District 11 Top Returning Players for the 2019 season week 6

Written by: EasternPAFootball.com Staff on Friday, October 4th, 2019. Follow EasternPAFootball.com Staff on Twitter.

by Duke Helm

RUNNINGBACKS: 

Asher Smith of Southern Lehigh became the 2nd player to rush for over 1,000 yards on the season.  Smith has rushed for 1,114 yards so far this year and now joins the chart.  Smith scored 4 td’s for the 4th time this season and leads the District with 21 total td’s.  Nahjee Adams of Easton leads the District in rushing with his 1,169 yards.  Adams has scored 15 td’s.  Brandon Camire of Emmaus needs 6 more yards to reach 1,000 yards for the year.  Camire is 2nd in the District with his 19 td scored.  Kobe Brish of Schuylkill Haven rushed for 291 yards and scored 4 td’s in their win over Mahanoy Area.  Brish moves all the way up to 3rd place all-time in the District for career rushing yards with his 6,617 yards.  He moves ahead of these 3 former runningbacks.  Dylan Rabuck of Williams Valley rushed for 6,421 yards from 2014-17, Colin McDermott of Central Catholic rushed for 6,473 yards from 2010-12 and Cody Remaley of Northern Lehigh rushed for 6,555 yards from 2007-10.  Brish has scored 94 td’s in his career and is now in 3rd place all-time in the District.  He moves ahead of Remaley who had 92 career td’s.  Tavion Banks of Bethlehem Catholic scored 3 td’s last week and now has 60 for his career.  He’s currently in 4th place at Beca behind Tim Barlok’s 62 (1996-98), Michael McDaniel’s 64 (2012-14) and record holder Eddie Scipio’s 66 (1998-01).  Danny Lawrence of Mahanoy Area joins the “40 td’s” club with 40 career td’s exactly.  Dimitri Rojas of Stroudsburg scored 5 td’s in a game for the 2nd time this year.  Rojas had 5 vs Allen last week and 5 vs PM West in week 2.  Ironically that’s the only td’s he’s scored this year.  Zack Chowansky of North Schuylkill rushed for 284 yards and 4 td’s vs previously unbeaten Jim Thorpe last week.

QUARTERBACKS:

Scott Schwalm of Minersville followed up the 492 yards he threw 2 weeks ago with a 303-yard effort in their win over Marian Catholic last week.  Schwalm leads the District with 1,433 yards and has thrown 14 td’s passes this year.  Bryce Herb of Williams Valley threw for 280 yards and 3 td’s after throwing for 336 yards 2 weeks ago.  The junior has thrown for 1,193 yards and 19 td’s passes on the season.   His 19 td passes is the 2nd highest total this season behind the 21 that Northwestern’s Deven Bollinger has.  Bollinger has thrown for 1,232 yards this year and 6,387 yards for his career.  His 21 td passes this season ups his career total to 83 which now puts him in a 3rd place tie all-time in the District with Wilson’s Tyler Smith (2006-09).  Bollinger’s career yardage has him in 11th all-time in the District.  Anthony Harris of Nazareth now has 6,303 career passing yards and 64 career td passes.  His yardage has him 13th all-time and his td passes are tied for 12th highest in the District with Corey Cinicola of Jim Thorpe (2006-09) and Devante Cross of Parkland (2013-15).  Jared Jenkins of Freedom has 5,981 career passing yards and 61 career td passes.  He’s 17th all-time for yardage and his 61 td’s ties him for 15th place with Logan Edmond of Southern Lehigh (2016-18).  Damon Yost of Pottsville threw for 253 yards and 3 td’s in their win over previously unbeaten Tamaqua last week.  Yost has thrown for 1,118 yards and 17 td’s this season.  Quinn Wentling of Whitehall threw for another 200 yards last week in their loss to Bethlehem Catholic.  Wentling backed up the 211 yards he threw in his 1st varsity start with 256 yards in his 2nd start.  Joe Kerbacher of Northampton threw 4 td’s in their win over previously unbeaten ES South last week and also had 2 rushing td’s.  For the season, the junior has thrown for 800 yards and 12 td passes while rushing for 342 yards and 8 more td’s.  Jonathan Marks of Allen threw for 245 yards and 2 td’s in their loss to Stroudsburg.  Rein Farensbach of Bangor subbing for starter Joey Genteel threw for 218 yards against Saucon Valley.  Dallas Holmes of Liberty had his first 200 plus game last week when he threw for 212 yards and 2 td’s vs Emmaus.  Quintin Stephens of Salisbury went over 1,000 yards passing on the season and now has 1,056 yards.

RECEIVERS:

Allen Negrete of Whitehall caught 10 passes for 104 yards and a td last week.  For the season Negrete has caught a District leading 35 passes for 463 yards and 6 td’s.  Gabe Davis of Minersville also has 35 receptions this year for a District leading 649 yards and 8 td grabs.  Nathan Stefanik of Nazareth moves up to 8th place all-time in the District with his 147 career receptions.  He moves ahead of Jeff McGeehin of Central Catholic (1971-73) and Jacob Del Priore of Southern Lehigh (2011-13).  Both players caught 144 passes in their careers.  Stefanik also went over 2,000 yards receiving for career and now has 2,029 yards.  He is the 20th player in District 11 to accomplish this.  Jorge Torres of Allen caught 4 passes for 203 yards and 2 td’s last week vs Stroudsburg.  Nate Owens of Bangor caught 7 passes for 152 yards and 2 td’s in their loss to Saucon Valley.  Sophomore Derek Berlitz of Notre Dame tied the school record when he caught 10 passes last week in their win over Palisades.  Seven Crusaders have now caught 10 passes in a game including Berlitz and teammate Andrew Darno this year.  Northwestern’s Justin Rodda and Freedom’s Gabe Caton have almost identical receiving totals for their careers.  Rodda has 65 receptions for 1,135 yards and 19 td’s while Caton has 65 catches for 1,131 yards and 16 td’s.  Nate Boyle of Tamaqua is closing in on some school receiving records.  Boyle needs 2 catches to break Vince Boyer’s record of 86 career catches that he set from 1996-98.  He also needs 84 yards to break Anthony Bumbulsky’s career reception yardage record of 1,399 yards that he set from 2007-09.   Four receivers are tied with 8 td catches in the first 6 games.  They are, Davis from Minersville, Jesse Engle of Williams Valley, Matt Kistler of Tamaqua and Chad Parton of Salisbury.

2019 single-game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat

Single Game Touchdowns (4)

5 (1) Brandon Camire (Emmaus)

5 (2), 5 (6) Dimitri Rojas (Stroudsburg)

4 (1) Tavion Banks (Bethlehem Catholic)

4 (1) Brady Miller (Williams Valley)

4 (1), 4 (2), 4 (4), 4 (6) Asher Smith (Southern Lehigh)

4 (2), 4 (5) Tyrese Brandon (Northampton)

4 (4) CJ Selby (Jim Thorpe)

4 (4) Damian Garcia (Saucon Valley)

4 (4), 4 (5) Nate Boyle (Tamaqua)

4 (4) Nahjee Adams (Easton)

4 (4) Danny Lawrence (Mahanoy Area)

4 (5), 4 (6) Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven)

4 (5) Nick Henry (Northwestern)

4 (6) Zack Chowansky (North Schuylkill)

4 (6) Tim Buda (Salisbury)

Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)

291 (6) Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven)

284 (2), 241 (4), 236 (1) Nahjee Adams (Easton)

284 (6) Zack Chowansky (North Schuylkill)

282 (2) Gavoni Hall (Allen)  *School Record*

280 (5), 216 (2) Asher Smith (Southern Lehigh)

269 (4) Danny Lawrence (Mahanoy Area)

257 (2) Dimitri Rojas (Stroudsburg)

250 (5) CJ Selby (Jim Thorpe)

249 (4) Damian Garcia (Saucon Valley)

243 (3), 207 (1) Brady Miller (Willams Valley)

235 (3) Danny Lawrence (Mahanoy Area)

222 (1), 208 (3), 206 (2) Brandon Camire (Emmaus)

213 (1) Christian Arrington (ES South)

205 (5) Jacob Hoffman (Nativity)

204 (1) Isiah Rico (Parkland)

Single Game Passing Yardage (200). 

492 (5), 303 (6), 297 (3) Scott Schwalm (Minersville). *District Record*

337 (1) Brandon Knoblauch (Tamaqua) *School Record*

336 (5), 280 (6) Bryce Herb (Williams Valley) *School Record*

290 (6), 266 (4), 244 (1) Deven Bollinger (Northwestern)

283 (1), 213 (2) Collin Quintano (Notre Dame)

282 (2), 269 (4), 206 (5) Quintin Stephens (Salisbury)

256 (6), 211 (5) Quinn Wentling (Whitehall)

253 (6), 234 (3) Damon Yost (Pottsville)

250 (2) Matt Rauscher (Central Catholic)

245 (6) Jonathan Marks (Allen)

241 (2), 202 (1) Anthony Nanoah (Whitehall)

235 (4) Anthony Harris (Nazareth)

230 (5) Cole Transue (Easton)

227 (1) Will Fish (ES South)

220 (1) Lawson Bray (PM West)

220 (5) Joe Kerbacher (Northampton)

218 (6) Rein Farensbach (Bangor)

212 (4) Jared Jenkins (Freedom)

212 (6) Dallas Holmes (Liberty)

208 (1) Cole Transue (Easton)

206 (5) Joe Fullmer (ES South)

200 (2) Anthony Johnson (ES North)

Single Game TD Passes (4)

5 (1) Damon Yost (Pottsville)

5 (2), 5 (4), 4 (3), 4 (6) Deven Bollinger (Northwestern)  *Ties School Record*

5 (3), 5 (5) Scott Schwalm (Minersville)  *School Record*

5 (5) Bryce Herb (Williams Valley)  *Ties School Record*

5 (5) Joe Fullmer (ES South)

4 (1) Jared Jenkins (Freedom)

4 (1) Collin Quintano (Notre Dame)

4 (5), 4 (6) Joe Kerbacher (Northampton)

Single Game Receptions (10)

13 (5) Gabe Davis (Minersville)  *School Record*

10 (1) Andrew Darno (Notre Dame)  *Ties School Record*

10 (6) Allen Negrete (Whitehall)

10 (6) Derek Berlitz (Notre Dame)  *Ties School Record*

Single Game Reception Yardage (140)

261 (5) Gabe Davis (Minersville)  *School Record*

217 (4) Justin Holmes (Northwestern)  *School Record*

203 (6) Jorge Torres (Allen)

200 (5) Jayden Cruz (Williams Valley)

180 (1) Matt Kistler (Tamaqua) *School Record*

176 (4) Zack Gillen (Wilson)

175 (2), 144 (5) Chad Parton (Salisbury)

157 (3) Nick Davanzo (Bangor)

152 (6) Nate Owens (Bangor)

151 (5) Tyrese Brandon (Northampton)

147 (2) Gabe Caton (Freedom)

Single Game Reception TD’s (3)

4 (2) Justin Rodda (Northwestern) *Ties School Record*

3 (1) Matt Kistler (Tamaqua)  *Ties School Record*

3 (1) Vincent Reph (Freedom)

3 (3), 3 (5) Gabe Davis (Minersville)  *Ties School Record*

3 (4) Justin Holmes (Northwestern)

District 11 Season Leaders

Rushing (850)

1169 Nahjee Adams (Easton) jr

1114 Asher Smith (Southern Lehigh) sr

994 Brandon Camire (Emmaus) jr

946 Danny Lawrence (Mahanoy Area) sr

907 Brady Miller (Williams Valley) sr

864 CJ Selby (Jim Thorpe) sr

854 Damian Garcia (Saucon Valley) soph

Touchdowns (12)

21 Asher Smith (Southern Lehigh) sr

19 Brandon Camire (Emmaus) jr

16 Nate Boyle (Tamaqua) sr

15 Nahjee Adams (Easton) jr

16 Tyrese Brandon (Northampton) sr

14 Nick Henry (Northwestern) jr

14 Tavion Banks (Bethlehem Catholic) sr

13 Kobe Brish (Schuylkill Haven) sr

12 Danny Lawrence (Mahanoy Area) sr

12 Christian Greggo (Notre Dame) sr

Passing Yards (900)

1433 Scott Schwalm (Minersville) sr

1232 Deven Bollinger (Northwestern) sr

1193 Bryce Herb (Williams Valley) jr

1118 Damon Yost (Pottsville) sr

1059 Jared Jenkins (Freedom) sr

1056 Quintin Stephens (Salisbury) jr

978 Anthony Harris (Nazareth) sr

959 Brayden Knoblauch (Tamaqua) sr

921 Cole Transue (Easton) soph

Touchdown Passes (12)

21 Deven Bollinger (Northwestern) sr

19 Bryce Herb (Williams Valley) jr

17 Damon Yost (Pottsville) sr

15 Jared Jenkins (Freedom) sr

14 Scott Schwalm (Minersville) sr

12 Joe Kerbacher (Northampton) jr

Receptions (24)

35 Allen Negrete (Whitehall) sr

35 Gabe Davis (Minersville) jr

34 Nate Stefanik (Nazareth) sr

31 Derek Berlitz (Notre Dame) soph

29 Chad Parton (Salisbury) jr

27 Jared Graeff (Minersville) soph

25 Evan Roche (ES South) jr

24 Jack McGorry (Central Catholic) jr

24 Chase Holmes (Easton) sr

24 Nick Davazo (Bangor) sr

Reception Yardage (425)

649 Gabe Davis (Minersville) jr

502 Chad Parton (Salisbury) jr

505 Nathan Stefanik (Nazareth) sr

463 Allen Negrete (Whitehall) sr

448 Chase Holmes (Easton) sr

442  Nick Davanzo (Bangor) sr

Reception Touchdowns (7)

8 Chad Parton (Salisbury) jr

8 Gabe Davis (Minersville) jr  *School Record*

8 Matt Kistler (Tamaqua) sr

8 Jesse Engle (Williams Valley) jr

7 Kevin Schenk (Pottsville) sr

7 Justin Rodda (Northwestern) jr

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