DISTRICT NOTES – WEEK 14:
by Duke Helm
RUNNING BACKS: Evan Culver of Saucing Valley rushed for 202 yards and scored 4 total td’s in their win over Selinsgrove. Culver rushed for 3 td’s and also scored on a 28 yard interception in the first quarter. That broke a string of 58 consecutive td’s via the rush for Culver. He scored the last 16 td’s in 2014 via the rush and the first 42 this year. Culver has now rushed for 2,861 yards and 46 total td’s this year. Both are tops in the District this year and both are the 5th highest all-time in the District. Culver moves into 13th place all-time with his 4,864 career rushing yards. He moved ahead of Robbie Frey of Lehighton and is now 10 yards behind Marian Catholic’s Mike Tracy and 30 yards behind Nick Frantz of Pine Grove. His 75 career td’s moves him one ahead of Parkland’s Austin Scott and into 9th place all-time in the District. Dylan Evans of Pen Argyl is in 8th place with 79 career td’s.
QUARTERBACKS: Devante Cross of Parkland threw for 142 yards and rushed for another 112 yards and both td’s in their win over La Salle. He’s rushed for 1,353 yards and scored 19 td’s this year while throwing for 2,424 yards and 22 td passes. He broke his own single season passing yardage record that he set last year. Cross has now rushed for 2,921 yards in his career while scoring 40 td’s. His career passing totals are now at 5,827 yards and 60 td passes. Zach Thatcher of Saucon Valley now has 30 career td passes. He’s rushed for 1,121 yards and 16 scores this year while passing for 1,110 yards and 13 td’s.
Looking at the career passing charts for District 11: Devante Cross of Parkland moves up to 13th place with his 5,827 yards. Dan Persa of Liberty is in 12th wit his 5,875 yards. Cross still has 60 career td passes and is tied for 10th place all-time with Dan Kendra III of Bethlehem Catholic.
RECEIVERS: Kenny Yeboah of Parkland now holds the single season school records with his 62 catches for 974 yards this year. His 12 td catches are still one behind his own record 13 td catches that he set last year. Yeboah now has 109 career catches for 1,747 yards and 25 td catches. He is 5 catches behind school career leader Tim Massaquoi’s 114 that he set from 1998-00. Nate Harka of Saucon Valley caught a td pass last week to up his career total to 16 td catches and is now tied with teammate Mike Kane for the school record. Harka needs 4 yards to break Keith Okken’s school career record of 1,246 receiving yards.
Week 14 Trivia: Name the four players from District 11 that have rushed for more yards in a single season than Evan Culver.
Week 13 Trivia: Culver and Thatcher became the 7th Colonial league teammates to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. Can you name the other 6 teammates that have accomplished this? Chris Gerhard and Bill Coolbaugh of Catasauqua in 1981, Scott Rothrock and Nate Pendry of Catasauqua in 1996, Josh Snyder and Jon Suter of Northwestern in 1997, Dan Ruggiero and Corey Heard of Pen Argyl in 2006 and Jeff Noyes and Matt Falcone of Palmerton in both 2007 and 2008.
Week 12 Trivia: Correction…Notre Dame has 3 players with over 500 yards receiving and 1 player with over 400 yards. Name the only team to have 4 players with 500 yards or more receiving in the same season. *Nazareth* 2011: Adam Bridgeforth (1,221), Andrew Bridgeforth (1,011), Alex Tonnies (674) and Dan Shephard (508). The first team to have 3 players with 500 yards receiving and 1 player with over 400 yards in the same season. Bethlehem Catholic in 1999: Shawn Martell 950 yards, Eddie Scipio 695 yards, Frank Trovato 640 yards and Pete Donchez 476 yards. Notre Dame’s Destyn Woody went over 500 yards vs Dunmore to give them 4 players with over 500 yards receiving in a season. They are: Nick Basenese (826), Woody (608), Aaron Weller (586) and Mitch Daniel (525).
Week 11 Trivia: Robert Heller of Jim Thorpe ended his career scoring 35 td’s. Name the 3 Olympians that have scored more than 35 td’s in their careers. Jason Figura had 52 (2001-04), Phil Redline had 39 (2004-07) and Gary Storer had 38 from 1993-94.
Week 10 Trivia: Which running back in the District has the most 300 yard rushing games? Colin McDermott (Central Catholic), James Mungro (ES South), Austin Scott (Parkland), Franklyn Quiteh (PM West) or Zack Barket (Schuylkill Haven). Austin Scott had 4 games with over 300 yards rushing. Barket, McDermott and Quiteh all had 3 and surprisingly Mungro only had 2.
Week 9 Trivia:
Austyn Borre of Pleasant Valley has caught 20 or more passes in all four years. Name the other 3 players that have accomplished this. Matt Camilletti of Pius X (36, 36, 53, 58), OJ Grow of Williams (30, 34, 26, 60) and Nate Stewart of Pius X & Bethlehem Catholic (23, 26, 81, 25).
Week 8 Trivia: Aaron Weller of Notre Dame has 9 td catches this year. Name the 2 former teammates that currently share the school record with 10 td catches each. Greg Machia in 1990 and Aaron Cerrone in 1991.
Week 7 Trivia: Name the 2 current head coaches in District 11 that rushed for 1,000 yards in a season for a District 11 team. Josh Snyder of Northwestern did it twice. In 1996, he rushed for 1,102 yards and in 1997, he rushed for 1,395 yards. Current North Schuylkill head coach Wally Hall rushed for 1,175 yards in his junior year for Shenandoah Valley in 1992.
Week 6 Trivia: Ethan Price of Southern Lehigh leads the District with 9 td catches this year. Price is tied with 2 other players at Southern Lehigh. Name those 2 players. Price was tied with Dave Wood and Jeff Smillie. Wood had 9 in 1974 and Smillie had 9 in 2010. Price had a td catch last week and now has 10 this year, tying Jake Meluskey’s school record. Meluskey, a fullback, set the record in 2011 when he caught 32 passes for 508 yards and the 10 td’s. Meluskey also rushed for 1,139 yards and another 9 td’s.
Week 5 Trivia: Which one of these Salisbury receivers is tied with current Falcon Mason Donaldson for the most career td catches. Antoine Hubbard, John Gardus, Andrew Haldeman, Joey Remmel, Chris Burda, Doug Durepo, Scott Gardus or Jesse Phillips. John Gardus had 14 td catches. He had 7 in 2006 and 7 more in 2007. Hubbard and Haldeman each had 12 td catches in their careers.
Week 4 Trivia: Tevon Murray, a 6’6″ wide receiver from North Schuylkill didn’t catch one of Bobby Grigas’ 3 td passes last week vs Marian Catholic. That snapped a streak of 11 consecutive games with a td catch. The District 11 record is 14 consecutive games. Who holds the record? Kevin Gulyas of Central Catholic. The streak started in 2010 with the playoffs. Gulyas caught a td in all 6 playoff games including their win over Bishop McDevitt in the State final. He then caught a td pass in the first 8 games of the 2011 season. His streak ended when they played in a snow storm vs Allen. With Central up 33-0 at halftime, the game was called. Gulyas caught the only 2 completions from Brendan Nosovitch for 6 yards.
Week 3 Trivia: Jahan Dotson of Nazareth broke the District 11 record for most catches for a player in their freshman and sophomore seasons. Dotson has 75 catches so far in his career. Who held the old record with 72 catches? Matt Camilletti of Pius X (2008-09).
Week 2 Trivia: Name the only pair of brothers from District 11 to each rush for over 1,000 yards in the same season. Joe and Jim Agosti of Marian Catholic did the trick in 1976. Senior Joe, rushed for 1,050 yards and 8 td’s, while brother Jim, a junior rushed for 1,274 yards and 23 td’s (both school records at the time). Jim would go over 1,200 yards again as a senior in 1977. Jim totaled 142 points in 1976 to break the old Carbon County scoring record that was held since 1956. Eddie Kocha of Nesquehoning (also a junior) scored 141 points in 9 games. The year before in 1975, Marian also had 2 players rush for 1,000 yards each. Pete Albano rushed for 1,268 yards and Fred Segilia rushed for 1,038 yards. The head coach for the 1975 and 1976 seasons was Chuck Rocconi. The following year, Stan Dakosky took over the team and is now in his 38th year.
Week 1 Trivia: Ethan Price of Southern Lehigh also broke the District 11 single game receiving yardage record with his 296 yards. Who held the old District record? Kevin Gulyas (2011 vs Parkland) of Central Catholic and Quintin Lopez (2004 vs Southern Columbia) of Pius X both had 280 yards in a game.
2015 single game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat (totals set last week)
Single Game Touchdowns (4)
7 (9) Gunner Anglovich (Liberty) *7 School Record*
7 (11), 6 (1), 5 (4), 4 (5), 4 (7), 4 (9), 4 (12) Kyle Boney (Emmaus) *7 School Record*
6 (7) Mike Stasko (Palmerton) *6 School Record*
6 (10), 4 (5) Nysir Minney-Gratz (Easton)
5 (2), 5 (3), 5 (5), 4 (7), 4 (10) Antwon Keenan (Beth. Catholic) *5 Ties School Record*
5 (2) Bud Moyer (Tamaqua) *5 Ties School Record*
5 (3) Jamaal Brome (Stroudsburg)
5 (5) Devante Cross (Parkland)
5 (8) Logan Sterner (Pen Argyl) *5 Ties School Record*
5 (8), 5 (12), 4 (4), 4 (5), 4 (10), 4 (14) Evan Culver (Saucon Valley) *5 Ties School Record*
5 (9), 4 (12) KJ Snerr (Marian Catholic) *5 Ties School Record*
5 (13) Devin Turner (Northampton) *5 Ties School Record*
4 (2) Devin Irwin (Salisbury)
4 (3), 4 (4), 4 (10) Thomas Melchiorre (ES North)
4 (4) Austyn Borre (Pleasant Valley)
4 (4) Lenny Dulsky (Mahanoy Area)
4 (5) Matt Fisher (PM East)
4 (6), 4 (9), 4 (11) Alvin Pacheco (Central Catholic)
4 (7) Richie Zahodnick (North Schuylkill)
4 (8) Wyatt Clements (Lehighton)
4 (8) Mitch Daniel (Notre Dame)
4 (9) Tre Jordan (Notre Dame)
4 (10 Jalen Simpson (Notre Dame)
4 (11) Eric Digirolamo (Parkland)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
469 (10), 302 (8), 202 (2) Nysir Minney-Gratz (Easton) *469 District Record*
391 (9), 293 (12) Gunner Anglovich (Liberty) *391 School Record*
377 (9), 318 (11), 297 (7), 224 (5), 221 (6), 218 (4), Kyle Boney (Emmaus) *377 School Record*
331 (13), 279 (5), 242 (8), 221 (2) 207 (3), 204 (9), 203 (12), 202 (14) Evan Culver (Saucon Valley)
329 (4) Lenny Dulsky (Mahanoy Area) *329 Ties School Record*
329 (10), 276 (4) Thomas Melchiorre (ES North) *329 School Record*
307 (3), 247 (10), 236 (1) Jamaal Brome (Stroudsburg) *307 School Record*
306 (7) Chris Monaco (PM West)
296 (5) Mason Ryan (Mahanoy Area)
278 (12), 259 (11), 249 (6) Alvin Pacheco (Central Catholic)
270 (8) Logan Sterner (Pen Argyl)
255 (5) Austyn Borre (Pleasant Valley) *255 School Record*
252 (5) Matt Fisher (PM East)
248 (1) Mike Stasko (Palmerton) *248 School Record*
246 (4) Robert Heller (Jim Thorpe)
246 (9), 245 (10) Devante Robinson (Dieruff)
239 (6), 237 (7) Major Jordan (North Schuylkill)
227 (7), 208 (2) Bud Moyer (Tamaqua)
225 (7) KJ Snerr (Marian Catholic)
223 (8) Harry Hall (Northwestern)
222 (13) Devin Turner (Northampton)
221 (9) Saivaughn Vass (Bangor)
212 (3) Danny Lozada (Schuylkill Haven)
203 (10) Andres Santos (Freedom)
Single Game Passing Yardage (200)
406 (1), 297 (4), 243 (11), 242 (7), 227 (3) Blake Levengood (South. Lehigh) *406 School Record*
369 (9), 278 (5), 243 (1) 215 (3) Giani Sinatore (Whitehall) *369 School Record*
363 (3), 358 (12), 316 (5), 289 (7), 285 (2), 262 (11), 246 (13), 243 (6), 241 (9), 218 (4), 210 (8) Tre Jordan (Notre Dame) *363 School Record*
349 (8), 217 (10) Cameron Clark (Wilson)
345 (9), 209 (10) Ethan Persa (Central Catholic)
313 (6), 277 (5), 222 (10), 216 (2), 211 (12) Devante Cross (Parkland)
297 (1), 231 (5), 230 (11), 204 (6) Doug Erney (Liberty)
288 (3), 270 (2), 237 (11), 235 (1), 226 (4), 212 (8), 211 (6), 207 (5) Travis Stefanik (Nazareth)
278 (6), 235 (1) Tevon Weber (Salisbury)
274 (4), 200 (1) Jake Jakobsen (Stroudsburg)
268 (10), 257 (6), 247 (8), 241 (9), 234 (2), 221 (3) Jake Cirillo (ES South)
257 (2) Ethan Kuczynski (Marian Catholic)
252 (8) Andrew Brett (Catasauqua)
243 (9), 232 (7) Brandon Keyes (Pleasant Valley)
234 (5), 201 (7) Nick Rodichok (Williams Valley)
231 (4) Mikey Brown (Pleasant Valley)
230 (10), 224 (9) Bobby Grigas (North Schuylkill)
229 (4) Tyler Cann (Lehighton)
223 (10) Ian McCole (Shenandoah Valley)
216 (3) Garrett Perschy (Palmerton)
215 (3) Cristian Burker (Catasauqua)
207 (10) Eric Wapinsky (Pottsville)
205 (3) Trey Durrah (Easton)
Single Game TD Passes (4)
5 (4), 4 (11) Travis Stefanik (Nazareth) *5 Ties School Record*
4 (1), 4 (9) Blake Levengood (Southern Lehigh) *4 Ties School Record*
4 (1) Mason Freed (Blue Mountain)
4 (2) Tevon Weber (Salisbury)
4 (2) Devante Cross (Parkland) *4 Ties School Record*
4 (3), 4 (7) Tre Jordan (Notre Dame)
4 (4), 4 (7) Jake Jakobson (Stroudsburg)
4 (5), 4 (6) Doug Erney (Liberty)
4 (8) Andrew Brett (Catasauqua)
4 (8), 4 (9) Nick Rodichok (Williams Valley)
4 (9) Brandon Keyes (Pleasant Valley)
Single Game Receptions (10)
11 (3) Julian Liaci (Nazareth)
10 (2), 10 (10) Kenny Yeboah (Parkland)
10 (6) Mason Donaldson (Salisbury)
10 (8) Jahan Dotson (Nazareth)
10 (8) Joel Santana (Shenandoah Valley) *10 Ties School Record*
Single Game Reception Yardage (140)
296 (1) 166 (7), 164 (3) Ethan Price (Southern Lehigh) *296 District Record*
229 (2) Aaron Deangelo (Marian Catholic) *229 School Record*
195 (11) Joel Santana (Shenandoah Valley)
184 (8), 172 (11), 167 (2), 145 (6) Jahan Dotson (Nazareth)
169 (9) Dallas Kassis (Central Catholic)
168 (6) Noah Ridgeway (Parkland)
164 (7) Cory Hicks (Catasauqua)
163 (12) Kenny Yeboah (Parkland)
159 (1) Nate Stewart (Bethlehem Catholic)
159 (13) Destyn Woody (Notre Dame)
158 (9), 150 (3) Changa Hodge (ES South)
147 (3) Julian Liaci (Nazareth)
147 (3) Desmond Boykin (Whitehall)
145 (4) Marcello Riccardi (Stroudsburg)
145 (11) Tim Walter (Southern Lehigh)
143 (5) Carrick Panella (Parkland)
141 (3) Tegan Durishin (Lehighton)
Single Game Reception TD’s (3)
4 (11), 3 (7) Jahan Dotson (Nazareth) *4 School Record*
3 (1) Nate Stewart (Bethlehem Catholic)
3 (1), 3 (8) Ethan Price (Southern Lehigh) *3 Ties School Record*
3 (2) Aaron Deangelo (Marian Catholic) *3 Ties School Record*
3 (9) Marcello Riccardi (Stroudsburg)
3 (10) Changa Hodge (ES South)
3 (10), 3 (12) Kenny Yeboah (Parkland)
2015 District 11 Season Leaders
Rushing (1,000)
2861 Evan Culver (Saucon Valley) *School Record*
2452 Kyle Boney (Emmaus) *School Record*
1958 Nysir Minney-Gratz (Easton)
1697 Thomas Melchiorre (ES North) *School Record*
1669 Wyatt Clements (Lehighton)
1649 Harry Hall (Northwestern)
1646 Jamaal Brome (Stroudsburg)
1610 Alvin Pacheco (Central Catholic)
1483 Robert Heller (Jim Thorpe)
1450 Gunner Anglovich (Liberty)
1395 KJ Snerr (Marian Catholic)
1353 Devante Cross (Parkland)
1329 Devante Robinson (Dieruff)
1327 Antwon Keenan (Bethlehem Catholic)
1233 Mike Stasko (Palmerton)
1190 Lenny Dulsky (Mahanoy Area)
1154 Austyn Borre (Pleasant Valley)
1152 Bud Moyer (Tamaqua)
1121 Zach Thatcher (Saucon Valley)
1120 Mason Ryan (Mahanoy Area)
1105 Dylan Rabuck (Williams Valley)
1096 Mitch Daniel (Notre Dame)
1078 Eric Digirolamo (Parkland)
1071 Travis Stefanik (Nazareth)
1035 CJ Young (Northern Lehigh)
Touchdowns (15)
46 Evan Culver (Saucon Valley) *School Record*
41 Kyle Boney (Emmaus) *School Record*
33 Antwon Keenen (Bethlehem Catholic)
28 Nysir Minney-Gratz (Easton)
26 Alvin Pacheco (Central Catholic)
24 Wyatt Clements (Lehighton)
24 KJ Snerr (Marian Catholic)
23 Jamaal Brome (Stroudsburg)
23 Harry Hall (Northwestern)
21 Gunner Anglovich (Liberty)
21 Mike Stasko (Palmerton) *School Record*
21 Bud Moyer (Tamaqua)
21 Thomas Melchiorre (ES North) *Ties School Record*
21 Jahan Dotson (Nazareth)
20 Robert Heller (Jim Thorpe)
20 Austyn Borre (Pleasant Valley) *School Record*
20 Eric Digirolamo (Parkland)
19 Tre Jordan (Notre Dame)
19 Devante Cross (Parkland)
18 Mitch Daniel (Notre Dame)
16 Marcello Riccardi (Stroudsburg)
16 Zach Thatcher (Saucon Valley)
16 Ethan Price (Southern Lehigh)
15 Lenny Dulsky (Mahanoy Area)
15 Mason Ryan (Mahanoy Area)
Passing Yards (1,000)
3375 Tre Jordan (Notre Dame) *School Record*
2417 Blake Levengood (Southern Lehigh) *School Record*
2346 Travis Stefanik (Nazareth)
2424 Devante Cross (Parkland)
2037 Doug Erney (Liberty)
1969 Jake Cirillo (ES South)
1874 Ethan Persa (Central Catholic)
1838 Giani Sinatore (Whitehall)
1732 Nick Rodichok (Williams Valley)
1691 Julian Spigner Bethlehem Catholic)
1643 Tyler Cann (Lehighton)
1558 Jake Jakobson (Stroudsburg) *School Record*
1554 Tevon Weber (Salisbury)
1518 Ian McCole (Shenandoah Valley)
1327 Cristian Burker (Catasauqua)
1201 Bobby Grigas (North Schuylkill)
1185 Jaden Buchanan (Tri-Valley)
1183 Ethan Kuczynski (Marian Catholic)
1152 Dylan Snyder (Northwestern)
1150 Dylan Della Valle (PM West)
1123 Joe Young (Freedom)
1110 Zach Thatcher (Saucon Valley)
1080 Garrett Perschy (Palmerton)
Touchdown Passes (20)
30 Tre Jordan (Notre Dame) *School Record*
28 Tevon Weber (Salisbury) *School Record*
28 Travis Stefanik (Nazareth)
28 Blake Levengood (Southern Lehigh) *School Record*
26 Doug Erney (Liberty) *School Record*
22 Devante Cross (Parkland)
22 Jake Jakobson (Stroudsburg) *School Record*
Receptions (30)
74 Nick Basenese (Notre Dame) *School Record*
65 Jahan Dotson (Nazareth)
62 Kenny Yeboah (Parkland) *School Record*
59 Joel Santana (Shenandoah Valley) *School Record*
56 Ethan Price (Southern Lehigh)
53 Julian Liaci (Nazareth)
51 Corey Raysely (Catasauqua)
50 Mason Donaldson (Salisbury)
50 Dallas Kassis (Central Catholic)
46 Aaron Weller (Notre Dame)
46 Ryan Greene (Catasauqua)
44 Marcello Riccardi (Stroudsburg) *School Record*
43 Tegan Durishin (Lehighton)
41 Desmond Boykin (Whitehall)
39 Richie Zahodnick (North Schuylkill)
39 Aaron Deangelo (Marian Catholic)
38 Victor Santiago (Liberty)
38 Tim Walter (Southern Lehigh)
38 Destyn Woody (Notre Dame)
36 Noah Ridgeway (Parkland)
35 Thomas Murphy (Central Catholic)
33 Jaykwon Jefferson (Wilson)
33 Tyler Lucas (Tri-Valley)
33 Austin Kaulius (Notre Dame)
32 Mitch Daniel (Notre Dame)
31 John Moran (Notre Dame)
31 Zach Bross (Parkland)
30 Nate Stewart (Bethlehem Catholic)
Reception Yardage (500)
1281 Ethan Price (Southern Lehigh) *School Record*
1174 Jahan Dotson (Nazareth)
974 Kenny Yeboah (Parkland) *School Record*
869 Changa Hodge (ES South)
832 Marcello Riccardi (Stroudsburg) *School Record*
826 Nick Basenese (Notre Dame)
810 Mason Donaldson (Salisbury)
762 Jake Wolfgang (Williams Valley)
761 Tim Walter (Southern Lehigh)
743 Corey Raysely (Catasauqua)
737 Victor Santiago (Liberty)
697 Dallas Kassis (Central Catholic)
677 Aaron Deangelo (Marian Catholic)
677 Joel Santana (Shenandoah Valley)
672 Nate Stewart (Bethlehem Catholic)
664 Julian Liaci (Nazareth)
662 Tegan Durishin (Lehighton)
628 Desmond Boykin (Whitehall)
608 Destyn Woody (Notre Dame)
600 Noah Ridgeway (Parkland)
592 Allen Hand (Williams Valley)
586 Aaron Weller (Notre Dame)
567 Nate Harka (Saucon Valley)
525 Mitch Daniel (Notre Dame)
519 Ryan Greene (Catasauqua)
Reception Touchdowns (10)
16 Jahan Dotson (Nazareth) *School Record*
16 Ethan Price (Southern Lehigh) *School Record*
13 Marcello Riccardi (Stroudsburg) *School Record*
13 Mason Donaldson (Salisbury) *School Record*
12 Changa Hodge (ES South)
12 Kenny Yeboah (Parkland)
10 Aaron Weller (Notre Dame) *Ties School Record*
10 Tevon Murray (North Schuylkill)
10 Jake Wolfgang (Williams Valley)
10 Victor Santiago (Liberty)
