of the school record. Jake Cirillo threw 6 td passes vs Allen in 2016, and Will Fish threw 6 td passes vs Stroudsburg in 2020. Matt Bodnar of Notre Dame threw for 446 yards and 5 td’s in their win over Pen Argyl. Bonar’s District leading totals have him throwing for 2,615 yards and 27 td passes. Cole Lazorick of Jim Thorpe threw for 205 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Catasauqua. Lazorick went over 1,000 yards passing for the season (1,170) and over 3,000 yards passing for his career (3,077). Colton Sams of Southern Lehigh threw for 201 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Tamaqua. The sophomore went over 2,000 yards passing for his career (2,093). Peyton Falzone of Nazareth and Brady Shomper of Williams Valley each threw for 224 yards in week 7. Falzone threw 1 td pass to reach 30 for his career and Shomper threw 4 td’s to to give him 17 on the season (2nd highest behind Bodnar) and also reached 1,000 yards passing for the season (1,178). Sophomore Jackson Mitchell of Stroudsburg threw for 218 yards and 4 td passes in their win over PM West. Mitchell is now on the chart with 1,102 career passing yards. Gavin Taff of Northampton also went over 2,000 yards passing for his career in a loss to Easton. The junior has thrown for 2,111 career yards. Ben Kreitzer of Nativity went over 1,000 yards passing on the season (1,092) in week 7 and also reached the 30 td mark (31) with his 3 td passes vs Mahanoy Area. Antonio Fontanez of Liberty went over 1,000 yards passing on the season (1,027).
RECEIVERS:
Ethan Dudsak of Stroudsburg caught 13 passes for 111 yards and a td vs PM West in week 7. The 13 catches is a new school breaking the old record that Tom Perry held when he caught 12 passes vs Pleasant Valley in 1987. Dudsak leap frogs everybody and leads the District with his 43 receptions. Justin Yescavage of Jim Thorpe broke the career reception yardage record in week 7. Yescavage has 1,891 career receiving yards on his already school record 116 receptions. Don Evans held the old record when he had 1,815 receiving yards from 1999-2001. Yescavage has 39 receptions this season which is 2nd behind Dudsak’s 43. Kian Krzyzanowski of Williams Valley is tied for 2nd with Yescavage with his 39 catches and is the District 11 leader with 11 td catches. Victor Schlosser of Tamaqua caught 9 passes vs Southern Lehigh and has 38 on the season. Xzavier Pusateri of ES South caught 5 passes for 171 yards and 4 td’s vs PM East. John Murphy holds the school record for td catches in a game with 5 that he caught vs Allen in 2016. Pusateri has caught 37 passes this season for a District leading 760 yards and has 10 td grabs. Krzyzanowski is a close second with 714 yards. Carmine Diaz of Notre Dame has 9 td grabs this season (37 catches for 678 yards). Alex Clark caught 3 passes for 163 yards and 2 td’s in their game vs Pen Argyl. Two sophomores joined the chart this week. Lincoln Cook of Palisades has 534 receiving yards (41 catches), and Chris Frame of Northern Lehigh has 519 yards (24 catches). Logan Hutsko of Minersville broke the career reception td record in week 7 with his 2 td’s vs Pine Grove. Hutsko, now has 17 career td receptions which is 1 more than Gabe Davis (2019-2020) and Jared Graeff (2018-21) had in their careers.
Will Buck of Emmaus kicked a 44 yard FG in their win over Whitehall. The school record is held by Mike Wascura who kicked a 49 yarder vs Bethlehem Catholic in 1999.
Noah Dolbin of Nativity career receiving total watch:
130 receptions – tied for 22nd place all-time in the District with Ryan Greene of Catasauqua (2014-16) and Nick Ryan of Shenandoah Valley (2021-23). Dolbin moved ahead of Chad Parton of Salisbury (127 catches from 2018-20), Corey Raysely of Catasauqua (129 catches from 2015-17), and Adam Thomas of Wilson (129 catches from 2004-06)
2,614 yards – 10th place all-time in the District (9th place occupied by Matt Camilletti of Pius X) 2,642 yards from 2008-11 Leap frogged over Paryss Marshall of Catasauqua (2,541 yards from 2011-13), Damian Tyminski of Pen Argyl (2,556 yards from 2021-23), and Kowan Scott of Wilson (2,602 yards from 2008-10).
TIDBITS:
1st 1,000 yard rusher in school history (5 new this week)
Bethlehem Catholic – Bob Tarola 1966 (1,037 yards)
Marian Catholic – Pete Albano 1975 (1,268 yards) & Fred Segilia 1975 (1,038 yards)
Nativity – Tony Pitrowski 1977 (1,194 yards)
Parkland – Vince Quigg 1972 (1,094 yards)
Pius X – Steve Zegalia 1964 (1,372 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)
Nazareth – Frank Marakovits 1950 (1,158 yards)
North Schuylkill – John Rosella 1968 (1,438 yards)
Northampton – Denny Onkotz 1965 (1,234 yards)
Northern Lehigh – Maurice Schleicher 1954 (1,476 yards)
Northwestern – Carson Wentz 1970 (1,111 yards)
Palmerton – Walt Konek 1966 (1,006 yards)
Panther Valley – Mike Winsko 1966 (1,137 yards)
Pleasant Valley – Chris Jacobs 1998 (1,036 yards)
Pottsville – Jack Brennan 1948 (1,010 yards)
Schuylkill Haven – Blair Moyer 1973 (1,033 yards)
Southern Lehigh – Sam Hess 1972 (1,032 yards)
Tamaqua – George Barron 1962 (1,351 yards)
William Allen – Bruce Montager 1972 (1,041 yards)
Williams Valley – Don Matter 1970 (1,097 yards)
Wilson Area – Jeff Lilly 1973 (1,040 yards)
1st 1,000 yard passer in school history (5 new this week)
Blue Mountain – Ken Blankenhorn 1968 (1,238 yards)
Central Catholic – Dan Kendra Jr 1971 (1,471 yards)
East Stroudsburg South – Todd Samet 1972 (1,206 yards)
Freedom – Steve Pecsek 1967 (1,183 yards)
North Schuylkill – Terry Rakowsky 1977 (1,885 yards)
Tamaqua – Brad Geiger 1973 (1,116 yards)
Bangor – Steve Menhennitt 1969 (1,504 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)
Easton – Don Gentzle 1969 (1,090 yards)
Emmaus – Evan Burian 1963 (1,090 yards)
Jim Thorpe – John Searfoss 1985 (1,273 yards)
Lehighton – Terry Woginrich 1967 (1,239 yards)
Mahanoy Area – Matt Lawrence 1986 (1,111 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)
Tri-Valley – Darin Kehler 1985 (1,352 yards)
1st 1,000 yard receiver in school history (3 new this week)
Minersville – Gabe Davis 2019 (1,041 yards)
Pius X – Tony Merlo 1995 (1,032 yards)
Williams Valley – OJ Grow 1990 (1,114 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)
Easton – Mark Libiano 1991 (1,010 yards)
Emmaus – Dylan Darville 2022 (1,047 yards)
Freeland – Brian Ayers 1986 (1,097 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)
5 (7), 4 (1) Luke Miller (North Schuylkill) *Ties School Record*
4 (1) Gabe Green (Liberty)
4 (3) Jasir Frutchey (Easton)
4 (5) Dante Carr (Minersville)
4 (5) Sean Steckert (Southern Lehigh)
4 (7) Marquez Wimberly (Nazareth)
4 (7) Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
333 (6), 277 (5), 260 (4), 255 (7), 204 (3) Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)
271 (6) Eli Zimmerman (Northwestern) *School Record*
268 (7), 202 (6) Jameson Trainer (Palmerton)
247 (7) Charlie Capers (ES South)
235 (7), 207 (3) Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
226 (5) Sean Steckert (Southern Lehigh)
206 (4) Fletcher Thompson (Williams Valley)
205 (5) JuJu Bainbridge (Pottsville)
201 (5) Chris Ward (Pleasant Valley)
Single Game Passing Yardage (200)
607 (1), 446 (7), 419 (6), 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), 245 (7), 212 (1) Ivan Laubach (ES South)
274 (6), 266 (1), 205 (7) Cole Lazorick (Jim Thorpe)
265 (4), 235 (5), 213 (2), 209 (6), 201 (7) Colton Sams (Southern Lehigh)
262 (1), 227 (6), 221 (4), 220 (3), 208 (5) Chase Walker (Freedom)
261 (4), 231 (5) Caden Mengel (North Schuylkill)
255 (3), 224 (7) Peyton Falzone (Nazareth)
254 (3) Braden Rohn (Saucon Valley)
253 (4) Jayce Lawrence (Lehighton)
250 (2), 200 (1), 200 (6) Rocco Delgiudice (Pocono Mountain East)
225 (5), 224 (7), 209 (2) Brady Shomper (Williams Valley)
225 (6), 212 (2), 202 (1) Brady Strause (Blue Mountain)
222 (4) Jack Trickel (Palisades)
220 (6) Cole Ordway (Easton)
218 (7) Jackson Mitchell (Stroudsburg)
212 (4) Garrett Smoyer (Northern Lehigh)
210 (5), 209 (2) Ben Kreitzer (Nativity)
Single Game TD Passes (4)
7 (1), 5 (7), (4), 4 (6) Matt Bodnar (Notre Dame) *School Record*
5 (7) Ivan Laubach (ES South)
4 (1) Aiden Reilly (Catasauqua)
4 (1) Dante Carr (Minersville)
4 (1), 4 (7) 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)
4 (6) Colton Sams (Southern Lehigh)
4 (6) Brady Strause (Blue Mountain)
4 (7) Jackson Mitchell (Stroudsburg)
4 (7) Brady Shomper (Williams Valley)
Single Game Receptions (10)
13 (7), 11 (1) Ethan Dudsak (Stroudsburg) *School Record*
10 (5) Justin Yescavage (Jim Thorpe)
Single Game Reception Yardage (140)
269 (1) Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua) *School Record*
207 (3), 163 (7) Alex Clark (Notre Dame)
197 (2) Justin Williams (Pocono Mountain East) *School Record*
180 (4) Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
171 (7), 152 (1) Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
166 (5) Paiten LaPoint (Minersville)
163 (1) Ethan Dudsak (Stroudsburg)
163 (6) Noah Dolbin (Nativity)
161 (6) Carmine Diaz (Notre Dame)
152 (2) Andrew Olesh (Southern Lehigh)
147 (5) Victor Schlosser (Tamaqua)
145 (5) Logan Hutsko (Minersville)
142 (6) Gaige Guers (Blue Mountain)
Single Game Reception TD’s (3)
4 (1) Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua) *Ties School Record*
4 (3) Jasir Frutchey (Easton) *Ties School Record*
4 (7) Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
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)
3 (6) Carmine Diaz (Notre Dame)
Field Goals (40 yards)
49 (1) Gavin Mentzer (North Schuylkill)
44 (7) Will Buck (Emmaus)
42 (1) Noah Tapler (Southern Lehigh)
42 (3) Harrison Aillet (ES South)
District 11 Season Leaders
Rushing (700)
1571 Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)
1004 Charlie Capers (ES South)
995 Eli Zimmerman (Northwestern)
918 Rory Dixon (Marian Catholic)
914 Aaron Beete (Freedom)
880 Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
873 Jameson Trainer (Palmerton)
789 Sean Steckert (Southern Lehigh)
774 Fletcher Thompson (Williams Valley)
771 Dante Carr (Minersville)
717 Caiden Faust (Pen Argyl)
702 Jared Rohn (Saucon Valley)
Touchdowns (14)
22 Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)
18 Charlie Capers (ES South)
18 Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
17 Sean Steckert (Southern Lehigh)
17 Eli Zimmerman (Northwestern)
15 Sam Walborn (Nativity)
14 Jared Rohn (Saucon Valley)
14 William Day (Easton)
Passing Yards (1000)
2615 Matt Bodnar (Notre Dame)
1480 Colton Sams (Southern Lehigh)
1406 Chase Walker (Freedom)
1260 Ivan Laubach (ES South)
1230 Peyton Falzone (Nazareth)
1224 Andrew Allen (Pottsville)
1218 Brady Strause (Blue Mountain)
1183 Dante Carr (Minersville)
1178 Brady Shomper (Williams Valley)
1170 Cole Lazorick (Jim Thorpe)
1092 Ben Kreitzer (Nativity)
1027 Antonio Fontanez (Liberty)
Touchdown Passes (14)
27 Matt Bodnar (Notre Dame)
17 Brady Shomper (Williams Valley)
16 Dante Carr (Minersvile)
15 Colton Sams (Southern Lehigh)
14 Chase Walker (Freedom)
14 Ivan Laubach (ES South)
Receptions (32)
43 Ethan Dudsak (Stroudsburg)
39 Justin Yescavage (Jim Thorpe)
39 Kian Krzyzanowski (Williams Valley)
38 Victor Schlosser (Tamaqua)
37 Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
37 Carmine Diaz (Notre Dame)
34 Jake Puksyzn (Liberty)
34 Jonathan Striba (Notre Dame)
32 Talon Dogmantis (Whitehall)
Reception Yardage (550)
760 Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
714 Kian Krzyzanowski (Williams Valley)
678 Carmine Diaz (Notre Dame)
661 Noah Dolbin (Nativity)
657 Alex Clark (Notre Dame)
625 Tsirell Curry (Pottsville)
556 Andrew Olesh (Southern Lehigh)
Reception Touchdowns (7)
11 Kian Krzyzanowski (Williams Valley)
10 Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
9 Carmine Diaz (Notre Dame)
8 Kamari Coleman (Stroudsburg)
8 Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua)
7 Jack Robertson (Saucon Valley)
7 Paiten LaPoint (Minersville)
7 Noah Dolbin (Nativity)
