by Duke Helms
RUSHING
Mark Weinus of Pine Grove rushed for 229 yards and 3 td’s in a win over Millersburg. That’s on the heels of his 178 yards and 1 td in week 4.
For the second week in a row, two Emmaus runningbacks rushed for over 100 yards each. This week, Wyl Miller rushed for 128 yards and 3 td’s while Andrew Davidson rushed for 133 yards.
John Rupinski of North Schuylkill backed up his 304 yard, 5 td performance last week with another 206 yards and 2 more td’s vs Mahanoy Area.
Whitehall’s Saquon Barkley rushed for 156 yards and 2 td’s and also threw 2 passes for another 150 yards and 2 td’s. Barkley needs 37 yards to break Nick Kurtz’s school record for career rushing yards. Kurtz totaled 2,764 yards from 1996-99 for head coach Tony Cocca. Barkley, the Penn State recruit leads the District with 15 total td’s this year.
Joe Santos and Joe Young of Freedom kept their streaks alive. Santos has now rushed for one td in games 1, 3 and 5 and two td’s in games 2 and 4. Young has rushed for exactly 1 td in each of the first 5 games.
Junior, Harry Hall of Northwestern rushed for 240 yards and 2 td’s vs Saucon Valley. Hall now has 25 career td’s. Last week I stated that 3 players could possibly join the “40 td club” and all 3 responded with solid games.
Gerald Douglas of Stroudsburg rushed for 235 yards and 2 scores vs East Stroudsburg North to go over 3,000 yards for his career (3,067). Douglas leads the EPC North in rushing with 891 yards and now has 41 career td’s.
Michael McDaniel of Bethlehem Catholic joins the “40 td club” with his 4 td’s against Dieruff. McDaniel now has 43 career td’s.
Pleasant Valley’s Austyn Borre rushed for 90 yards and a td while catching 2 passes with one going for a td. Borre now has 40 career td’s.
Shakur Lester now has 35 career td’s and just went over 3,000 combined yards for rushing and receiving. Lester now has 2,202 yards rushing and 884 yards receiving.
PASSING
Jake Jacobsen of Stroudsburg threw for 252 yards and 5 td’s in a win over East Stroudsburg North. The 5 td’s ties the school record held by Al McCormick. McCormick set the record in 1970.
Junior, Doug Erney of Liberty threw for 245 yards in a win over Emmaus. Erney is currently the only District 11 qb with over 1000 yards passing on the season (1,145).
Julian Spigner of Bethlehem Catholic threw for 300 yards and 2 td’s in a win over Dieruff.
Devante Cross of Parkland threw for 258 yards and 3 td’s in a loss to Whitehall. In the last 2 weeks, Cross has thrown for 541 yards and 7 td’s.
In his first varsity start, Nazareth’s Travis Stefanik threw for 194 yards and 4 td’s in a win over Northampton. Stefanik and Justin Albert have combined for 1,068 passing yards this year. The 4 td’s falls one short of Daniel Harding’s school record of 5 that he threw against Central Catholic as a junior in 2010.
Travis Edmond of Southern Lehigh joined the “40 td club” last week. Edmond now has 4,385 career yards passing and 40 td’s.
Garrett Perschy of Palmerton threw for 185 yards and 4 td’s in a win over Notre Dame. The 4 td’s ties the school record that Matt Falcone set in 2008 in a win over North Schuylkill.
Nick Rodichok of Williams had his second game with over 200 yards passing in a 31-28 loss to Newport. Rodichok threw for 226 yards and 3 td’s.
RECEIVING
In last weeks article I stated that there’s been at least one receiver in each of the first 4 weeks that had 3 td catches in a game. Well we had three in week 5. TJ Backer of Stroudsburg caught 7 passes for 181 yards and 4 touchdowns in the win over ESN. Backer broke the old school record of 3 td catches in a game that was set by several players.
Jacob Kober of Catasauqua caught 6 passes for 177 yards and 3 td catches against Wilson. Kober also threw a 33 yard td pass to Rickey Houser.
Sophomore Kenny Yeboah of Parkland caught 7 passes for 149 yards and 3 td’s in the loss to Whitehall. Parkland now has back to back games with a different player catching 3 td passes as Jarey Elder had 3 last week.
Ethan Price of Southern Lehigh caught 3 passes for 100 yards in the win over Bangor and still leads the District with 503 receiving yards.
2014 single game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat
Single Game Touchdowns (4)
5 (4) John Rupinski (North Schuylkill) *Ties School Record*
4 (1) William Casella (Schuylkill Haven)
4 (1) Shane Simpson (Easton)
4 (2), (4) Saquon Barkley (Whitehall)
4 (2) Wyatt Clements (Lehighton)
4 (3) Freddy Simmons (Bethlehem Catholic)
4 (3) KJ Sneer (Marian Catholic)
4 (3) Christian Gretzinger (Palisades) *Ties School Record*
4 (5) Michael McDaniel (Bethlehem Catholic)
4 (5) TJ Backer (Stroudsburg)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
304 (4) John Rupinski (North Schuylkill) *School Record*
276 (1), 235 (5) Gerald Douglas (Stroudsburg)
276 (3), 221 (4) Saquon Barkley (Whitehall)
269 (3) Christian Gretzinger (Palisades) *School Record*
240 (5) Harry Hall (Northwestern)
229 (5) Mark Weinus (Pine Grove)
228 (2) Bud Moyer (Tamaqua)
225 (1) William Casella (Schuylkill Haven)
215 (4) Michael McDaniel (Bethlehem Catholic)
Single Game Passing Yardage (200)
389 (4), 235 (1) Tre Jordan (Pius X)
358 (2), 255 (3) Travis Edmond (Southern Lehigh) *School Record*
354 (3) 245 (5) Doug Erney (Liberty) *School Record*
325 (2) Brandon Kuehner (Pleasant Valley)
300 (5) Julian Spigner (Bethlehem Catholic)
283 (4), 258 (5) Devante Cross (Parkland)
269 (2), 226 (5) Nick Rodichok (Williams Valley)
252 (5) Jake Jacobsen (Stroudsburg)
244 (4) Zach Thatcher (Saucon Valley)
222 (1), 200 (4) Tevon Weber (Salisbury)
221 (4) Joe Young (Freedom)
217 (1), 208 (3) Justin Albert (Nazareth)
215 (3) Garrett Perschy (Palmerton)
206 (3) Cristian Burker (Catasauqua)
Single Game TD Passes (4)
5 (1) Tre Jordan (Pius X)
5 (3) Doug Erney (Liberty) *School Record*
5 (5) Jake Jacobsen (Stroudsburg) *Ties School Record*
4 (1) Mason Kholi (Central Catholic)
4 (2) Zach Thatcher (Saucon Valley)
4 (4) Tevon Weber (Salisbury)
4 (4) Devante Cross (Parkland) *Ties School Record*
4 (5) Travis Stefanik (Nazareth)
4 (5) Garrett Perschy (Palmerton) *Ties School Record*
Single Game Receptions (10)
15 (4) Jahan Dotson (Nazareth) *School Record*
Single Game Reception Yardage (150)
229 (2) Tim Walter (Southern Lehigh) *School Record*
213 (4) Aaron Weller (Pius X)
184 (3) Ethan Price (Southern Lehigh)
181 (5) TJ Backer (Stroudsburg)
180 (4) Jahan Dotson (Nazareth)
177 (5) Jacob Kober (Catasauqua)
154 (4) Jarel Elder (Parkland)
Single Game Reception TD’s (3)
4 (5) TJ Backer (Stroudsburg) *School Record*
3 (1) Jeff Yordy (Pottsville Nativity)
3 (2) Tim Walter (Southern Lehigh) *Ties School Record*
3 (3) Izaiah Avent (Liberty)
3 (4) Nate Stewart (Pius X)
3 (4) Jarey Elder (Parkland)
3 (5) Kenny Yeboah (Parkland)
3 (5) Jacob Kober (Catasauqua)
Single Season Leaders
Rushing (650)
937 Saquon Barkley (Whitehall) senior
891 Gerald Douglas (Stroudsburg) senior
769 John Rupinski (North Schuylkill) senior
740 Harry Hall (Northwestern) junior
735 Will Casella (Schuylkill Haven) senior
Touchdowns (9)
15 Saquon Barkley (Whitehall) senior
13 Shane Simpson (Easton) senior
13 Michael McDaniel (Bethlehem Catholic) senior
10 Wyatt Clements (Lehighton) junior
10 Evan Culver (Saucon Valley) junior
10 John Rupinski (North Schuylkill) senior
10 Freddy Simmons (Bethlehem Catholic) senior
10 Gerald Douglas (Stroudsburg) senior
9 KJ Sneer (Marian Catholic) junior
9 Joe Santos (Freedom) senior
9 Cam Richardson (Northwestern) senior
9 Tyler Skripko (Tamaqua) senior
9 Will Casella (Schuylkill Haven) senior
Passing Yards (670)
1145 Doug Erney (Liberty) junior
966 Tre Jordan (Pius X) junior
898 Travis Edmond (Southern Lehigh) senior
893 Julian Spigner (Bethlehem Catholic) junior
848 Tevon Weber (Salisbury) junior
810 Devante Cross (Parkland) junior
783 Brandon Kuehner (Pleasant Valley) senior
748 Nick Rodichok (Williams Valley)
718 Ethan Kuczynski (Marian Catholic) sophomore
715 Justin Albert (Nazareth) senior
684 Mason Kholi (Central Catholic) senior
682 Giani Sinatore (Whitehall) junior
677 Joe Young (Freedom) sophomore
670 Zach Thatcher (Saucon Valley) junior
Touchdown Passes (9)
15 Tre Jordan (Pius X) junior
12 Zach Thatcher (Saucon Valley) junior
11 Doug Erney (Liberty) junior
10 Giani Sinatore (Whitehall) junior
10 Tevon Weber (Salisbury) junior
10 Devante Cross (Parkland) junior
9 Mason Kholi (Central Catholic) senior
9 Travis Edmond (Southern Lehigh) senior
9 Julian Spigner (Bethlehem Catholic) junior
Receptions (18)
32 Jahan Dotson (Nazareth) freshman
28 Nate Stewart (Pius X) junior
22 Conner Sullivan (Whitehall) senior
22 Tim Walter (Southern Lehigh) sophomore
22 Jake Kober (Catasauqua) senior
21 Darius Jones (Liberty) senior
21 Jacob Young (Freedom) senior
18 Cam Richardson (Northwestern) senior
18 Jarey Elder (Parkland) senior
18 Tevin Murray (North Schuylkill) junior
Reception Yardage (275)
503 Ethan Price (Southern Lehigh) junior
457 Jake Kober (Catasauqua) senior
398 Jahan Dotson (Nazareth) freshman
373 Nate Stewart (Pius X) junior
345 Jeff Yordy (Pottsville Nativity) senior
334 Tevin Murray (North Schuylkill) junior
334 Tim Walter (Southern Lehigh) sophomore
326 Ricky Houser (Catasauqua) senior
304 Cam Richardson (Northwestern) senior
301 Aaron Weller (Pius X) junior
301 Angelo Maskornick (Marian Catholic) senior
289 Jarey Elder (Parkland) senior
285 Chad Rex (Whitehall) senior
285 Darius Jones (Liberty) senior
285 Chad Rex (Whitehall) senior
277 Conner Sullivan (Whitehall) senior
Reception Touchdowns (6)
7 Nate Stewart (Pius X) junior
6 Jahan Dotson (Nazareth) freshman
6 Kenny Yeboah (Parkland) sophomore
6 Jacob Kober (Catasauqua) senior
