by Duke Helm
DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 7):
RUNNINGBACKS:
Matt Russin of Freedom rushed for 121 yards and a td in their win over Bethlehem Catholic to go over 2,000 yards rushing for his career. Russin now has 2,109 yards rushing to go along with his 526 yards receiving. Chase Herb of Tri-Valley scored 3 td’s for the 4th week in a row as he rushed for 104 yards and a td while catching 3 passes for 78 yards and 2 td’s in their 35-28 loss to Williams Valley. Herb now has 12 td’s on the season and 32 for his career. Herb, like Russin, is a 2,000-yard rusher/500-yard receiver for his career. He has rushed for 2,636 yards while catching 38 passes for 607 yards and 8 td’s. Ben Terry of Mahanoy Area followed up his 248 yards rushing 2 weeks ago with 249 yards this past week in a loss to Blue Mountain. Terry upped his season totals to 954 yards rushing and 18 td’s scored. Louie Clouser of Panther Valley rushed for 238 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Shenandoah Valley. Clouser joins the chart with his 1,223 career rushing yards. Matt Frame of Northern Lehigh rushed for 211 yards and scored 4 td’s in their win over Salisbury. Nahjee Adams of Easton rushed for a District season-high 284 yards and a td in their 21-14 win over Northampton. Adams moves to the top of the chart with his 2,788 career yards. Jayvan McDowell of Lehighton had a breakout game when he rushed for 253 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Pine Grove. Brandon Camire of Emmaus scored 4 td’s (2 rushing, 1 receiving, and 1 kick-off return) in their win over Whitehall and now has 14 td’s in 4 games this season and has scored 47 td’s in his career. Jaden Bowens of PM West joins the chart and now has 1,090 career rushing yards.
QUARTERBACKS:
Freshman qb Conner Schwalm of Minersville threw for 350 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Marian Catholic. Schwalm’s 350 yards is the 2nd highest ever for a freshman in the District. AJ Long of Pius X threw for 360 yards and 4 td’ in a 42-35 playoff win over Williams Valley in 2010. Speaking of Williams Valley, qb Bryce Herb set the school’s career passing yardage record in their 35-28 win over Tri-Valley. Herb has thrown for 4,582 career yards eclipsing his father, Paul’s record of 4,530 yards that he set from 1981-84. Paul still holds the career records for completion (326) and attempts (657). Bryce also hit the “60 td” mark as he’s thrown 60 career td passes. With Jake Hall of North Schuylkill being idol the last 2 weeks and Collin Quintano of Notre Dame being idol last week and this week, Herb moves to the top of the list for the current season with his 1,577 yards passing and 18 td passes. Wilson’s Cayden Stem threw for 373 yards and 3 td’s in their 41-34 loss to Catasauqua. Stem went over 1,000 yards on the season (1,109) and over 3,000 yards for his career (3,097). The junior has thrown 35 career td passes. Quinn Wentling of Whitehall threw for 322 yards and 3 td’s in their 38-28 loss to Emmaus. Tri-Valley’s Jonas McGrath had his first 200-yard game when he threw for 212 yards and 2 td’s in the loss to Williams Valley. Nazareth’s Matt Bugbee and Northwestern’s Justin Holmes both earn their way onto the chart. Bugbee a senior, has thrown for 1,039 career yards while Holmes, a junior, has thrown for 1,022 yards. Both players are replacing 7,000-yard passers. Anthony Harris of Nazareth threw for 7,942 yards and 81 td’s and Deven Bollinger of Northwestern threw for 7,260 yards and 97 td’s in their careers that wrapped up last year. Bugbee and Holmes should both go over 1,000 yards for the season this week as Bugbee has 943 yards and Holmes has 978 yards. Quintin Stephens of Salisbury threw for 205 yards and 2 td’s in their loss to Northern Lehigh. Joe Kerbacher of Northampton threw for 193 yards and a td in their 21-14 loss to Easton. Kerbacher went over 3,000 yards for his career (3,140) and joins the “40” td club with his school-record 40 td passes. Kerbacher becomes the 5th K-Kid to throw for over 3,000 yards. Nick Cook holds the school record with 3,511 yards (2011-13), followed by Eric Spadt’s 3,411 yards (1993-95), Jim Barrett’s 3,181 yards (1996-99), and Craig Muscko’s 3,160 yards (2001-03). Dylan Mahaffey of Saucon Valley and Jared Richardson of Bethlehem Catholic both went over 2,000 yards passing for their careers. Mahaffey has 2,106 yards and Richardson has thrown for 2,004 yards. Both are juniors.
RECEIVERS:
Chad Parton of Salisbury had his 3rd 160 yard plus receiving game last week vs Northern Lehigh. Parton caught 8 passes for 177 yards and 2 td’s to up his season total to 35 catches for a District leading 718 yards and 8 td’s. Parton has games of 169, 174, and now 177 yards this season and in the process broke the school’s career reception yardage record. John Gardus held the old record with 1,724 yards. Gardus still holds the career reception record with 107 catches that he caught from 2004-07. Parton joins the “100” catch club and needs 4 catches to break the record. They are the only 2 Falcons to have 100 or more catches in their career. Mason Donaldson who still holds the career td reception record with 22 is 3rd at the school with 95 career catches (2013-15). Zack Gillen of Wilson caught 10 passes for 202 yards and 2 td’s while also throwing a 52-yard td pass vs Catasauqua. Gillen becomes the 3rd Warrior to have over 200 yards receiving in a game. Brad Walter holds the record with 279 yards vs Northern Lehigh in a playoff game in 2005. Zack Bogoly has 2 games with over 200 yards. He had 252 yards vs Salisbury and 235 yards vs Saucon Valley in back to back games in 2012. Zack Hunsicker of Lehighton joins the “100 catch” club with his 103 career receptions. He’s the 3rd Indian to have 100 career receptions. Jacen Nalesnik holds the record with 111 catches (2009-12) and Shane McEvoy caught 102 passes from 2005-07. And his career 1,622 receiving yards are 21 yards short of breaking McEvoy’s career school record of 1,642 yards. Gabe Davis of Minersville now holds all 3 major career receiving records at Minersville (88 catches for 1,380 yards and 14 td grabs). Shea Morgan of Pine Grove leads the District with his 42 catches this season. He is 2nd behind Parton with his 709 receiving yards. For his career, he’s caught 95 passes for 1,445 yards and 15 td’s placing him in 2nd for catches and yardage and 3rd for td grabs at Pine Grove. Keegan Brennan of Nativity went over 1,000 yards receiving for his career and now has 1,073 yards.
History:
The Detzi triplets, Jeff, Joe, and John played for Pius X from 1971 to 1974. All 3 went on to play at East Stroudsburg University. Jeff a 6-2 230 lbs. offensive tackle, Joe a 6-1 210 lbs. linebacker, and John 6-2 227 lbs. center. The Warriors finished 10-0 in 1975 and 9-0-1 in 1976. Panther Valley grad Pete Radocha was the runningback and player of the year in both the 75 and 76 seasons. In 1976 he became the first back at ESU to ever rush for 1,000 yards in a season (1,036). In the 1977 season, ESU went 6-2 before winning the conference title in 1978 with a 10-1 record. In the 4 years, the Detzi’s were in uniform for ESU, the team compiled a 35-3-1 record. Former Catasauqua head coach and 2-year All-County player from Marian high school Bob Bydlon played at ESU in the same time frame. Also, from 1974-1977 the qb was future longtime offensive coordinator Mike Terwilliger. Terwilliger would throw for 3,799 yards in his career. For the 1978 conference championship team, Catasauqua’s sophomore Barry Kennedy was the qb. Another former Catasauqua head coach Ed Csencsits held the single-game reception record at ESU. Csencsits caught 13 passes for 206 yards vs Edinboro in 1968. He would hold the record for almost 30 years until Brett Witmer caught 14 passes vs Bloomsburg in 1997. Witmer tied his record the year before when he caught 13 passes vs New Haven.
2020 single-game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat
Single Game Touchdowns (4)
5 (3), 4 (1), 4 (4) Matt Frauen (Notre Dame)
5 (4), 4 (5), 4 (7) Brandon Camire (Emmaus)
4 (1) Keegan Brennan (Nativity)
4 (3), 4 (5) Mason Smeland (Palisades)
4 (3) Nate Curvey (Tamaqua)
4 (3) Cole Serfass (Palmerton)
4 (3) Ben Terry (Mahanoy Area)
4 (4) Conner Schwalm (Minersville)
4 (5) Jaden Bowens (PM West)
4 (5) Justin Holmes (Northwestern)
4 (5) Conner Goehring (Schuylkill Haven)
4 (7) Matt Frame (Northern Lehigh)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
284 (7) Nahjee Adams (Easton)
253 (7) Jayvan McDowell (Lehighton)
251 (3) Conner Goehring (Schuylkill Haven)
249 (7), 248 (6) Ben Terry (Mahanoy Area)
243 (6) Justin Holmes (Northwestern)
238 (7), 203 (4) Louie Clouser (Panther Valley)
237 (3), 229 (5) Mason Smeland (Palisades)
233 (5) Jaden Bowens (PM West)
227 (3) Cole Serfass (Palmerton)
215 (5), 215 (6) Chase Herb (Tri-Valley)
213 (3) Matt Frauen (Notre Dame)
211 (7) Matt Frame (Northern Lehigh)
207 (2) Jayden Williams (Central Catholic)
Single Game Passing Yardage (200)
404 (6), 315 (4) Will Fish (ES South)
398 (4), 296 (1), 222 (2) Rich Fronheiser (Lehighton) *School Record*
373 (7), 226 (5) Cayden Stem (Wilson)
370 (1), 349 (5), 267 (2), 264 (4) Jake Hall (North Schuylkill) *School Record*
350 (7) Conner Schwalm (Minersville)
322 (2), 308 (5), 293 (4), 246 (3) Bryce Herb (Williams Valley)
322 (7), 232 (5) Quinn Wentling (Whitehall)
321 (4), 259 (6), 223 (3), 208 (1), 203 (5) Collin Quintano (Notre Dame)
269 (5), 266 (6) Matt Bugbee (Nazareth)
264 (3), 262 (4), 213 (2) Josh Leininger (Pine Grove) *School Record*
262 (5), 206 (2) Justin Holmes (Northwestern)
258 (4) Noah Fathy (ES North) *School Record*
249 (6), 205 (7) Quintin Stephens (Salisbury)
247 (5) Dante Mahaffey (Saucon Valley)
216 (3) Gavin Amerman (Pen Argyl)
212 (7) Jonas McGrath (Tri-Valley)
Single Game TD Passes (4)
6(1), 5 (4) Will Fish (ES South) *Ties School Record*
5 (1), 4 (4) Rich Fronheiser (Lehighton) *Ties School Record*
5 (1), 5 (5), 4 (2) Jake Hall (North Schuylkill) *Ties School Record*
5 (5) Bryce Herb (Williams Valley) *Ties School Record*
4 (1) Cody Miller (Nativity)
4 (3) Cayden Stem (Wilson)
4 (5) Quintin Stephens (Salisbury)
4 (5) Jared Richardson (Bethlehem Catholic)
4 (6) Dante Mahaffey (Saucon Valley)
4 (6) Mason Kroh (Pine Grove)
Single Game Receptions (10)
11 (6) Chad Parton (Salisbury)
10 (2) Shea Morgan (Pine Grove) *School Record*
10 (7) Zack Gillen (Wilson)
Single Game Reception Yardage (140)
213 (2) Jesse Engle (Williams Valley)
202 (7) Zack Gillen (Wilson)
197 (4) Silas Otero (ES North) *School Record*
189 (5) Jaiden Cabrera (Nazareth)
185 (4), 165 (2) Zack Hunsicker (Lehighton)
177 (7), 174 (6), 169 (3) Chad Parton (Salisbury)
174 (6) Christian Sapp (ES South)
172 (2), 150 (4) Shea Morgan (Pine Grove)
164 (7) Brock Polinsky (Minersville)
146 (4) Hunter Crum (Lehighton)
145 (3) Raeff DiCello (Pottsville)
143 (1) Keegan Brennan (Nativity)
143 (5) Ty Csencsits (Saucon Valley)
142 (5) Jesse Engle (Williams Valley)
Single Game Reception TD’s (3)
4 (1) Keegan Brennan (Nativity) *School Record*
3 (1) Tanner Walacavage (North Schuylkill)
3 (3) Damon Simpson (Wilson) *Ties School Record*
3 (5) Jesse Engle (Williams Valley)
3 (6) Shea Morgan (Pine Grove)
Field Goals (40 yards)
46 (6), 41 (5) Sander Sahaydak (Liberty)
43 (6) Aidan Reinhard (Northampton)
41 (3) Matt Bugbee (Nazareth)
41 (4) Nick Paredes (ES North)
40 (5) Kevin Duffy (Stroudsburg)
District 11 Season Leaders
Rushing (650)
995 Mason Smeland (Palisades) sr
954 Ben Terry (Mahanoy Area) sr
866 Matt Frauen (Notre Dame) sr
862 Louie Clouser (Panther Valley) sr
802 Conner Goehring (Schuylkill Haven) soph
713 Justin Holmes (Northwestern) jr
679 Chase Herb (Tri-Valley) sr
666 Jacob Hoffman (Nativity) sr
650 Nahjee Adams (Easton) sr
Touchdowns (13)
20 Matt Frauen (Notre Dame) sr
18 Ben Terry (Mahanoy Area) sr
17 Mason Smeland (Palisades) sr
14 Brandon Camire (Emmaus) sr
14 Jesse Engle (Williams Valley) sr
13 Conner Goehring (Schuylkill Haven) soph
Passing Yards (925)
1577 Bryce Herb (Williams Valley) sr
1350 Collin Quintano (Notre Dame) jr
1301 Rich Fronheiser (Lehighton) sr
1262 Jake Hall (North Schuylkill) jr
1109 Cayden Stem (Wilson) jr
1037 Josh Leininger (Pine Grove) sr
988 Conner Schwalm (Minersville) fresh
978 Justin Holmes (Northwestern) jr
943 Matt Bugbee (Nazareth) sr
940 Cody Miller (Nativity) jr
935 Quinn Wentling (Whitehall) sr
933 Quintin Stephens (Salisbury) sr
Touchdown Passes (12)
17 Jake Hall (North Schuylkill) jr
15 Bryce Herb (Williams Valley) sr
13 Justin Holmes (Northwestern) jr
13 Quintin Stephens (Salisbury) sr
12 Collin Quintano (Notre Dame) jr
12 Cayden Stem (Wilson) sr
Receptions (28)
42 Shea Morgan (Pine Grove) sr
38 Zack Hunsicker (Lehighton) sr
35 Chad Parton (Salisbury) sr
31 Jaiden Cabrera (Nazareth) sr
31 Zack Gillen (Wilson) jr
30 Jack McGorry (Central Catholic) sr
29 Jesse Engle (Williams Valley) sr
28 Bryce Hensley (Blue Mountain) sr
Reception Yardage (450)
718 Chad Parton (Salisbury) sr
709 Shea Morgan (Pine Grove) sr
655 Zack Hunsicker (Lehighton) sr
556 Jesse Engle (Williams Valley) sr
480 Bryce Hensley (Blue Mountain) sr
475 Tanner Walacavage (North Schuylkill) sr
453 Jaiden Cabrera (Nazareth) sr
Reception Touchdowns (8)
12 Jesse Engle (Williams Valley) sr
9 Shea Morgan (Pine Grove) sr
8 Chad Parton (Salisbury) sr
8 Bryce Hensley (Blue Mountain) sr
