DISTRICT NOTES – WEEK 15:
by Duke Helm
RUNNING BACKS: Evan Culver of Saucon Valley finishes the season with 2,934 rushing yards and 48 total td’s. His yardage is the 5th best all-time in the District for a single season. His td’s tie him with Jason Killian of Schuylkill Haven for 3rd best in the District. Zach Barket also from Schuylkill Haven holds the record with the 66 td’s that he had in 2008. Austin Scott of Parkland sits in 2nd place with his 53 td’s that he had in the 2002 championship season. Culver moves into 11th place all-time with his 4,864 career rushing yards. His 77 career td’s slots him in 9th place all-time in the District.
QUARTERBACKS: Devante Cross of Parkland has thrown for 2,679 yards and 24 td’s on the season. He’s rushed for 1,377 yards and scored 19 td’s this year. Cross has now rushed for 2,945 yards in his career while scoring 40 td’s. His career passing totals are now at 6,082 yards and 62 td passes. His career passing yards are now good enough for 12th place all-time in the District while his 62 td passes places him in 10th all-time. He’s 5 yards behind Dan Kendra III of Bethlehem Catholic, 38 yards behind Ryan Fry of Nazareth and 46 yards behind Anthony Casciano of Pius X. Zach Thatcher of Saucon Valley finishes the season with 1,164 yards rushing and 1,210 yards passing. For his career he threw for 2,549 yards and 31 td passes. He also rushed for 1,883 yards and 26 td’s.
RECEIVERS: Kenny Yeboah of Parkland now has 69 catches for 1,075 yards and 13 td catches. Yeboah is now Parkland’s career record holder with 116 catches. Tim Massaquoi held the old record with 114 (1998-00). Yeboah has 1,848 yards receiving in his career which places him in 3rd place at Parkland. Massaquoi has 1,928 yards and Clint Dotson has 1,859 yards. Nate Harka of Saucon Valley finished his career catching 73 passes for 1,302 yards with 17 of them going for td’s. His yardage and td’s are both school career records. Teammate Mike Kane ended his career with 70 catches for 1,210 yards with 16 going for td’s.
Week 14 Trivia: Name the four players from District 11 that have rushed for more yards in a single season than Evan Culver. Zach Barket of Schuylkill Haven (4,187 yards in 2008), Austin Scott of Parkland (3,853 yards in 2002), Colin McDermitt of Central Catholic (3,293 yards in 2012) and James Mungro of East Stroudsburg South (3,089 yards in 1995).
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), 240 (15), 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)
2934 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)
1377 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)
1137 Eric Digirolamo (Parkland)
1121 Zach Thatcher (Saucon Valley)
1120 Mason Ryan (Mahanoy Area)
1105 Dylan Rabuck (Williams Valley)
1096 Mitch Daniel (Notre Dame)
1071 Travis Stefanik (Nazareth)
1035 CJ Young (Northern Lehigh)
Touchdowns (15)
48 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)
22 Eric Digirolamo (Parkland)
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*
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*
2679 Devante Cross (Parkland) *School Record*
2417 Blake Levengood (Southern Lehigh) *School Record*
2346 Travis Stefanik (Nazareth)
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)
1210 Zach Thatcher (Saucon Valley)
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)
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*
24 Devante Cross (Parkland)
22 Jake Jakobson (Stroudsburg) *School Record*
Receptions (30)
74 Nick Basenese (Notre Dame) *School Record*
69 Kenny Yeboah (Parkland) *School Record*
65 Jahan Dotson (Nazareth)
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)
38 Noah Ridgeway (Parkland)
35 Zach Bross (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 Nate Harka (Saucon Valley)
30 Nate Stewart (Bethlehem Catholic)
Reception Yardage (500)
1281 Ethan Price (Southern Lehigh) *School Record*
1174 Jahan Dotson (Nazareth)
1075 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)
650 Noah Ridgeway (Parkland)
628 Desmond Boykin (Whitehall)
626 Nate Harka (Saucon Valley)
608 Destyn Woody (Notre Dame)
592 Allen Hand (Williams Valley)
586 Aaron Weller (Notre Dame)
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 Kenny Yeboah (Parkland) *Ties School Record*
13 Marcello Riccardi (Stroudsburg) *School Record*
13 Mason Donaldson (Salisbury) *School Record*
12 Changa Hodge (ES South)
10 Aaron Weller (Notre Dame) *Ties School Record*
10 Tevon Murray (North Schuylkill)
10 Jake Wolfgang (Williams Valley)
10 Victor Santiago (Liberty)
