DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 7):
RUNNINGBACKS:
Colton Reber of Schuylkill Haven rushed for 283 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Minersville and teammate Logan Goad rushed for 182 yards and 3 td’s. Goad joins the chart with his 1.024 career rushing yards. Reber went over 1,000 yards on the season (1,162) and maintained the District lead for td’s scored with his 19. Reber has 5,567 career rushing yards and moved up 3 spots on the all-time District list into 9th place. Falling 1 spot each, were Sean Steckert of Southern Lehigh (10th – 5,484 from 2022-25), Matt Machalik of Palmerton (11th – 5,457 from 2020-23), and Eric Rath of Pius X (12th – 5,450 from 1998-01). For career td’s, Reber moves up from 8th place to a tie for 6th place on the all-time list. He’s now tied with Steckert with 90 td’s scored. Sliding down to 8th place is Woody Petchel of Pen Argyl who scored 88 td’s from 1969-72. Fletcher Thompson of Williams Valley is the only other back to rush for over 200 yards in week 7 when he totaled 226 yards in their win in overtime over Minersville. Thompson moves to the top of the list for the season with his 1,403 yards rushing. His 62 career td’s ties him with 5 other players for 36th place all-time in the District. They are, Jeremy Mack of Southern Lehigh (1995-98), Tim Barlok of Bethlehem Catholic (1996-98), Desmond Spady of Pius X (1996-98), Niko Petrone of ES South (2011-13), and Colm McGroarty of Mahanoy Area (2020-23). Logan Troup of Pine Grove drops to 2nd place behind Thompson for rushing yardage with his 1,387. Joziah Martinez of Catasauqua was the lone player to score 4 or more td’s in week 7. Martinez scored 4 times in their win over Pen Argyl. Chase Sukanick of Northwestern went over 1,000 yards on the season (1,038) and over 2,000 yards for his career (2,043 yards). LaShawn Johnson of Freedom also went over 2,000 yards for his career (2,040). Sukanick trails Reber by 1 td scored this season with his 18. He also went over 30 career td’s (31). Also hitting the 30-td total in week 7 were Chris Ward of Pleasant Valley (32), and Parker Hatter of Tri-Valley (30). Chase Kessler of Northampton also hit the 1,000-yard mark in week 7 (1,021) after rushing for 182 yards and 2 td’s in their win over Easton. After missing the first 5 weeks of the season, Jay Santos of Emmaus rushed for 166 yards and 2 td’s in their loss to Whitehall in week 7. Justin Martinez of Bethlehem Catholic joins the chart with his 1,011 career rushing yards.
QUARTERBACKS:
Ten quarterbacks went over 200 yards passing in week 7 led by Axel Burkart of Bethlehem Catholic. Burkart threw for 419 yards and 5 td’s in their win over Freedom. The 419 yards are the 2nd highest total for a Golden Hawk. Ryan Roeder holds the school record when he threw for 479 yards vs Central Catholic in 1996. The 5 td passes tie the school record set by Alex Atiyeh in 2004 and in 2005 and tied by Julian Spigner in 2014 vs PM East. Moving down to 3rd highest is Mark Borda who threw for 386 yards vs Glen Mills in 2000. Cooper Madson of Nazareth threw for 306 yards (his 6th 200+ game) and 4 td’s in their win over Liberty. Next was CeeJay Serfass of PM East who threw for 297 yards and 3 td’s in their win over ES South and set the career school records for passing yardage (3,251) and td passes (31). Dylan Rinker held the yardage record when he threw for 3,130 yards from 2017-18, and Evan Fardella held the td pass record when he threw 29 td passes from 2009-12. His 297 yards are the second highest at PME behind the 330 yards Dylan Rinker threw vs Stroudsburg in 2018. The next 3 qb’s had their first career 200-yard games. Zahviay McGurn of Easton threw for 284 yards and 3 td’s in their loss to Northampton and joined the chart (1,145). Alsaiah Gross of Liberty threw for 277 yards vs Nazareth and Curtis Sipler of PM West threw for 251 yards and 3 td’s vs Stroudsburg. Ethan Bench of Shenandoah Valley threw for 245 yards and 3 td’s vs Schuylkill Haven. Tommy Murphy of Notre Dame threw for 236 yards (his 5th 200+ game) and 3 td’s in their win over Palmerton. Colton Sams of Southern Lehigh threw for 233 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Bangor. And lastly Greyson Fuller of ESS South threw for 207 yards vs PM East. With all that said, Murphy has the District lead with 1,741 yards passing and 27 td passes. Burkart is next with his 1,708 yards. Madson (1,695) and Sams (1,646) are right behind. Sams trails Murphy by 3 td’s with 24 td passes. Next are Madson with 22 and Bench with 20 td passes. Sams career passing yardage total of 7,947 yards moves him up 3 spots to 4th place all-time in the District. He moved ahead of DJ Lenehan of Wilson (7,765 from 2003-06), Tre Jordan of Pius X/Notre Dame (7,884 from 2012-15), and Anthony Harris of Nazareth (7,942 from 2016-19). Sams went over 100 career td passes and now has the 2nd highest total in the District with 103. Tanner Dogmantis of Whitehall set the school record for career passing yards with 5,188 yards. He broke his brother Trey’s record of 5,155 yards that he threw from 2021-23. Jackson Mitchell of Stroudsburg broke the career td pass record and joined the “40 td” club in the process. Mitchell’s thrown 42 td passes in his career moving one ahead of Jake Jakobsen, who threw 41 from 2013-15. Junior, Cohen Kirby of Blue Mountain joined the “40 td” club and now holds the school record for td passes with 40, breaking the tie with his dad Keith, who threw 38 td passes from 1997-99. Kirby is a perfect 14 for 14 for 291 yards the last 2 weeks with 5 td passes. We had six other qb’s go over the 1,000 yards mark for the season in week 7. The above-mentioned Gross (1,256), McGurn (1,122), Serfass (1,105), and Fuller (1,045), along with Gregory Tirpak of Marian Catholic (1,097), and Lincoln Rehrig of Bangor (1,002). Sophomore Tommy Welsh of Pottsville threw 4 td passes in their win over Panther Valley. TK Gursky of Palmerton totals from week 6 were adjusted after seeing the film and he’s credited with 6 td passes instead of 5 and 271 passing yards. That ties the school record that Matt Machalik set in 2022 vs Pine Grove.
RECEIVERS:
We had 3 players net 160 plus yards in week 7 led by Tyre Lewis of Bethlehem Catholic who caught 8 passes for 169 yards and td vs Freedom. Greg Tillman of Liberty caught 6 passes for 163 yards vs Nazareth and in the same game Nazareth’s Matthew Leluga caught 6 passes for 162 yards and 2 td’s. Carter Vassa of Bethlehem Catholic caught 3 passes for 120 yards (including 33 yards on a hook and ladder ). He moves up 2 spots on the all-time District list into 3rd place for reception yardage (2,945 yards). He moved ahead of Joey Flail of North Schuylkill (2,838 from 2020-23), and Mason Kuehner of Nazareth (2,894 from 2021-23). Vassa has 166 career receptions and remains in 10th place all-time in the District. With his 33 career td catches, he moves into a tie for 6th place all-time with Dez Boykin of Whitehall (2015-17), and Nate Stewart of Pius X/BECA (2012-15). Gene Sinkus of Shenandoah Valley caught 10 passes for 86 yards and a score vs Schuylkill Haven. Sinkus and Vassa are the only 2 players to grab 10 passes or more this season so far. Otto Young of Southern Lehigh leads the District with 43 receptions followed closely by Henry Shultz of Whitehall, who has 42 receptions this season. Shultz leads the District in reception yardage with his 719 yards and is followed by Vassa (696), and Luke DePietro of Nazareth (681). Drew Boyd of Notre Dame is the first player to reach 10 td receptions this season. He’s followed by David Burrous of Shenandoah Valley (9), and Vassa (9). Derwyn Deris of Dieruff reached 500 career receiving yards (501) in week 7 after missing the first 5 weeks. Lincoln Cook of Palisades played in his first game in week 7 and caught 7 passes for 65 yards to up his career school records to 137 catches for 1,873 yards.
KICKERS: nothing new
2025 single-game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat
Single Game Touchdowns (4)
6 (2) Terrence McDowell (Tamaqua) *Modern Day School Record*
5 (1) Brock Holmes (North Schuylkill)
5 (4) Parker Hatter (Tri-Valley)
5 (5) Colton Reber (Schuylkill Haven)
5 (6), 4 (5) Chase Sukanick (Northwestern)
4 (2) Evan Garrett (Pocono Mountain East)
4 (3) Quintin Rucker (Mahanoy Area)
4 (4), 4 (5) Fletcher Thompson (Williams Valley)
4 (5) Christian Stiehler (PM West)
4 (5) Tycen Norman (Parkland)
4 (6) Joel Nunez (Shenandoah Valley)
4 (6) Jeziah Gregory (Whitehall)
4 (6) Otto Young (Southern Lehigh)
4 (7) Joziah Martinez (Catasauqua)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
337 (2) Terrence McDowell (Tamaqua)
335 (6) Chase Sukanick (Northwestern)
326 (3), 275 (5), 268 (4) Logan Troup (Pine Grove)
312 (1), 283 (7) Colton Reber (Schuylkill Haven)
291 (4), 278 (5), 226 (7) Fletcher Thompson (Williams Valley)
256 (4) Parker Hatter (Tri-Valley)
255 (2) TJ Lawrence (Parkland)
250 (2), 203 (5) Tyler Price (Marian Catholic)
241 (1) Christian Stiehler (PMW)
233 (3) Quinton Rucker (Mahanoy Area)
226 (2) Evan Garrett (PME)
212 (5) Avery Walker (ES South)
212 (5) Chase Sukanick (Northwestern)
210 (1) Chase Kessler (Northampton)
209 (3) Jack MoDavis (Southern Lehigh)
Single Game Passing Yardage (200)
419 (7), 279 (1), 255 (3), 240 (2) Axel Burkart (Bethlehem Catholic)
386 (4), 321 (1), 297 (3), 264 (6), 236 (7) Thomas Murphy (Notre Dame)
363 (1), 304 (2), 253 (6), 233 (7) Colton Sams (Southern Lehigh)
355 (5), 248 (2), 245 (7), 216 (6) Ethan Bench (Shenandoah Valley)
337 (6), 306 (7), 264 (4), 246 (2), 225 (3), 215 (1) Cooper Madson (Nazareth)
310 (2), 234 (3) Cohen Kirby (Blue Mountain)
297 (7) CeeJay Serfass (PM East)
284 (4), 255 (1) Gregory Tirpak (Marian Catholic)
284 (4), 218 (3) Tanner Dogmantis (Whitehall)
284 (7) Zahviay McGurn (Easton)
279 (1) Trey Snyder (Northwestern)
277 (7) Alsaiah Gross (Liberty)
271 (6), 206 (1) T.K. Gursky (Palmerton)
262 (2), 244 (1), 220 (3) Jackson Mitchell (Stroudsburg)
254 (6) Jake Lucykanish (Lehighton)
251 (7) Curtis Sipler (PM West)
242 (2) Iovani Lopez (Salisbury)
237 (1) Michael Stofanak (Freedom)
229 (3) Julian Pagen (Allen)
222 (2) Bradyn Diehl (Schuylkill Haven)
217 (5) Dominic DiCiccio (PM West)
212 (1), 207 (7) Greyson Fuller (ESS)
212 (4) Janiel Pena (Central Catholic)
Single Game TD Passes (4)
7 (4), 6 (3), 5 (6) Thomas Murphy (Notre Dame) *Ties School Record*
6 (5), 4 (2) Ethan Bench (Shenandoah Valley) *Ties School Record*
6 (6), 4 (1), 4 (2), 2 (7) Colton Sams (Southern Lehigh) *School Record*
6 (6), 5 (2) TJ Gursky (Palmerton) *Ties School Record*
5 (2), 5 (6), 4 (7) Cooper Madson (Nazareth)
5 (6), 4 (2) Jack Lucykanish (Lehighton) *Ties School Record*
5 (7), 4 (2) Axel Burkart (Bethlehem Catholic)
4 (1) CeeJay Serfass (PME)
4 (1) Julian Pagan (Allen)
4 (2) Iovoni Lopez (Salisbury)
4 (3) Trey Snyder (Northwestern)
4 (4) Gregory Tirpak (Marian Catholic)
Single Game Receptions (10)
11 (3) Carter Vassa (Bethlehem Catholic)
10 (7) Gene Sinkus (Shenandoah Valley)
Single Game Reception Yardage (140)
211 (6) Luke DePietro (Nazareth)
202 (1), 153 (3) Carter Vassa (Bethlehem Catholic)
200 (2) Kole Luckenbill (Blue Mountain) *School Record*
193 (1) Davyan Moore (Freedom)
176 (5) Todd Seiger (Shenandoah Valley)
169 (7) Tyre Lewis (Bethlehem Catholic)
165 (4), 147 (1) Rocco Griguoli (Marian Catholic)
163 (7) Greg Tillman (Liberty)
162 (7) Matthew Leluga (Nazareth)
158 (5) Chase McArdle (Panther Valley)
155 (3) Chase Guers (Blue Mountain)
153 (1) Brady Zimmerman (Northwestern)
148 (4) Zyaire Davis (Liberty)
143 (2) Jadiel Gonzalez (Salisbury)
142 (6) Carl Lingham (Lehighton)
Single Game Reception TD’s (3)
4 (6) Otto Young (Southern Lehigh) *Ties School Record*
3 (2) Luke DePietro (Nazareth)
3 (2) Jayden Rapoli (Wilson) *Ties School Record*
3 (3) Jonathan Striba (Notre Dame)
3 (4), 3 (6) Drew Boyd (Notre Dame)
3 (5) David Burrous (Shenandoah Valley)
3 (6) Shay Strencosky (Pottsville)
3 (6) Carl Lingham (Lehighton)
Field Goals (40 yards)
52 (2) Jordan Bowers (Minersville) *School Record*
48 (2) Bryson Baker (Central Catholic)
45 (3) Lucas Angst (Pocono Mountain East)
43 (2) Andrea Giroudon (Parkland)
41 (3) Nate Hillard (Tri-Valley)
District 11 Season Leaders
Rushing (900)
1403 Fletcher Thompson (Williams Valley)
1387 Logan Troup (Pine Grove)
1202 Tyler Price (Marian Catholic)
1162 Colton Reber (Schuylkill Haven)
1038 Chase Sukanick (Northwestern)
1021 Chase Kessler (Northampton)
981 Christian Stiehler (Pocono Mountain West)
942 Chris Ward (Pleasant Valley)
909 Lashawn Johnson (Freedom)
Touchdowns (12)
19 Colton Reber (Schuylkill Haven)
18 Chase Sukanick (Northwestern)
17 Tyler Price (Marian Catholic)
14 Fletcher Thompson (Willaims Valley)
14 Christian Stiehler (Pocono Mountain West)
14 Chris Ward (Pleasant Valley)
13 Lukas Croizier (Lehighton)
13 Will Bacolo (Nazareth)
13 Parker Hatter (Tri-Valley)
12 Jeziah Gregory (Whitehall)
12 Leshawn Johnson (Freedom)
12 Brody Foose (Blue Mountain)
12 Drew Boyd (Notre Dame)
Passing Yards (1,000)
1741 Tommy Murphy (Notre Dame)
1708 Axel Burkart (Bethlehem Catholic)
1695 Cooper Madson (Nazareth)
1646 Colton Sams (Southern Lehigh)
1450 Ethan Bench (Shenandoah Valley)
1333 Tanner Dogmantis (Whitehall)
1308 Cohen Kirby (Blue Mountain)
1256 Alsaiah Gross (Liberty)
1253 Jackson Mitchell (Stroudsburg)
1184 Trey Snyder (Northwestern)
1122 Zahviay McGurn (Easton)
1105 CeeJay Serfass (PM East)
1097 Gregory Tirpak (Marian Catholic)
1045 Greyson Fuller (ES South)
1002 Lincoln Rehrig (Bangor)
Touchdown Passes (14)
27 Tommy Murphy (Notre Dame)
24 Colton Sams (Southern Lehigh)
22 Cooper Madson (Nazareth)
20 Ethan Bench (Shenandoah Valley)
19 TK Gursky (Palmerton)
18 Axel Burkart (Bethlehem Catholic)
17 Cohen Kirby (Blue Mountain)
Receptions (26)
43 Otto Young (Southern Lehigh)
42 Henry Shultz (Whitehall)
35 Luke DePietro (Nazareth)
34 Prince David Albino (Pocono Mountain East)
31 Carter Vassa (Bethlehem Catholic)
30 Rocco Griguoli (Marian Catholic)
29 Zyaire Davis (Liberty)
29 Sean McPeek (Easton)
29 Chase Guers (Blue Mountain)
27 Jaylen Walker (Allen)
26 Chase McArdle (Panther Valley)
26 Matthew Leluga (Nazareth)
Reception Yardage (500)
719 Henry Shultz (Whitehall)
696 Carter Vassa (Bethlehem Catholic)
681 Luke DePietro (Nazareth)
605 Rocco Griguoli (Marian Catholic)
600 Joshua Ivers-Green (Stroudsburg)
562 Chase Guers (Blue Mountain)
538 Kole Luckenbill (Blue Mountain)
532 Otto Young (Southern Lehigh)
504 Sean McPeek (Easton)
502 Zyaire Davis (Liberty)
Reception Touchdowns (7)
10 Drew Boyd (Notre Dame)
9 David Burrous (Shenandoah Valley)
9 Carter Vassa (Bethlehem Catholic)
8 Luke Depietro (Nazareth)
8 Chase Guers (Blue Mountain)
8 Otto Young (Southern Lehigh)
8 Henry Shultz (Whitehall)
7 Jonathan Striba (Notre Dame)
7 Matthew Leluga (Nazareth)
7 Kole Luckenbill (Blue Mountain)
7 Shay Strencosky (Pottsville)
District 11 longest field goals: (nothing added)
54 yards Carson Long (North Schuylkill) vs Mount Carmel in 1972 (lost 21-3)
53 yards Alexander Sahaydak (Liberty) vs Central Catholic in 2019 (lost 14-6)
52 yards Brian Happel (Pius X) vs Bangor in 1977 (won 16-12)
52 yards Tom Cochran (Bethlehem Catholic) vs Parkland in 1989 (won 3-0)
52 yards Alexander Sahaydak (Liberty) vs Southern Lehigh in 2020 (lost 27-23)
52 yards Jordan Bowers (Minersville) vs Jim Thorpe in 2026 (lost 42-10)
51 yards Carson Long (North Schuylkill) vs Mahanoy Area in 1971 (won 23-20)
51 yards Luke Meyers (Central Catholic) vs Emmaus in 2023 (won 27-24)
51 yards Austin Martellucci (Easton) vs Nazareth in 2021 (lost 16-9)
51 yards Gavin Mentzer (North Schuylkill) vs Lehighton in 2024 (won 58-21)
50 yards Brian Menecola (Pius X) vs ??? In 1994
50 yards Nate Hillard (Tri-Valley) vs Marian Catholic in 2025 (won 3-0)
49 yards Tom Cochran (Bethlehem Catholic) vs Phillipsburg in 1990 (won 17-6)
49 yards Mike Wascura (Emmaus) vs Bethlehem Catholic in 1999 (lost 33-3)
49 yards Luke Meyers (Central Catholic) vs Liberty in 2023 (won 23-20)
49 yards Gavin Mentzer (North Schuylkill) vs Mt. Carmel in 2024 (won 37-30)
49 yards Gabriel Ferguson (Stroudsburg) vs Liberty in 2025 (lost 49-17)
48 yards Devin Bartholomew (Parkland) vs Bethlehem Catholic in 2018 (won 24-16)
48 yards Bryson Baker of Central Catholic) vs Bethlehem Catholic (lost 35-24)
TIDBITS:
1st recorded 200-yard receiver(s) for a game: (nothing added)
Bill Pilconis of Panther Valley vs Parkland in 1966 (200 yards on 7 catches) lost 33-26.
Joe Donaher of Liberty vs Neshaminy in 1967 (211 yards 4 td’s) won 40-33
Jim Kacergis of Palisades vs Nazareth in 1975 (238 yards) lost 21-0
Brian Lloyd of Freeland vs Bishop O’Reilly in 1986 (200 yards on 6 catches) won 37-6
Terry Breidinger of Dieruff vs Emmaus in 1988 (209 yards on 8 catches) won 35-7
Fred Delucia of Whitehall vs Emmaus in 1988 (228 yards) lost 31-14
Tom Rosahac of Panther Valley vs Mt. Carmel in 1989 (237 yards on 12 catches) lost 22-19
Jason Grow of Williams Valley vs Jim Thorpe in 1990 (231 yards on 8 catches) won 53-0
Chris Green of Lehighton vs Central Catholic in 1991 (245 yards on 8 catches) Lost 36-26
Fenton Black of Panther Valley vs Jim Thorpe in 1992 (252 yards on 8 catches) won 49-26
Brian Manger of Liberty vs Whitehall in 1994 (228 yards on ??? catches) lost 26-25
Matt Salvaterra of Emmaus vs Dieruff in 1997 (224 yards on 8 catches) lost 47-22
Tim Massaquoi of Parkland vs Nazareth in 1998 (204 yards on 8 catches) won 47-33
Don Evans of Jim Thorpe vs CMVT in 2000 (250 yards on 5 catches) won 47-14
Shawn Martell of Bethlehem Catholic vs Altoona in 2001 (221 yards on 6 catches) won 50-23
Robbie Opp of Liberty vs Pottsville in 2001 (202 yards on 10 catches) lost 40-14
Shawn Martell of Bethlehem Catholic vs Easton in 2001 (218 yards on 4 catches) won 39-14
