District 11 Top Returning Players Week 10

Written by: Duke Helm on Friday, November 3rd, 2023. Follow Duke Helm on Twitter.

DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 10):   

RUNNINGBACKS: 

Luke Stevenosky of Minersville rushed for over 200 yards (234) for the 5th time this season and went over 2,000 yards on the year in the process (2,077). Stevenosky upped his single season school td record to 31 and his career school record to 55. Colm McGroarty of Mahanoy Area rushed for 241 yards and scored 4 td’s in week 10 and in the process set a new shool career yardage record. McGroarty joined the “4,000 yard” club and now has rushed for 4,134 yards in his career. Ziggy Dudash held the old record when he rushed for 4,033 yards from 1997-99. McGroarty has scored 62 td’s in his career which ties him for 29th place in the District with Jeremy Mack of Southern Lehigh (1995-98), Tim Barlok of Bethlehem Catholic (1996-98), Desmond Spady of Pius X (1996-98), and Niko Petrone of ES South (2011-13). Matt Machalik of Palmerton hit the 5,000 yard career rushing mark in week 10 and now has 5,175 yards. He also scored 3 more times to break his own single seaon school record that he set as a sophomore. Machalik has scored 33 times this season and 91 times in his career. His 91 td’s breaks the tie with Woody Petchel and he stands alone in 5th plae all-time in the District. Alex Achenbach of Williams Valley rushed for over 200 yards for the 8th time this year when he rushed for 201 yards and scored 2 td’s in week 10. Achenbach leads the District with 2,338 rushing yards. He’s rushed for 6,299 yards in his career which is still 7th best all-time in the District. Achenbach’s 77 td’s ties him with Evan Culver of Saucon Valley for 13th place all-time in the District. Culver scored 77 td’s from 2013-15. Trey Tremba of Parkland has scored 59 td’s in his career and moves up 5 spots into a tie for 38th place all-time in the District. Brendan Nosovitch of Central Catholic (2008-11) and Northwestern’s Harry Hall (2012-15) and Cade Christopher (2020-22) all scored 59 td’s in their career. Valentino Bryers-Wearing of Pleasant Valley (1,056 yards), and Jed Bendekovits of Nazareth (1,046 yards) went over 1,000 yards rushing for their careers last week. Dalton Clymer of Northwestern rushed for 240 yards last week to put him over 1,000 yards for the season. Clymer has rushed for 1,153 yards and scored 21 td’s this season. Payton Fasnacht of Blue Mountain (1,109 yards), Niko Carestia of Schuylkill Haven (1,083 yards), and Noah Pierre of Freedom (1,022 yards) all went over 1,000 yards rushing for the season. Joey Flail of North Schuylkill has scored 50 career td’s. He’s the 2nd receiver to scored 50 td’s for their career. Kevin Gulyas of Central Catholic has the most for a receiver when he scored 57 td’s from 2008-11. Cade Sawyer of Southern Lehigh is also currently at 50 career td’s, and Northampton’s Caden Henritzy is one behind with 49 career td’s scored. Machalik leads the District with 33 td’s and is followed by Stevenosky with 31 td’s. Danny Darno of Notre Dame went over 2,000 yards rushing in week 10 (2,008).

QUARTERBACKS:

Danny Darno of Notre Dame is the first QB to reach 2,000 yards passing this season. Darno has exactly 2,000 yards and also leads the District with 24 td passes. Luke Spang of Parkland threw for 231 yards and 4 td’s last week to up his season totals to 1,647 yards passing and 21 td passes. Spang also reached 50 career td passes which is the 2nd highest total at Parkland. Devante Cross holds the record when he threw 64 td passes from 2013-15. Brad Rissmiller of Pen Argyl joined the “4,000 yard” club last week and has thrown for 4,054 yards in his career which is the 2nd highest total at Pen Argyl. Nathan Hood owns the school record when he threw for 4,490 yards from 2007-10. Rissmiller owns the school career records for most completions (300), and most pass attempts (549). Brady O,Donnell of Lehighton also owns his school career records for completions (348), and pass attempts (633). O’Donnell needs 39 yards to break the school career passing yardage record and needs 45 yards to join the “4,000 yard” club. Also joining Machalik, Rissmiller, and O’Donnell for their school records for completions and attempts is Trey Dogmantis of Whitehall.  Dogmantis has 345 career completions on 618 career pass attempts. Both are school records. O’Donnell (1,222 yards), and Greg Campbell of Bangor (1,171 yards) both went over 1,000 yards passing in week 10. Machalik has 5,744 career passing yards which moves him up 1 spot into 19th place all-time in the District. He drops Mark Borda of Bethlehem Catholic down to 20th place. Darno has thrown for 5,239 career yards which is good enough for 32nd place all-time.

RECEIVERS:

Andrew Olesh of Southern Lehigh (1,049 yards), and Jack Robertson of Saucon Valley (1,042 yards) went over 1,000 yards receiving for their careers. Robertson caught 8 passes for 179 yards and a td in week 10. Damian Tyminski of Pen Argyl leads the District with 57 receptions. Justin Yescavage leads the District in reception yardage with 944 yards. Conner Johns of Parkland caught 3 td passes last week and now has 10 on the season. Three more new players made the chart in week 10 with 500 career receiving yards. They are, Jake Puksyzn of Liberty (545 yards), Mason Bollinger of Northwestern (525 yards), and Josh Louk of Jim Thorpe (501 yards).

Career reception District 11 rankings:

Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl) 165 catches (tied for 6th place with Flail)

Joey Flail (North Schuylkill) 165 catches (tied for 6th place with Tyminski)

Jareel Calhoun (Central Catholic) 159 catches (tied for 11th place with Miguel Hernandez of Catasaqua 2014-16)

Mason Kuehner (Nazareth) 156 catches (tied for 9th place all-time) played QB in week 10

Career reception yardage District 11 rankings: 

Flail 2,689 yards (7th best)

Tyminski 2,528 yards (11th best)

Kuehner 2,469 yards (12th best)

Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley) 2,132 yards (19th best) no stats reported week 10

Career reception td’s: 

Flail 39 (3rd best all-time)

Ryan 26 (tied for 23th best ) with Owen Daniel of Williams Valley (2010-12), 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)

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

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

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

4 (1) Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)

4 (2) AJ Slivka (Northampton)

4 (2) Alex Ecker (Pleasant Valley)

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

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), 4 (8) Josh Ludlow (Notre Dame)

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)

Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)

343 (2), 316 (7), 255 (4), 237 (9), 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) Trey Tremba (Parkland)

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

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

240 (10) 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)

290 (3) Josiah Williams (Emmaus)

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

275 (10) Antonio Fontanez (Central Catholic)

271 (5) Brody Breiner (Panther Valley)

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

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

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

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

231 (5) Cole Ordway (Easton)

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

225 (2) Bruce Hopeck (Marian Catholic)

221 (1) Trevor Minalda (North Schuylkill)

217 (8) Gavin Taff (Northampton)

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

203 (10), 202 (2) Trey Dogmantis (Whitehall)

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)

Single Game Receptions (10)

10 (3) Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl)

Single Game Reception Yardage (140)

198 (9) Mason Kuehner (Nazareth)

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

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)

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

148 (1) Alex Moser (Pen Argyl)

146 (1) Ian Juica (Catasauqua)

146 (5) Collin Torres (Easton)

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*

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)

Field Goals (40 yards)

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

40 (2) Gavin Mentzer (North Schuylkill)

District 11 Season Leaders

Rushing (1,000)

2338  Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley)

2077  Luke Stevenosky (Minersville)

1969  Matt Machalik (Palmerton)

1562  Nathan Gray (ES South)

1412  Trey Tremba (Parkland)

1384  Colm McGroarty (Mahanoy Area)

1252  Cade Sawyer (Southern Lehigh)

1153  Dalton Clymer (Northwestern)

1117  Aiden Myers (Schuylkill Haven)

1109  Payton Fasnacht (Blue Mountain)

1089  Alex Ecker (Pleasant Valley)

1083  Niko Carestia (Schuylkill Haven)

1026  Lane Lehman (Pine Grove)

1022  Noah Pierre (Freedom)

Touchdowns (20)

33  Matt Machalik (Palmerton)

31  Luke Stevenosky (Minersville)

29  Cade Sawyer (Southern Lehigh)

28  Alex Achenbach (Williams Valley)

24  Trey Tremba (Parkland)

23  Colm McGroarty (Mahanoy Area)

21  Dalton Clymer (Northwestern)

Passing Yards (1,000)

2000  Danny Darno (Notre Dame)

1901  Peyton Falzone (Nazareth)

1817  Antonio Fontanez (Central Catholic)

1662  Cole Lazorick (Jim Thorpe)

1647  Luke Spang (Parkland)

1613  Caden Mengel (North Schuylkill)

1592  Christopher Fritts (Southern Lehigh)

1568  Trey Dogmantis (Whitehall)

1539  Aiden Hess (Catasauqua)

1497  Brad Rissmiller (Pen Argyl)

1492  Ryder Bray (Pocono Mountain West)

1404  Chase Walker (Freedom)

1222  Brady O’Donnell (Lehighton)

1218  Matt Machalik (Palmerton)

1203  Shane Leh (Northwestern)

1171  Cayden Vassa (Bethlehem Catholic)

1171  Greg Campbell (Bangor)

1161  Josiah Williams (Emmaus)

1113  Bruce Hopeck (Marian Catholic)

1083  Cole Ordway (Easton)

Touchdown Passes (16)

24  Danny Darno (Notre Dame)

21  Luke Spang (Parkland)

19  Shane Leh (Northwestern)

18  Christopher Fritts (Southern Lehigh)

18  Aiden Hess (Catasauqua)

16  Cole Lazorick (Jim Thorpe)

16  Antonio Fontanez (Central Catholic)

Receptions (36)

57  Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl)

48  Mason Kuehner (Nazareth)

47  Justin Yescavage (Jim Thorpe)

45  Jake Pukszyn (Liberty)

44  Ian Juica (Catasauqua)

43  Jareel Calhoun (Central Catholic)

41  Andrew Olesh (Southern Lehigh)

40  Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)

40  Aidan Sorrentino (Central Catholic)

39  Joey Flail (North Schuylkill)

35  Ty Sander (Palmerton)

39  Brett Bashore (Whitehall)

39  Shacre Colwell (Freedom)

38  DJ Kelly (Central Catholic)

36  Jack Robertson (Saucon Valley)

Reception Yardage (550)

944  Justin Yescavage (Jim Thorpe)

794  Mason Kuehner (Nazareth)

773  Andrew Olesh (Southern Lehigh)

716  Damian Tyminski (Pen Argyl)

676  Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)

666  Joey Flail (North Schuylkill)

654  Carter Vassa (Bethlehem Catholic)

622  Ian Juica (Catasauqua)

620  Conner Johns (Parkland)

612  Noah Dolbin (Nativity)

586  Josh Ludlow (Notre Dame)

550  AJ Lozano (Notre Dame)

554  Caleb Newsome (Nazareth)

Reception Touchdowns (8)

11  Nick Ryan (Shenandoah Valley)

10  Conner Johns (Parkland)

  9  Andrew Olesh (Southern Lehigh)

  9  Jack Robertson (Saucon Valley)

  8  Carter Vassa (Bethlehem Catholic)

  8  Ian Juica (Catasauqua)

  8  Joey Flail (North Schuylkill)

  8  Caleb Newsome (Nazareth)

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