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 td’s. Cade Sawyer of Southern Lehigh has the second highest total in the District with 762 yards rushing. Matt Machalik of Palmerton now has the career school td record with 48 td’s. Mike Stasko scored 46 td’s from 2013-16. Kameron Wetzel of Tri-Valley returned to the lineup and rushed for 250 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Shenandoah Valley. Teammate Jake Scheib went over the 2,000-yard mark for his career with 2,003 yards and he also scored his 30th career td last week. Eric Striba of Bangor also went over 2,000 yards rushing (2,109 yards) for his career to go along with his 32 career td’s. A total of 4 players were added to the list this week as they all went over 1,000 yards rushing in their careers. They are, Fela Olaniyan of Pleasant Valley, Tylik Jarvis of Emmaus, Payton Fasnacht of Blue Mountain, and Lane Lehman of Pine Grove. Achenbach leads the District with his 16 td’s scored and is followed by Cade Christopher of Northwestern who has scored 13 td’s. Josh Ludlow of Notre Dame, Jalen Fletcher of Freedom, Steven Lilly of Palisades and Machalik have all scored 12 td’s this season.
QUARTERBACKS:
Matt Machalik of Palmerton threw for a school record 347 yards and 6 td passes and added 117 yards on the ground and 2 scores in their win over Pine Grove. Machalik leads the District with 1,572 yards and 21 td passes this season. His 21 td passes are also a school record as Garrett Perschy held the old record when he threw 19 td passes in 2016. Danny Darno of Notre Dame threw for 261 yards and 4 td’s in their win over North Schuylkill. Darno is third in the District this season with 1,204 yards passing. Sammy Sasso of Nazareth holds down the second spot with his 1,241 yards passing and follows Machalik for td passes with 15. Jake Fotta of Emmaus threw for 288 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Stroudsburg. Fotta went over 2,000 yards for his career and now has thrown for 2,202 yards and 23 td passes. Tommy Mason of Liberty had his first 200-yard game this year when he threw for 213 yards and 2 td’s in their win over ES South and went over 2,000 yards for his career (2,049). Brett Balliet of Jim Thorpe is the third qb to go over 2,000 yards for his career last week (2,079 yards). Ben Kreitzer of Nativity threw for 206 yards and 2 td’s vs Williams Valley last week and now has 1,000 yards even on the season. Mason Kroh of Pine Grove, Luke Thomas of Bethlehem Catholic, and Michael Pascoe of Panther Valley all went over 1,000 passing in their careers.
RECEIVERS:
Brady Evans of Williams Valley and AJ Lozano of Notre Dame each caught 3 td passes last week. Evans caught 4 passes for 168 yards and Lozano caught 6 passes for 133 yards. Noah Dolbin of Nativity caught 6 passes for 167 yards and 2 td’s vs Williams Valley last week. The sophomore went over 1,000 yards for his career as his current totals have him with 50 catches for 1,120 yards and 9 td’s. Dan Lucykanish of Palmerton and Eric Wert of Bethlehem Catholic also went over 1,000 yards receiving in their careers. Lucykanish has caught 62 passes for 1,082 yards and 11 td’s while Wert has caught 85 passes for 1,042 yards and 8 td’s. Wert is closing in on the Golden Hawks career reception record of 97. Let’s see if anybody knows who holds that record. Joey Flail of North Schuylkill has 96 career receptions and needs 4 more to break the school record and become the first Spartan with 100 career receptions. Damian Tyminski of Pen Argyl leads the District in receptions with 39 but drops to third in yardage with his 591 yards. Dolbin leads with 674 yads and Evans follows with 595 yards. Ian Rarick of Lehighton and Jareel Calhoun of Central Catholic follow Tyminski in catches as each has caught 33 passes this season.
STAT OF THE WEEK:
Machalik is the second QB to throw 6 td’s in a game this season. The first time that happened was in 1968. Jim Kugler of Saucon Valley (Hellertown) threw for 372 yards and 7 td’s in a 51-7 win over Pen Argyl and Gary Van Norman of Northern Lehigh (Slatington) threw for 262 yards and 6 td’s in a 74-0 win over Jim Thorpe. It also happened the following year when Steve Menhennitt of Bangor threw for 344 yards and 6 td’s in a 47-24 win over Palmerton and Don Rubright of Northern Lehigh (Slatington) threw 6 td’s in back-to-back wins vs Whitehall and Catasauqua.
2022 single-game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat
Single Game Touchdowns (4)
5 (1) Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley)
5 (3) Steven Lilly (Palisades) *Ties School Record*
4 (1) Cade Christopher (Northwestern)
4 (1) Caiden Schaffer (Central Catholic)
4 (2) Aiden Myers (Schuylkill Haven)
4 (3) Danny Darno (Notre Dame)
4 (5) Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)
4 (5) Jalen Fletcher (Freedom)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
315 (2) Aiden Myers (Schuylkill Haven)
305 (1), 241 (2), 215 (6) Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley)
250 (6) Kameron Wetzel (Tri-Valley)
222 (5) Trey Tremba (Parkland)
221 (3) Danny Darno (Notre Dame)
217 (1) Cade Christopher (Northwestern)
217 (3) Clarence Watkins (Allen)
216 (1) Lane Lehman (Pine Grove)
211 (5) Steven Lilly (Palisades)
208 (3) Luke DeRiggi (PM West)
203 (1) Michael Pascoe (Panther Valley)
200 (2) Cade Sawyer (Southern Lehigh)
Single Game Passing Yardage (200)
347 (6), 305 (4), 302 (3) Matt Machalik (Palmerton) *School Record*
338 (1) Will Jacobson (Blue Mountain) *School Record*
294 (1), 264 (5), 202 (4) Sonny Sasso (Nazareth)
292 (3) Brad Rissmiller (Pen Argyl)
261 (6), 233 (2), 228 (5) Danny Darno (Notre Dame)
256 (1) Colby Mitchell (ES South)
255 (2), 247 (1) Brady O’Donnell (Lehighton)
253 (5) Ben Dempster (Shenandoah Valley)
247 (3) Jake Fotta (Emmaus)
245 (4) Avery Koser (Southern Lehigh)
243 (4) Luke Thomas (Bethlehem Catholic)
236 (3) Trey Dogmantis (Whitehall)
235 (5) Jordy Guzman (Dieruff)
225 (3) Isaac Whiteash (Williams Valley)
215 (1), 206 (6) Ben Kreitzer (Nativity)
213 (6) Tommy Mason (Liberty)
200 (1) Travis Riefenstahl (Saucon Valley)
Single Game TD Passes (4)
6 (5) Ben Dempster (Shenandoah Valley) *Ties School Record*
6 (6), 4 (1), 4 (4) Matt Machalik (Palmerton) *School Record*
5 (5), 4 (6) Danny Darno (Notre Dame)
4 (1) Travis Riefenstahl (Saucon Valley)
4 (1) Colby Mitchell (ES South)
4 (3) Isaac Whiteash (Williams Valley)
4 (4) Trevor Minalda (North Schuylkill)
4 (4) Josiah Williams (Emmaus) *Ties School Record*
Single Game Receptions (10)
13 (1) Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl) *School Record*
11 (1) Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)
10 (2) Ian Rarick (Lehighton)
10 (2) Justin Yescavage (Jim Thorpe)
Single Game Reception Yardage (140)
202 (1), 168 (5) Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)
189 (4) Dalton Drake (Palmerton) *School Record*
168 (6) Brady Evans (Williams Valley)
167 (6) Noah Dolbin (Nativity)vity)
166 (1) Nekhi Spencer (ES South)
158 (1) Mason Kuehner (Nazareth)
156 (2) Ian Rarick (Lehighton)
154 (4) Eric Wert (Bethlehem Catholic)
Single Game Reception TD’s (3)
4 (5) Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley) *Ties School Record*
3 (1) Nekhi Spencer (ES South)
3 (3), 3 (6) Brady Evans (Williams Valley)
3 (4) Joey Flail (North Schuylkill)
3 (5) Josh Ludlow (Notre Dame)
3 (5) Luke Hutsko (Minersville)
3 (6) AJ Lozano (Notre Dame)
Field Goals (40 yards)
42 Griffin Mitstifer (Parkland)
District 11 Season Leaders
Rushing (675)
943 Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley)
762 Cade Sawyer (Southern Lehigh)
754 Steven Lilly (Palisades)
743 Mike Pascoe (Panther Valley)
731 Aiden Myers (Schuylkill Haven)
691 Jalen Fletcher (Freedom)
688 Matt Machalik (Palmerton)
683 Fela Olaniyan (Pleasant Valley)
682 Cade Christopher (Northwestern)
Touchdowns (11)
16 Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley)
13 Cade Christopher (Northwestern)
12 Josh Ludlow (Notre Dame)
12 Jalen Fletcher (Freedom)
12 Matt Machalik (Palmerton)
12 Steven Lilly (Palisades)
11 Caiden Schaffer (Central Catholic)
11 Caden Henritzy (Northampton)
Passing Yards (900)
1572 Matt Machalik (Palmerton)
1241 Sonny Sasso (Nazareth)
1204 Danny Darno (Notre Dame)
1000 Ben Kreitzer (Nativity)
979 Travis Riefenstahl (Saucon Valley)
969 Trey Dogmantis (Whitehall)
963 Jake Fotta (Emmaus)
948 Trevor Minalda (North Schuylkill)
939 Brad Rissmiller (Pen Argyl)
934 Isaac Whiteash (Williams Valley)
Touchdown Passes (12)
21 Matt Machalik (Palmerton)
15 Sammy Sasso (Nazareth)
13 Trey Dogmantis (Whitehall)
13 Isaac Whiteash (Williams Valley)
13 Jake Fotta (Emmaus)
12 Trevor Minalda (North Schuylkill)
12 Danny Darno (Notre Dame)
Receptions (27)
39 Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl)
33 Ian Rarick (Lehighton)
33 Jareel Calhoun (Central Catholic)
29 Josh Ludlow (Notre Dame)
29 Noah Dolbin (Nativity)
28 Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)
27 Jack Kocher (Whitehall)
Reception Yardage (475)
674 Noah Dolbin (Nativity)
595 Brady Evans (Williams Valley)
591 Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl)
524 Josh Ludlow (Notre Dame)
520 Conner Dillon (Tamaqua)
510 Ian Rarick (Lehighton)
502 Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)
476 Mason Kuehner (Nazareth)
Reception Touchdowns (7)
8 Brady Evans (Williams Valley)
8 Nolan Lobb (Nazareth)
7 Noah Dolbin (Nativity)
7 Conner Dillon (Tamaqua)
7 Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)
7 Dan Lucykanish (Palmerton)
