DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 11):
by Duke Helm
RUNNINGBACKS:
An unprecedented feat occurred last Friday night in the Palisades win over Schuylkill Valley. Trey Gretzinger of Palisades rushed for 156 yards and 2 td’s to break his brother Christian’s single-season rushing record. However, teammate Ethan Brader rushed for 243 yards and 4 td’s to move ahead of both Gretzinger’s and is now the record holder. Brader ended the year rushing for 1,732 yards and scored 23 td’s while Trey rushed for 1,679 yards and scored 25 td’s. Christian held the record with his 1,580 yards that he set in 2013. Trey did, however, break the single-season td record with his 25 this year. John Gruver held the old record when he scored 24 times in 2008. Gruver still holds the career record with 55 td’s (2006-08). Trey also owns the career rushing yardage record with his 3,479 yards. The 4 td’s that Brader scored last week enables him to join the “40 td” club with exactly 40 td’s in his career. Brader finishes his career with 2,552 yards rushing and 2,669 yards passing and holds the school record for career td passes with 31. Dominic Nelson of Parkland scored all 5 td’s in their win over Stroudsburg. Nelson carried the ball 21 times and 93 yards. District-leading rusher Ian Csicsek of Saucon Valley rushed for 217 yards and a td while also catching a 23-yard td pass in their win over Lehighton. Csiscek has rushed for 2,464 yards and scored 34 td’s this season. He also joins the “40 td” club and now has 41 career td’s. Kobe Brish of Schuylkill Haven rushed for 250 yards and a td in their playoff loss to Bishop McDevitt. Brish rushed for 2,160 yards and scored 26 td’s this year. His career totals have him at 5,852 yards rushing and 81 total td’s scored. Brish will enter his senior year in 6th place all-time in the District for rushing yards and 8th place all-time for career td’s scored. He moved ahead of Austin Scott of Parkland in rushing yardage. Scott rushed for 5,802 yards from 2000-02. Ryan Clark of ES South rushed for 108 yards and 2 td’s in their win over PM East before being injured. He now has 1,911 yards rushing on the season while scoring a total of 30 td’s. Logan Bachman of Central Catholic ended his career rushing for 2,543 yards while scoring 41 career td’s. Nate Boyle of Tamaqua rushed for 207 yards and scored 5 td’s last week vs Notre Dame. He finished the season with 27 td’s which is now a school record. Jarred Muffley (2011) and Dalton Nunemacher (2012) were previously tied for the record with 24 td’s. Boyle, just a junior, joins the “2,000/1,000 yard” club. He’s rushed for 2,192 yards and caught 75 passes for 1,132 yards so far in his career. He has 46 career td’s which is 10 behind teammate Nick Breiner’s school record 56. Nasir Legree of Liberty broke the school’s career rushing yardage record vs Freedom. Legree rushed for 149 yards to up his season total to 1,151 yards and his career record total to 4,132 yards. Darren Mason held the old record when he rushed for 4,023 yards from 1997-99. Harold Reynolds of Easton rushed for 147 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Northampton. Reynolds went over 2,000 yards (2,128) for his career and has scored 30 career td’s. He needs 57 yards to reach 1,000 yards for the season. Two other players also went over 2,000 yards for their careers. They are Ike Lucas of Tri-Valley (2,039 yards) and junior Tavion Banks of Bethlehem Catholic (2,017 yards). Banks also went over 1,000 yards for the season and now has 1,120 yards and 23 td’s. Sone Ntoh of Emmaus rushed for 205 yards and a td in their win over Nazareth. Garrett DeBoer of Bangor finishes his career with 2,131 yards rushing and 18 td’s. Gabe Kuehn of Minersville finished his career in style when he rushed for a school-record 315 yards and 3 td’s in their 30-29 win over Montgomery. Kuehn and Tony Walsh (1973) jointly held the old record when each rushed for 260 yards in a game. Kuehn rushed for 806 yards and scored 13 td’s in the last 3 games. He finished the season with 1,371 yards rushing and scored 18 td’s. Northampton’s Tyrese Brandon scored twice vs Easton and now has 20 on the season and 30 for his career. Zach Chowansky of North Schuylkill rushed the ball 1 time for 1 yard in their win over Jim Thorpe and now has exactly 1,000 yards rushing for his career. Sophomore Nick Henry of Northwestern went over 1,000 yards rushing for the season and now has 1,045 yards and 12 td’s.
QUARTERBACKS:
Cole DeFranco of Notre Dame threw for 349 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Tamaqua. DeFranco has thrown for 3,382 yards and 43 td passes this season. His career totals have him throwing for 9,845 yards and 99 td passes. His 43 td passes this year ties him with Brendan Nosovitch of Central Catholic and Zack Bradley of Catasauqua for 2nd place all-time in the District for a single-season. Logan Edmond of Southern Lehigh ended the season throwing for 1,812 yards and 22 td passes. He falls 40 yards short of breaking his brother Travis’s career record. Logan could only muster 84 yards passing in the pouring rain vs Wallenpaupack. His career totals have him finishing with 5,242 yards passing and 61 td passes. With his brother’s Ty and Travis career totals and their dad, Bob’s senior year totals the Edmond’s combined for 989 completions on 1,754 attempts for 14,524 yards and 158 td passes. Deven Bollinger of Northwestern threw for 217 yards and another 4 td passes in their win over Central Catholic. On the season he’s thrown for 1,777 yards and 28 td passes. He needs 96 yards to break his own single-season passing yardage record and he’s 66 yards away from reaching 5,000 yards passing for his career. Ethan Parvel of Emmaus threw 2 td passes in their win over Nazareth and now holds the school record for single-season td passes with 23. That also ties him with Blake Reed for the school career record. Evan Burian threw 22 career td passes in the 1962 and 63 seasons. Anthony Harris of Nazareth finished his junior season passing for 2,704 yards and 27 td passes. He will enter his senior season with 5,325 yards passing and 55 td passes. Dylan Rinker of PM East ended his season with a school record stat line of 150 completions on 252 attempts for 1,896 yards and 18 td passes. He also went over 3,000 yards passing for his career to become the first Cardinal to accomplish that. He finishes his career with 3,130 yards passing and 28 td passes. Chris Whiteman of Lehighton broke the school record for passing yards in a single-season. Whiteman threw for 1,890 yards surpassing the old record of 1,798 yards that Brandon Williams set in 2007. Whiteman also set single-season records for completions (137) and pass attempts (258). Hunter Luckinbill of Blue Mountain went over 1,000 yards passing for the season in the last game of his career vs Bethlehem Catholic. Luckinbill threw for 1,028 yards and 18 td passes as a senior. Junior Jared Jenkins of Freedom continues to pile up his career totals and has now thrown for 4,551 yards and 41 td passes.
RECEIVERS:
Deonte Castro of Emmaus caught his 10th td pass this year and is now tied for the school record with 3 other players. Keith Cook in 1981, Dave Treat in 1989 and Kevin White in 2009 all caught 10 td’s in their senior season. Castro is now the school’s career record holder with 16 td catches. Matt Salvaterra held the old record of 15 that he set from 1996-98. Tommy Manos of Nazareth caught 7 passes for 95 yards vs Emmaus to set the school single-season record for receptions with 89. Adam Bridgeforth held the old record when he caught 82 in 2011. Manos had 1,186 receiving yards this year falling 35 yards short of the school record that Bridgeforth set in 2011. Teammate Nate Stefanik caught 8 passes for 96 yards and a td to end his junior season with 66 catches for 828 yards and 12 td grabs. He’ll enter his senior season with 113 receptions for 1,524 yards and 18 td grabs. Triston Hilliman of PM East caught 5 passes for 75 yards to end the year with 49 catches for 686 yards and 6 td catches. The 49 catches ties the school record for a single season. RJ Sarajian caught 49 passes in 2013. Teammate Darius Robinson caught 6 passes for 112 yards and a td to push him over 1,000 yards receiving for his career. He finishes his career with 68 catches for 1,083 yards and 10 td catches. Manos and Hilliman join the unpopular bubble club. There were only 2 known former District 11 receivers who ended their careers with 99 catches, thus missing the “100 catch” club by 1. Dubois Ross of Pius X/Liberty from 2010-12 and Rich Zahodnick of North Schuylkill from 2014-16 each caught 99 passes in their careers. David Sanders caught 6 passes for 96 yards and a td vs Tamaqua. Sanders has 62 receptions for 1,310 yards and 16 td’s this season. He’s the 4th District 11 player to go over 1,300 yards receiving in a single-season. He’s only 722 yards away from breaking the District record. Whaaaaaaaaaaaat!!! Kevin Gulyas of Central Catholic owns the record with the 2,031 yards he had in 2011. Paryss Marshall of Catasauqua is 2nd with his 1,566 yards he had in 2013 and Dez Boykin of Whitehall is 3rd with the 1,336 yards he had in 2017. Isaiah Dejesus of Notre Dame has caught 65 passes for 954 yards and 9 td grabs this season. He’s nearing several milestones. He needs 46 yards to reach 1,000 for the season and 76 yards to reach 2,000 yards for his career. He also needs 4 catches to enter the top 10 all-time District list. Bob Frederick of Allen is currently in 10th place on the list with his 138 career receptions. He also has the Crusader record for most career td catches with his 20. However, Sanders currently has 19 career td catches. Zack Crum of Lehighton finished the season catching 59 passes for 902 yards and 9 td grabs. His catches and yardage place him in 2nd place at Lehighton behind only Shane McEvoy’s 2007 totals of 69 catches for 1,135 yards. Zack and older brother Tyler (2012-14) combined to catch 166 passes for 2,581 yards and 29 td’s for the Indians. Senior Dalton Musselman of Southern Lehigh caught 43 passes for 810 yards and 14 td’s this season. He finished the season scoring a total of 23 td’s. Justin Pasquale of Central Catholic ended his career catching 115 passes for 1,467 yards and 5 td’s. Bryce Ellinger of Minersville ended his career catching 80 passes for 1,359 yards and 11 td’s. His receptions and yardage totals are believed to be school records but I cannot confirm them at this time. His junior year 810 yards receiving is a school record though. Justin Rodda of Northwestern caught 2 td passes vs Central Catholic to up his season total to 11. There are only 5 other Disrtict 11 players to have 10 or more td catches in their sophomore season. They are Johan Dotson of Nazareth with 16, KJ Williams of Liberty with 12, Tim Massaquoi of Parkland with 12, Kowan Scott of Wilson with 10 and Jake Wolfgang of Williams Valley with 10. That list includes sevearl D-1 players and a former NFL player.
KICKERS:
DISTRICT 11 HISTORY:
Lehighton single season td pass history: Terry Wogenrich set the record when he threw 11 td pass as a junior in 1967. Terry would go on to play at Kutztown State. Dave Warner threw 17 td passes in 1977 to break the record. He went on to a successful career at Syacuse and is currently the offensive coordinator at Michigan State. Tom Keer broke the record in 1984 when he threw 18 td passes. Keer holds the career td pass record with his 44 he threw from 1982-84. Brandon Williams broke Kerr’s record when he threw 21 in 2007. Williams was a one-year wonder as that’s the only season he attempted a pass. Josh Agosto tied the record when he threw 21 td passes in 2010 as a junior. Last years qb Cody Scherer came up 1 td pass short of tying the record and this years qb Chris Whiteman threw 18 td passes.
2018 single game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat (yellow highlighter = last week)
Single Game Touchdowns (4)
6 (2), 4 (3), 4 (8) Ryan Clark (ES South) *Ties School Record*
6 (9) Gabe Kuehn (Minersville) *School Record*
5 (2) Trey Gretzinger (Palisades) *School Record*
5 (2), 4 (5), 5 (8), 4 (10) Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven)
5 (4), 5 (7), 5 (8) Kaleb Monaco (PM West)
5 (5) Jarrin Geisinger (Jim Thorpe)
5 (7) Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
5 (8), 5 (11) Nate Boyle (Tamaqua)
5 (11) Dominic Nelson (Parkland)
4 (1) David Sanders (Notre Dame)
5 (9), 4 (2), 4 (4), 4 (10) Ian Csicsek (Saucon Valley) *Ties School Record*
4 (2) CJ Selby (Jim Thorpe)
4 (5) Dimitri Rojas (Stroudsburg)
4 (5) Jaden Leiby (North Schuylkill)
4 (5) Andrew Sabo (Palmerton)
4 (6) Jacob Kamp (Salisbury)
4 (6), 4 (9), 4 (10) Tavion Banks (Bethlehem Catholic)
4 (7) Jordan Nelson (Palmerton)
4 (7) Ike Lucas (Tri-Valley)
4 (8) Tyler Elsdon (North Schuylkill)
4 (10) Tyrese Brandon (Northampton)
4 (10) Justin Paul (Northern Lehigh)
4 (11) Harold Reynolds (Easton)
4 (11) Ethan Brader (Palisades)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
397 (7), 241 (8), 241 (9), 239 (4) Kaleb Monaco (PM West) *School Record*
342 (9), 295 (7), 289 (4), 288 (6), 257 (10), 217 (11), 210 (3) Ian Csicsek (Saucon Valley) *School Record*
343 (10), 328 (2), 268 (8), 259 (5), 250 (11), 240 (7) Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven)
328 (6), 263 (9) Nasai Moon (Pleasant Valley) *School Record*
326 (3), 263 (1), 218 (10), 202 (9) Ryan Clark (ES South)
299 (10) Shavar Hussett (Whitehall)
284 (5), 215 (6) Dimitri Rojas (Stroudsburg)
261 (1), 256 (7) Trey Gretzinger (Palisades)
260 (9), 231 (10) Gabe Kuehn (Minersville) *Ties School Record*
259 (5), 212 (1) Jaden Leiby (North Schuylkill)
257 (3), 232 (1) Logan Bachman (Central Catholic)
248 (2), 246 (9), 243 (11) Ethan Brader (Palisades)
236 (5), 221 (1) CJ Selby (Jim Thorpe)
227 (7) Matt Doherty (Marian Catholic)
226 (9) Tavion Banks (Bethlehem Catholic)
220 (1) Zach Chowansky (North Schuylkill)
209 (3) Ben Kramer (Blue Mountain)
207 (11) Nate Boyle (Tamaqua)
205 (9) Ryan Scheffler (Pottsville Nativity)
205 (11) Sone Ntoh (Emmaus)
Single Game Passing Yardage (200)
382 (8), 335 (5), 289 (6), 256 (4), 250 (10), 249 (7), 216 (11), 201 (1) Anthony Harris (Nazareth)
380 (2), 269 (4) Chris Whiteman (Lehighton) *School Record*
361 (1), 361 (9), 349 (11), 339 (6), 337 (2), 316 (10), 298 (5), 297 (7), 256 (4), 236 (8), 232 (3) Cole DeFranco (Notre Dame)
330 (5), 269 (3), 234 (4), 223 (2), 219 (11) Dylan Rinker (PM East) *School Record*
311 (7), 283 (10), 246 (5), 206 (6) Logan Edmond (Southern Lehigh)
308 (9), 225 (5) Ejau Collazo (Dieruff)
272 (5), 218 (9) Damon Yost (Pottsville)
270 (8), 217 (9) Ethan Parvel (Emmaus)
268 (6), 251 (9), 243 (7), 217 (11) Deven Bollinger (Northwestern)
256 (5) Zamar Brake (Bethlehem Catholic)
256 (5) Nate Nimeh (Easton)
252 (2), 228 (9) Jared Jenkins (Freedom)
250 (2) Ethan Reis (Panther Valley)
243 (10), 236 (7) Jordan Nelson (Palmerton)
233 (4), 221 (9), 208 (1) Dalton Leedy (Tri-Valley)
225 (4) Anthony Nanoah (Whitehall)
223 (3) Bo Meyers (Bangor)
221 (5) Brayden Knoblauch (Tamaqua)
221 (7) Scott Schwalm (Minersville)
210 (8) Dante Mahaffey (Saucon Valley)
209 (3), 208 (10) Aiden Stanton (Pottsville)
Single Game TD Passes (4)
6 (8) Dylan Rinker (PM East) *School Record*
6 (9), 5 (1), 5 (7), 5 (10), 4 (6), 4 (8) Cole DeFranco (Notre Dame) *School Record*
5 (1) Jared Jenkins (Freedom) *School Record*
5 (6), 5 (8), 4 (10), 4 (11) Deven Bollinger (Northwestern) *School Record*
5 (5), 4 (9) Damon Yost (Pottsville)
5 (5), 4 (7) Logan Edmond (Southern Lehigh)
4 (3) Levi Engle (Williams Valley)
4 (3) Aiden Stanton (Pottsville)
4 (3) Zamar Brake (Bethlehem Catholic)
4 (6) Ejau Collazo (Dieruff)
4 (9) Anthony Harris (Nazareth)
Single Game Receptions (10)
12 (8) Blake White (Panther Valley) *Ties School Record*
14 (10), 12 (8) Tommy Manos (Nazareth)
11 (5), 10 (10) Nate Stefanik (Nazareth)
10 (2) David Sanders (Notre Dame) *Ties School Record*
10 (5) Darius Robinson (PM East) *School Record*
10 (7) Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
10 (7) Tommy Manos (Nazareth)
Single Game Reception Yardage (140)
240 (8) Tommy Manos (Nazareth) *School Record*
216 (7), 168 (5) Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
210 (6), 192 (2), 191 (1), 151 (9) David Sanders (Notre Dame) *School Record*
179 (2) Blake White (Panther Valley)
177 (4), 164 (9) Joe Herman (Whitehall)
173 (5) Nate Stefanik (Nazareth)
170 (9), 150 (5), 141 (4) Jessiah Woods (Dieruff)
155 (4) Nick Lucian (Bethlehem Catholic)
152 (4), 141 (2) Zack Crum (Lehighton)
151 (1) Christian Sapp (ES South)
148 (8) Ryan Holub (Saucon Valley)
147 (8) Deonte Castro (Emmaus)
146 (10) Louis Frye (ES North) *School Record*
143 (10) Tyrese Brandon (Northampton)
Single Game Reception TD’s (3)
4 (1) David Sanders (Notre Dame)
4 (5), 4 (7) Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh) *School Record*
4 (9) Mason Barnes (Pottsville) *School Record*
3 (3) Matt Stianche (Bethlehem Catholic)
3 (4) Joe Herman (Whitehall)
3 (6) Jessiah Woods (Dieruff)
3 (8) Justin Rodda (Northwestern)
3 (8) Trey Trevis (Southern Lehigh)
Field Goal Distance (40)
48 (4) Devin Bartholomew (Parkland) *School Record*
46 (5) Rustin Seyle (Central Catholic) *School Record*
45 (5) Matt Bugbee (Nazareth)
44 (9) Derek Lasher (Bangor) *School Record*
43 (4) Devon Troxell (Catasauqua)
42 (1) Rustin Seyle (Central Catholic)
42 (8) Devin Bartholomew (Parkland)
41 (3) Rustin Seyle (Central Catholic)
41 (7) Matt Bugbee (Nazareth)
40 (8) Lucca Stroia (Marian Catholic)
District 11 Season Leaders (plus any player that set a school record)
Rushing (1000)
2464 Ian Csicsak (Saucon Valley)
2160 Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven)
1911 Ryan Clark (ES South)
1754 Kaleb Monaco (PM West)
1732 Ethan Brader (Palisades) *School Record*
1679 Trey Gretzinger (Palisades)
1544 Jaden Leiby (North Schuylkill)
1371 Gabe Kuehn (Minersville)
1310 CJ Selby (Jim Thorpe)
1304 Nick Breiner (Tamaqua)
1238 Logan Bachman (Central Catholic)
1186 Dimitri Rojas (Stroudsburg)
1160 Brady Miller (Williams Valley)
1151 Nasir Legree (Liberty)
1137 Zaheer Seabrooks (Bethlehem Catholic)
1123 Nasai Moon (Pleasant Valley)
1120 Tavion Banks (Bethlehem Catholic)
1083 Ryan Schreffler (Nativity)
Touchdowns (20)
34 Ian Csicsek (Saucon Valley)
30 Ryan Clark (ES South)
27 Nate Boyle (Tamaqua) *School Record*
26 Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven)
25 Kaleb Monaco (PM West)
25 Trey Gretzinger (Palisades) *School Record*
23 Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
23 Tavion Banks (Bethlehem Catholic)
23 Ethan Brader (Palisades)
20 Tyrese Brandon (Northampton)
Passing Yards (1000)
3382 Cole DeFranco (Notre Dame)
2704 Anthony Harris (Nazareth)
1986 Dylan Rinker (PM East) *School Record*
1812 Logan Edmond (Southern Lehigh)
1890 Chris Whiteman (Lehighton) *School Record*
1825 Jared Jenkins (Freedom)
1777 Deven Bollinger (Northwestern)
1605 Zamar Brake (Bethlehem Catholic)
1605 Nathan Nimeh (Easton)
1550 Ethan Parvel (Emmaus)
1364 Ejau Collazo (Dieruff)
1430 Brayden Knoblauch (Tamaqua)
1350 Dalton Leedy (Tri-Valley)
1261 Anthony Nanoah (Whitehall)
1244 Brayden Mitchell (ES South)
1234 Frank Rauscher (Central Catholic)
1160 Levi Engle (Williams Valley)
1206 Scott Schwalm (Minersville)
1113 Lawson Bray (PM West)
1127 Bo Meyers (Bangor)
1028 Hunter Luckinbill (Blue Mountain)
Touchdown Passes (18)
43 Cole DeFranco (Notre Dame) *School Record*
27 Anthony Harris (Nazareth)
28 Deven Bollinger (Northwestern) *School Record*
24 Jared Jenkins (Freedom) *School Record*
23 Ethan Parvel (Emmaus) *School Record*
22 Logan Edmond (Southern Lehigh)
19 Nathan Nimeh (Easton)
18 Dylan Rinker (PM East) *School Record*
18 Chris Whiteman (Lehighton)
18 Brayden Mitchell (ES South)
18 Hunter Luckinbill (Blue Mountain)
Receptions (40)
89 Tommy Manos (Nazareth) *School Record*
66 Nate Stefanik (Nazareth)
65 Isaiah Dejesus (Notre Dame)
62 David Sanders (Notre Dame)
59 Zack Crum (Lehighton)
49 Triston Hilliman (PM East)
48 Jessiah Woods (Dieruff)
46 Blake White (Panther Valley)
45 George Hlavac (Central Catholic)
44 Nate Boyle (Tamaqua)
43 Justin Pasquale (Central Catholic)
43 Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
42 Allen Negrete (Whitehall)
42 Deonte Castro (Emmaus)
41 Bryce Ellinger (Minersville)
Reception Yardage (600)
1310 David Sanders (Notre Dame) *School Record*
1186 Tommy Manos (Nazareth)
954 Isaiah Dejesus (Notre Dame)
902 Zack Crum (Lehighton)
828 Nate Stefanik (Nazareth)
810 Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
800 Jessiah Woods (Dieruff)
706 Christian Sapp (ES South)
686 Triston Hilliman (PM East)
684 Justin Rodda (Northwestern)
676 Deonte Castro (Emmaus)
672 Allen Negrete (Whitehall)
667 Mason Barnes (Pottsville)
639 Rontay Dunbar (Freedom)
635 Nate Boyle (Tamaqua)
621 Michael Dunlap (Easton)
Reception Touchdowns (10)
16 David Sanders (Notre Dame) *School Record*
14 Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
12 Nate Stefanik (Nazareth)
11 Jessiah Woods (Dieruff) *School Record*
11 Justin Rodda (Northwestern)
10 Deonte Castro (Emmaus) *Ties School Record*
