by Duke Helm
DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 8):
RUNNINGBACKS:
Chase Herb of Tri-Valley rushed for 177 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Panther Valley. Herb has rushed for 856 yards and scored 16 td’s in 5 games this season. Herb moves to the top spot on the chart with his current career rushing total of 2,813 yards. That’s the 3rd week in a row with a different player at the top. Brandon Camire of Emmaus was on top in week 6 and Nahjee Adams of Easton went to the top in week 7. Ben Terry of Mahanoy Area only carried the ball 2 times last week in their win over Shenandoah Valley, but both went for td’s totaling 81 yards which is good enough for him to be the first 1,000-yard rusher in the District this season. Terry has rushed for 1,035 yards and scored 20 td’s this season and has also scored 30 td’s in his career. There were two 200-yard performers last week. Mason Reber of Schuylkill Haven rushed for 219 yards in their loss to Minersville and JC Rizzuto rushed for 210 yards in their win over Salisbury. Reber is now on the chart with 1,126 career rushing yards. Jace Tutty of Stroudsburg rushed for 174 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Pleasant Valley. Tutty has rushed for 650 yards and scored 11 td’s this season. Christian Arrington of ES South went over 2,000 yards rushing for his career and now has 2,009 yards and 28 career td’s.
QUARTERBACKS:
Freshman qb Conner Schwalm of Minersville threw for 431 yards and 5 td’s in their win over Schuylkill Haven. So now his 431 yards breaks the freshman District record that AJ Long of Pius X set in 2010. Schwalm also broke the freshman record of 4 td passes in a game with his 5 td’s. He went 28 for 45 in the game which are also District 11 freshman records. Schwalm has now thrown for 1,419 yards and 16 td passes. His 1,419 yards are 5th best in the District all-time as he moved up 5 spots from last week. He moved ahead of Alex Atiyeh of Dieruff (1,045 yards in 2003), Jim Weidle of Mahanoy Area (1,050 yards in 1992), Jake Cirillo of ES South (1,116 yards in 2013), Ric Schumacher of Notre Dame (1,186 yards in 1988), and Brent Andrew of Marian Catholic (1,241 yards in 1994). Quinn Wentling of Whitehall threw for 212 yards and 2 td’s in their 36-35 win over Northampton which put him over 1,000 yards for the season (1,147 yards). After a 2-week layoff, Jake Hall of North Schuylkill threw for 243 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Lehighton. That pushed his season stats to 1,505 yards and 21 td passes. He’s tied with Bryce Herb of Williams Valley for this season’s td passes and is 2nd behind Herb in yardage. Herb has thrown for a District leading 1,756 yards. His 63 career td passes have him sitting just outside the top 15 on the all-time District career chart. Nazareth’s Matt Bugbee threw for 254 yards in their win over Easton and has now thrown for over 250 yards in 3 of the 4 games for the undefeated Blue Eagles. He also went over 1,000-yards on the season (1,197 yards). Quintin Stephens of Salisbury threw for 205 yards for the second week in a row in their win over Salisbury. Stephens went over 1,000 yards for the season (1,138 yards) and over 3,000 yards for his career (3,192 yards). With his 3 td passes last week he now has 16 on the season and 35 for his career. Dylan Smoyer of Northern Lehigh threw for 267 yards and 4 td’s in their loss to Palmerton and Joe Genteel of Bangor threw for 265 yards and a td in their loss to Pen Argyl. Sophomore Jake Fotta of Emmaus threw for 232 yards and a td in their win over Parkland. Matt Rauscher of Central Catholic went over 3,000 yards for his career and now has 3,045 yards passing to go with his 25 td passes. Cody Miller of Nativity and Josh Leininger of Pine Grove are also officially over 1,000 yards passing for the season. Miller has passed for 1,047 yards while Leininger has thrown for 1,105 yards.
RECEIVERS:
Gabe “big game” Davis of Minersville was at it again last week when he caught 12 passes for 206 yards and 2 td’s vs Schuylkill Haven. Davis, already a member of the single-game “200-yard” club and the “dozen club” now joins the career “100 catch” club. Last year vs Schuylkill Valley, Davis set school records when he caught 13 passes for 261 yards and 3 td’s. In 17 career games, Davis gained 100 or more yards receiving in 8 of those games. He now has 100 career receptions for 1,586 yards and 16 td’s (all school records). Davis is only the 4th player from the District to have 2 or more games with 200 or more receiving yards. Kevin Gulyas of Central Catholic leads the way with 3 games. He had 1 game in 2009 as a sophomore and went over 200 yards twice in 2011. Shawn Martell of Bethlehem Catholic had 2 games with 200 yards. One in 2011 and 1 in 2012. And Zach Bogoly of Wilson had 2 games over 200 yards which were in back-to-back games in 2012. Another player who has 8-100-yard games in 17 games over the last 2 years is Chad “lightning” Parton of Salisbury. Parton caught 10 passes for 148 yards and 2 td’s vs Southern Lehigh to up his season totals to 45 catches for 866 yards and 10 td’s. He leads the District with 866 yards and is 2nd with his 45 catches. Parton is averaging 144.3 yards per game which would be the best average ever in the District if Salisbury was able to play a full schedule. Salisbury has played 6 games this season and is scheduled to play Allen next this week. He now holds the career reception record to go along with his career reception yardage record. He currently has 114 receptions for 1,927 yards and 21 td grabs. John Gardus held the old career records with 107 catches for 1,724 yards from 2004-07. Mason Donaldson still holds the career td reception record with 22 that he nabbed from 2013-15. Another player or also had 148 yards receiving last week comes from the other side of the spectrum. Tanner Walacavage of North Schuylkill has caught 24 passes this season for 623 yards and 8 td’s and is now on the chart. Walacavage joins the “one-year wonders” club. He is a senior and this is the first year he’s playing football. His 623 yards place him in the club as the Spartans have played only 6 games this season. He’s averaging 104 yards a game and in one game he didn’t even have a reception. Back to the “100 catch” club. Shea Morgan of Pine Grove now has 100 career receptions and joins the club. Morgan’s 100 catches have netted 1,555 yards and 17 career td grabs. Morgan has caught 47 passes this season which is a new school record. Larry Zimmerman held the old record when he caught 43 passes in both the 2010 and 2011 seasons. Davis and Morgan’s career 100 catches produced almost identical results. Davis has 31 more yards than Morgan and Morgan has 1 more td catch. Mike Repsher of Northern Lehigh caught 6 passes for 146 yards and 2 td’s last week vs Palmerton. Repsher who was already on the chart with his teammate Matt Frame for their 1,000 plus career rushing yards, now joins teammate Trevor Amorim who also had a big game last week on the chart for career receiving yards. Zack Hunsicker of Lehighton moved his career totals to 109 receptions netting 1,691 yards and 11 td grabs. He is 2 catches behind school record holder Jacen Nalesnick (111 catches) and is now the record holder for yardage. Shane McEvoy held the old career school record with 1,642 yards. Both Jack McGorry of Central Catholic and Jameel Sanders of Emmaus went over 1,000 yards receiving for their careers. McGorry has 1,051 yards on 88 catches and Sanders has 1,025 yards on 68 catches.
History:
Out of time with the big article above, but here are a few firsts that I have on record.
First recorded 300-yard rushing game:
Gil Strunk of Pen Argyl (53 carries for 302 yards and 5 td’s vs Bangor in 1934)
First recorded 1,000 yard rushing season:
Jack Brennan of Pottsville (99 carries for 1,010 yards in 1948)
Billy Bock of Catasauqua (122 carries for 1,127 yards and 19 td’s in 1947). This includes existing schools only for now.
Strunk looks like he might have rushed for over 1,000 yards in 1934 considering he carried the ball more than 20 times a game, but I don’t have totals for a 3rd of his games.
2020 single-game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat
Single Game Touchdowns (4)
5 (3), 4 (1), 4 (4) Matt Frauen (Notre Dame)
5 (4), 4 (5), 4 (7) Brandon Camire (Emmaus)
4 (1) Keegan Brennan (Nativity)
4 (3), 4 (5) Mason Smeland (Palisades)
4 (3) Nate Curvey (Tamaqua)
4 (3) Cole Serfass (Palmerton)
4 (3) Ben Terry (Mahanoy Area)
4 (4) Conner Schwalm (Minersville)
4 (5) Jaden Bowens (PM West)
4 (5) Justin Holmes (Northwestern)
4 (5) Conner Goehring (Schuylkill Haven)
4 (7) Matt Frame (Northern Lehigh)
4 (8) Jace Tutty (Stroudsburg)
4 (8) Chase Herb (Tri-Valley)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
284 (7) Nahjee Adams (Easton)
253 (7) Jayvan McDowell (Lehighton)
251 (3) Conner Goehring (Schuylkill Haven)
249 (7), 248 (6) Ben Terry (Mahanoy Area)
243 (6) Justin Holmes (Northwestern)
238 (7), 203 (4) Louie Clouser (Panther Valley)
237 (3), 229 (5) Mason Smeland (Palisades)
233 (5) Jaden Bowens (PM West)
227 (3) Cole Serfass (Palmerton)
219 (8) Mason Reber (Schuylkill Haven)
215 (5), 215 (6) Chase Herb (Tri-Valley)
213 (3) Matt Frauen (Notre Dame)
211 (7) Matt Frame (Northern Lehigh)
210 (8) JC Rizzuto (Southern Lehigh)
207 (2) Jayden Williams (Central Catholic)
Single Game Passing Yardage (200)
431 (8), 350 (7) Conner Schwalm (Minersville)
404 (6), 315 (4) Will Fish (ES South)
398 (4), 296 (1), 222 (2) Rich Fronheiser (Lehighton) *School Record*
373 (7), 226 (5) Cayden Stem (Wilson)
370 (1), 349 (5), 267 (2), 264 (4), 243 (8) Jake Hall (North Schuylkill) *School Record*
322 (2), 308 (5), 293 (4), 246 (3) Bryce Herb (Williams Valley)
322 (7), 232 (5), 212 (8) Quinn Wentling (Whitehall)
321 (4), 259 (6), 223 (3), 208 (1), 203 (5) Collin Quintano (Notre Dame)
269 (5), 266 (6), 254 (8) Matt Bugbee (Nazareth)
267 (8) Dylan Smoyer (Northern Lehigh)
265 (8) Joe Genteel (Bangor)
264 (3), 262 (4), 213 (2) Josh Leininger (Pine Grove) *School Record*
262 (5), 206 (2) Justin Holmes (Northwestern)
258 (4) Noah Fathy (ES North) *School Record*
249 (6), 205 (7), 205 (8) Quintin Stephens (Salisbury)
247 (5) Dante Mahaffey (Saucon Valley)
232 (8) Jake Fotta (Emmaus)
216 (3) Gavin Amerman (Pen Argyl)
212 (7) Jonas McGrath (Tri-Valley)
Single Game TD Passes (4)
6(1), 5 (4) Will Fish (ES South) *Ties School Record*
5 (1), 4 (4) Rich Fronheiser (Lehighton) *Ties School Record*
5 (1), 5 (5), 4 (2) Jake Hall (North Schuylkill) *Ties School Record*
5 (5) Bryce Herb (Williams Valley) *Ties School Record*
4 (1) Cody Miller (Nativity)
4 (3) Cayden Stem (Wilson)
4 (5) Quintin Stephens (Salisbury)
4 (5) Jared Richardson (Bethlehem Catholic)
4 (6) Dante Mahaffey (Saucon Valley)
4 (6) Mason Kroh (Pine Grove)
4 (8) Dylan Smoyer (Northern Lehigh)
Single Game Receptions (10)
12 (8) Gabe Davis (Minersville)
11 (6), 10 (8) Chad Parton (Salisbury)
10 (2) Shea Morgan (Pine Grove) *School Record*
10 (7) Zack Gillen (Wilson)
Single Game Reception Yardage (140)
213 (2) Jesse Engle (Williams Valley)
206 (8) Gabe Davis (Minersville)
202 (7) Zack Gillen (Wilson)
197 (4) Silas Otero (ES North) *School Record*
189 (5) Jaiden Cabrera (Nazareth)
185 (4), 165 (2) Zack Hunsicker (Lehighton)
177 (7), 174 (6), 169 (3), 148 (8) Chad Parton (Salisbury)
174 (6) Christian Sapp (ES South)
172 (2), 150 (4) Shea Morgan (Pine Grove)
164 (7) Brock Polinsky (Minersville)
148 (8) Tanner Walacavage (North Schuylkill)
146 (4) Hunter Crum (Lehighton)
146 (8) Mike Repsher (Northern Lehigh)
145 (3) Raeff DiCello (Pottsville)
143 (1) Keegan Brennan (Nativity)
143 (5) Ty Csencsits (Saucon Valley)
142 (5) Jesse Engle (Williams Valley)
Single Game Reception TD’s (3)
4 (1) Keegan Brennan (Nativity) *School Record*
3 (1) Tanner Walacavage (North Schuylkill)
3 (3) Damon Simpson (Wilson) *Ties School Record*
3 (5) Jesse Engle (Williams Valley)
3 (6) Shea Morgan (Pine Grove)
Field Goals (40 yards)
46 (6), 41 (5) Sander Sahaydak (Liberty)
43 (6) Aidan Reinhard (Northampton)
41 (3) Matt Bugbee (Nazareth)
41 (4) Nick Paredes (ES North)
40 (5) Kevin Duffy (Stroudsburg)
District 11 Season Leaders
Rushing (750)
1035 Ben Terry (Mahanoy Area) sr
995 Mason Smeland (Palisades) sr
951 Conner Goehring (Schuylkill Haven) soph
890 Louie Clouser (Panther Valley) sr
866 Matt Frauen (Notre Dame) sr
856 Chase Herb (Tri-Valley) sr
817 Justin Holmes (Northwestern) jr
794 Nate Curvey (Tamaqua) sr
758 Cole Serfass (Palmerton) soph
Touchdowns (14)
20 Matt Frauen (Notre Dame) sr
20 Ben Terry (Mahanoy Area) sr
17 Mason Smeland (Palisades) sr
16 Chase Herb (Tri-Valley) sr
15 Jesse Engle (Williams Valley) sr
14 Brandon Camire (Emmaus) sr
14 Conner Goehring (Schuylkill Haven) soph
Passing Yards (1000)
1756 Bryce Herb (Williams Valley) sr
1505 Jake Hall (North Schuylkill) jr
1419 Conner Schwalm (Minersville) fresh
1378 Rich Fronheiser (Lehighton) sr
1350 Collin Quintano (Notre Dame) jr
1197 Matt Bugbee (Nazareth) sr
1176 Cayden Stem (Wilson) jr
1147 Quinn Wentling (Whitehall) sr
1138 Quintin Stephens (Salisbury) sr
1105 Josh Leininger (Pine Grove) sr
1077 Justin Holmes (Northwestern) jr
1047 Cody Miller (Nativity) jr
Touchdown Passes (14)
21 Jake Hall (North Schuylkill) jr
21 Bryce Herb (Williams Valley) sr
16 Conner Schwalm (Minersville) fresh
16 Quintin Stephens (Salisbury) sr
15 Justin Holmes (Northwestern) jr
Receptions (31)
47 Shea Morgan (Pine Grove) sr *School Record*
45 Chad Parton (Salisbury) sr
44 Zack Hunsicker (Lehighton) sr
36 Jaiden Cabrera (Nazareth) sr
35 Gabe Davis (Minersville) sr
35 Zack Gillen (Wilson) jr
35 Jack McGorry (Central Catholic) sr
33 Jesse Engle (Williams Valley) sr
31 Bryce Hensley (Blue Mountain) sr
Reception Yardage (500)
866 Chad Parton (Salisbury) sr
819 Shea Morgan (Pine Grove) sr
724 Zack Hunsicker (Lehighton) sr
660 Jesse Engle (Williams Valley) sr
623 Tanner Walacavage (North Schuylkill) sr
545 Gabe Davis (Minersville) sr
537 Jaiden Cabrera (Nazareth) sr
517 Jack McGorry (Central Catholic) sr
503 Bryce Hensley (Blue Mountain) sr
Reception Touchdowns (8)
13 Jesse Engle (Williams Valley) sr
11 Shea Morgan (Pine Grove) sr
10 Chad Parton (Salisbury) sr
9 Bryce Hensley (Blue Mountain) sr
8 Tanner Walacavage (North Schuylkill) sr
