District 11 Notes (Week 13):

Written by: Duke Helm on Monday, November 27th, 2023. Follow Duke Helm on Twitter.

RUNNINGBACKS: 

Alex Achenbach of Williams Valley rushed for 189 yards in his last career game and finished his senior season with a school record 3,056 yards. Dylan Rabuck held the old record when he rushed for 2,948 yards in 2017. Achenbach rushed for 7,017 yards in his career which is the 4th highest total all-time in District 11. Achenbach scored 37 td’s this year which is the 2nd highest at Williams Valley behind Rabuck’s 42 in 2017. Achenbach scored 86 career td’s which ties him for 7th place all-time in the District with Eric Rath of Pius X. Rath scored his 86 td’s from 1998-01. I looked up to see where Alex ended up all-time in the District for career rushing attempts and his 946 carries has him in 4th place. The top 3 are Zach Barket of Schuylkill Haven (1,029 – 2005-08), Colin McDermott of Central Catholic (967 – 2010-12), and James Mungro of ES South (962 – 1993-96). Looking at the single season rushing attempts leaders all-time in the District there were 2 players to have over 400 rushing attempts. McDermott holds the District record with a whopping 459 attempts in 2012. Barket is 2nd in the District with 406 attempts he had in 2008. Achenbach is now in 3rd place with 384 attempts. Trey Tremba of Parkland finishes his career rushing for 3,363 yards and scoring a total of 65 touchdowns. He slots into the 4th highest yardage total at Parkland behind Austin Scott (5,802 yards – 2000-02), Matt Thomas (4,283 yards – 1995-97), and Sean Bleiler (3,984 yards – 1997-99). His 65 td’s is the 2nd highest at Parkland behind Scott’s 74 td’s. On the District all-time list for career td’s he cracks the top 25 and is tied for 24th place. Juan Gaddy of Easton (1989-92), and Wyatt Clements (2012-15) also scored 65 td’s in their careers. Tremba caught 97 career passes for 1,242 yards and 13 td’s and is one of five District 11 players to rush for 3,000 career yards and have 1,000 reception yards. As mentioned in week 11, they are Frank Morici of Notre Dame, Shane Simpson of Easton, Austyn Borre of Pleasant Valley, and Nate Boyle of Tamaqua. Matt Machalik of Palmerton ends his senior season rushing for a school record 2,251 yards and a school record 37 td’s scored. His 37 td’s ties him for this season’s District lead with Achenbach. Machalik rushed for 5,457 yards in his career which puts him in 9th place all-time in the District. He scored 95 career td’s which is the 4th highest all-time in the District. Dalton Clymer of Northwestern scored 2 td’s in week 13 enabling him to break the school record for career td’s scored. Clymer now has 61 td’s breaking the tie he had with former Tigers Harry Hall and Cade Christopher. Hall scored 59 td’s from 2012-15 and Christopher from 2020-22. That also bumps Clymer up 4 spots on the all-time touchdown District list. He is tied for 35th place with Dan Tavani of Notre Dame (2000-03), Blake Bowman of Tri-Valley (2009-12), and Saquan Barkley of Whitehall (2012-14). Luke Stevenosky of Minersville ends his season with school records for rushing attempts (285), rushing yardage (2,467) and td’s scored (33). Stevenosky also joined the “4,000 yard” club last week and he finishes his career with school records for rushing yardage (4,071), and td’s scored (57). His career yardage slots him into 40th place all-time in the District and his 57 td’s is the 45th highest all-time in the District, tied with Chuck Dibilio of Nazareth (2008-10), Kevin Gulyas of Central Catholic (2008-10), and Cade Sawyer of Southern Lehigh (2022-23). Jed Bendekovits of Nazareth went over 1,000 yards rushing on the season and currently has 1,062 yards to go along with 15 td’s scored. Teammate Marquez Wimberly joins the chart as he went over 1,000 yards rushing for his career. The sophomore has 1,013 yards.

QUARTERBACKS:

Peyton Falzone of Nazareth regains the top spot for passing yards in the District for the current season with 2,376 yards. Falzone lost the top spot after week 9 when he didn’t play in week 10. Falzone has thrown for 17 td’s and rushed for 10 more so far this year. Matt Machalik ends his career throwing for 6,055 yards and 66 td passes. He stays in 18th place all-time in the District for passing yards. His 66 td passes earns him a 14th place tie all-time in the District with Bryce Herb of Williams Valley who also threw for 66 career td passes from 2018-20. Machalik’s combined rushing and passing total of 11,512 yards puts him in 2nd place all-time in the District behind Brendan Nosovitch of Central Catholic who totaled 12,877 yards from 2008-11. Nosovitch rushed for 3,628 yards and threw for 9,249 yards. Cole Defranco (2016-18) of Notre Dame has the 3rd highest total in the District with his 11,355 yards (1,451 rushing, 9,904 passing). Trey Dogmantis of Whitehall threw for a school record 411 yards in week 13 to push his season ending total to 2,323 yards. Giani Sinatore held the old record when he threw for 369 yards vs Emmaus in 2015. Dogmantis moved into 2nd place at Whitehall for single season passing yards behind record holder Zachary Gilbert who threw for 2,781 yards in 2016. Dogmantis owns career school records for pass completions (401), attempts (702), passing yards (5,155), and td passes (51). Luke Spang of Parkland went over 2,000 yards passing in week 13 and ended his senior year throwing for 2,019 yards. He finishes his career at Parkland in 2nd place all-time in all 4 categories, completions (343), attempts (557), passing yards (5,143), and td passes (53). Devante Cross holds all of Parklands records (452 for 795 for 6,350 yards and 64 td passes). Dogmantis is in 34th place all-time for passing yards in th District and Spang is in 35th place. Dante Carr of Minersville finished his sophomore season passing for 1,139 yards. Carr threw for 1,173 yards as a freshman. Cayden Vassa of Bethlehem Catholic finished his sophomore season throwing for 1,529 yards and 18 td passes.

RECEIVERS:

Mason Kuehner of Nazareth caught 10 passes in a game for the 2nd week in a row. Kuehner added another 136 yards and a td to his totals. Kuehner’s season totals have him catching 72 passes for 1,112 yards and 7 td grabs. He’s the 4th Blue Eagle to have 70 receptions in a season and the 7th Blue Eagle to have 1,000 yards receiving in a season. Kuehner’s career totals moved to 180 catches for 2,787 yards and 21 td’s. He’s 6th all-time on the District list for receptions. He moves up 4 spots from 8th to 4th for career reception yardage. He went ahead of Nate Stefanik of Nazareth (2,738 yards), Jason Grow of Williams Valley (2,747 yards), Jahon Dotson of Nazareth (2,755 yards), and Nate Stewart of Pius X/BECA (2,777 yards). The Whitehall duo of Jack Kocher and Braden Bashore ended their careers in week 13. Kocher caught 52 passes for 883 yards and 10 td’s this season and Bashore caught 56 passes for 593 yards and 5 td’s. An odd stat was that Kocher, Bashore and Talon Dogmantis all caught 6 passes each in week 12 and then all three caught 9 passes each in week 13. Kocher had 202 receiving yards and 3 td grabs in week 13. The 202 yards in the game is the 3rd highest at Whitehall behind record holder Fred Delucia (228 yards vs Emmaus in 1988), and Dez Boykin (207 yards vs Liberty in 2016). Kocher joined the “100 catch” club and finished his career catching 106 passes for 1,486 yards and 15 td’s. His catches and yardage are both 4th best at Whitehall and his 15 td’s are tied for 3rd best. Jim Potocnie (2003-05) and Tyler Artim (2008-10) also caught 15 td passes in their careers. Bashore finished his career catching 99 passes for 1,147 yards and 13 td grabs. He ranks 5th all-time at Whitehall for career receptions, 6th for yardage, and 8th for reception td’s. Carter Vassa of Bethlehem Catholic finished his freshman season setting 1 new District record and tying another. Vassa caught 42 passes for 792 yards and 9 td receptions. His yardage is 100 yards better than the previous record of 692 yards that Jahan Dotson of Nazareth had in 2014. Vassa tied Dotson for most td grabs by a freshman with 9. His 42 receptions is 2nd behind Dotson’s 60.

Career reception District 11 rankings:

Mason Kuehner (Nazareth) 180 catches (6th place)  District record is 247 – Kevin Gulyas (2008-11)

Joey Flail (North Schuylkill) 173 catches (7th place)

Jareel Calhoun (Central Catholic) 172 catches (8th place)

Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl) 170 catches (9th place)

Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley) 130 catches (tied for 21st best with Ryan Greene of Catasauqua 2014-16)

Career reception yardage District 11 rankings: 

Flail 2,838 yards (3rd best)  District record is 4,201 yards – Kevin Gulyas of Central Catholic (2008-11)

Kuehner 2,787 yards (4th best)

Tyminski 2,556 yards (11th best)

Ryan 2,231 yards (17th best)

Career reception td’s: 

Flail 42 (2nd best all-time)  District record is 54 – Kevin Gulyas of Central Catholic (2008-11)

Ryan 26 (tied for 20th best with Matt Kistler of Tamaqua 2016-19, and Christian Sapp of ES South 2018-20)

2023 single-game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat

Single Game Touchdowns (4)

6 (1), 5 (4) Matt Machalik (Palmerton)  *Ties School Record*

6 (3), 4 (2) Luke Stevenosky (Minersville)

6 (4) Brennan Kunkel (Panther Valley)

6 (11), 4 (7), 4 (8) Josh Ludlow (Notre Dame)  *Ties School Record*

5 (2), 5 (7), 4 (6), 4 (9), 4 (12) Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley)

5 (3), 4 (10) Colm McGroarty (Mahanoy Area)

5 (11), 4 (3), 4 (4), 4 (5), 4 (7), 4 (8) Cade Sawyer (Southern Lehigh)

4 (1) Ian Juica (Catasauqua)  *Ties School Record*

4 (1) Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)

4 (2) AJ Slivka (Northampton)

4 (2), 4 (11) Alex Ecker (Pleasant Valley)

4 (3), 4 (4) Trey Tremba (Parkland)

4 (3) Ty Sander (Palmerton)

4 (5) William Francis (Stroudsburg)

4 (6) Dalton Clymer (Northwestern)

4 (6) John Haubert (Palisades)

4 (7) Emilio Gonzalez (Palmerton)

4 (7), 4 (9) Nathan Gray (ES South)

4 (7) Bradley Whalen (Tamaqua)

4 (8) Charles Capers (ES South)

4 (8) Parrish McFarland (Pottsville)

4 (9) Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)

4 (10) Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)

Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)

343 (2), 316 (7), 295 (11), 255 (4), 237 (9), 234 (12), 230 (1), 228 (8), 220 (6), 201 (10) Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley) *School Record*

324 (4) Brennan Kunkel (Panther Valley) *School Record*

319 (4), 240 (8), 238 (5), 221 (3), 209 (1) Matt Machalik (Palmerton) *School Record*

318 (9), 239 (7), 235 (8) Nathan Gray (ES South)

316 (2), 272 (5), 234 (10), 224 (4), 223 (8). 219 (7) Luke Stevenosky (Minersville) *School Record*

300 (2), 201 (4) Alex Ecker (Pleasant Valley)

262 (4), 222 (3), 220 (12) Trey Tremba (Parkland)

254 (2), 221 (11), 204 (8), 200 (7) Cade Sawyer (Southern Lehigh)

241 (10), 201 (7) Colm McGroarty (Mahanoy Area)

240 (10), 203 (12) Dalton Clymer (Northwestern)

227 (1) Lane Lehman (Pine Grove)

216 (10) Caden Henritzy (Northampton)

205 (2) Danny Darno (Notre Dame)

203 (3) Noah Pierre (Freedom)

Single Game Passing Yardage (200)

370 (7), 205 (3) Danny Darno (Notre Dame)

345 (3), 221 (9) Ryder Bray (Pocono Mountain West)

306 (5), 237 (7), 231 (4) Cole Lazorick (Jim Thorpe)

296 (3) Brad Rissmiller (Pen Argyl)

296 (8), 266 (5), 260 (10), 208 (4) Caden Mengel (North Schuylkill)

293 (12), 269 (4), 260 (1) Christopher Fritts (Southern Lehigh)

290 (3) Josiah Williams (Emmaus)

280 (5), 230 (10), 222 (8), 201 (2) Luke Spang (Parkland)

275 (10), 254 (11) Antonio Fontanez (Central Catholic)

271 (5) Brody Breiner (Panther Valley)

260 (1), 256 (12), 244 (4), 240 (9) Peyton Falzone (Nazareth)

260 (11), 221 (1) Trevor Minalda (North Schuylkill)

258 (9), 212 (5) Cayden Vassa (Bethlehem Catholic)

245 (10) Ivan Laubach (ES South)

242 (10) Lawson Vazquez (Allen)

237 (8), 204 (3) Shane Leh (Northwestern)

231 (5) Cole Ordway (Easton)

231 (10), 210 (1) Brady O’Donnell (Lehighton)

231 (10) Evan Karenda (Pine Grove)

225 (2) Bruce Hopeck (Marian Catholic)

411 (13), 223 (12), 203 (10), 202 (2) Trey Dogmantis (Whitehall)

217 (8) Gavin Taff (Northampton)

217 (11) Ben Pilcher (Stroudsburg)

208 (1), 219 (6) Aiden Hess (Catasauqua)

200 (3) Chase Walker (Freedom)

Single Game TD Passes (4)

5 (1) Aiden Hess (Catasauqua)  *Ties School Record*

5 (3) Ryder Bray (Pocono Mountain West)  *Ties School Record*

4 (1) Greg Campbell (Bangor)

4 (1) Ben Dempster (Shenandoah Valley)

4 (2), 4 (10) Luke Spang (Parkland)

4 (3), 4 (7) Danny Darno (Notre Dame)

4 (5) Cole Lazorick (Jim Thorpe)

4 (10 Ivan Laubach (ES South)

4 (11) Antonio Fontanez (Central Catholic)

4 (13) Trey Dogmantis (Whitehall)

Single Game Receptions (10)

11 (12) Andrew Olesh (Southern Lehigh)  *Ties School Record*

10 (3) Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl)

10 (12), 10 (13) Mason Kuehner (Nazareth)

Single Game Reception Yardage (140)

202 (13) Jack Kocher (Whitehall)

198 (9), 154 (12) Mason Kuehner (Nazareth)

197 (8) Joey Flail (North Schuylkill)  *School Record*

194 (12), 167 (7), 141 (1) Andrew Olesh (Southern Lehigh)

190 (5), 184 (4), 149 (2) Justin Yescavage (Jim Thorpe)

179 (10) Jack Robertson (Saucon Valley)

174 (7) Jamanni Cruz (Salisbury)

167 (3) Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl)

161 (11) Collin McGee (North Schuylkill)

148 (1) Alex Moser (Pen Argyl)

146 (1) Ian Juica (Catasauqua)

146 (5) Collin Torres (Easton)

146 (11) Aidan Sorrentino (Central Catholic)

142 (2) Jake Pukszyn (Liberty)

142 (3) Mason Bollinger (Northwestern)

Single Game Reception TD’s (3)

4 (1) Ian Juica (Catasauqua)  *School Record*

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

4 (10) Xzavier Pusateri (ES South)

3 (1) Riley Stapp (Bangor)

3 (2) Carter Vassa (Bethlehem Catholic)  *Ties School Record*

3 (3) Jack Robertson (Saucon Valley)  *Ties School Record*

3 (10) Conner Johns (Parkland)

3 (13) Jack Kocher (Whitehall)  *Ties School Record*

Field Goals (40 yards)

51 (3), 49 (7) Luke Meyers (Central Catholic)  *School Record*

45 (4) Will Buck (Emmaus)

40 (2) Gavin Mentzer (North Schuylkill)

District 11 Season Leaders

Rushing (1,000)

3056  Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley)  *School Record*

2467  Luke Stevenosky (Minersville)  *School Record*

2251  Matt Machalik (Palmerton)  *School Record*

1844  Trey Tremba (Parkland)

1704  Nathan Gray (ES South)

1595  Dalton Clymer (Northwestern)

1529  Cade Sawyer (Southern Lehigh)

1469  Colm McGroarty (Mahanoy Area)

1453  Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)

1312  Aiden Myers (Schuylkill Haven)

1253  Alex Ecker (Pleasant Valley)

1159  Payton Fasnacht (Blue Mountain)

1101  Caden Henritzy (Northampton)

1095  Noah Pierre (Freedom)

1062  Jed Bendekovits (Nazareth)

1043  Ty Sander (Palmerton)

1026  Lane Lehman (Pine Grove)

1005  Rory Dixon (Marian Catholic)

Touchdowns (20)

37  Matt Machalik (Palmerton)  *School Record*

37  Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley)

36  Cade Sawyer (Southern Lehigh)

33  Luke Stevenosky (Minersville)  *School Record*

30  Trey Tremba (Parkland)

29  Dalton Clymer (Northwestern)

24  Josh Ludlow (Notre Dame)

23  Colm McGroarty (Mahanoy Area)

20  Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)

Passing Yards (1,000)

2376  Peyton Falzone (Nazareth)

2323  Trey Dogmantis (Whitehall)

2258  Danny Darno (Notre Dame)

2211  Antonio Fontanez (Central Catholic)

2019  Luke Spang (Parkland)

1924  Christopher Fritts (Southern Lehigh)

1774  Cole Lazorick (Jim Thorpe)

1704  Aiden Hess (Catasauqua)

1655  Ryder Bray (Pocono Mountain West)

1647  Caden Mengel (North Schuylkill)

1647  Brad Rissmiller (Pen Argyl)

1529  Matt Machalik (Palmerton)

1529  Cayden Vassa (Bethlehem Catholic)

1499  Chase Walker (Freedom)

1479  Shane Leh (Northwestern)

1403  Brady O’Donnell (Lehighton)

1364  Bruce Hopeck (Marian Catholic)

1246  Greg Campbell (Bangor)

1199  Josiah Williams (Emmaus)

1192  Gavin Taff (Northampton)

1139  Dante Carr (Minersville)

1123  Ben Kreitzer (Nativity)

1085  Blake Schwartz (Tri-Valley)

1083  Cole Ordway (Easton)

1001  Tyler Miller (Blue Mountain)

Touchdown Passes (16)

26  Danny Darno (Notre Dame)

24  Luke Spang (Parkland)

23  Trey Dogmantis (Whitehall)

21  Christopher Fritts (Southern Lehigh)

21  Shane Leh (Northwestern)

20  Antonio Fontanez (Central Catholic)

19  Aiden Hess (Catasauqua)

18  Cayden Vassa (Bethlehem Catholic)

17  Matt Machalik (Palmerton)

17  Peyton Falzone (Nazareth)

16  Cole Lazorick (Jim Thorpe)

Receptions (40)

72  Mason Kuehner (Nazareth)

62  Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl)

56  Jareel Calhoun (Central Catholic)

56  Brett Bashore (Whitehall)

53  Andrew Olesh (Southern Lehigh)

52  Ian Juica (Catasauqua)

52  Jack Kocher (Whitehall)

50  Justin Yescavage (Jim Thorpe)

48  Aidan Sorrentino (Central Catholic)

47  Joey Flail (North Schuylkill)

46  Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)

45  Jake Pukszyn (Liberty)

43  Shacre Colwell (Freedom)

42  Carter Vassa (Bethlehem Catholic)

42  Devon Hildebrand (Northwestern)

42  Blake Roberts (Lehighton)

40  Jack Robertson (Saucon Valley)

Reception Yardage (600)

1112 Mason Kuehner (Nazareth)

 973  Andrew Olesh (Southern Lehigh)

 964  Justin Yescavage (Jim Thorpe)

 883  Jack Kocher (Whitehall)

 815  Joey Flail (North Schuylkill)

 775  Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)

 744  Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl)

 707  Ian Juica (Catasauqua)

 662  Josh Ludlow (Notre Dame)

 659  AJ Lozano (Notre Dame)

 651  Noah Dolbin (Nativity)

 650  Devon Hildebrand (Northwestern)

 650  Conner Johns (Parkland)

 620  Jareel Calhoun (Central Catholic)

 603  Jack Inglis (Southern Lehigh)

Reception Touchdowns (8)

11  Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)

10  Conner Johns (Parkland)

10  Andrew Olesh (Southern Lehigh)

10  Joey Flail (North Schuylkill)

10  Jack Kocher (Whitehall)

  9  Ian Juica (Catasauqua)

  9  Jack Robertson (Saucon Valley)

  9  Carter Vassa (Bethlehem Catholic)

  8  Collin McGee (North Schuylkill)

  8  Caleb Newsome (Nazareth)

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