DISTRICT 11 week 11:
by Duke Helm
RUNNINGBACKS:
Nate Boyle of Tamaqua rushed for a school-record 391 yards on 49 carries while scoring 5 td’s in their win over Notre Dame. Tyler Hope held the old record when he rushed for 350 yards vs Schuylkill Haven in 2013. Boyle went over 1,000 yards for the season with a current total of 1,292 yards. He’s scored 26 td’s this year which is 1 behind his own school record of 27 that he scored last year. Last week, Chase Herb of Tri-Valley became the 1st Bulldog to rush for over 300 yards in a game. Herb racked up 302 yards in their win over Nativity. Blake Bowman held the old school record when he rushed for 280 yards in 2012 vs Juniata. Asher Smith of Southern Lehigh leads the District with 1,878 rushing yards and 36 td’s scored. His 36 td’s breaks the single-season school record of 35 that Jeremy Mack set in 1997 as a junior. Kobe Brish of Schuylkill Haven scored 4 td’s last week in their 44-29 loss to West Catholic. Brish broke Zach Barket’s career school record (113 td’s) and also broke the District record of 115 that James Mungro of ES South set from 1993-96. Brish ends his career with 7,645 yards rushing and a new District record 116 touchdowns. He has the 2nd highest totals this season behind Smith in rushing yards (1,793) and td’s (34). CJ Selby of Jim Thorpe rushed for 210 yards and 2 td’s in their win over Salisbury. In the process, he set the single-season rushing record at Jim Thorpe with 1,596 yards. The old record was held by Ryan Saunders who rushed for 1,570 yards in 2013. Thorpe has had a player rush for over 1,500 yards in all odd years since Saunders accomplished it in 2013. In 2015, Robert Heller rushed for 1,529 yards. In 2017, Justin St. Hill rushed for 1,534 yards and Selby set the record this year. Selby finishes his career with a school-record 3,811 yards while scoring 48 total td’s. Jason Figura is still the school’s career td record holder with his 52 that he scored from 2001-04. St. Hill is 2nd with 49 career td’s from 2014-17 and Selby is 3rd with his 48. Tavion Banks of Bethlehem Catholic scored a td in their win over Blue Mountain to become Beca’s all-time td leader. Banks now has 67 career td’s which is 1 better than Eddie Scipio’s 66 that he scored from 1998-2001. Nahjee Adams of Easton scored 6 td’s in their 42-37 win over Northampton last week. Shane Simpson holds the school record with his 7 td’s he scored in the epic game vs Whitehall and Saquon Barkley in 2014. Adams has scored 24 td’s this season and is 3rd in the District in rushing yards with 1,651. Brandon Camire of Emmaus finishes his season rushing for 1,617 yards and scoring 27 td’s. Tyrese Brandon of Northampton scored 2 td’s against Easton which gives him a single-season school record 25 td’s. He breaks the tie with Charlie Wogenrich who scored 23 td’s in 1961. Brandon also set a new school record for most career catches with the 84 he’s caught so far. Jeff Pammer held the old record when he caught 81 passes from 2001-03. Tommy Rohn caught 80 passes from 1996-99. Ironically none of these 3 players were wide receivers. All 3 players have over 2,000 yards rushing in their careers. Brandon holds the career rushing record with 2,711 yards, Pammer rushed for 2,149 yards in his career and Rohn rushed for 2,072 yards. Jalen Stewart of Freedom joins the “40 td” club. Stewart scored 3 td’s in their win over Emmaus and now has 41 career td’s. Danny Lawrence of Mahanoy Area went over 3,000 yards in his final game. Lawrence scored his 20th td this season in their loss to Bishop McDevitt. He finishes his career, rushing for 3,068 yards and scored 48 td’s. Jayden Williams of Central Catholic went over 1,000 yards rushing in their win over Saucon Valley. The junior now has 1,035 yards on the season. In the same game, Saucon’s sophomore Damian Garcia also went over 1,000 yards and finished the season with 1,046 yards.
District 11 career rushing leaders (top 3):
1. 8,432 yards – James Mungro (ES South) 1993-96
- 8,325 yards – Zach Barket (Schuylkill Haven) 2005-08
- 7,645 yards – Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven) 2016-19
District 11 career td leaders (top 3):
- 116 – Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven) 2016-19
- 115 – James Mungro (ES South) 1993-96
- 113 – Zach Barket (Schuylkill Haven) 2005-08)
QUARTERBACKS:
The big 3 are all now over 7,000 yards passing for their careers and are in 6th, 7th and 8th place all-time in the District. Anthony Harris of Nazareth leads the pack with 7,274 yards. Harris threw for 221 yards and 5 td’s in their win over PM West. Jared Jenkins of Freedom has thrown for 7,129 yards in his career. Deven Bollinger of Northwestern is at 7,088 yards for his career and leads the 3 with 94 td passes. Harris follows with 78 and Jenkins has thrown for 69 career td’s. Bollinger also broke his own single-season td pass record. He threw 30 last year and he currently has thrown 32 td’s this year. Four quarterbacks have thrown for over 2,000 yards this season. Bryce Herb of Williams Valley didn’t play last week but still leads the District with 2,268 yards. Scott Schwalm of Minersville is 2nd with 2,249 yards but his season ended after week 10. Damon Yost of Pottsville is in 3rd with 2,241 yards after throwing for 244 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Wilson. Jenkins is the 4th qb over 2,000 yards with his 2,207 yards. Bollinger’s 32 td passes ties Herb for the District lead. Joe Kerbacher of Northampton threw for 278 yards in their loss to Easton. Kerbacher has thrown for 1,924 yards this season with the Thanksgiving game against Catasauqua remaining. Quintin Stephens of Salisbury ends his season throwing for 1,879 yards. Stephens who wasn’t even the starter at the beginning of the season also went over 2,000 yards for his career and will enter his senior year with 2,054 yards passing. Cayden Stem of Wilson threw for 190 yards and 3 td’s in their loss to Pottsville. Stem ends his sophomore season with 1,874 passing yards and 22 td passes. The yardage is 44 yards short of the sophomore record at Wilson but his 22 td’s is a sophomore record. Tyler Smith threw for 1,918 yards and 20 td passes as a sophomore in 2007.
District 11 career passing td leaders (top 3):
- 106 – Brendan Nosovitch (Central Catholic) 2008-11
- 99 – Cole DeFranco (Notre Dame) 2016-18
- 94 – Deven Bollinger (Northwestern) 2016-19
RECEIVERS:
Nathan Stefanik of Nazareth caught 11 passes for 175 yards and 3 td’s vs PM West last week. Stefanik has a District leading 66 catches this year that’s netted 969 yards and 11 td’s. He has 179 career receptions good for 2,493 yards and 29 td’s. He moves to within 2 catches of Dez Boykin of Whitehall who is in 4th place all-time in the District with 181 catches. His yardage moves him into the top 10 all-time. He moved ahead of Jacob Del Priore of Southern Lehigh who had 2,330 yards (2011-13) and Jeff McGeehin of Central Catholic who had 2,377 yards (1971-73). Stefanik also joins the “40 td” club and now has 41 career td’s. Five receivers are tied for the District lead with 12 td receptions each. They are, Christian Sapp of ES South, Bo Raho if Williams Valley, Christian Greggo of Notre Dame, Jared Russell of Northampton and Zack Gillen of Wilson. Russell’s 12 td catches is the only one in this group that is a school record. Gillen’s 12 td receptions along with his 43 catches and 823 receiving yards are all sophomore records at Wilson. Tony Verenna held the record for receptions with 30 that he caught in 1989 while Kowan Scott held the sophomore records for reception yardage (672 yards) and td catches (10) that he set in 2008. Gillen will enter his junior year with 61 receptions, 1,029 yards receiving and 13 td catches. Chad Parton went over 1,000 yards receiving for his career last week. The junior will enter his senior year with 1,061 yards. Another sophomore, Justin Holmes of Northwestern caught 5 passes for 194 yards and 3 td’s last week vs Lehighton. Holmes has caught 28 passes for 700 yards and 11 td’s this year even though he missed several games at the beginning of the season.
District 11 career reception leaders (top 5):
- 247 – Kevin Gulyas (Central Catholic) 2008-11
- 187 – Jahan Dotson (Nazareth) 2014, 16-17
- 183 – Matt Camilletti (Pius X) 2008-11
- 181 – Dez Boykin (Whitehall) 2015-17
- 179 – Nathan Stefanik (Nazareth) 2016-19
2019 single-game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat
Single Game Touchdowns (4)
7 (8), 5 (9), 4 (5), 4 (6), 4 (7), 4 (11) Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven) *Ties School Record*
5 (1) Brandon Camire (Emmaus)
5 (2), 5 (6), 5 (10) Dimitri Rojas (Stroudsburg)
5 (10), 4 (1), 4 (2), 4 (4), 4 (6) Asher Smith (Southern Lehigh)
5 (10) Jacob Hoffman (Nativity)
5 (11), 4 (4), 4 (5) Nate Boyle (Tamaqua)
4 (1) Tavion Banks (Bethlehem Catholic)
4 (1) Brady Miller (Williams Valley)
4 (2), 4 (5), 4 (10) Tyrese Brandon (Northampton)
4 (4) CJ Selby (Jim Thorpe)
4 (4) Damian Garcia (Saucon Valley)
6 (11), 4 (4) Nahjee Adams (Easton)
4 (4) Danny Lawrence (Mahanoy Area)
4 (5) Nick Henry (Northwestern)
4 (6) Zack Chowansky (North Schuylkill)
4 (6) Tim Buda (Salisbury)
4 (7) Andrew Darno (Notre Dame)
4 (7) Rhasaan Jacobs (ES North)
4 (8) Andrew Sabo (Palmerton)
4 (8) Terrell Holder (8) PM East
4 (10) Matt Frauen (Notre Dame)
4 (10) Nathan Stefanik (Nazareth)
4 (11) Christian Arrington (ES South)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
391 (11) Nate Boyle (Tamaqua) *School Record*
313 (10), 280 (5), 216 (2) Asher Smith (Southern Lehigh) *School Record*
302 (11), 225 (7) Chase Herb (Tri-Valley) *School Record*
291 (6), 270 (9), 267 (8), 201 (10) Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven)
284 (2), 241 (4), 236 (1) Nahjee Adams (Easton)
284 (6) Zack Chowansky (North Schuylkill)
282 (2) Gavoni Hall (Allen) *School Record*
269 (4) Danny Lawrence (Mahanoy Area)
264 (9), 257 (2), 224 (10) Dimitri Rojas (Stroudsburg)
250 (5), 210 (11) CJ Selby (Jim Thorpe)
249 (4) Damian Garcia (Saucon Valley)
243 (3), 207 (1) Brady Miller (Willams Valley)
235 (3) Danny Lawrence (Mahanoy Area)
230 (7) Colin Luckenbill (Pine Grove)
222 (1), 215 (9), 208 (3), 206 (2) Brandon Camire (Emmaus)
213 (1) Christian Arrington (ES South)
207 (8) Mike Repsher (Northern Lehigh)
205 (5) Jacob Hoffman (Nativity)
204 (1) Isiah Rico (Parkland)
202 (7) Rhasaan Jacobs (ES North)
Single Game Passing Yardage (200).
492 (5), 317 (10), 303 (6), 297 (3), 204 (9) Scott Schwalm (Minersville). *District Record*
426 (8), 273 (9), 212 (4) Jared Jenkins (Freedom) *School Record*
337 (1), 216 (8) Brayden Knoblauch (Tamaqua) *School Record*
336 (5), 329 (7), 315 (10), 280 (6), 268 (8) Bryce Herb (Williams Valley) *School Record
306 (8), 253 (6), 244 (11), 236 (9), 234 (3) Damon Yost (Pottsville)
302 (7) Cayden Stem (Wilson)
301 (7) Ty Tremba (Parkland)
290 (6), 266 (4), 256 (11), 244 (1), 216 (8) Deven Bollinger (Northwestern)
287 (7), 200 (10) Cody Miller (Nativity)
283 (1), 232 (11), 213 (2) Collin Quintano (Notre Dame)
282 (2), 269 (4), 206 (5) Quintin Stephens (Salisbury)
278 (11), 272 (10), 263 (8), 220 (5) Joe Kerbacher (Northampton)
256 (6), 211 (5) Quinn Wentling (Whitehall)
250 (2), 214 (7), 205 (9) Matt Rauscher (Central Catholic)
245 (6) Jonathan Marks (Allen)
241 (2), 202 (1) Anthony Nanoah (Whitehall)
237 (7), 207 (8) Andrew Darno (Notre Dame)
236 (8), 235 (4), 221 (11) Anthony Harris (Nazareth)
230 (5), 208 (1) Cole Transue (Easton)
227 (1) Will Fish (ES South)
220 (1) Lawson Bray (PM West)
218 (6) Rein Farensbach (Bangor)
218 (10) Jason Dean (Blue Mountain)
218 (10) Jared Richardson (Bethlehem Catholic)
212 (6) Dallas Holmes (Liberty)
206 (5) Joe Fullmer (ES South)
200 (2) Anthony Johnson (ES North)
Single Game TD Passes (4)
5 (1), 4 (9) Damon Yost (Pottsville)
5 (2), 5 (4), 4 (3), 4 (6) Deven Bollinger (Northwestern) *Ties School Record*
5 (3), 5 (5) Scott Schwalm (Minersville) *School Record*
5 (5), 4 (7), 4 (9) Bryce Herb (Williams Valley) *Ties School Record*
5 (5) Joe Fullmer (ES South)
5 (8), 4 (5), 4 (6) Joe Kerbacher (Northampton) *Ties School Record*
5 (9), 5 (11) Anthony Harris (Nazareth) *Ties School Record*
4 (1) Jared Jenkins (Freedom)
4 (1) Collin Quintano (Notre Dame)
4 (10) Will Fish (ES South)
Single Game Receptions (10)
13 (5) Gabe Davis (Minersville) *School Record*
11 (11) Nathan Stefanik (Nazareth)
10 (1) Andrew Darno (Notre Dame) *Ties School Record*
10 (6) Allen Negrete (Whitehall)
10 (6) Derek Berlitz (Notre Dame) *Ties School Record*
Single Game Reception Yardage (140)
261 (5) Gabe Davis (Minersville) *School Record*
237 (7) Nick Johnston (Parkland) *School Record*
217 (4), 194 (11) Justin Holmes (Northwestern) *School Record*
208 (9) Mason Barnes (Pottsville) *School Record*
203 (6) Jorge Torres (Allen)
200 (5) Jayden Cruz (Williams Valley)
192 (8), 146 (7) Bo Raho (Williams Valley)
180 (1) Matt Kistler (Tamaqua) *School Record*
176 (4), 169 (8) Zack Gillen (Wilson)
175 (2), 144 (5) Chad Parton (Salisbury)
175 (8), 147 (2) Gabe Caton (Freedom)
175 (11) Nathan Stefanik (Nazareth)
161 (6) Noah Snisky (Jim Thorpe)
157 (3) Nick Davanzo (Bangor)
152 (6) Nate Owens (Bangor)
151 (5) Tyrese Brandon (Northampton)
Single Game Reception TD’s (3)
4 (2) Justin Rodda (Northwestern) *Ties School Record*
3 (1) Matt Kistler (Tamaqua) *Ties School Record*
3 (1) Vincent Reph (Freedom)
3 (3), 3 (5) Gabe Davis (Minersville) *Ties School Record*
3 (4), 3 (11) Justin Holmes (Northwestern)
3 (8) Jared Russell (Northampton) *Ties School Record*
3 (9) Mason Barnes (Pottsville)
3 (10) Christian Sapp (ES South)
3 (11) Nathan Stefanik (Nazareth)
District 11 Season Leaders
Rushing (1,000)
1878 Asher Smith (Southern Lehigh) sr
1793 Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven) sr
1651 Nahjee Adams (Easton) jr
1617 Brandon Camire (Emmaus) jr
1596 CJ Selby (Jim Thorpe) sr *School Record*
1532 Danny Lawrence (Mahanoy Area) sr
1431 Zack Chowansky (North Schuylkill) sr
1377 Chase Herb (Tri-Valley) sr
1366 Dimitri Rojas (Stroudsburg) jr
1320 Tavion Banks (Bethlehem Catholic) sr
1316 Collin Luckenbill (Pine Grove) sr
1294 Jaden Leiby (North Schuylkill) sr
1289 Isiah Rico (Parkland) jr
1245 Jalen Stewart (Freedom) sr
1163 Brady Miller (Williams Valley) sr
1155 Matt Frauen (Notre Dame) jr
1142 Ali Barkley (Whitehall) sr
1087 Dalton Kintzel (Pine Grove) sr
1047 Christian Arrington (ES South) jr
1046 Damian Garcia (Saucon Valley) soph
1035 Jayden Williams (Central Catholic) jr
Touchdowns (20)
36 Asher Smith (Southern Lehigh) sr *School Record*
34 Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven) sr
27 Brandon Camire (Emmaus) jr
26 Nate Boyle (Tamaqua) sr
25 Tyrese Brandon (Northampton) sr *School Record*
24 Nahjee Adams (Easton) jr
21 Jalen Stewart (Freedom) sr
21 Nick Henry (Northwestern) jr
21 Tavion Banks (Bethlehem Catholic) sr
20 Danny Lawrence (Mahanoy Area) sr
20 Dimitri Rojas (Stroudsburg) jr
20 Christian Greggo (Notre Dame) sr
Passing Yards (1,000)
2268 Bryce Herb (Williams Valley) jr *School Record*
2249 Scott Schwalm (Minersville) sr *School Record*
2241 Damon Yost (Pottsville) sr
2207 Jared Jenkins (Freedom) sr
1949 Anthony Harris (Nazareth) sr
1933 Deven Bollinger (Northwestern) sr
1924 Joe Kerbacher (Northampton) jr
1879 Quintin Stephens (Salisbury) jr
1874 Cayden Stem (Wilson) soph
1722 Matt Rauscher (Central Catholic) jr
1594 Lawson Bray (PM West) sr
1550 Cole Transue (Easton) soph
1509 Brayden Knoblauch (Tamaqua) sr
1440 Jason Dean (Blue Mountain) sr
1424 Will Fish (ES South) jr
1396 Jared Richardson (Bethlehem Catholic) soph
1273 Cody Miller (Nativity) soph
1034 Dallas Holmes (Liberty) sr
Touchdown Passes (20)
32 Bryce Herb (Williams Valley) jr *School Record*
32 Deven Bollinger (Northwestern) sr
30 Damon Yost (Pottsville) sr *School Record*
25 Joe Kerbacher (Northampton) jr *School Record*
23 Jared Jenkins (Freedom) sr
23 Anthony Harris (Nazareth) sr
22 Cayden Stem (Wilson) soph
21 Scott Schwalm (Minersville) sr *School Record*
Receptions (38)
66 Nate Stefanik (Nazareth) sr
65 Gabe Davis (Minersville) jr *School Record*
57 Allen Negrete (Whitehall) sr
57 Chad Parton (Salisbury) jr
48 Derek Berlitz (Notre Dame) soph
48 Chase Holmes (Easton) sr
46 Jack McGorry (Central Catholic) jr
43 Zack Gillen (Wilson) soph
42 Jared Russell (Northampton) sr
42 Jared Graeff (Minersville) soph
42 Mason Barnes (Pottsville) sr
41 Gabe Caton (Freedom) sr
41 George Hlavac (Central Catholic) sr
40 Matt Stianche (Bethlehem Catholic) sr
40 Matt Kistler (Tamaqua) sr
39 Jameel Sanders (Emmaus) jr
38 Tyrese Brandon (Northampton) sr
38 Bo Raho (Williams Valley) sr
38 Nick Johnston (Parkland) sr
Reception Yardage (600)
1041 Gabe Davis (Minersville) jr *School Record*
969 Nathan Stefanik (Nazareth) sr
872 Chad Parton (Salisbury) jr
850 Gabe Caton (Freedom) sr
823 Zack Gillen (Wilson) soph
783 Allen Negrete (Whitehall) sr
746 Derek Berlitz (Notre Dame) soph
743 Christian Sapp (ES South) jr
742 Mason Barnes (Pottsville) sr
736 Chase Holmes (Easton) sr
724 Tyrese Brandon (Northampton) sr
717 Bo Raho (Williams Valley) sr
700 Justin Holmes (Northwestern) soph
694 Matt Kistler (Tamaqua) sr
686 Keegan Brennan (Nativity) jr
668 Kevin Schenk (Pottsville) sr
650 Jameel Sanders (Emmaus) jr
638 Nick Johnston (Parkland) sr
626 Jayden Cruz (Williams Valley) sr
616 Matt Stianche (Bethlehem Catholic) sr
603 Vincent Reph (Freedom) sr
Reception Touchdowns (10)
12 Bo Raho (Williams Valley) sr
12 Christian Sapp (ES South) jr
12 Christian Greggo (Notre Dame) sr
12 Jared Russell (Northampton) sr *School Record*
12 Zack Gillen (Wilson) soph
11 Nate Stefanik (Nazareth) sr
11 Jesse Engle (Williams Valley) jr
11 Mason Barnes (Pottsville) sr *Ties School Record*
11 Kevin Schenk (Pottsville) sr *Ties School Record*
11 Justin Holmes (Northwestern) soph
10 Gabe Davis (Minersville) jr *School Record*
10 Tyrese Brandon (Northampton) sr
10 Chad Parton (Salisbury) jr
