District 11 Notes – Week 12

Written by: Duke Helm on Thursday, November 17th, 2022. Follow Duke Helm on Twitter.

RUNNINGBACKS: 

Caiden Schaffer of Central Catholic became the 21st player to rush for 1,000 yards this season in District 11.  Schaffer rushed for 154 yards and scored both td’s in their win over Bethlehem Catholic.  Schaffer rushed for 1,012 yards this season and has scored a team leading 19 td’s.  Northwestern’s tandem of Cade Christopher and Dalton Clymer continue to add to their season totals.  Christopher has rushed for an even 1,600 yards and scored a District leading 28 td’s.  Clymer has rushed for 1,294 yards and 18 td’s so far this season.  Both players went over 2,000 yards rushing in their win over Notre Dame.  Tri-Valley had 2 teammates rush for over 2,000 yards in their career ending with almost identical numbers.  Jake Scheib rushed for 2,244 yards and 34 td’s and teammate Kameron Wetzel rushed for 9 yards less (2,235) and the same td total (34).  Trey Tremba of Parkland upped his season rushing total to 1,123 yards after rushing for 121 yards in their win over Northampton.  Tremba scored 3 td’s in the game to up his season total to 23.  Matt Machalik of Palmerton ended his junior season rushing for 1,216 yards and 22 td’s.  Machalik will enter his senior season looking to add to his school record 3,206 yards rushing and 58 touchdowns scored.  Alex Achenbach of Williams Valley is still holding on to his District leading rushing total (1,744 yards).  The closest player still playing is Christopher with his 1,600 yards.  For the District lead in td’s scored Achenbach slides down one notch (27 td’s) to 2nd place behind Christopher’s 28.  Jalen Fletcher of Freedom follows with 25 td’s.  Nigel Linton of Whitehall went over 2,000 yards rushing in his career after he rushed for 90 yards and a td in their win over Southern Lehigh.  Linton has 1,245 yards on the season and 2,075 yards in his career.  Linton also caught 2 passes for 110 yards in the game with both going for td’s bringing his season td total to 22 and his career total to 38.   Cade Sawyer of Southern Lehigh finished his junior season rushing for 1,346 yards and 21 td’s.

QUARTERBACKS:

Trey Dogmantis of Whitehall threw for 275 yards and 5 td’s in their win over Southern Lehigh.  Dogmantis upped his season total to 1,775 yards passing and 21 td passes.  His 5 td passes tie the school record that Zachary Gilbert set in 2016 vs ES North.  Danny Darno of Notre Dame ends his junior season throwing for a District leading 2,669 yards and 33 td’s.  Darno also rushed for 1,180 yards and scored 18 td’s. He’ll enter his senior season throwing for 3,239 yards and 37 td passes.  Back to Matt Machalik of Palmerton.  He threw for 2,554 yards and 31 td’s this season and will enter his senior season with 4,526 passing yards and 49 td passes.  His career rushing and passing totals have him at 7,732 yards and 89 td’s.  Trevor Minalda of North Schuylkill has thrown for 1,820 yards and 26 td’s so far this season.  Jake Fotta of Emmaus ends his career throwing for a school single season record 2,098 yards.  Fotta threw 23 td passes which is the 2nd highest total at Emmaus behind the 25 Ethan Parvel threw in 2018.  Fotta’s career totals have him throwing for 3,337 yards and a school record 33 td passes.  Luke Spang of Parkland has thrown for 1,698 yards and 15 td passes this season and upped his career totals to 2,734 yards and 26 td’s.  Ethan Neidig of Freedom went over the 2,000-yard career mark and now has thrown for 2,024 career yards.  Christian Fye of Catasauqua hit the 2,000-yard career mark exactly and will enter the Thanksgiving day game with 2,000 yards passing and 19 career td passes.  Luke Thomas of Bethlehem Catholic ends his senior season throwing for 1,574 yards and 13 td’s.  Kole Miller of Tri-Valley threw for 1,435 yards and 10 td’s in his senior season.  Avery Koser of Southern Lehigh who didn’t play in the last 3 games threw for 1,169 yards and 14 td’s in his senior season.

RECEIVERS:

Joey Flail of North Schuylkill caught his 14th td pass this season to tie the school record.  Al Marquardt caught 14 td passes in 1999 and Tevin Murray caught 14 td passes in 2014.  Dylan Darville of Emmaus finished his senior season with school records of 58 receptions, 1,047 yards and 12 td catches.  For his career Darville caught 75 passes for 1,395 yards and a school record 17 td receptions.  Dan Lucykanish of Palmerton ended his senior season catching 53 passes for 893 yards and 11 td’s.  His 53 catches are 2nd best at Palmerton behind the 66 Steve Endres caught in 1989.  His 893 yards are also 2nd best behind Andres’s 906 yards in 1989.  And his 11 td’s ties Austin Cseh for the school record.  Cseh caught 11 td passes in 2008.  For his career he caught 93 passes for 1,517 yards and 15 td grabs.  Central Catholic sophomore Jareel Calhoun leads the District with 72 receptions.  He now has 100 career receptions.  Eric Wert of Bethlehem Catholic caught 7 passes vs Central Catholic to be the first Golden Hawk to catch 100 passes in their career.  Wert ends his career with a school record 104 receptions for 1,276 yards and 10 td’s.  Tight End Pete Donchez held the record when he caught 97 passes from 2001-03.  Teammate Jaiden Ellis-Lahey caught 71 career passes for 965 yards and 11 td’s.  Junior teammates Josh Ludlow and AJ Lozano of Notre Dame caught a combined 108 passes for 1,695 yards and 23 td’s this season.  Ludlow caught 65 for 925 yards and 9 td’s while Lozano caught 43 for 770 yards and 14 td’s.  Ludlow also rushed for 528 yards and 11 td’s to end the season scoring 20 td’s.  Lozano’s 14 td’s ties him with Flail for the District lead and has the 2nd highest total at Notre Dame behind David Sanders who caught 16 passes in 2018.  Ludlow, Lozano along with qb Darno are all juniors.

STAT OF THE WEEK:

Back to Joey Flail of North Schuylkill.  Flail has 31 career td catches and is tied with 3 other players for 7th place all-time in the District.  Tim Massaquoi of Parkland, Michigan and Tampa Bay Buccaneers caught 31 td passes on 114 catches good for 1,928 yards from 1998-2000.  Jake Wolfgang of Williams Valley caught 31 td passes on only 69 catches good for 1,795 yards from 2015-17.  And Nate Stefanik of Nazareth caught 31 td passes on 207 catches going for 2,738 yards from 2016-19.

2022 single-game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat

Single Game Touchdowns (4)

5 (1) Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley)  *Ties School Record*

5 (3), 4 (7) Steven Lilly (Palisades)  *Ties School Record*

5 (7), 4 (2) Aiden Myers (Schuylkill Haven)

4 (1), 4 (7), 4 (10) Cade Christopher (Northwestern)

4 (1) Caiden Schaffer (Central Catholic)

4 (3) Danny Darno (Notre Dame)

4 (5) Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)

4 (5) Jalen Fletcher (Freedom)

4 (6) Aidan Hutchison (Easton)

4 (7) Payton Fasnacht (Blue Mountain)

4 (9) Colm McGroaty (Mahanoy Area)

4 (9) Clarence Watkins (Allen)

4 (10) Caden Henritzy (Northampton)

4 (10) Tyler Miller (Blue Mountain)

4 (10) AJ Jimenez (Northern Lehigh)

Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)

315 (2), 281 (7) Aiden Myers (Schuylkill Haven)

305 (1), 241 (2), 219 (8), 215 (6) Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley)

267 (7) Jalen Fletcher (Freedom)

258 (11), 203 (1) Michael Pascoe (Panther Valley)

252 (10) Mekhi Ashby (Dieruff)

250 (6) Kameron Wetzel (Tri-Valley)

246 (7) Colm McGroaty (Mahanoy Area)

222 (5), 216 (11) Trey Tremba (Parkland)

221 (3) Danny Darno (Notre Dame)

221 (10) Luke Stevenosky (Minersville)

217 (1), 216 (10), 206 (7) Cade Christopher (Northwestern)

217 (3) Clarence Watkins (Allen)

216 (1), 212 (8) Lane Lehman (Pine Grove)

211 (5) Steven Lilly (Palisades)

208 (3) Luke DeRiggi (PM West)

206 (7) Nick Frame (Northern Lehigh)

201 (7), 200 (2) Cade Sawyer (Southern Lehigh)

200 (7) Aidan Hutchison (Easton)

Single Game Passing Yardage (200)

347 (6), 345 (8), 305 (4), 302 (3), 245 (11) Matt Machalik (Palmerton)  *School Record*

343 (8), 263 (9), 261 (6), 235 (7), 233 (2), 228 (5), 203 (10) Danny Darno (Notre Dame)

338 (1) Will Jacobson (Blue Mountain)  *School Record*

333 (9) Dante Carr (Minersville)

327 (8) Brett Balliet (Jim Thorpe)

304 (10), 273 (9) Luke Spang (Parkland)

294 (1), 264 (5), 218 (9), 202 (4) Sonny Sasso (Nazareth)

292 (3), 292 (11), 256 (8) Brad Rissmiller (Pen Argyl)

275 (12), 236 (3) Trey Dogmantis (Whitehall)

274 (11) Tamlin Ferguson (Central Catholic)

271 (10), 256 (1), 236 (8) Colby Mitchell (ES South)

263 (9), 257 (8), 247 (3) Jake Fotta (Emmaus)

255 (2), 247 (1) Brady O’Donnell (Lehighton)

253 (5) Ben Dempster (Shenandoah Valley)

252 (11) Ethan Neidig (Freedom)

245 (4) Avery Koser (Southern Lehigh)

243 (4) Luke Thomas (Bethlehem Catholic)

235 (5) Jordey Guzman (Dieruff)

225 (3) Isaac Whiteash (Williams Valley)

215 (11) Eric Striba (Bangor)

215 (1), 206 (6) Ben Kreitzer (Nativity)

213 (6) Tommy Mason (Liberty)

210 (9) Ian McHugh (PM West)

207 (7) Joseph Martinez (Easton)

205 (8), 202 (11) Trevor Minalda (North Schuylkill)

200 (1), 200 (3) Travis Riefenstahl (Saucon Valley)

Single Game TD Passes (4)

6 (5) Ben Dempster (Shenandoah Valley)  *Ties School Record*

6 (6), 4 (1), 4 (4) Matt Machalik (Palmerton)  *School Record*

5 (5), 5 (9), 4 (6), 4 (8), 4 (10) Danny Darno (Notre Dame)

5 (8) Brett Balliet (Jim Thorpe)

5 (12) Trey Dogmantis (Whitehall)  *Ties School Record*

4 (1) Travis Riefenstahl (Saucon Valley)

4 (1), 4 (10) Colby Mitchell (ES South)

4 (3), 4 (8) Isaac Whiteash (Williams Valley)

4 (4) Trevor Minalda (North Schuylkill)

4 (4) Josiah Williams (Emmaus)  *Ties School Record*

4 (8) Brad Rissmiller (Pen Argyl)  *Ties School Record*

4 (9) Dante Carr (Minersville)

4 (11) Luke Thomas (Bethlehem Catholic)

4 (11) Tamlin Ferguson (Central Catholic)

Single Game Receptions (10)

13 (1) Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl)  *School Record*

12 (8), 11 (1) Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)

11 (8), 11 (10) Mason Kuehner (Nazareth)

11 (11) Jareel Calhoun (Central Catholic)

10 (2) Ian Rarick (Lehighton)

10 (2) Justin Yescavage (Jim Thorpe)

10 (10) Trey Tremba (Parkland)

Single Game Reception Yardage (140)

236 (9) Dylan Darville (Emmaus)  *School Record*

202 (1), 172 (8), 168 (5) Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)

189 (4) Dalton Drake (Palmerton)  *School Record*

176 (11) Nolan Lobb (Nazareth)

168 (6) Brady Evans (Williams Valley)

167 (6) Noah Dolbin (Nativity)

166 (1) Nekhi Spencer (ES South)

158 (1) Mason Kuehner (Nazareth)

157 (8) Joey Flail (North Schuylkill)

156 (2) Ian Rarick (Lehighton)

154 (4) Eric Wert (Bethlehem Catholic)

152 (8) David Fiorito (Jim Thorpe)

147 (8) Cole Serfass (Palmerton)

143 (11) AJ Lozano (Notre Dame)

141 (8) Dan Lucykanish (Palmerton)

Single Game Reception TD’s (3)

4 (5) Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley) *Ties School Record*

3 (1) Nekhi Spencer (ES South)

3 (3), 3 (6) Brady Evans (Williams Valley)

3 (4) Joey Flail (North Schuylkill) *Ties School Record*

3 (5) Josh Ludlow (Notre Dame)

3 (5) Logan Hutsko (Minersville) *Ties School Record*

3 (6), 3 (11)  AJ Lozano (Notre Dame)

3 (8) Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl)

3 (9) Jareel Calhoun (Central Catholic)

3 (11) Griffin Patridge (Central Catholic)

Field Goals (40 yards)

43, 42, 41 (10) Griffin Mitstifer (Parkland)

42, 42 (8) Chris Bugbee (Nazareth)

District 11 Season Leaders

Rushing (1000)

1744 Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley)

1600 Cade Christopher (Northwestern)

1351 Michael Pascoe (Panther Valley)  *School Record*

1346 Aiden Myers (Schuylkill Haven)

1346 Cade Sawyer (Southern Lehigh)

1319 Jalen Fletcher (Freedom)

1313 Jared Tinari (North Schuylkill)

1294 Dalton Clymer (Northwestern)

1273 Caden Henritzy (Northampton)

1245 Nigel Linton (Whitehall)

1224 Colm McGroaty (Mahanoy Area)

1216 Matt Machalik (Palmerton)

1212 Steven Lilly (Palisades)

1206 Luke Stevenosky (Minersville)

1192 Fela Olaniyan (Pleasant Valley)

1180 Danny Darno (Notre Dame)

1123 Trey Tremba (Parkland)

1072 Parrish McFarland (Pottsville)

1065 Lane Lehman (Pine Grove)

1033 Eric Striba (Bangor)

1012 Caiden Schaffer (Central Catholic)

Touchdowns (20)

28 Cade Christopher (Northwestern)

27 Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley)

25 Jalen Fletcher (Freedom)

23 Trey Tremba (Parkland)

22 Matt Machalik (Palmerton)

22 Nigel Linton (Whitehall)

21 Joey Flail (North Schuylkill)

21 Colm McGroaty (Mahanoy Area)

21 Cade Sawyer (Southern Lehigh)

21 Steven Lilly (Palisades)

20 Caden Henritzy (Northampton)

20 Josh Ludlow (Notre Dame)

Passing Yards (1000)

2669 Danny Darno (Notre Dame)

2554 Matt Machalik (Palmerton)  *School Record*

2098 Jake Fotta (Emmaus)  *School Record*

1972 Sonny Sasso (Nazareth)

1865 Brad Rissmiller (Pen Argyl)  *School Record*

1820 Trevor Minalda (North Schuylkill)

1775 Trey Dogmantis (Whitehall)

1698 Luke Spang (Parkland)

1595 Colby Mitchell (ES South)

1574 Luke Thomas (Bethlehem Catholic)

1475 Ethan Neidig (Freedom)

1465 Brett Balliet (Jim Thorpe)

1416 Isaac Whiteash (Williams Valley)

1352 Jordy Guzman (Dieruff)

1300 Kole Miller (Tri-Valley)

1275 Brady O’Donnell (Lehighton)

1244 Travis Reifenstahl (Saucon Valley)

1237 Ben Kreitzer (Nativity)

1210 Tommy Mason (Liberty)

1173 Dante Carr (Minersville)

1169 Avery Koser (Southern Lehigh)

1149 Ben Dempster (Shenandoah Valley)

1131 Antonino Russo (Northampton)

1056 Nick Frame (Northern Lehigh)

1026 Tejay Allen (Pottsville)

1020 Luke Kane (Tamaqua)

1011 Eric Striba (Bangor)

 

Touchdown Passes (20)

33 Danny Darno (Notre Dame)

31 Matt Machalik (Palmerton)  *School Record*

26 Trevor Minalda (North Schuylkill)

23 Jake Fotta (Emmaus)

21 Trey Dogmantis (Whitehall)

21 Sonny Sasso (Nazareth)

21 Isaac Whiteash (Williams Valley)

Receptions (40)

72 Jareel Calhoun (Central Catholic)

65 Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl)  *School Record*

65 Josh Ludlow (Notre Dame)

62 Mason Kuehner (Nazareth)

58 Dylan Darville (Emmaus)  *School Record*

53 Dan Lucykanish (Palmerton)

52 Ian Rarick (Lehighton)

50 Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)

48 Joey Flail (North Schuylkill)

47 David Fiorito (Jim Thorpe)

46 Jack Kocher (Whitehall)

45 Nolan Lobb (Nazareth)

44 Noah Dolbin (Nativity)

43 AJ Lozano (Notre Dame)

42 Eric Wert (Bethlehem Catholic)

40 Juju Fears (Easton)

Reception Yardage (700)

1047 Dylan Darville (Emmaus)  *School Record*

1032 Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl)  *School Record*

  976 Mason Kuehner (Nazareth)

  925 Josh Ludlow (Notre Dame)

  896 Brady Evans (Williams Valley)

  893 Dan Lucykanish (Palmerton)

  879 Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)  *School Record*

  856 Noah Dolbin (Nativity)

  843 Nolan Lobb (Nazareth)

  770 AJ Lozano (Notre Dame)

  732 Ian Rarick (Lehighton)

  728 Joey Flail (North Schuylkill)

Reception Touchdowns (10)

14 Joey Flail (North Schuylkill)  *Ties School Record*

14 AJ Lozano (Notre Dame)

13 Nolan Lobb (Nazareth)

12 Brady Evans (Williams Valley)

12 Dylan Darville (Emmaus)  *School Record*

11 Dan Lucykanish (Palmerton) *Ties School Record*

10 Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)

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