by Duke Helms
RUSHING
We had 5 players rush for over 200 yards this week with 4 of them recording their first 200 yard game of the season.
Andrew Davidson of Emmaus ran for 315 yards and scored a total of 4 td’s in their close win over Central Catholic. Davidson broke the single game rushing yardage school record previously held by Joe Williams. Williams ran for 282 yards and a school record 6 td’s in the first half against Pocono Mountain West in 2010 EC playoff game.
KJ Snerr of Marian Catholic rushed for 266 yards in a win over Schuylkill Haven.
Matt Miller of Williams Valley had 244 yards in a win over Pine Grove.
Austyn Borre of Pleasant Valley had 227 yards racked up when he left the game vs Dieruff in the 3rd quarter. Borre needed 20 more yards to break his own school record of 246 yards that he set as a freshman also vs Dieruff. Borre’s replacement, Eric Marbury rushed for 117 yards in their close win over Dieruff. Borre also went over 3,000 yards for his career and now has 3,157 yards and 46 td’s.
Gerald Douglas of Stroudsburg rushed for 210 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Allen. That’s the 4th time this year Douglas has gone over the 200 yard mark. Douglas leads the District with 1,343 yards.
Shane Simpson of Easton scored a td in their win over Parkland and is now tied with Juan Gaddy for the career school record.
Will Casella of Schuylkill Haven also has 65 career td’s which puts the 3 players in 14th place all-time in District 11. Casella and teammate Ryan Fink each had over 100 yards rushing last week. Simpson along with Harry Hall of Northwestern and John Rupinski of North Schuylkill all went over 1,000 yards rushing for the season. Simpson moves into second place all-time at Easton with his 3,408 yards rushing. Ovid Goulbourne, who rushed for 3,332 yards from 2002-04, drops to third.
Saquon Barkley went over 3,000 yards for his career and scored another 4 td’s in their loss to Freedom. Barkley now has 3,005 career rushing yards and also leads the District with 23 total td’s this year.
East Stroudsburg North had 3 players rush for over 100 yards in their win over Nazareth. Elijah McBride rushed for 184 yards, Thomas Melchiorre rushed for 182 yards and Tony Cruz rushed for 105 yards. Junior, Wyatt Clements of Lehighton now has 30 career td’s.
Christian Gretzinger of Palisades scored 2 td’s in their win over Bangor and now has 31 for his career.
Michael McDaniel of Bethlehem Catholic went over 2,000 yards for his career and now has 2,082 yards.
Bud Moyer of Tamaqua ran for 174 yards and scored 4 total td’s (2nd week in a row) in their win over Shenandoah Valley. Teammate Malik Roper spelled Moyer and rushed for 104 yards and a td.
Undefeated Freedom had 2 players rush for over 100 yards in their overtime win over Whitehall. QB Joe Young had 111 yards and his 7th consecutive game with exactly 1 rushing td, and Joe Santos had 105 yards and the game winning 2 point conversion.
PASSING
Eight players passed for over 200 yards in week 7 with four of those players doing it for the third time this season.
Doug Erney broke his own school record when he threw for 358 yards against Northampton. Erney leads the District with 1,646 yards.
Giani Sinatore of Whitehall threw for 314 yards in their loss to Freedom. Tre Jordan of Pius X threw for 285 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Holy Redeemer. Jordan leads the District with 18 td passes.
Julian Spigner of Bethlehem Catholic threw for 284 yards and 5 td’s in their win over Pocono Mountain East. Spigner has thrown for 826 yards in the last 3 weeks. His 5 td passes ties the school record held by Alex Atiyeh.
Devante Cross of Parkland threw for 268 yards in their loss to Easton.
Jake Cirillo threw for 318 yards in his second start of the season, which included a game winning 99 yard drive against Pocono Mountain West. Cirillo scored the game winner on a 9 yard run. In his 2 starts this year, Cirillo has thrown for 558 yards and 6 td’s.
Nazareth’s Travis Stefanik threw for 218 yards in their loss to East Stroudsburg North. Stefanik now has 794 yards passing and 10 td’s. Combine that with injured starter Justin Albert stats and their totals for the season are 1,509 yards and 16 td passes.
Hunter Harner of Tri-Valley threw 4 td passes in their win over Pine Grove.
Bobby Grigas of undefeated North Schuylkill threw for 258 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Mount Carmel. Eight of the ten leading td pass leaders this year, are juniors.
RECEIVING
Jarey Elder of Parkland had 11 catches for 104 yards in their loss to Easton. The 11 catches falls one short of the school record. Ironically, Ira Van Scyoc had 12 catches against Easton in 1994 to set the record.
Freddie Simmons of Bethlehem Catholic and Jeff Yordy of Pottsville Nativity kept the streak alive of at least 1 player having 3 td catches in a game this year. Simmons had 3 against Pocono Mountain East, while Yordy had 3 against Carson Long. Simmons caught 4 passes for 101 yards, while teammate Elijah Fineran caught 3 passes for 142 yards and 2 td’s.
Cam Richardson of Northwestern leads the District with 10 td catches followed by Simmons with 9.
Ethan Price of Southern Lehigh still leads the District in receiving yardage with 617. Nate Stewart of Pius X caught 8 passes last week to increase his District lead to 46 receptions.
Jahan Dotson of Nazareth is in second place with a new District 11 freshman record 39 receptions. Matt Camilletti of Pius X (2008) and Shane Simpson (2011) of Easton held the previous freshman record with 36 receptions. Dotson also had a 98 yard kick-off return td against East Stroudsburg North to set a school record. The old record was held by Max Wasilewski, who had a 96 yarder against Pleasant Valley last year.
OTHER
Tri-Valley’s Jaden Buchanan had 4 interceptions last week in their win over Halifax. Buchanan has 10 interceptions so far this year. Former Bulldog Scott Schwalm also had 4 interceptions in a 24-0 win over Millersburg in 1974.
PAST AND PRESENT
More on the Shane Simpson 7 td’s vs Whitehall. As reported Jim Hanlon held the old school record when he scored 6 td’s in 1925. Hanlon scored those 6 td’s in their first game of the season in an 80-0 win over Lehighton. Hanlon also drop kicked 7 extra points for a total of 43 points. Hanlon scored 18 td’s that year and kicked 25 extra points. In 1924, Hanlon scored 15 td’s and kicked 34 extra points. In that 2 year span Easton went 17-0-1 and Hanlon scored 257 points.
Single Game Touchdowns (4)
7 (6), 4 (1) Shane Simpson (Easton) *School Record*
5 (4) John Rupinski (North Schuylkill) *Ties School Record*
5 (6) Gerald Douglas (Stroudsburg)
5 (6) Cam Richardson (Northwestern) *Ties School Record*
4 (1) William Casella (Schuylkill Haven)
4 (2), 4 (4), 4 (6), 4 (7) Saquon Barkley (Whitehall)
4 (2) Wyatt Clements (Lehighton)
4 (3) Freddie 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)
4 (6), 4 (7) Bud Moyer (Tamaqua)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
315 (7) Andrew Davidson (Emmaus) *School Record*
304 (4) John Rupinski (North Schuylkill) *School Record*
276 (1), 242 (6), 235 (5), 210 (7) Gerald Douglas (Stroudsburg)
276 (3), 221 (4) Saquon Barkley (Whitehall)
269 (3) Christian Gretzinger (Palisades) *School Record*
266 (7) KJ Sneer (Marian Catholic)
253 (6) Nate Farber (Northern Lehigh)
251 (6) Evan Culver (Saucon Valley)
244 (7) Matt Miller (Williams Valley)
240 (5) Harry Hall (Northwestern)
229 (5) Mark Weinus (Pine Grove)
228 (2), 218 (6) Bud Moyer (Tamaqua)
227 (7) Austyn Borre (Pleasant Valley)
225 (1) William Casella (Schuylkill Haven)
215 (4) Michael McDaniel (Bethlehem Catholic)
Single Game Passing Yardage (200)
389 (4), 285 (7), 235 (1) Tre Jordan (Pius X)
358 (2), 277 (6), 255 (3) Travis Edmond (Southern Lehigh) *School Record*
358 (7), 354 (3) 245 (5) Doug Erney (Liberty) *School Record*
325 (2) Brandon Kuehner (Pleasant Valley)
318 (7), 240 (6) Jake Cirillo (East Stroudsburg South)
314 (7) Giani Sinatore (Whitehall) *School Record*
300 (5), 284 (7), 242 (6) Julian Spigner (Bethlehem Catholic)
283 (4), 268 (7), 258 (5) Devante Cross (Parkland)
269 (2), 226 (5) Nick Rodichok (Williams Valley)
258 (7) Bobby Grigas (North Schuylkill)
252 (5) Jake Jacobsen (Stroudsburg)
244 (4) Zach Thatcher (Saucon Valley)
223 (6), 218 (7) Travis Stefanik (Nazareth)
222 (1), 200 (4), 214 (6) 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*
5 (7) Julian Spigner (Bethlehem Catholic) *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*
4 (6) Travis Edmond (Southern Lehigh)
4 (6) Frank Dangello (Northwestern) *School Record*
4 (7) Hunter Harner (Tri-Valley)
Single Game Receptions (10)
15 (4) Jahan Dotson (Nazareth) *School Record*
11 (7) Jarey Elder (Parkland)
10 (6) Nate Stewart (Pius X)
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) *School Record*
180 (4) Jahan Dotson (Nazareth)
177 (5) Jacob Kober (Catasauqua)
154 (4) Jarey Elder (Parkland)
Single Game Reception TD’s (3)
4 (5) TJ Backer (Stroudsburg) *School Record*
4 (6) Cam Richardson (Northwestern) *School Record*
3 (1), 3 (7) 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)
3 (7) Freddie Simmons (Bethlehem Catholic)
Single Season Leaders
Rushing (800)
1343 Gerald Douglas (Stroudsburg) senior
1214 Saquon Barkley (Whitehall) senior
1027 John Rupinski (North Schuylkill) senior
1026 Harry Hall (Northwestern) junior
1018 Shane Simpson (Easton) senior
964 Will Casella (Schuylkill Haven) senior
952 Matt Miller (Williams Valley) senior
945 Bud Moyer (Tamaqua) junior
933 Robert Heller (Jim Thorpe) senior
893 Andrew Davidson (Emmaus) senior
874 KJ Snerr (Marian Catholic) junior
821 Evan Culver (Saucon Valley) junior
821 Elijah McBride (East Stroudsburg North) senior
Touchdowns (12)
23 Saquon Barkley (Whitehall) senior
21 Shane Simpson (Easton) senior
18 Gerald Douglas (Stroudsburg) senior
17 Michael McDaniel (Bethlehem Catholic) senior
15 Wyatt Clements (Lehighton) junior
15 Cam Richardson (Northwestern) senior
14 Austyn Borre (Pleasant Valley) junior
14 Bud Moyer (Tamaqua) junior
14 Freddie Simmons (Bethlehem Catholic) senior
13 Evan Culver (Saucon Valley) junior
13 John Rupinski (North Schuylkill) senior
13 Will Casella (Schuylkill Haven) senior
12 Andrew Davidson (Emmaus) senior
Passing Yards (850)
1646 Doug Erney (Liberty) junior
1444 Tre Jordan (Pius X) junior
1419 Julian Spigner (Bethlehem Catholic) junior
1301 Travis Edmond (Southern Lehigh) senior
1211 Tevon Weber (Salisbury) junior
1201 Devante Cross (Parkland) junior
1160 Giani Sinatore (Whitehall) junior
1075 Brandon Kuehner (Pleasant Valley) senior
902 Nick Rodichok (Williams Valley)
899 Joe Young (Freedom) sophomore
863 Garrett Perschy (Palmerton) sophomore
855 Ethan Kuczynski (Marian) sophomore
Touchdown Passes (12)
18 Tre Jordan (Pius X) junior
17 Julian Spigner (Bethlehem Catholic) junior
16 Travis Edmond (Southern Lehigh) senior
15 Doug Erney (Liberty) junior
14 Devante Cross (Parkland) junior
13 Zach Thatcher (Saucon Valley) junior
13 Tevon Weber (Salisbury) junior
13 Frank Dangello (Northwestern) senior
12 Giani Sinatore (Whitehall) junior
12 Bobby Grigas (North Schuylkill) junior
Receptions (24)
46 Nate Stewart (Pius X) junior
39 Jahan Dotson (Nazareth) freshman
32 Jarey Elder (Parkland) senior
29 Conner Sullivan (Whitehall) senior
28 Jake Kober (Catasauqua) senior
28 Darius Jones (Liberty) senior
27 Tim Walter (Southern Lehigh) sophomore
27 Tyler Crum (Lehighton) senior
26 Jacob Young (Freedom) senior
26 Cam Richardson (Northwestern) senior
25 Freddie Simmons (Bethlehem Catholic) senior
24 Tevin Murray (North Schuylkill) junior
Reception Yardage (375)
617 Ethan Price (Southern Lehigh) junior
595 Jake Kober (Catasauqua) senior
577 Nate Stewart (Pius X) junior
497 Tevin Murray (North Schuylkill) junior
487 Jeff Yordy (Pottsville Nativity) senior
463 Jarey Elder (Parkland) senior
460 Jahan Dotson (Nazareth) freshman
457 Cam Richardson (Northwestern) senior
426 Aaron Weller (Pius X) junior
419 Elijah Fineran (Bethlehem Catholic) junior
416 Tim Walter (Southern Lehigh) sophomore
413 Chad Rex (Whitehall) senior
400 Freddie Simmons (Bethlehem Catholic) senior
395 Darius Jones (Liberty) senior
388 Ricky Houser (Catasauqua) senior
Reception Touchdowns (7)
10 Cam Richardson (Northwestern) senior *School Record*
9 Freddy Simmons (Bethlehem Catholic) senior
8 Nate Stewart (Pius X) junior
8 Jeff Yordy (Pottsville Nativity) senior
7 Jacob Kober (Catasauqua) senior
7 Kenny Yeboah (Parkland) junior
