DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 9:
by Duke Helm
RUNNINGBACKS:
Gabe Kuehn of Minersville rushed for 260 yards and a school record 6 td’s in their win over Shenandoah Valley. Kuehn’s 260 yards ties the school record that Tony Walsh set back in 1973 vs Nativity. Walsh would rush for 976 yards and score 14 td’s in the 73 season. Kuehn’s 6 td’s breaks the 59-year-old record the Bob Kopich set in 1959. Kopich scored 5 td’s vs Cass Township and ended the year with 23 total td’s. Kaleb Monaco of Pocono Mountain West rushed for 241 yards and 5 td’s for the 2nd week in a row. Monaco scored all 5 td’s in the first half vs ES North and now has 25 total on the season to go with his 1,709 yards rushing. Kobe Brish of Schuylkill Haven pushed his career totals to 5,259 yards rushing and 76 td’s. His yardage moves him into 8th place all-time in the District. He bumps out Juan Gaddy of Easton who had 5,116 yards from 1989-92. Tosh Riddick of Dieruff now sits in 10th place with the 5,138 yards that he rushed for from 1995-97. Brish needs 1 more td to crack the District career top 10 list. Evan Culver of Saucon Valley currently sits in 10th place with 77 td’s that he had from 2013-15. Ian Csicsek of Saucon Valley carried the ball 48 times for a school-record 342 yards in their 49-44 loss to Notre Dame. Nick Savant held the old record when he rushed for 333 yards vs Palisades in 2013. Csicsek leads the District in rushing and td’s scored. He’s rushed for 1,990 yards and scored 28 td’s this season. Csicsek scored 5 times in the game to tie several Panthers for the school record. Walt Schmidt (1955), Savant (2003), Culver (2015) and Zach Petiet (2017) all scored 5 td’s in a game at least once. Tavion Banks of Bethlehem Catholic rushed for 226 yards and 4 td’s in their 50-49 loss to Emmaus. Nasai Moon of Pleasant Valley rushed for 263 yards and 2 td’s in their loss to ES South. Moon went over 1,000 yards for the season and now has 1,100 yards and 10 td’s on the season. Ethan Brader of Palisades took over the workload with Trey Gretzinger not playing in their win over Pen Argyl. Brader rushed for 246 yards and 3 td’s to raise his season totals to 1,343 yards rushing and has scored a total of 17 td’s. He also went over 2,000 yards rushing for his career (2,163 yards). After sitting out last week, Ryan Schreffler of Nativity rushed for 205 yards in their loss to James Buchanan. Schreffler went over 1,000 yards on the season (1,042 yards) and over 2,000 yards for his career (2,093 yards). Ryan Clark of ES South rushed for 202 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Pleasant Valley. Clark now has 1,585 yards on the season while scoring a total of 25 td’s. Junior CJ Selby of Jim Thorpe went over the 2,000 yards mark for his career and now has 2,042 yards rushing. Sophomore Dimitri Rojas of Stroudsburg came back last week after missing a game and rushed for 130 vs Dieruff to go over 1,000 yards on the season (1,112 yards).
QUARTERBACKS:
Cole DeFranco of Notre Dame threw for 361 yards and a school record 6 td’s in their win over Saucon Valley. DeFranco has thrown for 2,717 yards and a school record 35 td’s this season. Defranco held the old record when he threw 31 last year. He’s now in 2nd place all-time in the District for passing yards (9,180 yards) and td passes (91). He bumps Tyler Smith down to 3rd place for career td passes. Smith had 87 from 2006-09. Brendan Nosovitch of Central Catholic holds both records when he threw for 9,249 yards and 106 td’s from 2008-11. Deven Bollinger of Northwestern threw for 251 yards and 2 td’s in their win over Northern Lehigh. He now holds every major career passing record at the school. Anthony Harris of Nazareth threw for 4 td’s last week and now has 50 for his career. Jared Jenkins of Freedom threw 3 td’s vs Central Catholic and now has the school single-season record with 23. He also broke Joe Young’s career passing yardage school record. Jenkins now has 4,285 yards while Young threw for 4,214 yards from 2013-16. Ethan Parvel of Emmaus threw for 217 yards and a 3 td’s last week. He now has 52 career td passes. Ejau Colazzo of Dieruff threw for 308 yards and 3 td’s in their loss to Stroudsburg and now has 1,269 yards on the season. Damon Yost of Pottsville threw for 218 yards and 4 td’s in their 41-40 win over Blue Mountian. Dalton Leedy of Tri-Valley threw for 221 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Line Mountain. Bo Meyers of Bangor (1,064), Scott Schwalm of Minersville (1,058), Lawson Bray of PM West (1,106) and Branden Mitchell of ES Soth (1,045) all went over 1,000 yards passing for the season. Schwalm also went over 2,000 yards for his career.
RECEIVERS:
Mason Barnes of Pottsville caught 7 passes for 125 yards and a school record 4 td’s vs Blue Mountain. Jessiah Woods caught 6 passes for 170 yards and 2 td’s vs Stroudsburg. Woods now has 40 receptions for 740 yards and 9 td’s this year. He needs 1 td to tie the single-season record and the career record. Marqus Holland caught 10 td passes in 2000 and Joel Rupp caught 13 td’s from 2000-02. Tommy Manos continues to lead the District with 68 catches. He has 997 yards receiving which puts him in 2nd place behind District leader David Sanders of Notre Dame. Sanders has 52 catches for 1,084 yards this season. Teammate Isaiah Dejesus has 54 receptions for 802 yards and 8 td’s. Zack Crum of Lehighton and Nate Stefanik of Nazareth each have 48 catches this year. Joe Herman of Whitehall had another big game when he caught 4 passes for 164 yards and 2 td’s vs Nazareth. Ethen Aquino of Notre Dame, Nate Boyle of Tamaqua, and Deonte Castro of Emmaus all went over 1,000 yards for their careers.
KICKERS:
Derek Lasher of Bangor kicked a school record 44-yard field goal vs Wilson last week. Fritz Kristiansen (1980) and Jim Holland (2004) held the old record when each of them kicked a 37 yarder vs Catasauqua and Pen Argy respectfully.
DISTRICT 11 HISTORY:
On a side note with Bangor kickers, Sergio Moquillot an Argentinian exchange student kicked a 48 yarder in the 1982 LARC game. That’s the same year the Lehigh County team was heavily favored with all their Division 1 recruits but the Northampton County team won the close game 17-14 with the help off Monquillot’s field goal.
2018 single game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat (yellow highlighter = last week)
Single Game Touchdowns (4)
6 (2), 4 (3), 4 (8) Ryan Clark (ES South) *Ties School Record*
6 (9) Gabe Kuehn (Minersville) *School Record*
5 (2) Trey Gretzinger (Palisades) *School Record*
5 (2), 4 (5), 5 (8) Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven)
5 (4), 5 (7), 5 (8) Kaleb Monaco (PM West)
5 (5) Jarrin Geisinger (Jim Thorpe)
5 (7) Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
5 (8) Nate Boyle (Tamaqua)
4 (1) David Sanders (Notre Dame)
5 (9), 4 (2), 4 (4) Ian Csicsek (Saucon Valley) *Ties School Record*
4 (2) CJ Selby (Jim Thorpe)
4 (5) Dimitri Rojas (Stroudsburg)
4 (5) Jaden Leiby (North Schuylkill)
4 (5) Andrew Sabo (Palmerton)
4 (6) Jacob Kamp (Salisbury)
4 (6), 4 (9) Tavion Banks (Bethlehem Catholic)
4 (7) Jordan Nelson (4)
4 (7) Ike Lucas (Tri-Valley)
4 (8) Tyler Elsdon (North Schuylkill)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
397 (7), 241 (8), 241 (9), 239 (4) Kaleb Monaco (PM West) *School Record*
342 (9), 295 (7), 289 (4), 288 (6), 210 (3) Ian Csicsek (Saucon Valley) *School Record*
328 (2), 268 (8), 259 (5), 240 (7) Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven)
328 (6), 263 (9) Nasai Moon (Pleasant Valley) *School Record*
326 (3), 263 (1), 202 (9) Ryan Clark (ES South)
284 (5), 215 (6) Dimitri Rojas (Stroudsburg)
261 (1), 256 (7) Trey Gretzinger (Palisades)
260 (9) Gabe Kuehn (Minersville) *Ties School Record*
259 (5), 212 (1) Jaden Leiby (North Schuylkill)
257 (3), 232 (1) Logan Bachman (Central Catholic)
248 (2), 246 (9) Ethan Brader (Palisades)
236 (5), 221 (1) CJ Selby (Jim Thorpe)
227 (7) Matt Doherty (Marian Catholic)
226 (9) Tavion Banks (Bethlehem Catholic)
220 (1) Zach Chowansky (North Schuylkill)
209 (3) Ben Kramer (Blue Mountain)
205 (9) Ryan Scheffler (Pottsville Nativity)
Single Game Passing Yardage (200)
382 (8), 335 (5), 289 (6), 256 (4), 249 (7), 201 (1) Anthony Harris (Nazareth)
380 (2), 269 (4) Chris Whiteman (Lehighton) *School Record*
361 (1), 361 (9), 339 (6), 337 (2), 298 (5), 297 (7), 256 (4), 236 (8), 232 (3) Cole DeFranco (Notre Dame)
330 (5), 269 (3), 234 (4), 223 (2) Dylan Rinker (PM East) *School Record*
311 (7), 246 (5), 206 (6) Logan Edmond (Southern Lehigh)
308 (9), 225 (5) Ejau Collazo (Dieruff)
272 (5), 218 (9) Damon Yost (Pottsville)
270 (8), 217 (9) Ethan Parvel (Emmaus)
268 (6), 251 (9), 243 (7) Deven Bollinger (Northwestern)
256 (5) Zamar Brake (Bethlehem Catholic)
256 (5) Nate Nimeh (Easton)
252 (2), 228 (9) Jared Jenkins (Freedom)
250 (2) Ethan Reis (Panther Valley)
236 (7) Jordan Nelson (Palmerton)
233 (4), 221 (9), 208 (1) Dalton Leedy (Tri-Valley)
225 (4) Anthony Nanoah (Whitehall)
223 (3) Bo Meyers (Bangor)
221 (5) Brayden Knoblauch (Tamaqua)
221 (7) Scott Schwalm (Minersville)
210 (8) Dante Mahaffey (Saucon Valley)
209 (3) Aiden Stanton (Pottsville)
Single Game TD Passes (4)
6 (8) Dylan Rinker (PM East) *School Record*
6 (9), 5 (1), 5 (7), 4 (6), 4 (8) Cole DeFranco (Notre Dame) *School Record*
5 (1) Jared Jenkins (Freedom) *School Record*
5 (6), 5 (8) Deven Bollinger (Northwestern) *School Record*
5 (5), 4 (9) Damon Yost (Pottsville)
5 (5), 4 (7) Logan Edmond (Southern Lehigh)
4 (3) Levi Engle (Williams Valley)
4 (3) Aiden Stanton (Pottsville)
4 (3) Zamar Brake (Bethlehem Catholic)
4 (6) Ejau Collazo (Dieruff)
4 (9) Anthony Harris (Nazareth)
Single Game Receptions (10)
12 (8) Blake White (Panther Valley) *Ties School Record*
12 (8) Tommy Manos (Nazareth)
11 (5) Nate Stefanik (Nazareth)
10 (2) David Sanders (Notre Dame) *Ties School Record*
10 (5) Darius Robinson (PM East) *School Record*
10 (7) Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
10 (7) Tommy Manos (Nazareth)
Single Game Reception Yardage (140)
240 (8) Tommy Manos (Nazareth) *School Record*
216 (7), 168 (5) Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
210 (6), 192 (2), 191 (1) , 151 (9) David Sanders (Notre Dame) *School Record*
179 (2) Blake White (Panther Valley)
177 (4), 164 (9) Joe Herman (Whitehall)
173 (5) Nate Stefanik (Nazareth)
170 (9), 150 (5), 141 (4) Jessiah Woods (Dieruff)
155 (4) Nick Lucian (Bethlehem Catholic)
152 (4), 141 (2) Zack Crum (Lehighton)
151 (1) Christian Sapp (ES South)
148 (8) Ryan Holub (Saucon Valley)
147 (8) Deonte Castro (Emmaus)
Single Game Reception TD’s (3)
4 (1) David Sanders (Notre Dame)
4 (5), 4 (7) Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh) *School Record*
4 (9) Mason Barnes (Pottsville) *School Record*
3 (3) Matt Stianche (Bethlehem Catholic)
3 (4) Joe Herman (Whitehall)
3 (6) Jessiah Woods (Dieruff)
3 (8) Justin Rodda (Northwestern)
3 (8) Trey Trevis (Southern Lehigh)
Field Goal Distance (40)
48 (4) Devin Bartholomew (Parkland) *School Record*
46 (5) Rustin Seyle (Central Catholic) *School Record*
45 (5) Matt Bugbee (Nazareth)
44 (9) Derek Lasher (Bangor) *School Record*
43 (4) Devon Troxell (Catasauqua)
42 (1) Rustin Seyle (Central Catholic)
42 (8) Devin Bartholomew (Parkland)
41 (3) Rustin Seyle (Central Catholic)
41 (7) Matt Bugbee (Nazareth)
40 (8) Lucca Stroia (Marian Catholic)
District 11 Season Leaders
Rushing (1000)
1990 Ian Csicsak (Saucon Valley)
1709 Kaleb Monaco (PM West)
1585 Ryan Clark (ES South)
1567 Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven)
1414 Trey Gretzinger (Palisades)
1384 Jaden Leiby (North Schuylkill)
1343 Ethan Brader (Palisades)
1136 CJ Selby (Jim Thorpe)
1112 Dimitri Rojas (Stroudsburg)
1100 Nasai Moon (Pleasant Valley)
1058 Logan Bachman (Central Catholic)
1042 Ryan Schreffler (Nativity)
1024 Nick Breiner (Tamaqua)
Touchdowns (17)
28 Ian Csicsek (Saucon Valley)
25 Ryan Clark (ES South)
25 Kaleb Monaco (PM West)
22 Trey Gretzinger (Palisades)
21 Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven)
20 Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
19 Nate Boyle (Tamaqua)
17 Ethan Brader (Palisades)
17 Tavion Banks (Bethlehem Catholic)
Passing Yards (1000)
2717 Cole DeFranco (Notre Dame)
2238 Anthony Harris (Nazareth)
1686 Dylan Rinker (PM East) *School Record*
1583 Chris Whiteman (Lehighton)
1559 Jared Jenkins (Freedom)
1445 Logan Edmond (Southern Lehigh)
1384 Deven Bollinger (Northwestern)
1345 Nathan Nimeh (Easton)
1338 Zamar Brake (Bethlehem Catholic)
1271 Ethan Parvel (Emmaus)
1269 Ejau Collazo (Dieruff)
1222 Dalton Leedy (Tri-Valley)
1210 Brayden Knoblauch (Tamaqua)
1181 Anthony Nanoah (Whitehall)
1160 Levi Engle (Williams Valley)
1146 Frank Rauscher (Central Catholic)
1106 Lawson Bray (PM West)
1064 Bo Meyers (Bangor)
1058 Scott Schwalm (Minersville)
1045 Brayden Mitchell (ES South)
Touchdown Passes (15)
35 Cole DeFranco (Notre Dame) *School Record*
23 Jared Jenkins (Freedom) *School Record*
22 Anthony Harris (Nazareth)
20 Logan Edmond (Southern Lehigh)
20 Deven Bollinger (Northwestern)
19 Ethan Parvel (Emmaus)
17 Nathan Nimeh (Easton)
15 Dylan Rinker (PM East) *Ties School Record*
15 Chris Whiteman (Lehighton)
Receptions (33)
68 Tommy Manos (Nazareth)
54 Isaiah Dejesus (Notre Dame)
52 David Sanders (Notre Dame)
48 Zack Crum (Lehighton)
48 Nate Stefanik (Nazareth)
44 Triston Hilliman (PM East)
40 Jessiah Woods (Dieruff)
39 Blake White (Panther Valley)
39 Justin Pasquale (Central Catholic)
38 Allen Negrete (Whitehall)
38 Nate Boyle (Tamaqua)
35 Bryce Ellinger (Minersville)
34 Rontay Dunbar (Freedom)
33 Deonte Castro (Emmaus)
33 Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
Reception Yardage (550)
1084 David Sanders (Notre Dame) *School Record*
997 Tommy Manos (Nazareth)
846 Zack Crum (Lehighton)
802 Isaiah Dejesus (Notre Dame)
740 Jessiah Woods (Dieruff)
631 Allen Negrete (Whitehall)
629 Nate Stefanik (Nazareth)
617 Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
611 Triston Hilliman (PM East)
609 Christian Sapp (ES South)
583 Justin Rodda (Northwestern)
572 Rontay Dunbar (Freedom)
563 Blake White (Panther Valley)
558 Mason Barnes (Pottsville)
554 Michael Dunlap (Easton)
Reception Touchdowns (9)
13 David Sanders (Notre Dame) *School Record*
12 Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
10 Nate Stefanik (Nazareth)
9 Jessiah Woods (Dieruff)
9 Gabe Caton (Freedom)
