by Duke Helms
RUSHING
Michael McDaniel of Bethlehem Catholic rushed for 267 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Saucon Valley. McDaniel now has 1,738 yards rushing, which places him in 3rd place all-time at BECA. He moved ahead of Darrius Webb (1,488 in 2008), Tim Barlok (1,535 in 1998) and Erik Marsh (1,661 in 1990). McDaniel has scored 31 td’s this year which ties him with Eddie Scipio for second place at Beca. Dave Wilson holds both records when he ran for 2,681 yards and scored 37 td’s in 1999. McDaniel’s career totals stand at 3,027 yards rushing and a total of 61 td’s scored. McDaniel’s 61 career td’s ties him with Dan Tavani of Notre Dame (2000-03), Blake Bowman of Tri-Valley (2009-12) and Saquon Barkley of Whitehall (2012-14) for 22nd place all-time in the District. Shane Simpson of Easton rushed for 206 yards and 2 td’s in their win over Freedom. Simpson also ran the second half kick-off back 79 yards for a td. He now has 1,857 yards rushing and 39 touchdowns this year. Simpson needs 38 yards to break Juan Gaddy’s school record of 1,894 yards that he set in 1991. His career totals jump to 4,247 yards rushing and 83 td’s. He is now 2 td’s behind Colin McDermott of Central Catholic on the all-time District list. McDermott scored 85 td’s from 2010-12 and sits in 6th place. Dalvyn Reynolds has complimented Simpson in the Easton backfield with his 1,095 yards rushing and 13 td’s. Nate Farber of Northern Lehigh finished the year with 1,396 yards rushing and 17 td’s. Mark Weinus of Pine Grove finished the season with 292 carries for 1,463 yards and 10 td’s. Harry Hall of Northwestern has rushed for 1,664 yards and scored 17 td’s this season. Hall upped his career totals to 3,261 yards and 35 td’s. Andrew Davidson of Emmaus carried the ball 52 times for 258 yards and 4 td’s in their loss to Liberty. Davidson finished the season rushing for 2,042 yards and 29 td’s. Over the last 6 games of the season, Davidson ran the ball 240 times for 1,464 yards and scored 21 td’s. Over those 6 games, he averaged 40 carries for 244 yards and 3.5 td’s a game. Liberty’s Ryan Lawrence rushed for 136 yards against Emmaus to go over 1,000 yards for the season. Lawrence ended the year with 1,007 yards while scoring 14 td’s. Lawrence would rush for only 273 yards in the first 6 games and then rush for 734 yards in the last 6 games. Evan Culver of Saucon Valley finished the season rushing for 1,715 yards and 26 td’s. Culver, a junior also went over 2,000 yards for his career and now has 2,003 yards. John Rupinski of North Schuylkill finished the year rushing for a school record 1,648 yards and 24 td’s. KJ Snerr of Marian Catholic rushed for 1,531 yards and scored 16 td’s in his junior season. The 1,531 yards ranks him in third place all-time at Marian behind Mike Tracy’s 1,537 and 2,287 yards that he set in 1979 and 1980. Hunter Harner rushed for 233 yards and 4 td’s in their Eastern Conference win. Harner went over 1,000 yards in the game and ended the season with 1,117 yards.
PASSING.
Tre Jordan of Pius X threw for 247 yards in their win over Marian Catholic and leads the District with 2,557 yards passing and 32 td passes. Jordan’s yardage places him in 5th place at Pius for a single season, just 19 yards behind his head coach Phil Stambaugh. His 32 td’s places him in third at Pius, 3 behind second place Cole Hildabrant who had 35 in 2004. Jordan also joined the “4,000 yard” club as his career totals stand at 4,103 yards and 50 td passes. Doug Erney of Liberty finished the year throwing for 2,423 yards and 24 td’s. Erney owns the school yardage record and is tied with Dan Persa for the single season td pass record. Erney’s career totals of 4,634 yards and 44 td’s are within reach of Persa’s school records of 5,875 passing yards and 58 td passes. Devante Cross of Parkland now has 22 td passes on the year, tying John Laub’s school record that he set in 2007. Cross, a junior, went over 2,000 yards for the season and 3,000 yards for his career. Julian Spigner of Bethlehem Catholic also went over 2,000 yards for the season and now has 2,132 yards and 26 td’s. Spigner went ahead of Dan Kendra III and Mike Palos on the all-time Beca single season yardage list and into 4th place. Spigner’s 26 td’s are one behind school record holder Adam Bednarik. Frank Dangello of Northwestern now has 50 career td passes. Bobby Grigas of North Schuylkill finished his junior year throwing for 1,622 yards and a school record 26 td’s. Grigas will start his senior year with career totals of 3,287 yards passing and 40 td passes. Sophomore Ethan Kuczynski of Marian Catholic finished the season throwing for 1,321 yards and 15 td’s.
RECEIVING
Freddie Simmons of Bethlehem Catholic now has 50 catches for 747 yards this year. The 50 catches places him in third place at BECA. Simmons has 13 td catches this year which ties the school record held by Frank Trovato. The prediction of the streak stopping after week 11 was correct. Nobody caught 3 td passes last week as Elijah Fineran of Bethlehem Catholic and Darius Jones of Liberty each had 2 td catches. Fineran caught 4 passes for 129 yards and Jones caught 5 for 114 yards. Fineran now has 28 catches for 671 yards and 7 td catches. Jones finished the season catching 44 passes for 728 yards and 10 td’s. Jones joins former Hurricane players Joe Dunaher, Jarrod West and KJ Williams with at least 10 td catches in a season. Jarey Elder of Parkland now has 51 catches on the season which places him in second place at the school. Tim Massaquoi (Michigan) had 50 catches in the year 2000. Jaleel Clark (Missouri) set the record when he caught 56 passes from John Laub in 2007. Nate Stewart of Pius X now has 69 receptions this year breaking Wade Williams’s school record. Williams had 66 catches in 2006. Stewart went over 1,000 yards on the season and now has 1,023 yards on the season. He needs 26 yards to reach 2,000 yards for his career. Tevin Murray of North Schuylkill finished his junior year catching 37 passes for 762 yards and 14 td’s. Cam Richardson of Northwestern now has over 1,500 yards receiving (1,569) and 1,000 yards rushing (1,097) for his career. Angelo Maskornick of Marian Catholic finished his career with an even 100 catches for 1,614 yards and 14 td’s.
UNDER THE RADAR
Blue Mountain won their first Eastern Conference final last week by defeating Fleetwood 41-38 in overtime. They were previously 0-3 in the championship game. In a full team effort, Coach Mabry’s squad went 10-2 this year. They won ten games without having a runningback with over 800 yards rushing (Will Horn 714), a quarterback that threw for under 700 yards (Sean Greenawalt 662) and had only one receiver with 10 catches and over 200 yards (Adam Hull 10-215). Zach Martin led the defense with 117 tackles.
District 11 won all 4 Eastern Conference Championship games.
A – Tri-Valley over Millersburg
AA – Northern Lehigh over Pine Grove
AAA – Blue Mountain over Fleetwood
AAAA – Liberty over Emmaus
Junior, Jaden Buchanan of Tri-Valley ended his season with 13 interceptions. Senior, Dalton Tucker of Pius X has kicked a school record 8 field goals this year.
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), 4 (11) Cam Richardson (Northwestern) *Ties School Record*
5 (9) Nicholas Labatch (Wilson) *Ties School Record*
5 (9), 4 (7), 4 (8), 4 (12) Andrew Davidson (Emmaus)
5 (11) Nate Farber (Northern Lehigh)
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*
5 (11), 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)
4 (8), 4 (10) Evan Culver (Saucon Valley)
4 (12) Hunter Harner (Tri-Valley)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
343 (11) Nate Farber (Northern Lehigh) *School Record*
315 (7), 286 (9), 277 (8), 258 (12), 200 (10) Andrew Davidson (Emmaus) *School Record*
304 (4) John Rupinski (North Schuylkill) *School Record*
278 (6), 248 (8), 226 (9), 206 (12) 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)
348 (11), 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), 208 (11) Matt Miller (Williams Valley)
243 (9) Ryan Lawrence (Liberty)
240 (5), 228 (8) Harry Hall (Northwestern)
237 (8) Ryan Fink (Schuylkill Haven)
251 (11), 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), 247 (12), 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), 214 (12) 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), 207 (11) 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)
259 (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), 218 (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), Jahan Dotson (Nazareth)
179 (5) TJ Backer (Stroudsburg) *School Record*
177 (5) Jacob Kober (Catasauqua)
164 (11) Freddie Simmons (Bethlehem Catholic)
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), 3 (11) Freddie Simmons (Bethlehem Catholic)
3 (8) Tevin Murray (North Schuylkill)
Single Season Leaders
Rushing (1000)
2042 Andrew Davidson (Emmaus) senior *School Record*
1934 Gerald Douglas (Stroudsburg) senior
1857 Shane Simpson (Easton) senior
1851 Saquon Barkley (Whitehall) senior *School Record*
1738 Michael McDaniel (Bethlehem Catholic) senior
1719 Matt Miller (Williams Valley) senior *School Record*
1715 Evan Culver (Saucon Valley) junior
1664 Harry Hall (Northwestern) junior
1648 John Rupinski (North Schuylkill) senior *School Record*
1531 KJ Snerr (Marian Catholic) junior
1463 Mark Weinus (Pine Grove) senior
1174 Wyatt Clements (Lehighton) junior
1154 Robert Heller (Jim Thorpe) senior
1132 Elijah McBride (East Stroudsburg North) senior
1117 Hunter Harner (Tri-Valley) senior
1110 Bud Moyer (Tamaqua) junior
1095 Dalvyn Reynolds (Easton) senior
1070 Nick Labatch (Wilson) senior
1069 Christian Gretzinger (Palisades) senior
1051 Will Casella (Schuylkill Haven) senior
1007 Ryan Lawrence (Liberty) senior
Touchdowns (20)
39 Shane Simpson (Easton) senior *School Record*
31 Michael McDaniel (Bethlehem Catholic) senior
29 Saquon Barkley (Whitehall) senior *School Record*
29 Andrew Davidson (Emmaus) senior *School Record*
26 Evan Culver (Saucon Valley) junior
24 John Rupinski (North Schuylkill) senior *School Record*
24 Cam Richardson (Northwestern) senior
23 Gerald Douglas (Stroudsburg) senior
23 Wyatt Clements (Lehighton) junior
21 Jeff Yordy (Pottsville Nativity) senior
Passing Yards (1000)
2557 Tre Jordan (Pius X) junior
2423 Doug Erney (Liberty) junior *School Record*
2132 Julian Spigner (Bethlehem Catholic) junior
2024 Devante Cross (Parkland) junior *School Record*
1820 Giani Sinatore (Whitehall) junior
1794 Travis Edmond (Southern Lehigh) senior
1692 Tevon Weber (Salisbury) junior
1622 Bobby Grigas (North Schuylkill) junior
1609 Brandon Kuehner (Pleasant Valley) senior
1469 Tyler Cann (Lehighton) junior
1410 Nick Rodichok (Williams Valley)
1339 Zach Thatcher (Saucon Valley) junior
1334 Dominic Piccioni (Pottsville Nativity) senior
1321 Ethan Kuczynski (Marian Catholic) sophomore
1298 Garrett Perschy (Palmerton) sophomore
1238 Mason Kholi (Central Catholic) senior
1232 Chris Marks (Dieruff) senior
1220 Jake Cirillo (East Stroudsburg South) sophomore
1194 Frank Dangello (Northwestern) senior
1173 Jake Jakobsen (Stroudsburg) senior
1140 Trey Durrah (Easton) junior
1033 Logan Levan (Pine Grove) senior
1029 Austin Krauss (Palisades) junior
1012 Mark Smith (Pocono Mountain West) junior
1012 Patrick Keating (Pottsville) senior
Touchdown Passes (16)
32 Tre Jordan (Pius X) junior
26 Bobby Grigas (North Schuylkill) junior *School Record*
26 Julian Spigner (Bethlehem Catholic) junior
24 Doug Erney (Liberty) junior *Ties School Record*
22 Devante Cross (Parkland) junior *Ties School Record*
21 Travis Edmond (Southern Lehigh) senior *School Record*
21 Giani Sinatore (Whitehall) junior *School Record*
21 Frank Dangello (Northwestern) senior *School Record*
19 Tevon Weber (Salisbury) junior
18 Dominic Piccioni (Pottsville Nativity) senior
17 Zach Thatcher (Saucon Valley) junior
16 Mason Kholi (Central Catholic) senior
16 Brandon Kuehner (Pleasant Valley) senior
Receptions (30)
69 Nate Stewart (Pius X) junior *School Record*
60 Jahan Dotson (Nazareth) freshman
51 Jeff Yordy (Pottsville Nativity) senior
51 Jarey Elder (Parkland) senior
50 Freddie Simmons (Bethlehem Catholic) senior
44 Darius Jones (Liberty) senior
44 Jacob Young (Freedom) senior
43 Cam Richardson (Northwestern) senior *School Record*
40 Conner Sullivan (Whitehall) senior
40 Tim Walter (Southern Lehigh) sophomore
39 Tyler Crum (Lehighton) senior
37 Kenny Yeboah (Parkland) junior
37 Tevin Murray (North Schuylkill) junior
36 Jake Kober (Catasauqua) senior
35 Mason Donaldson (Salisbury) junior
34 Blake Cassalia (Palisades) junior
33 Ricky Houser (Catasauqua) senior
33 Cody Miller (Williams Valley) senior
32 Tyler Wolfe (Pine Grove) senior
30 Aaron Weller (Pius X) junior
Reception Yardage (500)
1045 Jeff Yordy (Pottsville Nativity) senior
1023 Nate Stewart (Pius X) junior
762 Tevin Murray (North Schuylkill) junior
747 Freddie Simmons (Bethlehem Catholic) senior
716 Ethan Price (Southern Lehigh) junior
728 Darius Jones (Liberty) senior
726 Cam Richardson (Northwestern) senior
692 Jahan Dotson (Nazareth) freshman
671 Elijah Fineran (Bethlehem Catholic) junior
668 Tyler Crum (Lehighton) senior
663 Jarey Elder (Parkland) senior
660 Jake Kober (Catasauqua) senior
660 Kenny Yeboah (Parkland) junior
612 Aaron Weller (Pius X) junior
607 Ricky Houser (Catasauqua) senior
585 Jacob Young (Freedom) senior
547 Tim Walter (Southern Lehigh) sophomore
543 Conner Sullivan (Whitehall) senior
526 Cody Miller (Williams Valley) senior
524 Chad Rex (Whitehall) senior
500 Izaiah Avent (Liberty) senior
Reception Touchdowns (9)
17 Jeff Yordy (Pottsville Nativity) senior *School Record*
15 Nate Stewart (Pius X) junior
14 Cam Richardson (Northwestern) senior *School Record*
14 Tevin Murray (North Schuylkill) junior
13 Freddie Simmons (Bethlehem Catholic) senior
11 Kenny Yeboah (Parkland) junior
10 Darius Jones (Liberty) senior
9 Mason Donaldson (Salisbury) junior *School Record*
