DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 7):
By Duke Helm
RUNNINGBACKS:
Kaleb Monaco of Pocono Mountain West rumbled for a school-record 397 yards in their win over Dieruff. Monaco also scored 5 td’s for the 2nd time this year. He breaks the school record of 395 yards that Franklyn Quiteh had vs Jim Thorpe in 2008. Monaco went over 1,000 yards rushing for the season and now has 1,227 yards and 15 td’s. The junior is the younger brother of Chris who racked up 1,610 yards rushing, 1,166 yards receiving and scored a total of 33 td’s from 2014-16. Kobe Brish of Schuylkill Haven rushed for 240 yards on only 6 carries and scored 3 td’s in their win over Shenandoah Valley. Brish went over 1,000 yards for the season and now has 1,119 yards. His career totals have him scoring 68 td’s and rushing for 4,811 yards. His 68 td’s moves him into 15th place all-time in the District as he moved ahead of 2 former Hurricanes. Buddy Fegley (1996-98) and William Casella (2011-14) each scored 66 career td’s. Hurricane leader is Zach Barkett with 113 career td’s. Ian Csicsek of Saucon Valley rushed for a personal best 295 yards and 3 td’s vs Wilson. He leads the District with 1,509 yards rushing. He’s scored 21 td’s and is tied with Trey Gretzinger of Palisades for the District lead. Gretzinger needs 49 yards rushing to break his brother Christian’s career rushing total. Christian has 3,189 yards and Trey is currently at 3,141 yards. Matt Doherty of Marian Catholic rushed for 227 yards and 2 td’s in their win over Panther Valley. CJ Selby of Jim Thorpe went over 1,000 yards last week and now has 1,005 yards. Logan Bachman of Central Catholic also went over 1,000 yards and now has 1,015 yards.
QUARTERBACKS:
Logan Edmond of Southern Lehigh threw for 311 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Northwestern as he went over 1,000 yards for the season (1,280 yards). Edmond now has 54 career td passes and is 1 behind the school record of 55 td’s which is held by his brother Travis. Cole DeFranco of Notre Dame threw for 297 yards and another 5 td’s in their win over Pen Argyl. DeFranco leads the District with 2,120 yards passing and 25 td passes. His career totals stand at 8,583 yards passing and 81 td passes which are 2nd and 4th place all-time in the District. Deven Bollinger of Northwestern threw for 243 yards vs Southern Lehigh to join the “4,000-yard” club. The junior has now thrown for 4,096 yards and tossed 45 td passes in his career. Jordan Nelson of Palmerton normally a receiver, started at quarterback vs Catasauqua and threw for 236 yards on a 15 for 21 night. Something you’ll probably never see again in the same week; 2 quarterbacks, Bollinger, and Nelson both throwing for over 225 yards with neither one throwing a td pass, but both scoring at least 3 td’s themselves. Bollinger scored 3 td’s while Nelson scored 4 td’s. Anthony Harris of Nazareth threw for over 200 yards for the 5th time this year when he threw for 249 yards in their win over Liberty. Jared Jenkins of Freedom went over the 1,000-yard mark for the season (1,149 yards) and threw another 3 td passes in their win over Easton. He now has 35 td passes for his career which ties him for the school record with Jeff Haberl. Haberl threw 35 td passes from 1995 and 1996. Jenkins is the 5th Patriot to throw for at least 30 td passes in their career. Besides Haberl and Jenkins, the other 3 qb’s are Ryan Rogan who threw 30 from 1997-98, Brian Uliana who threw 31 from 2010-12 and Joe Young who threw 33 from 2013-16. Dylan Rinker of PM East has thrown for 1,435 yards this season which breaks Evan Fardella’s single-season school record of 1,342 yards that he set in 2010. Scott Schwalm of Minersville had his 1st 200-yard passing game of the season when he threw for 221 yards and a td in their win over Mahanoy Area. Ethan Brader of Palisades threw his 1st td pass of the season in their win over Bangor. He now has 28 career td passes which is 1 behind the school record. Kevin Burke (1973-75) and Kyle Jensen (2005-07) each threw 29 td passes in their careers. Brader went over 1,000 yards rushing on the season and now has 1,013. He joins teammate Trey Gretzinger (1,341 yards) as Palisades has had 2 players each rush for 1,000 yards in the last 2 seasons. In 2017 it was Jared Colletti and Gretzinger. Another qb who went over 1,000 yards rushing is Jaden Leiby of North Schuylkill. Leiby has rushed for 1,052 yards and scored 12 td’s this season. That also puts the total of current District 11 qb’s to rush for over 1,000 yards in their career at 5. The other 3 are DeFranco, Edmond and Ethan Parvel of Emmaus. Parvel went over 3,000 yards passing for his career last week and now has 3,070 yards. He needs 2 more td passes to reach 50 for his career. Two other EPC South qb’s went over 1,000 yards passing for the season and their playing each other this week. Zamar Brake of Bethlehem Catholic has 1,064 yards and Nathan Nimeh of Easton has 1,020 yards. Daulton Leedy of Tri-Valley also went over 1,000 yards for the season and now has 1,039 yards.
RECEIVERS:
Dalton Musselman of Southern Lehigh caught 10 passes for 216 yards and 4 td’s vs Northwestern last week and also rushed for a 5th td. That’s the 2nd game this year Musselman caught 4 td passes in a game. David Sanders of Notre Dame broke 2 more school records after catching 6 passes for 105 yards and 2 td’s last week. His District leading 933 yards receiving this year broke the old school record of 898 yards that Josh Jurgensen set in 1998. Sanders also has a school record 12 td catches this year breaking the old record of 10 td’s that Greg Macchia (1990) and Aaron Cerone (1991) had. Teammate Isaiah Dejesus has 2 school records and is tied for a 3rd. Two weeks ago he set the career yardage record and last week he set the career reception record and tied the career td reception record. Dejesus has 113 career catches moving him ahead of the 111 that runningback Frank Morici had from 1988-91. He also has 16 career td grabs tying him with Aaron Cerrone (1990-91) for the school record. Sanders is currently 1 td behind them with 15 career td catches. District leader Tommy Manos extended his lead after catching 10 passes last week and now has 49 on the season. Sanders and Dejesus are in 2nd with 44 catches each. Justin Pasquale of Central Catholic joins the “100 catch” club and now has 101 career receptions.
KICKERS:
Matt Bugbee of Nazareth kicked 4 field goals vs Whitehall including a 41 yarder. His 4 FG’s is a school record. Bugbee kicked 3 field goals vs Liberty in 2017 as a freshman including the game winner. Lucca Stroia of Marian Catholic kicked 3 field goals vs Panther Valley including a 37 yarder.
DISTRICT 11 HISTORY:
As stated earlier, Josh Jurgensen of Notre Dame held the school record for receiving yards in a season with 898 yards. Jurgensen moved to the area from Texas before his junior year. He caught 74 passes for 1,127 yards and 3 td’s for his ND career. In his senior year, he caught 61 passes with only 1 going for a td. That’s not the lowest ratio for a District 11 players with 40 or more catches in a season. That goes to Ron Gelegonya of Palisades who as a senior in 1990 caught 54 passes for 808 yards but had 0 td catches. His qb Joe Povenski threw for 1,435 yards and 4 td’s that year. Gelegonya caught 106 career passes (still a school record) for 1,532 yards and 4 td’s.
Dalton Musselman became only the 2nd District 11 player to catch 4 or more td’s in a game twice. Kevin Gulyas of Central Catholic did the trick 3 times. As a junior in 2010, he caught 4 td passes vs Abington Heights and in 2011 he caught 4 vs Emmaus and a District tying 5 vs Valley View in the State playoffs.
In 1993 Liberty defeated Shikellamy 14-7 in an Eastern Conference opening round game. It was only the 3rd time in their history making the post-season. In 1934 they tied Altoona 13-13 for the State title and in 1984 they defeated Lehighton for the 3A District title.
2018 single game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat (yellow highlighter = last week)
Single Game Touchdowns (4)
6 (2), 4 (3) Ryan Clark (ES South) *Ties School Record*
5 (2) Trey Gretzinger (Palisades) *School Record*
5 (2), 4 (5) Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven)
5 (4), 5 (7) Kaleb Monaco (PM West)
5 (5) Jarrin Geisinger (Jim Thorpe)
5 (7) Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
4 (1) David Sanders (Notre Dame)
4 (2), 4 (4) Ian Csicsek (Saucon Valley)
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) Tavion Banks (Bethlehem Catholic)
4 (7) Jordan Nelson (4)
4 (7) Ike Lucas (Tri-Valley)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
397 (7), 239 (4) Kaleb Monaco (PM West) *School Record*
328 (2), 259 (5), 240 (7) Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven)
328 (6) Nasai Moon (Pleasant Valley) *School Record*
326 (3), 263 (1) Ryan Clark (ES South)
295 (7), 289 (4), 288 (6), 210 (3) Ian Csicsek (Saucon Valley)
284 (5), 215 (6) Dimitri Rojas (Stroudsburg)
261 (1), 256 (7) Trey Gretzinger (Palisades)
259 (5), 212 (1) Jaden Leiby (North Schuylkill)
257 (3), 232 (1) Logan Bachman (Central Catholic)
248 (2) Ethan Brader (Palisades)
236 (5), 221 (1) CJ Selby (Jim Thorpe)
227 (7) Matt Doherty (Marian Catholic)
220 (1) Zach Chowansky (North Schuylkill)
209 (3) Ben Kramer (Blue Mountain)
Single Game Passing Yardage (200)
380 (2), 269 (4) Chris Whiteman (Lehighton) *School Record*
361 (1), 339 (6), 337 (2), 298 (5), 297 (7), 256 (4), 232 (3) Cole DeFranco (Notre Dame)
335 (5), 289 (6), 256 (4), 249 (7), 201 (1) Anthony Harris (Nazareth)
330 (5), 269 (3), 234 (4), 223 (2) Dylan Rinker (PM East) *School Record*
311 (7), 246 (5), 206 (6) Logan Edmond (Southern Lehigh)
272 (5), Damon Yost (Pottsville)
268 (6), 243 (7) Deven Bollinger (Northwestern)
256 (5) Zamar Brake (Bethlehem Catholic)
256 (5) Nate Nimeh (Easton)
252 (2) Jared Jenkins (Freedom)
250 (2) Ethan Reis (Panther Valley)
236 (7) Jordan Nelson (Palmerton)
233 (4), 208 (1) Daulton Leedy (Tri-Valley)
225 (4) Anthony Nanoah (Whitehall)
225 (5) Ejau Collazo (Dieruff)
223 (3) Bo Meyers (Bangor)
221 (5) Brayden Knoblauch (Tamaqua)
221 (7) Scott Schwalm (Minersville)
209 (3) Aiden Stanton (Pottsville)
Single Game TD Passes (4)
5 (1) Jared Jenkins (Freedom) *School Record*
5 (6) Deven Bollinger (Northwestern) *School Record*
5 (1), 5 (7), 4 (6) Cole DeFranco (Notre Dame) *Ties School Record*
5 (5) 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)
Single Game Receptions (10)
11 (5) 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)
216 (7), 168 (5) Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
210 (6), 192 (2), 191 (1) David Sanders (Notre Dame) *School Record*
179 (2) Blake White (Panther Valley)
177 (4) Joe Herman (Whitehall)
173 (5) Nate Stefanik (Nazareth)
155 (4) Nick Lucian (Bethlehem Catholic)
152 (4), 141 (2) Zack Crum (Lehighton)
151 (1) Christian Sapp (ES South)
150 (5), 141 (4) Jessiah Woods (Dieruff)
Single Game Reception TD’s (3)
4 (1) David Sanders (Notre Dame)
4 (5), 4 (7) Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh) *School Record*
3 (3) Matt Stianche (Bethlehem Catholic)
3 (4) Joe Herman (Whitehall)
3 (6) Jessiah Woods (Dieruff)
Field Goal Distance (40)
48 (4) Devin Bartholomew (Parkland) *School Record*
46 (5) Rustin Seyle (Central Catholic) *School Record*
45 (5) Matt Bugbee (Nazareth)
43 (4) Devon Troxell (Catasauqua)
42 (1) Rustin Seyle (Central Catholic)
41 (3) Rustin Seyle (Central Catholic)
41 (7) Matt Bugbee (Nazareth)
District 11 Season Leaders
Rushing (800)
1509 Ian Csicsak (Saucon Valley)
1341 Trey Gretzinger (Palisades)
1227 Kaleb Monaco (PM West)
1205 Ryan Clark (ES South)
1119 Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven)
1052 Jaden Leiby (North Schuylkill)
1015 Logan Bachman (Central Catholic)
1013 Ethan Brader (Palisades)
1005 CJ Selby (Jim Thorpe)
982 Dimitri Rojas (Stroudsburg)
837 Ryan Schreffler (Pottsville Nativity)
824 Nick Breiner (Tamaqua)
803 Nasai Moon (Pleasant Valley)
Touchdowns (12)
21 Trey Gretzinger (Palisades)
21 Ian Csicsek (Saucon Valley)
18 Ryan Clark (ES South)
15 Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
15 Kaleb Monaco (PM West)
14 Nate Boyle (Tamaqua)
13 CJ Selby (Jim Thorpe)
13 Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven)
12 Jaden Leiby (North Schuylkill)
12 David Sanders (Notre Dame)
12 Tyrese Brandon (Northampton)
Passing Yards (900)
2120 Cole DeFranco (Notre Dame)
1674 Anthony Harris (Nazareth)
1435 Dylan Rinker (PM East) *School Record*
1327 Chris Whiteman (Lehighton)
1280 Logan Edmond (Southern Lehigh)
1149 Jared Jenkins (Freedom)
1064 Zamar Brake (Bethlehem Catholic)
1020 Nathan Nimeh (Easton)
946 Daulton Leedy (Tri-Valley)
944 Levi Engle (Williams Valley)
939 Deven Bollinger (Northwestern)
932 Lawson Bray (PM West)
915 Anthony Nanoah (Whitehall)
905 Frank Rauscher (Central Catholic)
Touchdown Passes (13)
25 Cole DeFranco (Notre Dame)
18 Jared Jenkins (Freedom)
15 Logan Edmond (Southern Lehigh)
15 Ethan Parvel (Emmaus)
15 Anthony Harris (Nazareth)
13 Levi Engle (Williams Valley)
13 Deven Bollinger (Northwestern)
13 Nathan Nimeh (Easton)
13 Chris Whiteman (Lehighton)
Receptions (26)
49 Tommy Manos (Nazareth)
44 David Sanders (Notre Dame)
44 Isaiah Dejesus (Notre Dame)
38 Triston Hilliman (PM East)
38 Zack Crum (Lehighton)
37 Nate Stefanik (Nazareth)
32 Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
29 Allen Negrete (Whitehall)
29 Justin Pasquale (Central Catholic)
27 Bryce Ellinger (Minersville)
26 Nate Boyle (Tamaqua)
26 Blake White (Panther Valley)
26 Christian Sapp (ES South)
Reception Yardage (450)
933 David Sanders (Notre Dame) *School Record*
683 Zack Crum (Lehighton)
669 Tommy Manos (Nazareth)
650 Isaiah Dejesus (Notre Dame)
589 Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
555 Triston Hilliman (PM East)
489 Nate Stefanik (Nazareth)
480 Allen Negrete (Whitehall)
473 Jessiah Woods (Dieruff)
464 Christian Sapp (ES South)
Reception Touchdowns (8)
12 David Sanders (Notre Dame) *School Record*
11 Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
8 Nate Stefanik (Nazareth)
