RUNNINGBACKS:
Niko Carestia of Schuylkill Haven had his 6th 200 plus yard rushing game when he gained 222 yards and scored 3 td’s in their win over Pine Grove. His District leading yardage is 1,793 yards. Carestia has scored 25 td’s this season and 50 for his career. Dante Carr of Minersville returned to the lineup and rushed for 207 yards and scored 5 td’s while throwing for 177 yards and 2 td’s in their win over Nativity. Carr has rushed for 978 yards and thrown for 1,360 yards this season. He’s scored 18 td’s and has thrown 18 td passes. Jason St. Ledger of Salisbury rushed for 204 yards and scored 3 t’s in their win over Palmerton. Eli Zimmerman of Northwestern went over 1,000 yards rushing for the season (1,100) and has scored 20 td’s. Aaron Beete of Freedom (1,090 yards), and Jameson Trainer of Palmerton (1,006 yards), hit the 1,000 yard rushing mark. Trainer is added to the chart as is Brennan Kunkle of Panther Valley (1,108 yards).
QUARTERBACKS:
Eight players went over 1,000 yards passing for the season in week 8. They are Rocco Delgiudice of PM East (1,130), Cole Ordway of Easton (1,111), Jack Trickel of Palisades (1,087), Aiden Reilly of Catasauqua (1,058), Osmany Guzman of Parkland (1,030), Gavin Taff of Northampton (1,014), Braden Rohn of Saucon Valley (1,008), and Caden Mengel of North Schuylkill (1,007). Taff and Ordway both hit the career 20 td pass mark. Rohn along with Levi Terry of Mahanoy Area (1,101 yards) joined the chart this week. Matt Bodnar of Notre Dame threw for 363 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Palisades. Bodnar’s District leading totals have him throwing just shy of 3,000 yards (2,978 yards). Bodnar did go over 3,000 yards for his career (3,351 yards). The junior leads the District with 30 td passes this season and he’s thrown 35 in his career. Colton Sams of Southern Lehigh threw for over 200 yards for the 6th time this year with his 237 yards he threw in their win over Bangor. Sams is in 2nd place behind Bodnar with his 1,717 yards passing. Chase Walker of Freedom also had his 6th game over 200 yards passing in week 8. Walker threw for 208 yards and 2 td’s in their win over Northampton. Walker has the 3rd highest total with 1,614 yards. He also went over 3,000 yards for his career (3,133 yards). Brady Shomper of Williams Valley threw for 256 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Marian Catholic. Shomper has thrown 20 td passes this season. Brady Strause of Blue Mountain threw for 222 yards vs North Schuylkill in week 8.
RECEIVERS:
Ethan Dudsak of Stroudsburg caught 5 passes in their win over ES North to give him a school record 68 career receptions. Marcello Riccardi held the old record when he caught 64 passes from 2013-15. Dudsak also broke Riccardi’s single season reception record with his District leading 48 catches. Riccardi caught 44 passes in 2015. Brady Behr of PM West caught 10 passes in their loss to ES South to give him a school record 77 career receptions. Matt Shelter held the old record when he caught 74 passes from 2010-12. The 10 catches also ties Shelter for the school record single game record. Caleb Newsome of Nazareth went over 1,000 yards receiving for his career in week 8 (1,066). I forgot to mention there were 5 players to also hit the 1,000 yard career mark in week 7. They were Alex Clark of Notre Dame, Paiten Lapoint of Minersville, Jake Puksyzn of Liberty, Shacre Colwell of Freedom, and Talon Dogmantis of Whitehall. Following Dudsak’s 48 catches is Kian Krzyzanowski of Williams Valley who has 45 receptions. Victor Schlosser of Tamaqua follows with 43 catches, and Justin Yescavage of Jim Thorpe has 41 catches. Xzavier Pusateri of ES South still leads the District in reception yardage (854). Krzyzanowski is second with 808 yards. Pusateri is now tied with Krzyzanowski for the District td reception lead (11). Jack Robertson of Saucon Valley caught 3 td passes in their win over Pen Argyl and tied the school record. Ben Scholl caught 3 td passes in 1955 vs Pen Argyl and Robertson caught 3 td’s vs Wilson in 2023. Robertson has 10 td receptions on the season and 24 for his career. Luke Kawczenski of Southern Lehigh joined the chart with 590 yards.
Noah Dolbin of Nativity career receiving total watch:
135 receptions – 21st place all-time in the District. Dolbin moved ahead of Tim Walter of Southern Lehigh (133 catches from 2014-16)
2,708 yards – 9th place all-time in the District (8th place is Nate Stefanik of Nazareth) 2,738 yards from 2016-19. He moved ahead of Matt Camilletti of Pius X) 2,642 yards from 2008-11.
TIDBITS:
1st 1,000 yard rusher in school history (5 new this week)
Catasauqua – Billy Bock 1947 (1,127 yards)
East Stroudsburg North – Everett Alers 2002 (1,066 yards)
Emmaus – Greg Pierog 1971 (1,027 yards)
Pocono Mountain East – Mark Mikels 1963 (1,015 yards)
Salisbury – Mark Weaver 1973 (1,007 yards)
Shenandoah Valley – Pete Ulicny 1972 (1,246 yards)
Bangor – Dave Menecola 1985 (1,004 yards)
Bethlehem Catholic – Bob Tarola 1966 (1,037 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)
Marian Catholic – Pete Albano 1975 (1,268 yards) & Fred Segilia 1975 (1,038 yards)
Nazareth – Frank Marakovits 1950 (1,158 yards)
Nativity – Tony Pitrowski 1977 (1,194 yards)
North Schuylkill – John Rosella 1968 (1,438 yards)
Northampton – Denny Onkotz 1965 (1,234 yards)
Northern Lehigh – Maurice Schleicher 1954 (1,476 yards)
Northwestern – Carson Wentz 1970 (1,111 yards)
Palmerton – Walt Konek 1966 (1,006 yards)
Panther Valley – Mike Winsko 1966 (1,137 yards)
Parkland – Vince Quigg 1972 (1,094 yards)
Pius X – Steve Zegalia 1964 (1,372 yards)
Pleasant Valley – Chris Jacobs 1998 (1,036 yards)
Pottsville – Jack Brennan 1948 (1,010 yards)
Schuylkill Haven – Blair Moyer 1973 (1,033 yards)
Southern Lehigh – Sam Hess 1972 (1,032 yards)
Tamaqua – George Barron 1962 (1,351 yards)
William Allen – Bruce Montager 1972 (1,041 yards)
Williams Valley – Don Matter 1970 (1,097 yards)
Wilson Area – Jeff Lilly 1973 (1,040 yards)
1st 1,000 yard passer in school history (5 new this week)
Freeland – Tony Martincek 1979 (1,199 yards)
Liberty – John Rabuck 1967 (1,340 yards)
Northwestern – Tony Fristick 1989 (1,029 yards)
Notre Dame – Bobby Williams 1980 (1,191 yards)
Pottsville – Tom Flynn 1981 (1,222 yards)
Bangor – Steve Menhennitt 1969 (1,504 yards)
Bethlehem Catholic – Greg Adams 1971 (1,342 yards)
Blue Mountain – Ken Blankenhorn 1968 (1,238 yards)
Catasauqua – Mike Rieker 1972 (1,433 yards)
Central Catholic – Dan Kendra Jr 1971 (1,471 yards)
Dieruff – Ross Moore 1968 (1,432 yards)
East Stroudsburg North – David Aquiles 2017 (1,020 yards)
East Stroudsburg South – Todd Samet 1972 (1,206 yards)
Easton – Don Gentzle 1969 (1,090 yards)
Emmaus – Evan Burian 1963 (1,090 yards)
Freedom – Steve Pecsek 1967 (1,183 yards)
Jim Thorpe – John Searfoss 1985 (1,273 yards)
Lehighton – Terry Woginrich 1967 (1,239 yards)
Mahanoy Area – Matt Lawrence 1986 (1,111 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)
North Schuylkill – Terry Rakowsky 1977 (1,885 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)
Tamaqua – Brad Geiger 1973 (1,116 yards)
Tri-Valley – Darin Kehler 1985 (1,352 yards)
1st 1,000 yard receiver in school history (3 new this week)
Nazareth – Justin Kondikoff 1996 (1,014 yards)
Panther Valley – Tom Rosahac 1989 (1,218 yards)
Pleasant Valley – Justin Richardson 2016 (1,074 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)
Easton – Mark Libiano 1991 (1,010 yards)
Emmaus – Dylan Darville 2022 (1,047 yards)
Freeland – Brian Ayers 1986 (1,097 yards)
Minersville – Gabe Davis 2019 (1,041 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)
Pius X – Tony Merlo 1995 (1,032 yards)
Williams Valley – OJ Grow 1990 (1,114 yards)
2024 single-game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat
Single Game Touchdowns (4)
7 (5), 5 (4) Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven) *Ties School Record*
5 (1), 4 (4) Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua) *School Record*
5 (7), 4 (1) Luke Miller (North Schuylkill) *Ties School Record*
4 (1) Gabe Green (Liberty)
4 (3) Jasir Frutchey (Easton)
5 (8), 4 (5) Dante Carr (Minersville)
4 (5) Sean Steckert (Southern Lehigh)
4 (7) Marquez Wimberly (Nazareth)
4 (7) Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
4 (8) Charles Capers (ES South)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
333 (6), 277 (5), 260 (4), 255 (7), 222 (8), 204 (3) Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)
271 (6) Eli Zimmerman (Northwestern) *School Record*
268 (7), 202 (6) Jameson Trainer (Palmerton)
247 (7) Charlie Capers (ES South)
235 (7), 207 (3) Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
226 (5) Sean Steckert (Southern Lehigh)
207 (8) Dante Carr (Minersville)
206 (4) Fletcher Thompson (Williams Valley)
205 (5) JuJu Bainbridge (Pottsville)
204 (8) Jason St. Ledger (Salisbury)
201 (5) Chris Ward (Pleasant Valley)
Single Game Passing Yardage (200)
607 (1), 446 (7), 419 (6), 363 (3), 363 (8), 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), 245 (7), 212 (1) Ivan Laubach (ES South)
274 (6), 266 (1), 205 (7) Cole Lazorick (Jim Thorpe)
265 (4), 237 (8), 235 (5), 213 (2), 209 (6), 201 (7) Colton Sams (Southern Lehigh)
262 (1), 227 (6), 221 (4), 220 (3), 208 (5), 208 (8) Chase Walker (Freedom)
261 (4), 231 (5) Caden Mengel (North Schuylkill)
256 (8), 225 (5), 224 (7), 209 (2) Brady Shomper (Williams Valley)
255 (3), 224 (7) 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 (6), 222 (8), 212 (2), 202 (1) Brady Strause (Blue Mountain)
222 (4) Jack Trickel (Palisades)
220 (6) Cole Ordway (Easton)
218 (7) Jackson Mitchell (Stroudsburg)
212 (4) Garrett Smoyer (Northern Lehigh)
210 (5), 209 (2) Ben Kreitzer (Nativity)
Single Game TD Passes (4)
7 (1), 5 (7), (4), 4 (6) Matt Bodnar (Notre Dame) *School Record*
5 (7) Ivan Laubach (ES South)
4 (1) Aiden Reilly (Catasauqua)
4 (1) Dante Carr (Minersville)
4 (1), 4 (7) 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)
4 (7) Jackson Mitchell (Stroudsburg)
4 (7) Brady Shomper (Williams Valley)
Single Game Receptions (10)
13 (7), 11 (1) Ethan Dudsak (Stroudsburg) *School Record*
10 (5) Justin Yescavage (Jim Thorpe)
10 (8) Brady Behr (PM West)
Single Game Reception Yardage (140)
269 (1) Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua) *School Record*
207 (3), 163 (7) Alex Clark (Notre Dame)
197 (2) Justin Williams (Pocono Mountain East) *School Record*
180 (4) Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
171 (7), 152 (1) Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
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)
147 (5) Victor Schlosser (Tamaqua)
145 (5) Logan Hutsko (Minersville)
142 (6) Gaige Guers (Blue Mountain)
141 (8) Luke Kawczenski (Southern Lehigh)
140 (8) Jack Robertson (Saucon Valley)
Single Game Reception TD’s (3)
4 (1) Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua) *Ties School Record*
4 (3) Jasir Frutchey (Easton) *Ties School Record*
4 (7) Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
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)
3 (8) Jack Robertson (Saucon Valley)
Field Goals (40 yards)
49 (1) Gavin Mentzer (North Schuylkill)
44 (7) Will Buck (Emmaus)
43 (7), 42 (1) Noah Tapler (Southern Lehigh)
42 (3) Harrison Aillet (ES South)
District 11 Season Leaders
Rushing (800)
1793 Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)
1175 Charlie Capers (ES South)
1100 Eli Zimmerman (Northwestern)
1090 Aaron Beete (Freedom)
1006 Jameson Trainer (Palmerton)
978 Dante Carr (Minersville)
946 Rory Dixon (Marian Catholic)
946 Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
887 Jared Rohn (Saucon Valley)
869 Fletcher Thompson (Williams Valley)
831 Sean Steckert (Southern Lehigh)
809 Dorian Thomas (Easton)
Touchdowns (15)
25 Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)
22 Charlie Capers (ES South)
21 Luke Miller (North Schuylkill)
20 Eli Zimmerman (Northwestern)
18 Sean Steckert (Southern Lehigh)
18 Dante Carr (Minersville)
16 Sam Walborn (Nativity)
16 Jared Rohn (Saucon Valley)
15 William Day (Easton)
Passing Yards (1000)
2978 Matt Bodnar (Notre Dame)
1717 Colton Sams (Southern Lehigh)
1614 Chase Walker (Freedom)
1440 Brady Strause (Blue Mountain)
1434 Brady Shomper (Williams Valley)
1428 Peyton Falzone (Nazareth)
1360 Ivan Laubach (ES South)
1360 Dante Carr (Minersville)
1346 Andrew Allen (Pottsville)
1235 Cole Lazorick (Jim Thorpe)
1227 Ben Kreitzer (Nativity)
1187 Antonio Fontanez (Liberty)
1130 Rocco Delgiudice (PM East)
1111 Cole Ordway (Easton)
1087 Jack Trickel (Palisades)
1058 Aiden Reilly (Catasauqua)
1030 Osmany Guzman (Parkland)
1014 Gavin Taff (Northampton)
1008 Braden Rohn (Saucon Valley)
1007 Caden Mengel (North Schuylkill)
Touchdown Passes (15)
30 Matt Bodnar (Notre Dame)
20 Brady Shomper (Williams Valley)
18 Dante Carr (Minersvile)
18 Colton Sams (Southern Lehigh)
16 Chase Walker (Freedom)
15 Ivan Laubach (ES South)
Receptions (35)
48 Ethan Dudsak (Stroudsburg)
45 Kian Krzyzanowski (Williams Valley)
43 Victor Schlosser (Tamaqua)
41 Justin Yescavage (Jim Thorpe)
39 Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
39 Carmine Diaz (Notre Dame)
37 Jonathan Striba (Notre Dame)
37 Talon Dogmantis (Whitehall)
37 Brady Behr (PM West)
37 Lincoln Cook (Palisades)
36 Jake Puksyzn (Liberty)
36 Tsirell Curry (Pottsville)
35 Jack Robertson (Saucon Valley)
Reception Yardage (600)
854 Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
808 Kian Krzyzanowski (Williams Valley)
755 Noah Dolbin (Nativity)
746 Carmine Diaz (Notre Dame)
714 Alex Clark (Notre Dame)
701 Tsirell Curry (Pottsville)
651 Kamari Coleman (Stroudsburg)
622 Jack Robertson (Saucon Valley)
618 Andrew Olesh (Southern Lehigh)
607 Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua)
Reception Touchdowns (8)
11 Kian Krzyzanowski (Williams Valley)
11 Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)
10 Carmine Diaz (Notre Dame)
10 Kamari Coleman (Stroudsburg)
10 Jack Robertson (Saucon Valley)
8 Manny Bolmer (Catasauqua)
8 Paiten LaPoint (Minersville)
8 Luke Kawczenski (Southern Lehigh)
