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 scored 5 td’s in their win over Mahanoy Area. Carestia leads the District with his 706 yards rushing. Samuel Spolski of Nativity hit the 2,000 yard career rushing mark in week 4 (2,001).
QUARTERBACKS:
Dante Carr of Minersville went over 3,000 yards passing for his career in week 4 (3,020). Carr’s td total this season reached 20 as he has scored 9 td’s while tossing 11 td passes. Shane Leh of Northwestern threw his 30th career td pass in week 4. Both Ben Kreitzer of Nativity and Luke Kane of Tamaqua threw their 25th career td pass last week. Matt Bodnar of Notre Dame leads the District with his 1,498 yards passing and 15 td passes this season. Chase Walker of Freedom had his third 200 plus yard passing game when he threw for 221 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Nazareth. Rocco Delgiudice of PM East joins the chart as he has thrown for 1,008 yards in his career. Caden Mengel of North Schuylkill and Cayden Vassa of Bethlehem Catholic both went over 2,000 yards passing for their careers. Mengel has thrown for 2,198 yards and 18 td passes while Vassa has thrown for 2,102 yards and 24 td passes. Andrew Allen of Pottsville threw for 303 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Bangor. Jayce Lawrence of Lehighton threw for 253 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Palmerton.
RECEIVERS:
Jack Robertson of Saucon Valley broke his second school record in week 4 when he caught his 90th career pass. Tyler Csencsits held the old record with his 89 career receptions that he caught from 2018-21. Xzavier Pusateri of ES South leads the District with 24 receptions this season. Ethan Dudsak of Stroudsburg is one behind with his 23 receptions. Jordan Bradshaw of Catasauqua joins the chart with his 518 career receiving yards and Luke Miller of North Schuylkill also went over 500 receiving yards in week 4 (507 yards). Joe Roth of Lehighton caught 4 passes for 131 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Bangor. Roth’s 3 td’s is one short of the school record of 4 that both Chris Green and Anthony Farole scored. Green had his 4 against Central Catholic in 1991 and Farole had 4 vs PM West in 2010.
TIDBITS:
1st 1,000 yard rusher in school history (5 new this week)
Dieruff – Mark Howard 1976 (1,380 yards)
Freedom – Mike Lawrence 1982 (1,072 yards)
Northern Lehigh – Maurice Schleicher 1954 (1,476 yards)
Panther Valley – Mike Winsko 1966 (1,137 yards)
Pottsville – Jack Brennan 1948 (1,010 yards)
Bangor – Dave Menecola 1985 (1,004 yards)
Blue Mountain – Jeff Zimmerman 1965 (1,077 yards)
Cardinal Brennan – John Marin 1974 (1,274 yards)
Central Catholic – Scott Mittl 1980 (1,147 yards)
East Stroudsburg South – Harold Myers 1961 (1,282 yards)
Easton – Charlie Weaver 1959 (1,040 yards)
Jim Thorpe – Paul Skrimcovsky 1966 (1,001 yards)
Lehighton – Jake Boyer 1964 (1,009 yards)
Liberty – Tom Donchez 1969 (1,388 yards)
Mahanoy Area – Dan Lucyk 1963 (1,089 yards)
North Schuylkill – John Rosella 1968 (1,438 yards)
Northwestern – Carson Wentz 1970 (1,111 yards)
Pleasant Valley – Chris Jacobs 1998 (1,036 yards)
Southern Lehigh – Sam Hess 1972 (1,032 yards)
Tamaqua – George Barron 1962 (1,351 yards)
William Allen – Bruce Montager 1972 (1,041 yards)
Wilson Area – Jeff Lilly 1973 (1,040 yards)
1st 1,000 yard passer in school history (5 new this week)
Lehighton – Terry Woginrich 1967 (1,239 yards)
Nazareth – John Fritchman 1980 (1,081 yards)
Palmerton – Pete Kale 1974 (1,025 yards)
Shenandoah Valley – Mickey Kayes 1968 (1,276 yards)
Southern Lehigh – Al Kniffen 1980 (1,096 yards)
Bethlehem Catholic – Greg Adams 1971 (1,342 yards)
Catasauqua – Mike Rieker 1972 (1,433 yards)
Dieruff – Ross Moore 1968 (1,432 yards)
East Stroudsburg North – David Aquiles 2017 (1,020 yards)
Emmaus – Evan Burian 1963 (1,090 yards)
Marian Catholic – Mike Kmetz 1981 (1,021 yards)
Minersville – Bob Kumpaitis 1970 (1,053 yards)
Northampton – Eric Spadt 1995 (1,100 yards)
Northern Lehigh – Ron Henry 1963 (1,130 yards)
Saucon Valley – Jim Kugler 1967 (1,043 yards)
1st 1,000 yard receiver in school history (5 new this week)
Central Catholic – Kevin Gulyas 2010 (1,282 yards)
ES South – Dan Cason 2009 (1,095 yards)
Northwestern – Trevor Cunningham 2016 (1,108 yards)
Notre Dame – David Sanders 2018 (1,341 yards)
Pine Grove – Shea Morgan 2020 (1,019 yards)
Bethlehem Catholic – John Dieser 2000 (1,187 yards)
Dieruff – Joel Rupp 2002 (1,027 yards)
Nativity – Paul Bandholz 1988 (1,004 yards)
North Schuylkill – Al Marquardt 1999 (1,008 yards)
Palisades – Jim Kacergis 1975 (1,054 yards)
2024 single-game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat
Single Game Touchdowns (4)
5 (1), 4 (4) Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua) *School Record*
5 (4) Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)
4 (1) Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
4 (1) Gabe Green (Liberty)
4 (3) Jasir Frutchey (Easton)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
260 (4), 204 (3) Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)
207 (3) Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
206 (4) Fletcher Thompson (Williams Valley)
Single Game Passing Yardage (200)
604 (1), 363 (3), 313 (2), 218 (4) Matt Bodnar (Notre Dame) **DISTRICT RECORD**
313 (1) Aiden Reilly (Catasauqua)
303 (4) Andrew Allen (Pottsville)
278 (4), 212 (1) Ivan Laubach (ES South)
270 (1), 215 (4) Dante Carr (Minersville)
266 (1) Cole Lazorick (Jim Thorpe)
265 (4), 213 (2) Colton Sams (Southern Lehigh)
262 (1), 221 (4), 220 (3) Chase Walker (Freedom)
261 (4) Caden Mengel (North Schuylkill)
255 (3) Peyton Falzone (Nazareth)
254 (3) Braden Rohn (Saucon Valley)
253 (4) Jayce Lawrence (Lehighton)
250 (2), 200 (1) Rocco Delgiudice (Pocono Mountain East)
222 (4) Jack Trickel (Palisades)
212 (2), 202 (1) Brady Strause (Blue Mountain)
212 (4) Garrett Smoyer (Northern Lehigh)
209 (2) Ben Kreitzer (Nativity)
209 (2) Brady Shomper (Williams Valley)
Single Game TD Passes (4)
7 (1), (4) Matt Bodnar (Notre Dame) *School Record*
4 (1) Aiden Reilly (Catasauqua)
4 (1) Dante Carr (Minersville)
4 (1) Cole Lazorick (Jim Thorpe)
4 (3) Peyton Falzone (Nazareth)
4 (3) Cole Ordway (Easton)
4 (3) Braden Rohn (Saucon Valley)
4 (4) Andrew Allen (Pottsville)
4 (4) Jayce Lawrence (Lehighton)
Single Game Receptions (10)
11 (1) Ethan Dudsak (Stroudsburg)
Single Game Reception Yardage (140)
269 (1) Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua) *School Record*
207 (3) Alex Clark (Notre Dame)
197 (2) Justin Williams (Pocono Mountain East) *School Record*
180 (4) Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
174 (2) Andrew Olesh (Southern Lehigh)
163 (1) Ethan Dudsak (Stroudsburg)
152 (1) Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
Single Game Reception TD’s (3)
4 (1) Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua) *Ties School Record*
4 (3) Jasir Frutchey (Easton) *Ties School Record*
3 (2) Justin Williams (Pocono Mountain East) *Ties School Record*
3 (3) Alex Clark (Notre Dame)
3 (4) Joe Roth Lehighton)
Field Goals (40 yards)
49 (1) Gavin Mentzer (North Schuylkill)
42 (1) Noah Tapler (Southern Lehigh)
42 (3) Harrison Aillet (ES South)
District 11 Season Leaders
Rushing (500)
706 Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)
590 Rory Dixon (Marian Catholic)
566 Aaron Beete (Freedom)
527 Dante Carr (Minersville)
504 Fletcher Thompson (Williams Valley)
467 Charlie Capers (ES South)
454 Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
452 Bradley Whalen (Tamaqua)
Touchdowns (9)
11 Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)
11 Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua)
10 Eli Zimmerman (Northwestern)
9 Dante Carr (Minersville)
9 Charlie Capers (ES South)
9 Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
Passing Yards (700)
1498 Matt Bodnar (Notre Dame)
844 Aiden Reilly (Catasauqua)
835 Colton Sams (Southern Lehigh)
826 Chase Walker (Freedom)
756 Peyton Falzone (Nazareth)
749 Andrew Allen (Pottsville)
708 Dante Carr (Minersville)
Touchdown Passes (8)
15 Matt Bodnar (Notre Dame)
11 Dante Carr (Minersvile)
10 Aiden Reilly (Catasauqua)
9 Chase Walker (Freedom)
8 Brady Shomper (Williams Valley)
8 Jayse Lawrence (Lehighton)
Receptions (19)
24 Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
23 Ethan Dudsak (Stroudsburg)
21 Kian Krzyzanowski (Williams Valley)
21 Jonathan Striba (Notre Dame)
19 Brady Behr (PM West)
19 Jake Puksyzn (Liberty)
19 Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
Reception Yardage (350)
459 Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua)
429 Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
388 Kian Krzyzanowski (Williams Valley)
387 Tsirell Curry (Pottsville)
376 Andrew Olesh (Southern Lehigh)
358 Noah Dolbin (Nativity)
Reception Touchdowns (5)
8 Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua)
5 Kian Krzyzanowski (Williams Valley)
5 Shacre Colwell (Freedom)
