DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 8):
by Duke Helm
RUNNINGBACKS:
Nate Boyle of undefeated Tamaqua scored 5 td’s in their win over Lehighton. The junior now has 19 on the season and 38 for his career. He’s also closing in on the 2,000 rush/1,000 receiving club. Boyle currently has 1,896 yards rushing and 977 yards receiving for his career. Teammate, senior Nick Breiner rushed for 179 yards and 2 td’s in the game to go over 1,000 yards for the season (1,003). Breiner set the school record for career rushing yardage with his 3,502 yards. Alex Zukas rushed for 3,461 yards from 2000-2003. Kaleb Monaco of Pocono Mountain West rushed for 241 yards and 5 td’s in their win over Pleasant Valley. That’s the 3rd time this season he’s scored 5 td’s in a game. The junior now has 20 td’s on the season. Kobe Brish of Schuylkill Haven rushed for 268 yards and scored 5 td’s in their win over Minersville. The junior went over 5,000 yards for his career and now has 73 career td’s. That puts him just outside the top ten all-time in the District and into 12th place. He went ahead of fellow Hurricane Jason Killian who scored 71 td’s from 1989-91. He also went ahead of a pair of players who scored 69 td’s in their careers. Artie Owens of Stroudsburg (1969-71) and Jim Dudash of Mahanoy Area (1996-99). Ian Csicsek of Saucon Valley still leads the District in rushing with 1,648 yards. He also went over 2,000 yards rushing for his career (2,019) and has 30 career td’s. Monaco jumps up to 2nd with 1,468 yards and Trey Gretzinger of Palisades is 3rd with 1,414 yards. Gretzinger broke brother Christian’s career rushing record with his 73 yards rushing last week. Trey now has 3,214 yards vs Christian’s 3,189 yards. He’s 166 yards away from Christian’s single-season record of 1,580 yards that he set as a junior in 2013.
QUARTERBACKS:
Deven Bollinger of Northwestern threw another 5 td passes and went over 1,000 yards passing for the season to help the Tigers defeat Saucon Valley. Bollinger tied his own school record that he set earlier this year with the 5 td’s. The junior now has 50 career td passes which ties him with Frank Dangello (2011-14) for the school record. Logan Edmond of Southern Lehigh threw 3 td passes to break the career school record that his brother Travis held. Logan now has 57 career td passes vs 55 that Travis threw from 2012-14. Cole DeFranco of Notre Dame threw for 236 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Catasauqua. DeFranco leads the District with 2,356 yards passing and 29 td passes. His career totals stand at 8,819 yards passing and 85 td passes which are 2nd and 3rd place all-time in the District. He moved ahead of Trey Jordan of Pius X/Notre Dame. Jordan threw 83 career td’s from 2012-15. Anthony Harris of Nazareth threw for 382 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Whitehall which puts him over 2,000 yards passing for the 2nd year in a row. Jared Jenkins of Freedom threw 2 td’s vs Emmaus and is now tied for the single-season record and breaks the career mark. The junior’s 20 td passes this year ties him with Ryan Rogan who threw 20 td’s in 1997. His 37 career td’s breaks the record of 35 that Jeff Haberl threw from 1995 and 1996. Dylan Rinker of PM East threw a school record 6 td passes vs ES North. He now has 15 on the season which ties him for the school record with Gary Lynn (1973) and Evan Fardella (2010). Ethan Brader of Palisades threw 2 td passes vs Northern Lehigh to set the school career td pass record. Kevin Burke (1973-75) and Kyle Jensen (2005-07) each threw 29 td passes in their careers and Brader now has 30 for his career. Brader has scored 31 td’s himself and is nearing 2,000 career rushing yards. Ethan
Parvel threw for 270 yards and a td last week. The school record is 275 yards that Andy Shaver threw in a game in 1992. Levi Engle of Williams Valley, Frank Rauscher of Central Catholic, Anthony Nanoah of Whitehall, Daulton Leedy of Tri-Valley and Brayden Knoblauch all went over 1,000 yards passing for the season. Four more junior qb’s went over 1,000 yards passing for their careers and are now on the chart. They are, Ethan Reis of Panther Valley, Damon Yost of Pottsville, Lawson Bray of PM West and Ejau Collazo of Dieruff. Freshman Dante Mahaffey of Saucon Valley had his 1st 200 yard plus passing game last week vs Northwestern. Mahaffey threw for 210 yards and now has 683 yards on the season.
RECEIVERS:
Two receivers joined the “dozen” club last week. Tommy Manos of Nazareth caught 12 passes for a school-record 240 yards and Blake White of Panther Valley caught 12 passes for 100 yards. Manos broke the record of 214 yards that Matt Tuerk set in 2013 vs Easton. Manos leads the District with 61 catches and is 2nd in yardage with 909 yards. White, a senior tied the school record with his 12 catches. Tom Rosahac caught 12 passes vs Mount Carmel in 1989. White has 38 catches for 531 yards and 3 td catches on the season. Isaiah Dejesus has 48 receptions to sit in 2nd place behind Manos. His teammate David Sanders along with Zack Crum of Lehighton and Nate Stefanik of Nazareth are all in 3rd place with 44 catches each. Justin Rodda of Northwestern and Trey Trevis of Southern Lehigh each caught 3 td passes last week. Rodda had 7 catches for 134 yards vs Saucon Valley while Trevis only caught the 3 td passes that netted a total of 42 yards. Ryan Holub of Saucon Valley and Deonte Castro of Emmaus had career highs last week for reception yardage. Holub netted 148 yards on 5 catches vs Northwestern while Castro netted 147 yards on 8 catches vs Freedom.
KICKERS:
Devin Bartholomew of Parkland booted another field goal over 40 yards. He connected on a 42 yarder vs Stroudsburg. Lucca Stroia of Marian Catholic connected on a 40 yarder vs Shenandoah Valley.
DISTRICT 11 HISTORY:
Pocono Mountain broke the modern day State record when they scored 52 points in a quarter vs ES North last week. They scored the points in the 1st quarter which included 2 safeties. They scored a total of 72 points in the game which is the most they scored since the 62 points they put up against Lehighton in 2010.
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*
5 (2) Trey Gretzinger (Palisades) *School Record*
5 (2), 4 (5), 5 (8) 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) Nate Boyle (Tamaqua)
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)
4 (8) Tyler Elsdon (North Schuylkill)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
397 (7), 241 (8), 239 (4) Kaleb Monaco (PM West) *School Record*
328 (2), 268 (8), 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)
382 (8), 335 (5), 289 (6), 256 (4), 249 (7), 201 (1) Anthony Harris (Nazareth)
380 (2), 269 (4) Chris Whiteman (Lehighton) *School Record*
361 (1), 339 (6), 337 (2), 298 (5), 297 (7), 256 (4), 236 (8), 232 (3) Cole DeFranco (Notre Dame)
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)
270 (8) Ethan Parvel (Emmaus)
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)
210 (8) Dante Mahaffey (Saucon Valley)
209 (3) Aiden Stanton (Pottsville)
Single Game TD Passes (4)
6 (8) Dylan Rinker (PM East) *School Record*
5 (1) Jared Jenkins (Freedom) *School Record*
5 (6), 5 (8) Deven Bollinger (Northwestern) *School Record*
5 (1), 5 (7), 4 (6), 4 (8) 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)
12 (8) Blake White (Panther Valley) *Ties School Record*
12 (8) Tommy Manos (Nazareth)
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)
240 (8) Tommy Manos (Nazareth) *School Record*
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)
148 (8) Ryan Holub (Saucon Valley)
147 (8) Deonte Castro (Emmaus)
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)
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)
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
Rushing (1000)
1648 Ian Csicsak (Saucon Valley)
1468 Kaleb Monaco (PM West)
1414 Trey Gretzinger (Palisades)
1387 Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven)
1383 Ryan Clark (ES South)
1196 Jaden Leiby (North Schuylkill)
1097 Ethan Brader (Palisades)
1081 CJ Selby (Jim Thorpe)
1020 Logan Bachman (Central Catholic)
1003 Nick Breiner (Tamaqua)
Touchdowns (14)
23 Ian Csicsek (Saucon Valley)
22 Trey Gretzinger (Palisades)
22 Ryan Clark (ES South)
20 Kaleb Monaco (PM West)
19 Nate Boyle (Tamaqua)
18 Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven)
17 Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
14 CJ Selby (Jim Thorpe)
14 Tyrese Brandon (Northampton)
14 Ethan Brader (Palisades)
Passing Yards (1000)
2356 Cole DeFranco (Notre Dame)
2056 Anthony Harris (Nazareth)
1605 Dylan Rinker (PM East) *School Record*
1448 Chris Whiteman (Lehighton)
1363 Logan Edmond (Southern Lehigh)
1331 Jared Jenkins (Freedom)
1170 Nathan Nimeh (Easton)
1159 Zamar Brake (Bethlehem Catholic)
1133 Deven Bollinger (Northwestern)
1001 Daulton Leedy (Tri-Valley)
1096 Anthony Nanoah (Whitehall)
1054 Ethan Parvel (Emmaus)
1051 Frank Rauscher (Central Catholic)
1038 Levi Engle (Williams Valley)
1023 Brayden Knoblauch (Tamaqua)
Touchdown Passes (14)
29 Cole DeFranco (Notre Dame)
20 Jared Jenkins (Freedom) *Ties School Record*
18 Logan Edmond (Southern Lehigh)
18 Anthony Harris (Nazareth)
18 Deven Bollinger (Northwestern)
16 Ethan Parvel (Emmaus)
15 Dylan Rinker (PM East) *Ties School Record*
14 Nathan Nimeh (Easton)
14 Chris Whiteman (Lehighton)
Receptions (30)
61 Tommy Manos (Nazareth)
48 Isaiah Dejesus (Notre Dame)
44 David Sanders (Notre Dame)
44 Zack Crum (Lehighton)
44 Nate Stefanik (Nazareth)
40 Triston Hilliman (PM East)
38 Blake White (Panther Valley)
35 Allen Negrete (Whitehall)
35 Justin Pasquale (Central Catholic)
34 Jessiah Woods (Dieruff)
32 Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
32 Nate Boyle (Tamaqua)
30 Bryce Ellinger (Minersville)
Reception Yardage (500)
933 David Sanders (Notre Dame) *School Record*
909 Tommy Manos (Nazareth)
753 Zack Crum (Lehighton)
740 Isaiah Dejesus (Notre Dame)
606 Allen Negrete (Whitehall)
589 Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
589 Nate Stefanik (Nazareth)
583 Triston Hilliman (PM East)
570 Jessiah Woods (Dieruff)
531 Blake White (Panther Valley)
508 Christian Sapp (ES South)
504 Justin Rodda (Northwestern)
Reception Touchdowns (9)
12 David Sanders (Notre Dame) *School Record*
11 Dalton Musselman (Southern Lehigh)
9 Nate Stefanik (Nazareth)
