District 11 Notes (Week 10)

Written by: David Mika on Friday, November 5th, 2021. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

RUNNINGBACKS: 

Warren Stewart of Tamaqua ran for 295 yards and 4  td’s in their win over Panther Valley last week.  Blaze Curry of Southern Lehigh rushed for 209 yards and a td in their win over Salisbury.  Jaden Bowens of PM West had his 3rd 200 yard rushing game this year when he rushed for 206 yards and 2 scores vs PM East.  Bowens is the 2nd Panther to score 30 career td’s.  Franklyn Quiteh holds the school record when he scored 34 career td’s from 2007-08.  Kael Godshalk of Bangor rushed for 195 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Pen Argyl.  Godshalk went over 1,000 yards rushing on the season (1,062) and joins teammate Eric Striba (1,200 yards) as the first teammates at Bangor to rush for 1,000 yards in the same season.  Godshalk has scored 19 td’s this season which places him in 3rd place at Bangor.   The school record is 22 td’s that Phil Vass scored in 2012.  Josh Wing scored 20 td’s in 2011 and is currently in 2nd place.  Also tied with Godshalk for 3rd place with 19 td’s are Mike Smith (1997) and Scott LaValva (2008 & 2009).  Clarence Watkins of Allen finished the season rushing for 953 yards.  The junior came up short of becoming just the 4th Canary to rush for 1,000 yards in a season.  Jeff Ortt owns the school record with 1,131 yards that he set in 1986.  Todd Stahlnecker rushed for 1,119 yards in 1993 and Bruce Montager rushed for 1,041 yards in 1972.  Josh Chowansky of North Schuylkill still leads all rushers with his 1,424 yards this season.  Justin Holmes of Northwestern went over 1,000 yards rushing last week.  He’ll enter the playoffs with 1,099 yards rushing with 20 td’s scored and 1,141 yards passing and 14 td passes.  Tyler Rohn of Nazareth and Damian Garcia of Saucon Valley both went over 2,000 yards rushing in their careers.  Dahlir Adams of Parkland went over 1,000 yards rushing for the season last week vs Emmaus and now has 1,070 yards

QUARTERBACKS:

Cayden Stem of Wilson threw for 330 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Notre Dame.  Stem’s season totals have him with 1,933 yards passing and 24 td passes.  Stem went over 5,000 yards passing for his career and has thrown 63 td passes.  Jake Hall of North Schuylkill threw a td pass last week to up his career total to 54 td passes.  That ties him with Bobby Grigas for the school record.  John Adams of Minersville leads the District with 2,389 yards passing.  Adams broke Scott Schwalm’s school record of 2,249 yards that he set in 2019.  Dylan Smoyer of Northern Lehigh threw 2 td passes last week in their win over Palmerton and now holds the school record with 32 career td passes.  Don Rubright held the old record when he threw 30 career td passes from 1969-70.  Smoyer needs 6 yards to break the school career passing yardage record.  Rubright has the record with 2,561 yards.  Jaden Newton of Palisades went over 1,000 yards passing for the season last week and has 1,003 yards.  Brett Balliet of Jim Thorpe also went over 1,000 yards and is currently at 1,002 yards.  Jovan Rodriquez of Dieruff threw for 291 yards and 3 td passes while also rushing for 3 td’s in their win over Allen.  Rodriguez threw for 1,521 yards this season which ties him with Rocky Butler for 5th place all-time at Dieruff.  Butler threw for his yardage in 1996 to go along with 20 td passes.  Jayce Carbello-Snowell of Pottsville went over 2,000 yards passing for his career last week and now has 2,008 yards.

RECEIVERS:

Zack Gillen of Wilson caught 8 passes for 146 yards and a td last week to up his season totals to 52 catches for 740 yards and 7 td’s.  Gillen now has 151 career receptions putting him in 8th place all-time in the District, one catch better than Jason Grow of Williams Valley who caught 150 passes from 1987-90.  Gillen’s career reception yardage is now up to 2,270 yards.  He’s currently in 12th place all-time in the District.  Joey Vevasis of Shenandoah Valley leads the District with 54 receptions.  Tyler Csencsits of Saucon Valley tied Taylor Kreitz’s single season school record as both have 45 catches.  Kreitz caught his 45 catches in 2008 for a school record 985 yards.   Pen Argyl sophomore Damian Tyminski finished the season with 2 school records.  He caught 43 passes for 780 yards. Tyminski’s 8 td catches this season were 1 behind record holder Austin Williams who had 9 in 2008.  Kyle McGrath of Palisades caught 51 passes for 557 yards and 2 td’s this season which put him over 1,000 yards for his career (1,048).  His 51 catches ties him with Andy Kukura for 2nd place at Palisades.  Kukura caught 51 passes in 1975 for 813 yards.  Also in 1975, teammate All-State tight end Jim Kacergis caught 43 passes for 1,054 yards and 14 td’s for coach Mike “air” Boushell.  Ron Gelegonya holds the single season reception record at Palisades with the 54 he caught in 1990.

2021 single-game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat

Single Game Touchdowns (4)

6 (1) Marcus Williams (Easton)

6 (2) Hunter Crum (Lehighton)

5 (7), 4 (1), 4 (6), 4 (9) Matt Machalik (Palmerton)

5 (7), 4 (4) Jaden Bowens (Pocono Mountain West)

5 (8), 4 (10) Matt Frame (Northern Lehigh)

4 (1) Tylik Jarvis (Emmaus)

4 (1), 4 (5) Deante’ Crawford (Freedom)

4 (2) Andre Reames (Stroudsburg)

4 (3) Justin Holmes (Northwestern)

4 (3) Ron Blake (East Stroudsburg South)

4 (4), 4 (10) Kael Godshalk (Bangor)

4 (4) Josh Chowansky (North Schuylkill)

4 (4) Travontai Davis (Pottsville)

4 (6) Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley)

4 (7) Amari Dunn (Pottsville)

4 (8) Eric Striba (Bangor)

4 (4) Warren Stewart (Tamaqua)

4 (4) Damian Simpson (Wilson)

Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)

328 (6), 241 (2) Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley)   *School Record*

295 (10) Warren Stewart (Tamaqua)

273 (7), 225 (9) Clarence Watkins (Allen)

268 (3), 254 (1), 231 (6) Josh Chowansky (North Schuylkill)

244 (9), 208 (5) Travontai Davis (Pottsville)

242 (8), 227 (6), 217 (9) Matt Machalik (Palmerton)

226 (7) Eric Striba (Bangor)

224 (2), 205 (6) Justin Holmes (Northwestern)

220 (9) Nick Beck (Salisbury)

215 (3), 200 (2) Andre Reames (Stroudsburg)

212 (5) Robert Papaleo (Pleasant Valley)

209 (10) Blaze Curry) (Southern Lehigh)

208 (7), 207 (4), 206 (10) Jaden Bowens (Pocono Mountain West)

200 (9) Conner Goehring (Schuylkill Haven)

Single Game Passing Yardage (200)

501 (5), 385 (2), 304 (1), 236 (3), 202 (4) Collin Quintano (Notre Dame) *District Record*

399 (4), 384 (7), 305 (8), 288 (2), 246 (3), 242 (9) John Adams (Minersville)

383 (3), 202 (4) Sonny Sasso (Nazareth)

365 (5), 312 (4), 263 (9), 257 (8), 219 (3), 200 (6) Jake Hall (North Schuylkill)  *School Record*

349 (4) Issac Whiteash (Williams Valley)  *School Record*

330 (10), 298 (5), 293 (2), 242 (9), 209 (1) Cayden Stem (Wilson)

291 (10), 239 (6), 233 (2), 201 (5) Jovan Rodriguez

289 (9), 211 (8) Danny Darno (Notre Dame)

284 (6) Josiah Williams (Emmaus)

281 (1), 232 (5) Tommy Mason (Liberty)

281 (4) Jazce Carabello-Snowell (Pottsville)

269 (5), 209 (9) Dylan Smoyer (Northern Lehigh)

268 (7), 258 (5), 227 (1), 229 (6) Owen Kosar (Shenandoah Valley)

258 (5), 230 (4), 219 (3) Tamlin Ferguson (Central Catholic)

253 (9) Trey Dogmantis (Whitehall)

250 (7) Bobby McClosky (ES South)

249 (9) Brian Taylor (Freedom)

245 (5), 231 (3), 224 (4) Jared Richardson (Bethlehem Catholic)

230 (2), 221 (8) Brady O’Donnell (Lehighton)

228 (7) Cole Dorshimer (Pen Argyl)

219 (3) Jonas McGrath (Tri-Valley)

219 (5) Justin Holmes (Northwestern)

212 (5) Luke Spang (Parkland)

203 (9) Cole Transue (Easton)

201 (8) Cooper King (Northampton)

200 (5) Dante Mahaffey (Saucon Valley)

Single Game TD Passes (4)

6 (5), 5 (2), 4 (1), 4 (3) Collin Quintano (Notre Dame)  *Ties School Record*

6 (5), 5 (8), 4 (9) Jake Hall (North Schuylkill)  *School Record*

5 (4), 5 (7) John Adams (Minersville)   *Ties School Record*

4 (1), 4 (2), 4 (9) Cayden Stem (Wilson)

4 (3) Sonny Sasso (Nazareth)

4 (5) Owen Kosar (Shenandoah Valley)

Single Game Receptions (10)

15 (7), 10 (1) Joey Vevasis (Shenandoah Valley)  *School Record*

13 (3) Nolan Lobb (Nazareth)

12 (5) Karim Brice (Liberty)

11 (5) Joey Flail (North Schuylkill)

11 (6) Eric Wert (Bethlehem Catholic)  *School Record*

10 (2) Jared Graeff (Minersville)

10 (9) Zack Gillen (Wilson)

Single Game Reception Yardage (140)

264 (3) Nolan Lobb (Nazareth)  *School Record*

212 (7), 141 (6) Joey Vevasis (Shenandoah Valley)  *School Record*

196 (5) Tarif Muhammad (Notre Dame)

189 (4) Amari Dunn (Pottsville)

189 (7), 141 (8) Jason Cullen (Minersville)

182 (7), 164 (9) Trevor Armorim (Northern Lehigh)  *School Record*

175 (7), 156 (1), 140 (9) Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl)

170 (4) Hunter Wolfgang (Williams Valley)

168 (4), 153 (6), 142 (7) Joey Flail (North Schuylkill)

162 (4) Brock Polinsky (Minersville)

158 (1), 152 (5) Karim Brice (Liberty)

155 (2) Tarif Muhammad (Notre Dame)

154 (5), 146 (10) Zack Gillen (Wilson)

149 (5) Christopher Sell (Dieruff)

149 (5) Brady Evans (Williams Valley)

148 (8) Mason Kuehner (Nazareth)

147 (5) Tyler Csencsits (Saucon Valley)

147 (7) Jose Almonte (ES South)

142 (5) Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)

140 (2) Damon Simpson (Wilson)

 

Single Game Reception TD’s (3)

4 (3) Nolan Lobb (Nazareth)  *Ties School Record*

3 (4) Amari Dunn (Pottsville)

3 (6) Joey Flail (North Schuylkill)

3 (7) Jason Cullen (Minersville)

3 (9) Zack Gillen (Wilson)  *Ties School Record*

3 (9) Colin Burdian (ES South)

Field Goals (40 yards)

51 Austin Martelucci (Easton). *School record*

44 (1) Nick Garrido (Notre Dame)

42 (7), 41 (4), 40 (4) Gryffin Mitstifer) Parkland

42 (9) Joe Weirich (PM West)

40 (2) Vincent Santostefano (Northampton)

40 (?) Nick Radoi (Stroudsburg)

District 11 Season Leaders

Rushing (1000)

1424 Josh Chowansky (North Schuylkill) sr

1381 Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley) soph

1263 Matt Machalik (Palmerton) soph

1235 Travontai Davis (Pottsville) sr

1209 Jaden Bowens (PM West) sr

1204 Deante’ Crawford (Freedom) sr

1200 Eric Striba (Bangor) jr

1099 Justin Holmes (Northwestern) sr

1070 Dahlir Adams (Parkland) sr

1062 Kael Godshalk (Bangor) sr

1005 Andre Reames (Stroudsburg) jr

Touchdowns (18)

26 Matt Machalik (Palmerton) soph  *School Record*

20 Justin Holmes (Northwestern) sr

19 Deante’ Crawford (Freedom) sr

19 Kael Godshalk (Bangor)

Passing Yards (1000)

2389 John Adams (Minersville) sr  *School Record*

2059 Jake Hall (North Schuylkill) sr

1933 Cayden Stem (Wilson) sr

1893 Collin Quintano (Notre Dame) sr

1726 Sonny Sasso (Nazareth) jr

1580 Dylan Smoyer (Northern Lehigh) sr

1521 Jovan Rodriguez (Dieruff) sr

1480 Bobby McCloskey (ES South) sr

1388 Brady O’Donnell (Lehighton) soph

1339 Owen Kosar (Shenandoah Valley) sr

1283 Jared Richardson (Bethlehem Catholic) sr

1239 Tamlin Ferguson (Central Catholic) jr

1224 Brian Taylor (Freedom) sr

1157 Matt Machalik (Palmerton) soph

1141 Justin Holmes (Northwestern) sr

1087 Cooper King (Northampton) sr

1105 Jazce Carabello-Snowell (Pottsville) sr

1048 Isaac Whiteash (Williams Valley) jr

1003 Tommy Mason (Liberty) jr

1003 Jaden Newton (Palisades) sr

1002 Brett Balliet (Jim Thorpe) jr

1001 Dante Mahaffey (Saucon Valley) sr

Touchdown Passes (20)

28 Jake Hall (North Schuylkill) sr

25 John Adams (Minersville) sr  *School Record*

24 Cayden Stem (Wilson) sr

22 Collin Quintano (Notre Dame) sr

21 Dylan Smoyer (Northern Lehigh) sr

20 Bobby McCloskey (ES South) sr

Receptions (40)

54 Joey Vevasis (Shenandoah Valley) sr

52 Zack Gillen (Wilson) sr

51 Kyle McGrath (Palisades) sr

50 Joey Flail (North Schuylkill) soph

47 Nadir Sanders (Notre Dame) sr

45 Jared Graeff (Minersville) sr

45 Tyler Csencsits (Saucon Valley) sr

43 Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl) soph  *School Record*

42 Mason Kuehner (Nazareth) soph

Reception Yardage (600)

880 Joey Frail (North Schuylkill) soph

807 Trevor Amorim (Northern Lehigh) sr

784 Jason Cullen (Minersville) sr

780 Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl) soph  *School Record*

740 Zack Gillen (Wilson) sr

715 Joey Vevasis (Shenandoah Valley) sr

708 Christopher Sell (Dieruff) sr

700 Tarif Muhammad (Notre Dame) sr

654 Mason Kuehner (Nazareth) soph

640 Damon Simpson (Wilson) sr

639 Tyler Csencsits (Saucon Valley) sr

610 Karim Brice (Liberty) sr

Reception Touchdowns (8)

11 Joey Flail (North Schuylkill) soph

10 Cade Christopher (Northwestern) jr

9 Jason Cullen (Minersville) sr

9 Colin Burdian (ES South) sr

8 Tarif Muhammad (Notre Dame) sr

8 Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl) soph

8 Damon Simpson (Wilson) sr

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