by Duke Helms
RUSHING
Gerald Douglas of Stroudsburg had his 5th, 200 yard game in their win over Pleasant Valley. Douglas leads the District with 1,839 yards rushing. He also broke Artie Owen’s career school record. Owens had 3,933 yards from 1969-71 and scored 69 touchdowns. Douglas now has 4,015 yards and 54 career td’s.
In the same game, Eric Marbury of Pleasant Valley rushed for 123 yards and 4 td’s while filling in for injured Austyn Borre.
Michael McDaniel of Bethlehem Catholic rushed for 237 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Central Catholic. McDaniel now has 1,398 yards rushing and has scored 23 td’s this year. McDaniel, also went over 2,500 yards for his career and has scored 53 career td’s.
Mark Weinus of Pine Grove now has 1,297 yards rushing heading into their Eastern Conference playoff game.
Will Casella of Schuylkill Haven came back from an injury to play in his final high school game. Casella rushed for 87 yards and td to go over 1,000 yards for the third year in a row. Casella finished his career with 5,214 yards and 66 td’s.
Shane Simpson of Easton leads the District with 33 td’s this year and now has 77 career td’s. The 77 td’s puts him in 8th place all-time in the District.
Saquon Barkley of Whitehall now has 1,730 yards and 29 td’s. Barkley broke Nick Kurtz’s single season school record. Kurtz had 1,662 yards in 1999 while James Freeman had 1,612 yards in 1997.
Christian Gretzinger of Palisades went over 1,000 yards and now has 1,050.
Harry Hall of Northwestern needs 5 more yards to reach 3,000 yards for his career. Hall now owns spots 2 and 3 on the all-time single season list at Northwestern. Hall had 1,571 yards last year and currently has 1,398 yards this year. That’s three yards more then head coach Josh Snyder’s 1,395 yards that he had in 1994.
Shakur Lester scored 39 td’s in his career and joins Percy Alexander (PME), Dave Wilson (BECA), Brad Walters (NL), Al Donadi (Marian), and Robert Delgado (Catty) on the bubble list for the “40 td” club. Across the river, Leonard Brice of P’Burg also ended his career with 39 td’s.
Wyatt Clements of Lehighton went over 1,000 yards and now has 1,073 yards and has scored 22 td’s this year. Clements, a junior, has 2,235 career rushing yards and 40 td’s.
Andrew Davidson of Emmaus broke Jamie Germani’s single season school rushing record. Davidson had his 4th/200 yard game in a row and now has 1,662 yards moving by Germani’s 1,624 yards that he set in 2004. Davidson also went over 2,000 yards for his career and has scored 36 td’s.
Evan Culver of Saucon Valley rushed for 233 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Palisades. Culver now has rushed for 1,420 yards and has scored 24 td’s this year.
John Rupinski of North Schuylkill has rushed for 1,446 yards on the season and has scored 20 td’s. The 1,446 yards is the highest single season total I’ve found so far for North Schuylkill. John Rosella had 1,438 yards in 1968 and Ethan Motsney had 1,418 yards in 2012. Rupinski’s 20 td’s ties him with Motstney for third highest for a single season. That’s one behind Matt Gownley who had 21 in 2012 and two behind John Rosella’s 22 that he had in 1968.
Qmac Quiteh of Pocono Mountain West finished his career with 1,592 yards rushing. He joins his two older brothers, as all three rushed for over 1,500 yards in their career’s. Franklyn had 2,853 yards from 2007-08 and Terrence had 1,873 yards from 2008-10.
Matt Miller of Williams Valley now has 1,511 yards rushing and has scored 16 td’s. The 1,511 yards is third highest at Williams Valley behind Justin Bender’s 1,517 in 2003 and Cole Barnhardt’s 1,680 yards (as a junior) in 2012.
PASSING.
Tre Jordan of Pius X threw for 193 yards and 4 td’s last week vs CMVT to hang onto the District lead with 2,223 yards passing and 30 td passes.
Doug Erney of Liberty went over 2,000 yards for the season and now needs 35 yards to break Dan Persa’s single season passing yardage record. Persa had 2,104 yards in 2006 while Erney has 2,070 yards.
Devante Cross of Parkland broke 2 school records last week in their win over Emmaus. Cross has thrown for 1,755 yards this year breaking John Laub’s record of 1,677 yards that he set in 2007 when they made the State final. Cross has 30 career td passes which is one better then former record holder Ryan Brown. Brown threw 29 td’s from 1994-96.
Sophomore Jake Cirillo of East Stroudsburg South threw for 219 yards last week in their loss to East Stroudsburg North. Cirillo went over 1,000 yards and now has 1,134 yards. Cirillo now has 2,031 yards and has thrown 22 td passes in his career.
Junior, Tyler Cann of Lehighton, threw for 200 yards for the second week in a row and now has 1,269 yards on the season.
Frank Dangello of Northwestern went over 1,000 yards for the third year in row. Dangello also tied his own single season td pass record of 17.
Bobby Grigas of North Schuylkill went over 3,000 yards passing in his career and also set the career td pass record with 36. Bobby Moyer held the old record with 34 from 1997-99.
Tevon Weber of Salisbury finished the year with 1,692 yards passing and 19 td passes after throwing for 259 yards against Southern Lehigh. Kyle McFarland holds the school records that he set in 2006 with 2,399 yards and 22 td passes.
Chad Sederberg of Northern Lehigh had his first 200 yard game when he threw for 227 yards in their loss to Palmerton. Austin Krauss of Palisades (1,015), Mark Smith of Pocono Mountain West (1,012) , Patrick Keating of Pottsville (1,012) and Trey Durrah of Easton (1,000) all reached 1,000 yards passing for the season.
RECEIVING
Jacob Young of Freedom caught 9 passes for 196 yards in their win over Liberty. Trent Clark holds the Patriot’s single game record with 10 catches that he set in 1997. Collin Fritas holds the single game yardage record when he had 208 yards in a game in 2007.
Jeff Yordy of Pottsville Nativity caught all of Dominic Piccioni’s 9 completions for 132 yards and 2 td’s. Yordy finished the season catching 51 passes for 1,045 yards and 17 td catches.
Nate Stewart of Pius X kept the streak alive at 10 weeks when he caught 3 td passes vs CMVT. Stewart now has 60 receptions this year and is tied for the District lead. Stewart, just a junior,now has 14 td catches this year and 25 for his career.
Freshman Jahan Dotson of Nazareth caught 12 passes for 144 yards and 2 td’s vs Easton. Dotson finished the season with 60 catches for 692 yards and 9 td catches. The 60 receptions shatters the old District freshman record of 36. Shane Simpson of Easton and Matt Camilletti of Pius X held the old record. Dotson also broke Shane Simpson’s freshman District record of 679 yards when he caught a 39 yard td pass from Justin Albert in the fourth quarter. Dotson’s 9 td catches puts him in second place all-time at the school behind Anthony Gaetaniello’s 10 td’s in 2012.
Junior, Tevin Murray of North Schuylkill has 35 catches for 706 yards and 12 td catches this year.
Cam Richardson of Northwestern has 35 receptions this year and is now tied with Payton Bachman for the Tiger’s single season record. Bachman had 35 receptions in 2011.
Eric Marbury of Pleasant Valley went over 1,000 yards receiving last week and now has 1,016 yards.
Tyler Crum of Lehighton has 35 catches for 633 yards which puts him in third place for receptions and 4th place for reception yardage at the school for a single season. Larry Mertz had 33 receptions in 1977 and Jacen Nalesnik had 34 catches in 2012. Crum moved ahead of Chris Green who has 614 yards in 1991. Junior, Mason Donaldson of Salisbury tied the school record with his 9 receiving td’s. Jay Young caught 9 td passes from qb Rob Schultz in 1992.
OTHER Taylor Breininger of Northwestern has now scored a defensive touchdown in 4 straight games. He is responsible for 8 turnovers this year (6 int’s and 2 fumbles forced and recovered).
PAST AND PRESENT
Giani Sinatore has thrown for 1,704 yards and 20 td’s this year. Sinatore’s 1,704 yards places him in a tie for 4th place at Whitehall with Jeff Charles who threw for 1,704 yards last year. Gianni, a junior, was actually in 7th place last week, not 4th as I previously reported. Sinatore moved ahead of former all-time leader Matt Shultz. Shultz threw for over 1,500 yards in his career twice and ended his 3 year Zephyr career going 204 – 407 for 3,242 yards and 32 td’s. Those were all Zephyr records at the time. His junior and senior years were almost identical. He had 1,574 yards and 16 td’s as a junior and 1,545 yards and 16 td’s as a senior. As a back-up his sophomore year, Shultz threw for 123 yards. Matt is currently the offensive coordinator at Dieruff for head coach Kyle Beller.
2014 single game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat
Single Game Touchdowns (4)
7 (6), 5 (8), 4 (1), 4 (9) Shane Simpson (Easton) *School Record*
5 (4) John Rupinski (North Schuylkill) *Ties School Record*
5 (6) Gerald Douglas (Stroudsburg)
5 (6) Cam Richardson (Northwestern) *Ties School Record*
5 (9) Nicholas Labatch (Wilson) *Ties School Record*
5 (9), 4 (7), 4 (8) Andrew Davidson (Emmaus)
4 (1) William Casella (Schuylkill Haven)
4 (2), 4 (4), 4 (6), 4 (7), 4 (8) Saquon Barkley (Whitehall)
4 (2) Wyatt Clements (Lehighton)
4 (3) Freddie Simmons (Bethlehem Catholic)
4 (3) KJ Sneer (Marian Catholic)
4 (3), 4 (9) Christian Gretzinger (Palisades) *Ties School Record*
4 (5), 4 (10) Michael McDaniel (Bethlehem Catholic)
4 (5) TJ Backer (Stroudsburg)
4 (6), 4 (7) Bud Moyer (Tamaqua)
4 (8) Harry Hall (Northwestern)
4 (8) Ryan Fink (Schuylkill Haven)
4 (10) Qmac Quiteh (Pocono Mountain West)
4 (10) Eric Marbury (Pleasant Valley)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
315 (7), 286 (9), 277 (8), 200 (10) Andrew Davidson (Emmaus) *School Record*
304 (4) John Rupinski (North Schuylkill) *School Record*
278 (6), 248 (8), 226 (9) Shane Simpson (Easton)
267 (1), 251 (6), 237 (5), 234 (7), 203 (10) Gerald Douglas (Stroudsburg)
276 (3), 221 (4) Saquon Barkley (Whitehall)
269 (3), 207 (9) Christian Gretzinger (Palisades) *School Record*
266 (7) KJ Sneer (Marian Catholic)
253 (6) Nate Farber (Northern Lehigh)
251 (6), 235 (8), 233 (10) Evan Culver (Saucon Valley)
249 (9) Nicholas Labatch (Wilson)
244 (7), 222 (9) Matt Miller (Williams Valley)
243 (9) Ryan Lawrence (Liberty)
240 (5), 228 (8) Harry Hall (Northwestern)
237 (8) Ryan Fink (Schuylkill Haven)
237 (10), 215 (4) Michael McDaniel (Bethlehem Catholic)
229 (5) Mark Weinus (Pine Grove)
228 (2), 218 (6) Bud Moyer (Tamaqua)
227 (7) Austyn Borre (Pleasant Valley)
225 (1) William Casella (Schuylkill Haven)
Single Game Passing Yardage (200)
389 (4), 362 (8), 285 (7), 235 (1), 224 (9) Tre Jordan (Pius X)
358 (2), 277 (6), 255 (3), 212 (10) Travis Edmond (Southern Lehigh) *School Record*
358 (7), 354 (3) 245 (5) Doug Erney (Liberty) *School Record*
325 (2), 241 (9) Brandon Kuehner (Pleasant Valley)
318 (7), 240 (6), 219 (10) Jake Cirillo (East Stroudsburg South)
314 (7) Giani Sinatore (Whitehall) *School Record*
300 (5), 284 (7), 242 (6) Julian Spigner (Bethlehem Catholic)
283 (4), 268 (7), 258 (5), 211 (10) Devante Cross (Parkland)
269 (2), 226 (5) Nick Rodichok (Williams Valley)
259 (10), 222 (1), 200 (4), 214 (6) Tevon Weber (Salisbury)
258 (7) Bobby Grigas (North Schuylkill)
253 (9) Chris Marks (Dieruff)
252 (5) Jake Jakobsen (Stroudsburg)
248 (4) Dominic Piccioni (Pottsville Nativity)
245 (9) Mason Kholi (Central Catholic)
244 (4) Zach Thatcher (Saucon Valley)
227 (10) Chad Sederberg (Northern Lehigh)
223 (6), 218 (7) Travis Stefanik (Nazareth)
221 (4) Joe Young (Freedom)
221 (10) Mark Smith (Pocono Mountain West)
218 (9), 200 (10) Tyler Cann (Lehighton)
217 (1), 208 (3) Justin Albert (Nazareth)
215 (3) Garrett Perschy (Palmerton)
206 (3) Cristian Burker (Catasauqua)
Single Game TD Passes (4)
5 (1), 5 (4), 4 (8), 4 (9), 4 (10) Tre Jordan (Pius X)
5 (3) Doug Erney (Liberty) *School Record*
5 (5) Jake Jakobsen (Stroudsburg) *Ties School Record*
5 (7) Julian Spigner (Bethlehem Catholic) *Ties School Record*
4 (1) Mason Kholi (Central Catholic)
4 (2) Zach Thatcher (Saucon Valley)
4 (4) Tevon Weber (Salisbury)
4 (4) Devante Cross (Parkland) *Ties School Record*
4 (5) Travis Stefanik (Nazareth)
4 (5) Garrett Perschy (Palmerton) *Ties School Record*
4 (6) Travis Edmond (Southern Lehigh)
4 (6) Frank Dangello (Northwestern) *School Record*
4 (7) Hunter Harner (Tri-Valley)
4 (8) Bobby Grigas (North Schuylkill)
4 (4) Dominic Piccioni (Potsville Nativity)
4 (9) Giani Sinatore (Whitehall)
Single Game Receptions (10)
15 (4), 12 (10) Jahan Dotson (Nazareth) *School Record*
11 (7) Jarey Elder (Parkland)
10 (6) Nate Stewart (Pius X)
Single Game Reception Yardage (150)
229 (2) Tim Walter (Southern Lehigh) *School Record*
213 (4) Aaron Weller (Pius X)
201 (4) Jeff Yordy (Pottsville Nativity)
196 (10) Jacob Young (Freedom)
184 (3) Ethan Price (Southern Lehigh)
184 (8) Blake Cassalia (Palisades)
180 (4), 144 (10) Jahan Dotson (Nazareth)
179 (5) TJ Backer (Stroudsburg) *School Record*
177 (5) Jacob Kober (Catasauqua)
154 (4) Jarey Elder (Parkland)
Single Game Reception TD’s (3)
4 (5) TJ Backer (Stroudsburg) *School Record*
4 (6) Cam Richardson (Northwestern) *School Record*
3 (1), 3 (4), 3 (7), 3 (9) Jeff Yordy (Pottsville Nativity)
3 (2) Tim Walter (Southern Lehigh) *Ties School Record*
3 (3) Izaiah Avent (Liberty)
3 (4), 3 (10) Nate Stewart (Pius X)
3 (4) Jarey Elder (Parkland)
3 (5) Kenny Yeboah (Parkland)
3 (5) Jacob Kober (Catasauqua)
3 (7) Freddie Simmons (Bethlehem Catholic)
3 (8) Tevin Murray (North Schuylkill)
Single Season Leaders
Rushing (1000)
1839 Gerald Douglas (Stroudsburg) senior
1730 Saquon Barkley (Whitehall) senior *School Record*
1662 Andrew Davidson (Emmaus) senior *School Record*
1535 Shane Simpson (Easton) senior
1511 Matt Miller (Williams Valley) senior
1446 John Rupinski (North Schuylkill) senior
1420 Evan Culver (Saucon Valley) junior
1398 Harry Hall (Northwestern) junior
1190 KJ Snerr (Marian Catholic) junior
1154 Robert Heller (Jim Thorpe) senior
1132 Elijah McBride (East Stroudsburg North) senior
1110 Bud Moyer (Tamaqua) junior
1073 Wyatt Clements (Lehighton) junior
1070 Nick Labatch (Wilson) senior
1051 Will Casella (Schuylkill Haven) senior
1050 Christian Gretzinger (Palisades) senior
Touchdowns (17)
33 Shane Simpson (Easton) senior *School Record*
29 Saquon Barkley (Whitehall) senior *School Record*
23 Andrew Davidson (Emmaus) senior *School Record*
24 Evan Culver (Saucon Valley) junior
24 Michael McDaniel (Bethlehem Catholic) senior
23 Gerald Douglas (Stroudsburg) senior
22 Wyatt Clements (Lehighton) junior
21 Jeff Yordy (Pottsville Nativity) senior
20 John Rupinski (North Schuylkill) senior
18 Cam Richardson (Northwestern) senior
17 Bud Moyer (Tamaqua) junior
Passing Yards (1000)
2223 Tre Jordan (Pius X) junior
2070 Doug Erney (Liberty) junior
1757 Travis Edmond (Southern Lehigh) senior
1755 Julian Spigner (Bethlehem Catholic) junior
1704 Giani Sinatore (Whitehall) junior
1696 Devante Cross (Parkland) junior
1692 Tevon Weber (Salisbury) junior
1541 Brandon Kuehner (Pleasant Valley) senior
1362 Bobby Grigas (North Schuylkill) junior
1334 Dominic Piccioni (Pottsville Nativity) senior
1315 Nick Rodichok (Williams Valley)
1269 Tyler Cann (Lehighton) junior
1238 Mason Kholi (Central Catholic) senior
1232 Chris Marks (Dieruff) senior
1218 Zach Thatcher (Saucon Valley) junior
1134 Jake Cirillo (East Stroudsburg South) sophomore
1127 Garrett Perschy (Palmerton) sophomore
1099 Jake Jakobsen (Stroudsburg) senior
1097 Ethan Kuczynski (Marian Catholic) sophomore
1013 Frank Dangello (Northwestern) senior
1012 Mark Smith (Pocono Mountain West) junior
1012 Patrick Keating (Pottsville) senior
1000 Trey Durrah (Easton) junior
Touchdown Passes (16)
30 Tre Jordan (Pius X) junior
22 Bobby Grigas (North Schuylkill) junior
21 Travis Edmond (Southern Lehigh) senior
20 Julian Spigner (Bethlehem Catholic) junior
20 Doug Erney (Liberty) junior
20 Giani Sinatore (Whitehall) junior
19 Tevon Weber (Salisbury) junior
19 Devante Cross (Parkland) junior
18 Dominic Piccioni (Pottsville Nativity) senior
17 Zach Thatcher (Saucon Valley) junior
17 Frank Dangello (Northwestern) senior
16 Mason Kholi (Central Catholic) senior
16 Brandon Kuehner (Pleasant Valley) senior
Receptions (30)
60 Nate Stewart (Pius X) junior
60 Jahan Dotson (Nazareth) freshman
51 Jeff Yordy (Pottsville Nativity) senior
41 Jarey Elder (Parkland) senior
38 Conner Sullivan (Whitehall) senior
38 Freddie Simmons (Bethlehem Catholic) senior
37 Jacob Young (Freedom) senior
36 Jake Kober (Catasauqua) senior
36 Tim Walter (Southern Lehigh) sophomore
36 Darius Jones (Liberty) senior
35 Tyler Crum (Lehighton) senior
35 Cam Richardson (Northwestern) senior
35 Tevin Murray (North Schuylkill) junior
35 Mason Donaldson (Salisbury) junior
33 Ricky Houser (Catasauqua) senior
32 Kenny Yeboah (Parkland) junior
Reception Yardage (500)
1045 Jeff Yordy (Pottsville Nativity) senior
883 Nate Stewart (Pius X) junior
716 Ethan Price (Southern Lehigh) junior
706 Tevin Murray (North Schuylkill) junior
692 Jahan Dotson (Nazareth) freshman
660 Jake Kober (Catasauqua) senior
633 Tyler Crum (Lehighton) senior
614 Cam Richardson (Northwestern) senior
607 Ricky Houser (Catasauqua) senior
589 Aaron Weller (Pius X) junior
582 Jarey Elder (Parkland) senior
580 Kenny Yeboah (Parkland) junior
535 Jacob Young (Freedom) senior
526 Darius Jones (Liberty) senior
524 Chad Rex (Whitehall) senior
522 Conner Sullivan (Whitehall) senior
518 Tim Walter (Southern Lehigh) sophomore
514 Elijah Fineran (Bethlehem Catholic) junior
508 Freddie Simmons (Bethlehem Catholic) senior
Reception Touchdowns (9)
17 Jeff Yordy (Pottsville Nativity) senior *School Record*
14 Nate Stewart (Pius X) junior
12 Cam Richardson (Northwestern) senior *School Record*
12 Tevin Murray (North Schuylkill) junior
10 Kenny Yeboah (Parkland) junior
9 Freddie Simmons (Bethlehem Catholic) senior
9 Mason Donaldson (Salisbury) junior *School Record*
