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District 11 Top Returning Players Week 9

DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 9):    RUNNINGBACKS:  Four players hit the 1,000 yard rushing mark in week 9. Marian Catholic’s sophomore Rory Dixon went over 1,000 yards for the 2nd time in his career (1,084 yards). Minersville’s junior Dante Carr has 1,124 rushing yards this season. North Schuylkill’s junior Luke Miller has 1,158 yards this season, and Fletcher Thompson […]

District 11 Top Returning Players Week 8

RUNNINGBACKS:  Niko Carestia of Schuylkill Haven had his 6th 200 plus yard rushing game when he gained 222 yards and scored 3 td’s in their win over Pine Grove. His District leading yardage is 1,793 yards. Carestia has scored 25 td’s this season and 50 for his career. Dante Carr of Minersville returned to the […]

District 11 Top Returning Players Week 7

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 […]

District 11 Top Returning Players Week 6

RUNNINGBACKS:  Eli Zimmerman of Northwestern rushed for a school record 271 yards and 2 td’s in week 6. Brett Snyder held the old record when he rushed for 266 yards vs Notre Dame in 1995. Zimmerman has rushed for 833 yards and scored 14 td’s this season. Junior Niko Carestia of Schuylkill Haven rushed for […]

District 11 Notes (Week 5):

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 […]

District 11 Notes (Week 4):

RUNNINGBACKS:  Freshman Fletcher Thompson of Williams Valley rushed for 206 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Minersville. Thompson has rushed for 504 yards and scored 5 td’s this season. Junior Niko Carestia of Schuylkill Haven rushed for over 200 yards for the second week in a row when he racked up 260 yards and […]

District 11 Top Returning Players Week 3

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 […]

District 11 Notes (Week 2):

RUNNINGBACKS:  Junior Niko Carestia of Schuylkill Haven rushed for 180 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Panther Valley and in the process went over 2,000 yards rushing for his career (2,171). Carestia has scored 29 career td’s. Four runningbacks join the chart after week 2. They are Dorian Thomas of Easton (1,099 yards), Gabe […]

2024 District 11 Top Returning Players Week 1

DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 1):    RUNNINGBACKS:  Luke Miller of North Schuylkill rushed for 198 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Mount Carmel and was the top rusher reported in week 1. Sophomore Rory Dixon of Marian Catholic was a close 2nd with his 191 yards rushing vs Hanover. Gabe Green of Liberty […]

District 11 Notes (Week 13):

RUNNINGBACKS:  Alex Achenbach of Williams Valley rushed for 189 yards in his last career game and finished his senior season with a school record 3,056 yards. Dylan Rabuck held the old record when he rushed for 2,948 yards in 2017. Achenbach rushed for 7,017 yards in his career which is the 4th highest total all-time […]

District 11 Notes (Week 11):

RUNNINGBACKS:  Josh Ludlow of Notre Dame rushed for 194 yards and scored a school tying record 6 td’s in week 11. Gerald Grube scored 6 td’s vs Wilson in 2017. Ludlow upped his td season total to 24 and and his career total to 45. Senior Caden Henritzy of Northampton went over 1,000 yards rushing on the […]

District 11 Top Returning Players Week 10

DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 10):    RUNNINGBACKS:  Luke Stevenosky of Minersville rushed for over 200 yards (234) for the 5th time this season and went over 2,000 yards on the year in the process (2,077). Stevenosky upped his single season school td record to 31 and his career school record to 55. Colm McGroarty of […]

District 11 Top Returning Players Week

DISTRICT 11 NOTES (Week 8):    RUNNINGBACKS:  Alex Achenbach of Williams Valley rushed for over 200 yards for the 6th time this year when he rushed for 228 yards and a td in week 8. Achenbach leads the District with 1,900 yards rushing this season. His career rushing total of 5,861 yards moves him up […]

District 11 Top Returning Players Week 6

DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 6):    RUNNINGBACKS:  Alex Achenbach of Williams Valley had his 4th-200 yard rushing game of the season last week to up his District leading total to 1,356 yards. Achenbach also scored 4 td’s in the game and now has 16 td’s this season and 65 for his career. His 65 career td’s ties him for […]

District 11 Top Returning Players Week 4 & 5

DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 4 & 5):    RUNNINGBACKS:  In week 5, Caden Henritzy of Northampton rushed for 162 yards and 2 td’s in their win over ES South to end the night with a school record 2,882 career rushing yards. Tyrese Brandon held the old record when he rushed for 2,767 yards from 2016-19.  […]

District 11 Notes (Week 2 & 3):

UNNINGBACKS:  Week 2 School Record:  Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley) 343 yards rushing.  Old Record: Alex Achenbach 328 yards vs Panther Valley, 2021. Week 2 School Record: Luke Stevenosky (Minersville) 316 yards rushing. Old record: Gabe Kuehn 315 yards vs Montgomery, 2018. Week 2 Milestone: Luke Stevenosky (Minersville) 2,000 career rushing yards. Currently has 2,214 yards. […]

District 11 Top Returning Players Week 1

DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 1):   RUNNINGBACKS:  Alex Achenbach of Williams Valley rushed for 230 yards on 40 carries and scored 2 td’s in their win over Upper Dauphin.  Achenbach joined the “4,000 yard” club and now has 4,191 career rushing yards.  Achenbach also went over 50 career td’s and currently has 51 career td’s.  Matt Machalik […]

District 11 Notes: Week 14

RUNNINGBACKS:  Caiden Schaffer of Central Catholic rushed for 106 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Meadville.  Schaffer has rushed for 1,210 yards and scored 26 td’s this season.  Cade Christopher of Northwestern ends his season leading the District in rushing yards (1,886 yards) and td’s scored (30).  Both totals are also the 2ndhighest […]

District 11 Top Returning Players – Week 13

DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 13):  Everything is updated except the passing and receiving article sections. RUNNINGBACKS:  Cade Christopher of Northwestern rushed for 221 and a td in their win over North Schuylkill.  Christopher took over the District lead for rushing yardage and extended his lead for td’s scored.  He’s rushed for 1,821 yards and scored […]

District 11 Notes – Week 12

RUNNINGBACKS:  Caiden Schaffer of Central Catholic became the 21st player to rush for 1,000 yards this season in District 11.  Schaffer rushed for 154 yards and scored both td’s in their win over Bethlehem Catholic.  Schaffer rushed for 1,012 yards this season and has scored a team leading 19 td’s.  Northwestern’s tandem of Cade Christopher […]

District 11 Notes – Week 11

RUNNINGBACKS:  Twenty backs have rushed for 1,000 yards or more this season.  Northwestern has 2 players with 1,000 yards with Cade Christopher rushing for 1,423 yards and Dalton Clymer rushing for 1,171 yards.  This is Northwestern’s 2nd season with 2 backs over 1,000 yards.  Head coach Josh Snyder (1,395 yards) and Jon Suter (1,102 yards) […]

District 11 Notes – Week 10

RUNNINGBACKS:  We had 6 players go over 1,000 yards rushing for the season last week.  Matt Machalik of Palmerton (1,107), Caden Henritzy of Northampton (1,097), Luke Stevenosky of Minersville (1,080), Nigel Linton of Whitehall (1,068), Fela Olaniyan of Pleasant Valley (1,062) and Eric Striba of Bangor (1,027).  Machalik went over 3,000 yards for his career […]

District 11 Notes – Week 9

RUNNINGBACKS:  Colm McGroaty of Mahanoy Area (1,042 yards) and Steven Lilly of Palisades (1,029 yards) both went over 1,000 yards rushing on the season last week.  McGroaty scored 4 td’s in their win over Nativity.  Alex Achenbach of Williams Valley still leads the District with 1,482 yards rushing.  He is followed by Aiden Myers of […]

District 11 Notes – Week 8

DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 8):   RUNNINGBACKS:  Cade Christopher of Northwestern (1,085 yards), Cade Sawyer of Southern Lehigh (1,068 yards), Michael Pascoe of Panther Valley (1,028), and Jalen Fletcher of Freedom (1,017 yards) all went over 1,000 yards rushing on the season last week.  District leader Alex Achenbach of Williams Valley rushed for 219 yards and […]

District 11 Notes – Week 7

RUNNINGBACKS:  Jalen Fletcher of Freedom rushed for 267 yards and 2 td’s in their win over Whitehall.  Fletcher leads the EPC South with 958 yards rushing and 14 td’s scored.  Fletcher also went over 1,000 yards rushing in his career (1,259 yards) and has scored 20 career td’s.  Aidan Myers of Schuylkill Haven rushed for […]

District 11 Notes – Week 6

DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 6):   RUNNINGBACKS:  District leader Alex Achenbach of Williams Valley rushed for 215 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Nativity.  Achenbach has 943 yards rushing and 13 td’s on the season.  The junior also went over 3,000 yards for his career and currently has 3,160 yards and has scored 38 […]

District 11 Notes (Week 5)

RUNNINGBACKS:  District leader Alex Achenbach of Williams Valley (728 yards) is nearing 3,000 yards for his career.  The junior currently has 2,945 yards and 35 career td’s.  Trey Tremba of Parkland rushed for 222 yards on 38 carries and 2 td’s in their overtime loss to Whitehall.   Steven Lilly of Palisades rushed for 211 yards […]

District 11 Top Returning Players – Week 4

DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 4):   RUNNINGBACKS:  Five running backs are now over 500 yards rushing for the season.  District leader Alex Achenbach of Williams Valley leads the group with 572 yards.  Michael Pascoe of Panther Valley is next with 540 yards.  He’s followed by Cade Sawyer of Southern Lehigh (536 yards), Aiden Myers of Schuylkill […]

District 11 Top Returning Players Week 3

DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 3):   RUNNINGBACKS:  Steven Lilly of Palisades rushed for 161 yards and scored 5 td’s in their 47-40 win over Palmerton.  Lilly’s 5 td’s ties the school record held by Trey Gretzinger who scored 5 td’s vs Wilson in 2018.  Danny Darno of Notre Dame rushed for 221 yards and 4 td’s […]

District 11 Top Returning Players – Week 2

DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 2):   RUNNINGBACKS:  Aiden Myers of Schuylkill Haven rushed for 315 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Nativity.  Myers has 409 yards rushing this season and trails only District leader Alex Achenbach of Williams Valley.  Achenbach leads with 484 yards and 7 td’s.  Cade Sawyer of Southern Lehigh rushed for […]

District 11 Top Returning Players – Week 1

DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 1):     RUNNINGBACKS:  Alex Achenbach of Williams Valley rushed for 305 yards and scored 5 td’s in their win over Upper Dauphin.  The junior went over 2,500 yards rushing for his career (2,522 yards) and has 27 career td’s.  Achenbach already holds the school record for rushing yards in a single […]

DISTRICT 11 NOTES (Weeks 13 & 14)

RUNNINGBACKS:  Matt Frame of Northern Lehigh increased his season totals to 1,599 yards rushing and 26 td’s scored.  He is currently in 5th place all-time at NL for rushing yards in a season.  Top 5 are Cody Remaley 2,322 (2010), 2,155 (2009), Nick Hosford 1,761 (2005), Ryan Hluschak 1,682 (2002) and Frame 1,599 (2021).  Frame’s career yardage […]

DISTRICT 11 NOTES (Week 12)

RUNNINGBACKS:  Matt Frame of Northern Lehigh rushed for 334 yards and 5 td’s in their win over Palmerton.  Frame fell 9 yards short of the school record.  Nate Farber rushed for 343 yards vs Western Wayne in 2014.  Frame went over 3,000 career yards and now has 3,038 yards.  His 5 td’s moved him into […]

DISTRICT 11 NOTES (Week 7):

RUNNINGBACKS:  Sophomore qb Matt Machalik of Palmerton scored 5 td’s in their win over Pine Grove to take over the District lead with 19 total td’s.  Deante’ Crawford of Freedom scored 3 times vs Whitehall and moved into 2nd spot with his 16 td’s this season.  Justin Holmes of Northwestern, Kael Godshalk of Bangor and Jaded Bowens of […]

District 11 Notes (Week 6):

RUNNINGBACKS:     Sophomore Alex Achenbach of Williams Valley rushed for a school record 328 yards last week vs Panther Valley.  Achenbach, who scored 4 td’s, broke Dylan Rabuck’s school record of 325 yards that he rushed for against Pine Grove in 2017.  Achenbach has rushed for 982 yards this season and scored 10 td’s.  Justin […]

District 11 Notes (Weeks 4 and 5):

RUNNINGBACKS:  Senior Josh Chowansky of North Schuylkill leads the District with 846 yards rushing.  Sophomore Alex Achenbach of Williams Valley is 2nd with 654 yards and Pottsville senior Travontai Davis is 3rd with 614 yards rushing.  Chowansky, Davis along with Bangor’s Kael Godshalk and PM West’s Jaden Bowens each scored 4 td’s in week 4.  Deante’ […]

District 11 Notes (week 4):

2021 single-game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat Single Game Touchdowns (4) 6 (1) Marcus Williams (Easton) 6 (2) Hunter Crum (Lehighton) 4 (1) Matt Machalik (Palmerton) 4 (1) Tylik Jarvis (Emmaus) 4 (1) Deante’ Crawford (Freedom) 4 (2) Andre Reames (Stroudsburg) 4 (3) Justin Holmes (Northwestern) 4 (3) Ron […]

District 11: Top Returning Players Week 3

RUNNINGBACKS:   Josh Chowansky of North Schuylkill leads the District with 536 yards rushing.  Chowansky went over 2,000 yards (2,269) and has scored 25 career td’s.  Matt Frame of Northern Lehigh needs 33 yards to reach 2,000 career yards. His career totals have him with 1,967 yards rushing and 23 td’s scored.  Sophomore Austin Achenbach of […]