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 the “40 td” club and he currently scored 43 career td’s. Northwestern’s Justin Holmes ends his career rushing for 2,480 yards and scoring 47 td’s. He threw for 2,774 career yards and 36 td passes. His career receiving totals have him catching 35 passes for 847 yards with 13 of his 47 career td’s being td receptions. Palmerton’s Matt Machalik ends his sophomore season rushing for 1,539 yards and a school record and District leading 31 td’s. Machalik also threw for 1,308 yards and 9 td passes. Another sophomore, Alex Achenbach of Williams Valley, continues to lead the District in rushing with 1,657 yards. Tri-Valley’s junior duo of Jake Scheib and Kameron Wetzel combined to rush for 1,597 yards and 23 td’s this season. NOTE: The streak continues with all 12 weeks having produced at least 1-200 yard rusher and 1 player scoring at least 4 td’s.
QUARTERBACKS:
Dylan Smoyer of Northern Lehigh set the school’s single season passing yardage record vs Palmerton. Smoyer has thrown for 1,815 yards, breaking the old record of 1,759 yards that Gary Van Norman threw in 1968. Smoyer has completed 102 passes (ties school record) in 168 attempts and thrown 23 td passes (ties school record). Van Norman had almost identical numbers as he also completed 102 passes (school record) on 175 attempts and a school record 23 td passes. Jake Hall of North Schuylkill has thrown for 2,212 yards and a District leading 30 td passes this season. Hall joins the “4,000 yard” club and he also broke the school’s career td pass record. Hall’s career totals have him passing for 4,087 yards and 56 td passes. Bobby Grigas held the old td pass record when he threw 54 career td passes from 2012-15. Bobby McClosky of ES South bettered his 269 yards and 3 td passes that he threw 2 weeks ago by throwing for 283 yards and 4 td’s in their overtime win over Whitehall last week. McClosky went over 2,000 yards passing on the season and now has 2,032 yards and 27 td passes. His yardage is 4th best at ESS and his td passes are 2nd behind Robbie Moyer’s 35 that he threw in 2009. In the same game Whitehall’s Trey Dogmanits threw for 239 yards and 4 td’s. Luke Spang of Parkland finished his sophomore season passing for 1,036 yards and 11 td passes. Josiah Williams of Emmaus has thrown for 1,611 yards this season which is fifth best all-time for a single season at Emmaus. All 3 qb’s Dogmanits, Spang, and Williams are all sophomore’s in the EPC South division and all 3 replaced injured quarterbacks this season. Quinn Wentling of Whitehall was injured mid season and Dogmanits replaced him and threw for 835 yards and 6 td passes. Williams, who is still playing, started the season in place of Jake Fotta who was injured in pre-season and has thrown 16 td passes to go along with his 1,611 yards. Spang took over for injured Ty Tremba and as stated was able to pass for over 1,000 yards this season. Tri-Valley’s Jonas McGrath came up just shy of 2,000 yards passing for his career
as he ended up with 1,967 yards and 22 td passes.
RECEIVERS:
Colin Burdian of ES South caught 7 passes for 126 yards and 3 td’s vs Whitehall last week. Burdian has 38 catches for 743 yards and 13 td’s this season. Teammate Shane Bulay caught 8 passes for 100 yards and the game winning td catch in overtime. Junior Brady Evans of Williams Valley has similar numbers as Burdian as he caught 42 passes for 789 yards and 12 td’s this season. Joey Flail of North Schuylkill broke the school’s single season reception record when he caught 7 passes for 100 yards and 2 td’s in their win over Jim Thorpe. The sophomore has 57 receptions for 980 yards and 13 td’s this season. Ron Hartz held the old Spartan reception record when he caught 54 passes in 1982. Cade Christopher of Northwestern finished his junior season catching 34 passes for 671 yards and 11 td’s. Christopher scored 20 total td’s this season. Christopher will enter his senior season with 49 catches for 1,041 yards and 18 td receptions. Bryce Bashore of Whitehall caught 5 passes for 74 yards and 3 first half td receptions vs ES South.
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)
5 (3) Nolan Lobb (Nazareth)
5 (7), 4 (1), 4 (6), 4 (9) Matt Machalik (Palmerton)
5 (7), 4 (4) Jaden Bowens (Pocono Mountain West)
5 (8), 5 (12), 4 (10) Matt Frame (Northern Lehigh)
5 (11) Damonte Foreman (Whitehall)
4 (1) Tylik Jarvis (Emmaus)
4 (1), 4 (5) Deante’ Crawford (Freedom)
4 (2) Andre Reames (Stroudsburg)
4 (3) Justin Holmes (Northwestern)
4 (3), 4 (11) Ron Blake (East Stroudsburg South)
4 (4), 4 (10) Kael Godshalk (Bangor)
4 (4) Josh Chowansky (North Schuylkill)
4 (4) Travontai Davis (Pottsville)
4 (6) Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley)
4 (7) Amari Dunn (Pottsville)
4 (8) Eric Striba (Bangor)
4 (4) Warren Stewart (Tamaqua)
4 (4) Damian Simpson (Wilson)
4 (11) James Denicola (Palmerton)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
334 (12) Matt Frame (Northern Lehigh)
328 (6), 241 (2) Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley) *School Record*
295 (10) Warren Stewart (Tamaqua)
295 (11) Kael Godshalk (Bangor)
273 (7), 225 (9) Clarence Watkins (Allen)
268 (3), 254 (1), 231 (6) Josh Chowansky (North Schuylkill)
244 (9), 208 (5) Travontai Davis (Pottsville)
242 (8), 227 (6), 217 (9) Matt Machalik (Palmerton)
226 (7) Eric Striba (Bangor)
224 (2), 205 (6) Justin Holmes (Northwestern)
220 (9) Nick Beck (Salisbury)
215 (3), 200 (2) Andre Reames (Stroudsburg)
212 (5) Robert Papaleo (Pleasant Valley)
209 (10) Blaze Curry) (Southern Lehigh)
208 (7), 207 (4), 206 (10) Jaden Bowens (Pocono Mountain West)
200 (9) Conner Goehring (Schuylkill Haven)
Single Game Passing Yardage (200)
501 (5), 385 (2), 304 (1), 241 (11), 236 (3), 202 (4) Collin Quintano (Notre Dame) *District Record*
399 (4), 384 (7), 305 (8), 288 (2), 246 (3), 242 (9) John Adams (Minersville)
383 (3), 202 (4) Sonny Sasso (Nazareth)
365 (5), 312 (4), 263 (9), 257 (8), 219 (3), 200 (6) Jake Hall (North Schuylkill) *School Record*
349 (4) Issac Whiteash (Williams Valley) *School Record*
330 (10), 298 (5), 293 (2), 242 (9), 209 (1) Cayden Stem (Wilson)
291 (10), 239 (6), 233 (2), 201 (5) Jovan Rodriguez
289 (9), 211 (8) Danny Darno (Notre Dame)
284 (6) Josiah Williams (Emmaus)
283 (12), 269 (11), 250 (7) Bobby McClosky (ES South)
281 (1), 232 (5) Tommy Mason (Liberty)
281 (4) Jazce Carabello-Snowell (Pottsville)
269 (5), 209 (9) Dylan Smoyer (Northern Lehigh)
268 (7), 258 (5), 227 (1), 229 (6) Owen Kosar (Shenandoah Valley)
258 (5), 230 (4), 219 (3) Tamlin Ferguson (Central Catholic)
253 (9), 239 (12) Trey Dogmanits (Whitehall)
252 (11) Cody Miller (Nativity)
249 (9) Brian Taylor (Freedom)
245 (5), 231 (3), 224 (4) Jared Richardson (Bethlehem Catholic)
230 (2), 221 (8) Brady O’Donnell (Lehighton)
228 (7) Cole Dorshimer (Pen Argyl)
219 (3) Jonas McGrath (Tri-Valley)
219 (5) Justin Holmes (Northwestern)
212 (5) Luke Spang (Parkland)
203 (9) Cole Transue (Easton)
201 (8) Cooper King (Northampton)
200 (5) Dante Mahaffey (Saucon Valley)
Single Game TD Passes (4)
6 (5), 5 (2), 4 (1), 4 (3) Collin Quintano (Notre Dame) *Ties School Record*
6 (5), 5 (8), 4 (9) Jake Hall (North Schuylkill) *School Record*
5 (4), 5 (7) John Adams (Minersville) *Ties School Record*
4 (1), 4 (2), 4 (9) Cayden Stem (Wilson)
4 (3) Sonny Sasso (Nazareth)
4 (5) Owen Kosar (Shenandoah Valley)
4 (12) Trey Dogmanits (Whitehall)
4 (12) Bobby McClosky (ES South)
Single Game Receptions (10)
15 (7), 12 (11), 10 (1) Joey Vevasis (Shenandoah Valley) *School Record*
13 (3) Nolan Lobb (Nazareth)
12 (5) Karim Brice (Liberty)
11 (5) Joey Flail (North Schuylkill)
11 (6) Eric Wert (Bethlehem Catholic) *School Record*
10 (2) Jared Graeff (Minersville)
10 (9) Zack Gillen (Wilson)
Single Game Reception Yardage (140)
264 (3) Nolan Lobb (Nazareth) *School Record*
212 (7), 141 (6) Joey Vevasis (Shenandoah Valley) *School Record*
196 (5) Tarif Muhammad (Notre Dame)
189 (4) Amari Dunn (Pottsville)
189 (7), 141 (8) Jason Cullen (Minersville)
182 (7), 164 (9) Trevor Armorim (Northern Lehigh) *School Record*
175 (7), 156 (1), 140 (9) Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl)
170 (4) Hunter Wolfgang (Williams Valley)
168 (4), 153 (6), 142 (7) Joey Flail (North Schuylkill)
162 (4) Brock Polinsky (Minersville)
161 (11), 149 (5) Brady Evans (Williams Valley)
158 (1), 152 (5) Karim Brice (Liberty)
155 (2) Tarif Muhammad (Notre Dame)
154 (5), 146 (10) Zack Gillen (Wilson)
149 (5) Christopher Sell (Dieruff)
148 (8) Mason Kuehner (Nazareth)
147 (5) Tyler Csencsits (Saucon Valley)
147 (7) Jose Almonte (ES South)
142 (5) Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)
140 (2) Damon Simpson (Wilson)
Single Game Reception TD’s (3)
4 (3) Nolan Lobb (Nazareth) *Ties School Record*
3 (4) Amari Dunn (Pottsville)
3 (6) Joey Flail (North Schuylkill) *Ties School Record*
3 (7) Jason Cullen (Minersville) *Ties School Record*
3 (9) Zack Gillen (Wilson) *Ties School Record*
3 (9), 3 (12) Colin Burdian (ES South)
3 (11) Brady Evans (Williams Valley)
3 (12) Bryce Bashore (Whitehall) *Ties School Record*
Field Goals (40 yards)
51 Austin Martelucci (Easton) *School record*
44 (1) Nick Garrido (Notre Dame)
42 (7), 41 (4), 40 (4) Gryffin Mitstifer) Parkland
42 (9) Joe Weirich (PM West)
42 (12), 40 (2) Vincent Santostefano (Northampton)
40 (?) Nick Radoi (Stroudsburg)
District 11 Season Leaders
Rushing (1000)
1657 Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley) soph
1539 Matt Machalik (Palmerton) soph
1493 Josh Chowansky (North Schuylkill) sr
1397 Deante’ Crawford (Freedom) sr
1359 Matt Frame (Northern Lehigh) sr
1357 Kael Godshalk (Bangor) sr
1329 Justin Holmes (Northwestern) sr
1301 Travontai Davis (Pottsville) sr
1277 Eric Striba (Bangor) jr
1271 Dahlir Adams (Parkland) sr
1267 Jaden Bowens (PM West) sr
1074 Matt Martin (Marian Catholic) jr
1068 Ron Blake (ES South) sr
1024 Blaze Curry (Southern Lehigh) sr
1022 Andre Reames (Stroudsburg) jr
1006 Robert Papaleo (Pleasant Valley) sr
Touchdowns (20)
31 Matt Machalik (Palmerton) soph *School Record*
24 Matt Frame (Northern Lehigh) sr
22 Deante’ Crawford (Freedom) sr
22 Ron Blake (ES South) sr
21 Justin Holmes (Northwestern) sr
21 Kael Godshalk (Bangor) sr
20 Cade Christopher (Northwestern) jr
Passing Yards (1000)
2452 John Adams (Minersville) sr *School Record*
2212 Jake Hall (North Schuylkill) sr
2134 Collin Quintano (Notre Dame) sr
2062 Cayden Stem (Wilson) sr
2032 Bobby McCloskey (ES South) sr
1877 Sonny Sasso (Nazareth) jr
1815 Dylan Smoyer (Northern Lehigh) sr *School Record*
1611 Josiah Williams (Emmaus) soph
1521 Jovan Rodriguez (Dieruff) sr
1441 Owen Kosar (Shenandoah Valley) sr
1388 Brady O’Donnell (Lehighton) soph
1374 Brian Taylor (Freedom) sr
1363 Tamlin Ferguson (Central Catholic) jr
1334 Isaac Whiteash (Williams Valley) jr
1308 Matt Machalik (Palmerton) soph
1305 Justin Holmes (Northwestern) sr
1283 Jared Richardson (Bethlehem Catholic) sr
1253 Cooper King (Northampton) sr
1209 Brett Balliet (Jim Thorpe) jr
1182 Jazce Carabello-Snowell (Pottsville) sr
1036 Luke Spang (Parkland) soph
1017 Cody Miller (Nativity) sr
1003 Tommy Mason (Liberty) jr
1003 Jaden Newton (Palisades) sr
1001 Dante Mahaffey (Saucon Valley) sr
Touchdown Passes (20)
30 Jake Hall (North Schuylkill) sr *School Record*
27 Bobby McCloskey (ES South) sr
25 John Adams (Minersville) sr *School Record*
25 Cayden Stem (Wilson) sr
23 Collin Quintano (Notre Dame) sr
23 Dylan Smoyer (Northern Lehigh) sr *Ties School Record*
Receptions (40)
66 Joey Vevasis (Shenandoah Valley) sr *School Record*
57 Joey Flail (North Schuylkill) soph *School Record*
54 Zack Gillen (Wilson) sr
51 Kyle McGrath (Palisades) sr
51 Tyler Csencsits (Saucon Valley) sr *School Record*
51 Nadir Sanders (Notre Dame) sr
46 Mason Kuehner (Nazareth) soph
45 Jared Graeff (Minersville) sr
45 Deryl Fisher (Jim Thorpe) sr
43 Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl) soph *School Record*
42 Brady Evans (Williams Valley) jr
42 Griffin Patridge (Central Catholic) jr
42 Tarif Muhammad (Notre Dame) sr
41 Trevor Armorim (Northern Lehigh) sr
Reception Yardage (600)
980 Joey Frail (North Schuylkill) soph
864 Jason Cullen (Minersville) sr
847 Trevor Amorim (Northern Lehigh) sr
803 Joey Vevasis (Shenandoah Valley) sr
789 Brady Evans (Williams Valley) jr
780 Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl) soph *School Record*
771 Zack Gillen (Wilson) sr
743 Colin Burdian (ES South) sr
718 Tarif Muhammad (Notre Dame) sr
711 Tyler Csencsits (Saucon Valley) sr
708 Christopher Sell (Dieruff) sr
699 Mason Kuehner (Nazareth) soph
671 Cade Christopher (Northwestern) jr
638 Damon Simpson (Wilson) sr
610 Karim Brice (Liberty) sr
Reception Touchdowns (10)
13 Joey Flail (North Schuylkill) soph
13 Colin Burdian (ES South) sr
12 Brady Evans (Williams Valley) jr
11 Cade Christopher (Northwestern) jr
10 Jason Cullen (Minersville) sr
