RUNNINGBACKS:
Eli Zimmerman of Northwestern rushed for a school record 271 yards and 2 td’s in week 6. Brett Snyder held the old record when he rushed for 266 yards vs Notre Dame in 1995. Zimmerman has rushed for 833 yards and scored 14 td’s this season. Junior Niko Carestia of Schuylkill Haven rushed for 333 yards and 3 td’s to up his District leading totals to 1,316 yards rushing and 21 td’s scored. Carestia also went over 3,000 career rushing yards (3,245). Jameson Trainer of Palmerton rushed for 202 yards and a td vs Wilson in week 6 and also threw for 198 yards and 3 td’s. Charles Capers of ES South (1,108 yards), Aaron Beete of Freedom (1,093 yards), and Colton Reber of Schuylkill Haven (1,029 yards) all joined the chart after week 6. I failed to mention that Chris Ward of Pleasant Valley rushed for 201 yards in week 5.
QUARTERBACKS:
Matt Bodnar of Notre Dame threw for 419 yards and 4 td’s in week 6 to up his District leading totals to 2,169 yards passing and 22 td passes. Chase Walker of Freedom had his 5th 200 yard passing game when he threw for 227 yards and 2 td’s in their win over ES South. Colton Sams of Southern Lehigh threw for 209 yards and 4 td’s vs Jim Thorpe to up his season totals to 1.279 yards and 12 td passes. Sams’ yardage is the second highest this season behind Bodnar. Walker is third with 1,261 yards. Brady Strause of Blue Mountain threw for 225 yards and 4 td passes in week 6. The junior joins the chart as he went over 1,000 yards passing in his first season (1,110). Sophomore Andrew Allen of Pottsville also went over 1,000 yards (1,140) for the season and is added to the chart. Antonio Fontanez of Liberty went over 3,000 yards passing in his career (3,062) and the junior also hit the 25 td pass mark for his career. Cole Ordway of Easton threw for 220 yards and 2 td’s vs Stroudsburg to put him over 2,000 yards passing (2,075) for his career. Jeramy Cressman of Wilson threw for 198 yards and 3 td’s last week to also go over 2,000 yards passing in his career (2,103 yards). Cole Lazorick of Jim Thorpe threw for 274 yards and 2 scores in week 6 and Rocco Delguidice of PM East threw for exactly 200 yards and a td. Other qb’s going over 1,000 yards passing for the season in week 6 were Ivan Laubach of ES South (1,015 yards), and Peyton Falzone of Nazareth (1,006 yards).
RECEIVERS:
We have a great race in all 3 categories. Justin Yescavage of Jim Thorpe leads the District with 34 receptions. Kian Krzyzanowski of Williams Valley is 2nd with 33 catches, followed by Xzavier Pusateri of ES South with 32, Carmine Diaz of Notre Dame 31, and both Ethan Dudsak of Stroudsburg and Jonathan Striba of Notre Dame with 30 catches. For the yardage lead, Krzyzanowski is at the top with 597 yards followed closely by Diaz (590), Pusateri (589), and Noah Dolbin of Nativity (576 yards). Krzyzanowski also leads in td receptions with 9 followed by both Manny Bolmer of Catasauqua and Diaz who both have 8 td receptions. Gaige Guers of Blue Mountain broke the school career receiving yardage record in week 6. Guers has 1,191 yards which breaks the old record of 1,166 yards that Charlie Schultz set from 1998-2000. Carter Vassa of Bethlehem Catholic went over 1,000 career receiving yards in week 6. The sophomore has 1,077 career yards. Four more players joined the chart in week 6, Carmine Diaz of Notre Dame (590 yards), Amare DuBoise of Freedom (533 yards), Robbie Schaeffer of Pine Grove (522 yards), and Ethan Dudsak of Stroudsburg (521 yards).
Noah Dolbin of Nativity career receiving total watch:
125 receptions – tied for 26th place all-time in the District with KJ Williams of Liberty (2010-13)
2,529 yards – 13th place all-time in the District (12th place occupied by Parish Marshall of Catasauqua) 2,541 yards from 2011-13
TIDBITS: NO NEW PLAYERS THIS WEEK FOR ALL 3 CATEGORIES
1st 1,000 yard rusher in school history (5 new this week)
Nazareth – Frank Marakovits 1950 (1,158 yards)
Northampton – Denny Onkotz 1965 (1,234 yards)
Palmerton – Walt Konek 1966 (1,006 yards)
Schuylkill Haven – Blair Moyer 1973 (1,033 yards)
Williams Valley – Don Matter 1970 (1,097 yards)
Bangor – Dave Menecola 1985 (1,004 yards)
Blue Mountain – Jeff Zimmerman 1965 (1,077 yards)
Cardinal Brennan – John Marin 1974 (1,274 yards)
Central Catholic – Scott Mittl 1980 (1,147 yards)
Dieruff – Mark Howard 1976 (1,380 yards)
East Stroudsburg South – Harold Myers 1961 (1,282 yards)
Easton – Charlie Weaver 1959 (1,040 yards)
Freedom – Mike Lawrence 1982 (1,072 yards)
Jim Thorpe – Paul Skrimcovsky 1966 (1,001 yards)
Lehighton – Jake Boyer 1964 (1,009 yards)
Liberty – Tom Donchez 1969 (1,388 yards)
Mahanoy Area – Dan Lucyk 1963 (1,089 yards)
North Schuylkill – John Rosella 1968 (1,438 yards)
Northern Lehigh – Maurice Schleicher 1954 (1,476 yards)
Northwestern – Carson Wentz 1970 (1,111 yards)
Panther Valley – Mike Winsko 1966 (1,137 yards)
Pleasant Valley – Chris Jacobs 1998 (1,036 yards)
Pottsville – Jack Brennan 1948 (1,010 yards)
Southern Lehigh – Sam Hess 1972 (1,032 yards)
Tamaqua – George Barron 1962 (1,351 yards)
William Allen – Bruce Montager 1972 (1,041 yards)
Wilson Area – Jeff Lilly 1973 (1,040 yards)
1st 1,000 yard passer in school history (5 new this week)
Bangor – Steve Menhennitt 1969 (1,504 yards)
Easton – Don Gentzle 1969 (1,090 yards)
Jim Thorpe – John Searfoss 1985 (1,273 yards)
Mahanoy Area – Matt Lawrence 1986 (1,111 yards)
Tri-Valley – Darin Kehler 1985 (1,352 yards)
Bethlehem Catholic – Greg Adams 1971 (1,342 yards)
Catasauqua – Mike Rieker 1972 (1,433 yards)
Dieruff – Ross Moore 1968 (1,432 yards)
East Stroudsburg North – David Aquiles 2017 (1,020 yards)
Emmaus – Evan Burian 1963 (1,090 yards)
Lehighton – Terry Woginrich 1967 (1,239 yards)
Marian Catholic – Mike Kmetz 1981 (1,021 yards)
Minersville – Bob Kumpaitis 1970 (1,053 yards)
Nazareth – John Fritchman 1980 (1,081 yards)
Northampton – Eric Spadt 1995 (1,100 yards)
Northern Lehigh – Ron Henry 1963 (1,130 yards)
Palmerton – Pete Kale 1974 (1,025 yards)
Saucon Valley – Jim Kugler 1967 (1,043 yards)
Shenandoah Valley – Mickey Kayes 1968 (1,276 yards)
Southern Lehigh – Al Kniffen 1980 (1,096 yards)
1st 1,000 yard receiver in school history (3 new this week)
Easton – Mark Libiano 1991 (1,010 yards)
Emmaus – Dylan Darville 2022 (1,047 yards)
Freeland – Brian Ayers 1986 (1,097 yards)
Bethlehem Catholic – John Dieser 2000 (1,187 yards)
Central Catholic – Kevin Gulyas 2010 (1,282 yards)
Dieruff – Joel Rupp 2002 (1,027 yards)
ES South – Dan Cason 2009 (1,095 yards)
Nativity – Paul Bandholz 1988 (1,004 yards)
North Schuylkill – Al Marquardt 1999 (1,008 yards)
Northwestern – Trevor Cunningham 2016 (1,108 yards)
Notre Dame – David Sanders 2018 (1,341 yards)
Palisades – Jim Kacergis 1975 (1,054 yards)
Pine Grove – Shea Morgan 2020 (1,019 yards)
2024 single-game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat
Single Game Touchdowns (4)
7 (5) Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)
5 (1), 4 (4) Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua) *School Record*
5 (4) Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)
4 (1) Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
4 (1) Gabe Green (Liberty)
4 (3) Jasir Frutchey (Easton)
4 (5) Dante Carr (Minersville)
4 (5) Sean Steckert (Southern Lehigh)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
333 (6), 277 (5), 260 (4), 204 (3) Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)
271 (6) Eli Zimmerman (Northwestern) *School Record*
226 (5) Sean Steckert (Southern Lehigh)
207 (3) Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
206 (4) Fletcher Thompson (Williams Valley)
205 (5) JuJu Bainbridge (Pottsville)
202 (6) Jameson Trainer (Palmerton)
201 (5) Chris Ward (Pleasant Valley)
Single Game Passing Yardage (200)
607 (1), 419 (6), 363 (3), 313 (2), 249 (5), 218 (4) Matt Bodnar (Notre Dame) **DISTRICT RECORD**
403 (5), 270 (1), 215 (4) Dante Carr (Minersville)
313 (1) Aiden Reilly (Catasauqua)
303 (4) Andrew Allen (Pottsville)
278 (4), 212 (1) Ivan Laubach (ES South)
274 (6), 266 (1) Cole Lazorick (Jim Thorpe)
265 (4), 235 (5), 213 (2), 209 (6) Colton Sams (Southern Lehigh)
262 (1), 227 (6), 221 (4), 220 (3), 208 (5) Chase Walker (Freedom)
261 (4), 231 (5) Caden Mengel (North Schuylkill)
255 (3) Peyton Falzone (Nazareth)
254 (3) Braden Rohn (Saucon Valley)
253 (4) Jayce Lawrence (Lehighton)
250 (2), 200 (1), 200 (6) Rocco Delgiudice (Pocono Mountain East)
225 (5), 209 (2) Brady Shomper (Williams Valley)
222 (4) Jack Trickel (Palisades)
225 (6), 212 (2), 202 (1) Brady Strause (Blue Mountain)
220 (6) Cole Ordway (Easton)
212 (4) Garrett Smoyer (Northern Lehigh)
210 (5), 209 (2) Ben Kreitzer (Nativity)
Single Game TD Passes (4)
7 (1), (4), 4 (6) Matt Bodnar (Notre Dame) *School Record*
4 (1) Aiden Reilly (Catasauqua)
4 (1) Dante Carr (Minersville)
4 (1) Cole Lazorick (Jim Thorpe)
4 (3) Peyton Falzone (Nazareth)
4 (3) Cole Ordway (Easton)
4 (3) Braden Rohn (Saucon Valley)
4 (4) Andrew Allen (Pottsville)
4 (4) Jayce Lawrence (Lehighton)
4 (6) Colton Sams (Southern Lehigh)
4 (6) Brady Strause (Blue Mountain)
Single Game Receptions (10)
11 (1) Ethan Dudsak (Stroudsburg)
10 (5) Justin Yescavage (Jim Thorpe)
Single Game Reception Yardage (140)
269 (1) Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua) *School Record*
207 (3) Alex Clark (Notre Dame)
197 (2) Justin Williams (Pocono Mountain East) *School Record*
180 (4) Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
166 (5) Paiten LaPoint (Minersville)
163 (1) Ethan Dudsak (Stroudsburg)
163 (6) Noah Dolbin (Nativity)
161 (6) Carmine Diaz (Notre Dame)
152 (2) Andrew Olesh (Southern Lehigh)
152 (1) Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
147 (5) Victor Schlosser (Tamaqua)
145 (5) Logan Hutsko (Minersville)
142 (6) Gaige Guers (Blue Mountain)
Single Game Reception TD’s (3)
4 (1) Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua) *Ties School Record*
4 (3) Jasir Frutchey (Easton) *Ties School Record*
3 (2) Justin Williams (Pocono Mountain East) *Ties School Record*
3 (3) Alex Clark (Notre Dame)
3 (4) Joe Roth Lehighton)
3 (5) Kamari Coleman (Stroudsburg)
3 (6) Carmine Diaz (Notre Dame)
Field Goals (40 yards)
49 (1) Gavin Mentzer (North Schuylkill)
42 (1) Noah Tapler (Southern Lehigh)
42 (3) Harrison Aillet (ES South)
District 11 Season Leaders
Rushing (640)
1316 Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)
877 Rory Dixon (Marian Catholic)
833 Eli Zimmerman (Northwestern)
771 Dante Carr (Minersville)
757 Charlie Capers (ES South)
740 Aaron Beete (Freedom)
707 Sean Steckert (Southern Lehigh)
645 Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
645 JuJu Bainbridge (Pottsville)
Touchdowns (13)
21 Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)
15 Charlie Capers (ES South)
15 Sean Steckert (Southern Lehigh)
14 Eli Zimmerman (Northwestern)
13 Dante Carr (Minersville)
13 Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
Passing Yards (1000)
2169 Matt Bodnar (Notre Dame)
1279 Colton Sams (Southern Lehigh)
1261 Chase Walker (Freedom)
1183 Dante Carr (Minersville)
1140 Andrew Allen (Pottsville)
1110 Brady Strause (Blue Mountain)
1015 Ivan Laubach (ES South)
1006 Peyton Falzone (Nazareth)
Touchdown Passes (12)
22 Matt Bodnar (Notre Dame)
16 Dante Carr (Minersvile)
13 Chase Walker (Freedom)
13 Brady Shomper (Williams Valley)
12 Shane Leh (Northwestern)
12 Colton Sams (Southern Lehigh)
12 Brady Strause (Blue Mountain)
Receptions (27)
34 Justin Yescavage (Jim Thorpe)
33 Kian Krzyzanowski (Williams Valley)
32 Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
31 Carmine Diaz (Notre Dame)
30 Ethan Dudsak (Stroudsburg)
30 Jonathan Striba (Notre Dame)
29 Talon Dogmantis (Whitehall)
29 Victor Schlosser (Tamaqua)
28 Aidan Curran (Jim Thorpe)
27 Brady Behr (PM West)
27 Jake Puksyzn (Liberty)
Reception Yardage (500)
597 Kian Krzyzanowski (Williams Valley)
590 Carmine Diaz (Notre Dame)
589 Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
576 (Noah Dolbin (Nativity)
544 Tsirell Curry (Pottsville)
526 Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua)
Reception Touchdowns (6)
9 Kian Krzyzanowski (Williams Valley)
8 Carmine Diaz (Notre Dame)
8 Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua)
7 Jack Robertson (Saucon Valley)
7 Kamari Coleman (Stroudsburg)
6 Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
6 Paiten LaPoint (Minersville)
6 Shacre Colwell (Freedom)
6 Noah Dolbin (Nativity)
6 Victor Schlosser (Tamaqua)
