DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 8):
RUNNINGBACKS:
Cade Christopher of Northwestern (1,085 yards), Cade Sawyer of Southern Lehigh (1,068 yards), Michael Pascoe of Panther Valley (1,028), and Jalen Fletcher of Freedom (1,017 yards) all went over 1,000 yards rushing on the season last week. District leader Alex Achenbach of Williams Valley rushed for 219 yards and a td in their win over Marian Catholic. Achenbach has 1,381 yards rushing and has scored a total of 20 td’s this season. Aiden Myers of Schuylkill Haven has the second highest total this season with 1,177 yards. Ben Manley of Mahanoy Area has exactly 2,000 career yards rushing joining teammate Colm McGroaty (2,290) with 2,000 career yards. Achenbach leads the District with his 20 td’s scored and is followed by Christopher of Northwestern and Stephen Lilly of Palisades who both have scored 18 td’s. Lane Lehman of Pine Grove had his sencond 200 yard game last week when he ran for 212 yards in their win over Salisbury.
QUARTERBACKS:
We had 7 qb’s throw for 200 yards last week led by Matt Machalik of Palmerton who threw for 345 yards and 3 td’s in their loss to North Schuylkill. Machalik went over 2,000 yards on the season and leads the District with 2,006 yards and 26 td passes. He needs 22 yards to reach the 4,000 yard mark for his career. He’s also the school’s record holder in career td passes with 44. In the same game, North Schuylkill’s Trevor Minalda threw for 205 yards and 3 td’s. Danny Darno of Notre Dame threw for 343 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Jim Thorpe. Darno moves into second place behind Machalik with his 1,782 yards passing and 19 td passes. In the same game, Brett Balliet of Jim Thorpe threw for 327 yards and 5 td’s. Matt Long holds the Thorpe single game yardage school record when he threw for 342 yards vs Pius X in 1999 and Cory Cinicola holds the single game td pass record when he threw 6 of them vs Northern Lehigh in 2007. Jake Fotta of Emmaus threw for 257 yards and a td in their loss to Nazareth and is the school’s career td pass record holder with 26. Brad Rissmiller of Pen Argyl threw for 256 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Schuylkill Haven. Colby Mitchell of ES South had his second 200 yard game last week when he threw for 236 yards in their loss to PM West. Isaac Whiteash of Williams Valley threw 4 td passes last week vs Marian Catholic and now has 17 on the season tying Sonny Sasso of Nazareth for third best in the District.
RECEIVERS:
Nick Ryan of Shenandoah Valley caught 11 passes for 172 yards and a td in their loss to Nativity. The junior now has 75 career catches. Mason Kuehner of Nazareth caught 11 passes for 106 yards in their win over Emmaus. The junior now has 85 career catches. Brady Evans of Williams Valley caught 2 more td passes last week and now has 10 on the season to lead the District. Joey Flail caught 3 td passes last week and now has 9 on the season and is tied for second in the District with Palmerton’s Dan Lucykanish. Lucykanish caught 9 passes for 141 yards and a td in their loss to North Schuylkill and teammate Cole Serfass caught 3 passes for 147 yards and 2 td’s. Jim Thorpe also had 2 players rack up big totals as Salvatore Capria caught 7 passes for 138 yards and a td and David Fiorito caught 8 passes for 152 yards and 2 td’s in their loss to Notre Dame. Damian Tyminski of Pen Argyl caught 5 passes for 139 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Schuylkill Haven. He broke the career receiving yardage and career td reception record in the game. Tyler Germano held the old yardage record when he accumulated 1,452 yards from 1998-00. Germano’s teammate Kenny Watts held the old td record with the 12 he caught from 1998-00. Tyminski’s career totals have him with 92 receptions for 1,546 yards and 13 td catches. He currently leads the District for receptions (49) and yardage (766). Karim Brice of Liberty went over 1,000 yards receiving for his career last week and now has 1,033 yards on 77 receptions.
STAT OF THE WEEK:
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2022 single-game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat
Single Game Touchdowns (4)
5 (1) Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley)
5 (3), 4 (7) Steven Lilly (Palisades) *Ties School Record*
5 (7), 4 (2) Aiden Myers (Schuylkill Haven)
4 (1), 4 (7) Cade Christopher (Northwestern)
4 (1) Caiden Schaffer (Central Catholic)
4 (3) Danny Darno (Notre Dame)
4 (5) Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)
4 (5) Jalen Fletcher (Freedom)
4 (6) Aidan Hutchison (Easton)
4 (7) Payton Fasnacht (Blue Mountain)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
315 (2), 281 (7) Aiden Myers (Schuylkill Haven)
305 (1), 241 (2), 219 (8), 215 (6) Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley)
267 (7) Jalen Fletcher (Freedom)
250 (6) Kameron Wetzel (Tri-Valley)
222 (5) Trey Tremba (Parkland)
221 (3) Danny Darno (Notre Dame)
217 (1), 206 (7) Cade Christopher (Northwestern)
217 (3) Clarence Watkins (Allen)
216 (1), 212 (8) Lane Lehman (Pine Grove)
211 (5) Steven Lilly (Palisades)
208 (3) Luke DeRiggi (PM West)
203 (1) Michael Pascoe (Panther Valley)
201 (7), 200 (2) Cade Sawyer (Southern Lehigh)
200 (7) Aidan Hutchison (Easton)
Single Game Passing Yardage (200)
347 (6), 345 (8), 305 (4), 302 (3) Matt Machalik (Palmerton) *School Record*
343 (8), 261 (6), 235 (7), 233 (2), 228 (5) Danny Darno (Notre Dame)
338 (1) Will Jacobson (Blue Mountain) *School Record*
327 (8) Brett Balliet (Jim Thorpe)
294 (1), 264 (5), 202 (4) Sonny Sasso (Nazareth)
292 (3), 256 (8) Brad Rissmiller (Pen Argyl)
257 (8), 247 (3) Jake Fotta (Emmaus)
256 (1), 236 (8) Colby Mitchell (ES South)
255 (2), 247 (1) Brady O’Donnell (Lehighton)
253 (5) Ben Dempster (Shenandoah Valley)
245 (4) Avery Koser (Southern Lehigh)
243 (4) Luke Thomas (Bethlehem Catholic)
236 (3) Trey Dogmantis (Whitehall)
235 (5) Jordey Guzman (Dieruff)
225 (3) Isaac Whiteash (Williams Valley)
215 (1), 206 (6) Ben Kreitzer (Nativity)
213 (6) Tommy Mason (Liberty)
207 (7) Joseph Martinez (Easton)
205 (8) Trevor Minalda (North Schuylkill)
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), 4 (8) Danny Darno (Notre Dame)
5 (8) Brett Balliet (Jim Thorpe)
4 (1) Travis Riefenstahl (Saucon Valley)
4 (1) Colby Mitchell (ES South)
4 (3), 4 (8) Isaac Whiteash (Williams Valley)
4 (4) Trevor Minalda (North Schuylkill)
4 (4) Josiah Williams (Emmaus) *Ties School Record*
4 (8) Brad Rissmiller (Pen Argyl) *Ties School Record*
Single Game Receptions (10)
13 (1) Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl) *School Record*
12 (8), 11 (1) Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)
11 (8) Mason Kuehner (Nazareth)
10 (2) Ian Rarick (Lehighton)
10 (2) Justin Yescavage (Jim Thorpe)
Single Game Reception Yardage (140)
202 (1), 172 (8), 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)
157 (8) Joey Flail (North Schuylkill)
156 (2) Ian Rarick (Lehighton)
154 (4) Eric Wert (Bethlehem Catholic)
152 (8) David Fiorito (Jim Thorpe)
147 (8) Cole Serfass (Palmerton)
141 (8) Dan Lucykanish (Palmerton)
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) Logan Hutsko (Minersville)
3 (6) AJ Lozano (Notre Dame)
3 (8) Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl)
Field Goals (40 yards)
42 Griffin Mitstifer (Parkland)
District 11 Season Leaders
Rushing (900)
1381 Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley)
1177 Aiden Myers (Schuylkill Haven)
1085 Cade Christopher (Northwestern)
1068 Cade Sawyer (Southern Lehigh)
1028 Mike Pascoe (Panther Valley)
1017 Jalen Fletcher (Freedom)
956 Steven Lilly (Palisades)
905 Colm McGroaty (Mahanoy Area)
Touchdowns (14)
20 Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley)
18 Cade Christopher (Northwestern)
18 Steven Lilly (Palisades)
17 Jalen Fletcher (Freedom)
15 Cade Sawyer (Southern Lehigh)
14 Matt Machalik (Palmerton)
14 Mason Kuehner (Nazareth)
14 Colm McGroaty (Mahanoy Area)
14 Caden Henritzy (Northampton)
14 Nigel Linton (Whitehall)
14 Josh Ludlow (Notre Dame)
Passing Yards (1000)
2006 Matt Machalik (Palmerton)
1782 Danny Darno (Notre Dame)
1642 Sonny Sasso (Nazareth)
1405 Jake Fotta (Emmaus)
1302 Brad Rissmiller (Pen Argyl)
1251 Trevor Minalda (North Schuylkill)
1249 Colby Mitchell (ES South)
1237 Trey Dogmantis (Whitehall)
1197 Brett Balliet (Jim Thorpe)
1163 Isaac Whiteash (Williams Valley)
1140 Jordy Guzman (Dieruff)
1143 Ben Kreitzer (Nativity)
1120 Travis Reifenstahl (Saucon Valley)
1061 Avery Koser (Southern Lehigh)
1019 Brady O’Donnell (Lehighton)
1018 Luke Thomas (Bethlehem Catholic)
Touchdown Passes (14)
26 Matt Machalik (Palmerton)
19 Danny Darno (Notre Dame)
17 Sonny Sasso (Nazareth)
17 Isaac Whiteash (Williams Valley)
16 Jake Fotta (Emmaus)
16 Trevor Minalda (North Schuylkill)
14 Trey Dogmantis (Whitehall)
Receptions (35)
49 Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl)
43 Jareel Calhoun (Central Catholic)
41 Josh Ludlow (Notre Dame)
41 Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)
39 Mason Kuehner (Nazareth)
37 Jack Kocher (Whitehall)
37 Joey Flail (North Schuylkill)
36 Dylan Darville (Emmaus)
36 Noah Dolbin (Nativity)
Reception Yardage (600)
766 Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl)
738 Brady Evans (Williams Valley)
733 Noah Dolbin (Nativity)
680 Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)
661 Mason Kuehner (Nazareth)
649 Josh Ludlow (Notre Dame)
637 Dan Lucykanish (Palmerton)
608 Dylan Darville (Emmaus)
Reception Touchdowns (8)
10 Brady Evans (Williams Valley)
9 Joey Flail (North Schuylkill)
9 Dan Lucykanish (Palmerton)
8 Nolan Lobb (Nazareth)
8 Noah Dolbin (Nativity)
8 Conner Dillon (Tamaqua)
8 Dylan Darville (Emmaus)
8 AJ Lozano (Notre Dame)
8 Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)
