by Duke Helms
RUSHING
Another 5 players rushed for over 200 yards in week 9 with Andrew Davidson of Emmaus leading the group for the third week in a row. Davidson rushed for 293 yards and 5 td’s in their 48-41 loss against Whitehall. In the last 3 games, Davidson has carried the ball 118 times for 884 yards and has scored 13 touchdowns. Davidson has rushed for 1,462 yards and scored 21 td’s so far this season. The 21 td’s is a new school record. Ed Sikorski previously held the old record of 19 for 73 years (1941). Davidson is now in 2nd place all-time at Emmaus for single season rushing. With his 293 yards last week, Davidson moved ahead of Steve O’Brien (1986), Khaleel Artis (2011), Rick Koze (1981), Joe Williams (2010), Jamie Germani (2003), Jason Godusky (1985) and Greg Pierog (1972). Davidson needs 173 yards to break Jamie Germani’s school record of 1,624 yards that he set in 2004.
Ryan Lawrence of Liberty rushed for 243 yards and 2 td’s in their win over Central Catholic. That was Ryan’s first 200 yard plus game and he now joins his dad Mike in that category. Ironically, Mike who played at Freedom rushed for a school record 290 yards in 1983 vs Liberty.
Shane Simpson of Easton went over 200 yards again and scored 4 more td’s in their win over Freedom. Simpson now has 1,492 yards rushing and 30 td’s this year. The 30 td’s ties him with Eric Thompson (1993) for the school record in a single season. Simpson now has 74 career td’s which ties him with Parkland’s Austin Scott for 8th place all-time in the District. Jason Killian of Schuylkill Haven falls to tenth place on the list with his 71 career td’s from 1989-91. Simpson moves ahead of 4 more Rovers on the single season rushing chart. They are: Juan Gaddy (1990 soph), Ovid Goulbourne (2004), Jeff Staton (1988 jr) and Sean Burgio (2001).
Missing the last 2 games where chart leaders Will Casella of Schuylkill Haven and Austyn Borre of Pleasant Valley. Borre is in danger of not rushing for 1,000 yards in a season for the first time in his career. James Mungro of East Stroudsburg South is still the only runningback in District 11 to rush for over 1,000 yards in all 4 years.
Michael McDonald of Bethlehem Catholic and KJ Snerr of Marian Catholic also sat out last weeks game.
Matt Miller of Williams Valley had his second 200 yard game of year when he rushed for 222 yards vs Line Mountain. Miller now has 1,336 yards this year placing him in the top five all-time at Williams Valley.
Christian Gretzinger of Palisades ran for 207 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Notre Dame. Gretzinger now has 3,107 yards in his career and has scored 37 td’s.
Saquon Barkley of Whitehall now has 60 career td’s. That ties him with Mike Tracy of Marian Catholic and Niko Petrone of East Stroudsburg South for 24th place all-time in the District. With his 1,590 yards rushing this year, Barkley moves ahead Andrew Harris on the single season chart at Whitehall. Harris had 1,489 yards in 2011.
Gerald Douglas of Stroudsburg still leads the District with his 1,631 yards rushing. Simpson retakes the td lead from Barkley and now leads 30 to 28.
Shakur Lester of Dieruff needs 89 yards rushing and 40 yard receiving vs Allen to have 2,500 yards rushing and 1,000 yards receiving in his career.
Evan Culver of Saucon Valley has now scored 20 td’s this year, placing him in 3rd place all-time at the school, one behind Wayne Marish who had 21 in 1968. Nick Savant holds the record when he scored 31 td’s last year.
John Rupinski of North Schuylkill now has 1,276 yards rushing and has scored 17 td’s this year. That places him in the top 5 for both categories at the school. Other Spartan greats that have scored 17 td’s in a season where, John Bozena (1988), Gino Capone (1997) and Ed Pavalko (2009).
Elijah McBride of East Stroudsburg North became the 8th Timberwolve to rush for over 1,000 yards in a season. Robert Heller of Jim Thorpe also went over 1,000 yards last week before leaving the game with an injury.
PASSING
Chris Marks of Dieruff lead the District last week when he threw for 253 yards in their loss to East Stroudsburg South. Marks went over 1,000 yards for the second time and now has 1,142 yards this year.
Brandon Kuehner of Pleasant Valley threw for 241 yards in their win over Pocono Mountain East, pushing his yearly total to 1,490 yards.
Tre Jordan of Pius X threw for 224 yards (12 for 12) and 4 td’s last week, to up his District lead to 2,030 yards and 26 td passes.
Travis Edmond of Southern Lehigh broke his brother Ty’s single season td pass record. Ty had 19 in 2011 while Travis now has 21 so far this season. Travis also went over 5,000 yards passing for his career and now stands at 5,032 yards and 52 td passes.
Doug Erney of Liberty now has 1,968 yards passing and has thrown 20 td passes this year and 40 for his career. Erney needs 137 yards passing against Freedom to break Dan Persa’s single season record of 2,104 yards that he set in 2006.
Devante Cross of Parkland has thrown for 1,485 yards this year. That’s 2nd best all-time at Parkland behind John Laub’s 1,677 yards that he threw in 2007. Cross has thrown 16 td passes this year and is currently tied with Ryan Brown and Joe Fortenbaugh for 2nd place all-time at Parkland. Laub owns the record with 22 td passes that he also set in 2007.
Mason Kholi of Central Catholic threw for 245 yards last week to go over 1,000 yards again and now has 1,179 yards with 16 td passes.
Sophomore Jake Cirillo of East Stroudsburg South went over 2,000 yards and 20 td passes for his career. Cirillo has 2,031 yards and 22 td passes. Junior, Tyler Cann of Lehighton, threw for 218 yards in their win over Tamaqua and now has 1,149 yards passing and 10 td passes this year. Cann has thrown for 2,030 yards in his career.
Giani Sinatore of Whitehall became the 7th Zephyr to pass for over 1,500 yards in a season. Sinatore’s 1,532 yards places him in 4th place.
Junior Zach Thatcher of Saucon Valley and sophomores Garrett Perschy of Palmerton and Ethan Kuczynski of Marian Catholic all went over 1,000 yards passing for the season.
RECEIVING
Jeff Yordy of Pottsville Nativity caught 8 passes from Dominic Piccioni last week for 127 yards and 3 td’s to keep the streak alive at 9 weeks in a row with at least one player with 3 td catches in a game. Also, just found out this week that Nativity played 2 games in week 5 after having a bye week in 4. In that game vs Bucktail, Yordy caught 5 passes for 201 yards and 3 td’s. He has 42 catches this year and now leads the District with 913 receiving yards and 15 td catches.
Junior, Tevin Murray of North Schuylkill went over 1,000 yards receiving for his career (1,016).
Junior, Nate Stewart of Pius X leads the District with 56 catches followed by freshman Jahan Dotson of Nazareth with 48.
PAST AND PRESENT Wilson’s Nick Labatch carried the ball 46 times for 249 yards and scored 5 td’s in their win over Bangor. His 46 carries breaks Billy Stocker’s school record of 36 carries (Northwestern in 1998). The 5 td’s ties a school record held by Stan Carney, who had 5 td’s vs Northampton in 1925 and Trey Robinson, who had 5 td’s and a school record 405 yards rushing vs Notre Dame in 2012. Labatch’s 249 yards was the 4th highest total at Wilson. Brother, Ed rushed for 836 yards in his career at Wilson from 1999-2002 and was on the coaching staff at Wilson last year. Other brother Chris, rushed for 1,016 yards in his career (2003-06) at Wilson which included playing in the State final in back to back years in 2005-2006 (State champions in 2006). Chris also caught 29 passes for 279 yards. He also still owns 2 records at Wilson when he made 164 tackles in a 2006 and ended with 302.5 tackles for his career. Ed and Chris are both on the Saucon Valley coaching staff. Nick has rushed for 1,719 yards in his career so far.
2014 single game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat
Single Game Touchdowns (4)
7 (6), 5 (8), 4 (1), 4 (9) 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*
5 (9) Nicholas Labatch (Wilson) *Ties School Record*
5 (9), 4 (7), 4 (8) Andrew Davidson (Emmaus)
4 (1) William Casella (Schuylkill Haven)
4 (2), 4 (4), 4 (6), 4 (7), 4 (8) Saquon Barkley (Whitehall)
4 (2) Wyatt Clements (Lehighton)
4 (3) Freddie Simmons (Bethlehem Catholic)
4 (3) KJ Sneer (Marian Catholic)
4 (3), 4 (9) Christian Gretzinger (Palisades) *Ties School Record*
4 (5) Michael McDaniel (Bethlehem Catholic)
4 (5) TJ Backer (Stroudsburg)
4 (6), 4 (7) Bud Moyer (Tamaqua)
4 (8) Harry Hall (Northwestern)
4 (8) Ryan Fink (Schuylkill Haven)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
315 (7), 286 (9), 277 (8) Andrew Davidson (Emmaus) *School Record*
304 (4) John Rupinski (North Schuylkill) *School Record*
278 (6), 248 (8), 226 (9) Shane Simpson (Easton)
276 (1), 242 (6), 235 (5), 210 (7) Gerald Douglas (Stroudsburg)
276 (3), 221 (4) Saquon Barkley (Whitehall)
269 (3), 207 (9) Christian Gretzinger (Palisades) *School Record*
266 (7) KJ Sneer (Marian Catholic)
253 (6) Nate Farber (Northern Lehigh)
251 (6) Evan Culver (Saucon Valley)
249 (9) Nicholas Labatch (Wilson)
244 (7), 222 (9) Matt Miller (Williams Valley)
243 (9) Ryan Lawrence (Liberty)
240 (5), 228 (8) Harry Hall (Northwestern)
237 (8) Ryan Fink (Schuylkill Haven)
235 (8) Evan Culver (Saucon Valley)
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), 362 (8), 285 (7), 235 (1), 224 (9) 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), 241 (9) 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)
253 (9) Chris Marks (Dieruff)
252 (5) Jake Jacobsen (Stroudsburg)
248 (4) Dominic Piccioni (Pottsville Nativity)
245 (9) Mason Kholi (Central Catholic)
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)
218 (9) Tyler Cann (Lehighton)
217 (1), 208 (3) Justin Albert (Nazareth)
215 (3) Garrett Perschy (Palmerton)
206 (3) Cristian Burker (Catasauqua)
Single Game TD Passes (4)
5 (1), 4 (8), 4 (9) 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)
4 (8) Bobby Grigas (North Schuylkill)
4 (4) Dominic Piccioni (Potsville Nativity)
4 (9) Giani Sinatore (Whitehall)
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)
201 (4) Jeff Yordy (Pottsville Nativity)
184 (3) Ethan Price (Southern Lehigh)
184 (8) Blake Cassalia (Palisades)
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 (4), 3 (7), 3 (9) 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)
3 (8) Tevin Murray (North Schuylkill)
Single Season Leaders
Rushing (1000)
1631 Gerald Douglas (Stroudsburg) senior
1590 Saquon Barkley (Whitehall) senior
1492 Shane Simpson (Easton) senior
1455 Andrew Davidson (Emmaus) senior
1336 Matt Miller (Williams Valley) senior
1314 Harry Hall (Northwestern) junior
1276 John Rupinski (North Schuylkill) senior
1187 Evan Culver (Saucon Valley) junior
1097 Robert Heller (Jim Thorpe) senior
1066 Nick Labatch (Wilson) senor
1047 Elijah McBride (East Stroudsburg North) senior
1033 KJ Snerr (Marian Catholic) junior
1036 Bud Moyer (Tamaqua) junior
Touchdowns (15)
30 Shane Simpson (Easton) senior
28 Saquon Barkley (Whitehall) senior
21 Andrew Davidson (Emmaus) senior
20 Gerald Douglas (Stroudsburg) senior
20 Evan Culver (Saucon Valley) junior
19 Michael McDaniel (Bethlehem Catholic) senior
19 Wyatt Clements (Lehighton) junior
19 Jeff Yordy (Pottsville Nativity) senior
17 John Rupinski (North Schuylkill) senior
17 Cam Richardson (Northwestern) senior
16 Bud Moyer (Tamaqua) junior
15 Freddie Simmons (Bethlehem Catholic) senior
Passing Yards (1000)
2030 Tre Jordan (Pius X) junior
1968 Doug Erney (Liberty) junior
1671 Julian Spigner (Bethlehem Catholic) junior
1545 Travis Edmond (Southern Lehigh) senior
1532 Giani Sinatore (Whitehall) junior
1490 Brandon Kuehner (Pleasant Valley) senior
1485 Devante Cross (Parkland) junior
1433 Tevon Weber (Salisbury) junior
1222 Nick Rodichok (Williams Valley)
1214 Bobby Grigas (North Schuylkill) junior
1202 Dominic Piccioni (Pottsville Nativity) senior
1179 Mason Kholi (Central Catholic) senior
1142 Chris Marks (Dieruff) senior
1106 Zach Thatcher (Saucon Valley) junior
1056 Ethan Kuczynski (Marian Catholic) sophomore
1034 Garrett Perschy (Palmerton) sophomore
Touchdown Passes (15)
26 Tre Jordan (Pius X) junior
21 Travis Edmond (Southern Lehigh) senior
20 Julian Spigner (Bethlehem Catholic) junior
20 Doug Erney (Liberty) junior
19 Bobby Grigas (North Schuylkill) junior
17 Zach Thatcher (Saucon Valley) junior
17 Tevon Weber (Salisbury) junior
17 Giani Sinatore (Whitehall) junior
16 Devante Cross (Parkland) junior
16 Mason Kholi (Central Catholic) senior
16 Brandon Kuehner (Pleasant Valley) senior
16 Dominic Piccioni (Pottsville Nativity) senior
15 Frank Dangello (Northwestern) senior
Receptions (28)
56 Nate Stewart (Pius X) junior
48 Jahan Dotson (Nazareth) freshman
42 Jeff Yordy (Pottsville Nativity) senior
39 Jarey Elder (Parkland) senior
35 Jake Kober (Catasauqua) senior
34 Conner Sullivan (Whitehall) senior
34 Darius Jones (Liberty) senior
33 Tyler Crum (Lehighton) senior
33 Cam Richardson (Northwestern) senior
32 Tim Walter (Southern Lehigh) sophomore
31 Freddie Simmons (Bethlehem Catholic) senior
29 Tevin Murray (North Schuylkill) junior
28 Cody Miller (Williams Valley) senior
28 Ethan Price (Southern Lehigh) junior
28 Jacob Young (Freedom) senior
Reception Yardage (470)
913 Jeff Yordy (Pottsville Nativity) senior
749 Nate Stewart (Pius X) junior
705 Ethan Price (Southern Lehigh) junior
651 Jake Kober (Catasauqua) senior
620 Tevin Murray (North Schuylkill) junior
576 Aaron Weller (Pius X) junior
558 Cam Richardson (Northwestern) senior
548 Jahan Dotson (Nazareth) freshman
531 Ricky Houser (Catasauqua) senior
525 Darius Jones (Liberty) senior
516 Jarey Elder (Parkland) senior
509 Chad Rex (Whitehall) senior
486 Elijah Fineran (Bethlehem Catholic) junior
472 Tim Walter (Southern Lehigh) sophomore
Reception Touchdowns (9)
15 Jeff Yordy (Pottsville Nativity) senior
11 Cam Richardson (Northwestern) senior *School Record*
11 Nate Stewart (Pius X) junior
10 Tevin Murray (North Schuylkill) junior
9 Freddy Simmons (Bethlehem Catholic) senior
9 Kenny Yeboah (Parkland) junior
