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District 11 Top Returning Players WEEK 5 2020

Written by: on Thursday, October 15th, 2020. Follow EasternPAFootball.com Staff on Twitter.

 

By Duke Helm

DISTRICT 11 NOTES (week 5):   

RUNNINGBACKS:    

Mason Smeland of Palisades rushed for 229 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Bangor.  Smeland upped his season totals to 870 yards and 14 td’s.  Matt Frauen of Notre Dame leads the District with 18 td’s.  Chase Herb of Tri-Valley rushed for 215 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Mahanoy Area.  Herb has scored 6 td’s in 2 games.  Brandon Camire of Emmaus rushed for 142 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Dieruff.  Camire has scored 9 td’s in 2 games this season and earns him a spot in the “40 td” club.  Camire has 42 career td’s.  Jaden Bowens of PM West rushed for 233 yards and scored 4 td’s in their win over ES North.  Conner Goehring of Schuylkill Haven joins the chart after his 177 yards and 4 td’s vs Shenandoah Valley.  The sophomore has rushed for 1,024 yards and scored 20 td’s in his career.  Junior Josh Chowansky of North Schuylkill also joins the chart with his 1,060 career rushing yards.

QUARTERBACKS:

Three quarterbacks went over 2,000 yards passing in their career last week.  Josh Leininger of Pine Grove has 2,126 yards, Collin Quintano of Notre Dame has 2,068 yards, and Cody Miller of Nativity has 2,059 yards.  Leininger (1,037) and Quintano (1,091) also went over 1,000 yards for the season.  Leininger is a senior, while Quintano and Miller are both juniors.  Junior Justin Holmes of Northwestern threw for 262 yards and 3 td’s while also rushing for 152 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Palmerton.  Another junior, Cayden Stem of Wilson also threw for over 200 yards and rushed for over 100 yards last week.  Stem threw for 226 yards and 3 td’s and rushed for 101 yards in their loss to Northern Lehigh.  In the process Stem went over the 2,500-yard career mark (2,549) and has thrown 30 career td passes.  Bryce Herb of Williams Valley threw for 308 yards and 5 td’s in their win over Panther Valley.  Herb has thrown for a District leading 1,336 yards and is second in the District with his 15 td passes.  With his 5 td passes last week, he breaks the career record of 53 that Levi Engle set from 2015-18.  Herb now has 57 career td passes.  Jake Hall of North Schuylkill threw for 349 yards and 5 td’s in their win over Marian.  Hall went over 1,000 yards for the season and the junior now has 1,262 yards to go along with a District leading 17 td passes.  Rich Fronheiser of Lehighton also went over 1,000 yards for the season and now has 1,026 yards.  Nazareth’s Matt Bugbee threw for 269 yards and a td in their win over Northampton.  Dante Mahaffey of Saucon Valley threw for 247 yards and 2 td’s in their win over Southern Lehigh.  Quinn Wentling of Whitehall threw for 232 yards and a td in their loss to Parkland which put him over 1,000 yards for his career and onto the chart.  Quintin Stephens of Salisbury passes for 163 yards and 4 td’s while rushing for 173 yards and 2 td’s in their win over Pen Argyl.  Jared Richardson of Bethlehem Catholic threw for 189 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Liberty.

RECEIVERS:

Jaiden Cabrera of Nazareth caught 9 passes for 189 yards and a td vs Northampton.  Jesse Engle of Williams Valley caught 7 passes for 142 yards and 3 td’s vs Panther Valley.   He has caught 29 passes for 556 yards and 12 td’s this season.  Engle broke the school career td reception record with his 33.  Jake Wolfgang caught 31 td passes from 2015-17.  Gabe Davis of Minersville broke the school record tie with Bryce Ellinger for career receptions last week vs Nativity.  Davis now has 85 career receptions for 1,328 yards and 13 td’s.  He needs 22 yards to break Ellinger’s career record mark of 1,359 yards.  Justin Rodda of Northwestern has tied Cam Richardson’s school career td catch record as each of them has caught 23 in their careers.  Shea Morgan of Pine Grove is atop the District leaderboard with his 33 receptions this season.  Morgan’s 538 yards this season has him second in the District behind Engle’s 556 yards.  Ty Csencits of Saucon Valley caught 7 passes for 143 yards and a td vs Southern Lehigh.  Bryce Hensley of Blue Mountain is on the chart and just above his teammate Gavin Bartholomew.  Hensley has caught 39 passes for 666 yards and 7 td’s in his career, while Bartholomew has caught 33 passes for 658 yards and 7 td’s.  Bartholomew played quarterback last week in a win over Tamaqua and threw for 160 yards and tossed a td pass to Hensley.   Izzy Rodriguez of Notre Dame and Hunter Crum of Lehighton also join the chart with their 509 and 503 career reception yards, respectively.

History:

 

Sophomore Cade Christopher of Northwestern has 6 receptions this year for 289 yards (48.2 avg.) with all 6 going for touchdowns.  Back in 1960 at Jim Thorpe, Art Guth was moved from guard to tight end in the 7th game of the season vs Summit Hill.   Guth caught 4 passes from Johnny Hydro for 126 yards with all 4 going for td’s.  In their 8th and final game of the season, Guth’s first 2 catches vs Lansford also went for td’s giving him 6 consecutive catches going for a td.

 

2020 single-game highs: ( ) is the week the player accomplished the stat
Single Game Touchdowns (4)
5 (3), 4 (1), 4 (4) Matt Frauen (Notre Dame)
5 (4), 4 (5) Brandon Camire (Emmaus)
4 (1) Keegan Brennan (Nativity)
4 (3), 4 (5) Mason Smeland (Palisades)
4 (3) Nate Curvey (Tamaqua)
4 (3) Cole Serfass (Palmerton)
4 (3) Ben Terry (Mahanoy Area)
4 (4) Conner Schwalm (Minersville)
4 (5) Jaden Bowens (PM West)
4 (5) Justin Holmes (Northwestern)
4 (5) Conner Goehring (Schuylkill Haven)
Single Game Rushing Yardage (200)
251 (3) Conner Goehring (Schuylkill Haven)
237 (3), 229 (5) Mason Smeland (Palisades)
233 (5) Jaden Bowens (PM West)
227 (3) Cole Serfass (Palmerton)
215 (5) Chase Herb (Tri-Valley)
213 (3) Matt Frauen (Notre Dame)
207 (2) Jayden Williams (Central Catholic)
203 (4) Louie Clouser (Panther Valley)
Single Game Passing Yardage (200)
398 (4), 296 (1), 222 (2) Rich Fronheiser (Lehighton)  *School Record*
370 (1), 349 (5), 267 (2), 264 (4) Jake Hall (North Schuylkill) *School Record*
322 (2), 308 (5), 293 (4), 246 (3) Bryce Herb (Williams Valley)
321 (4), 223 (3), 208 (1), 203 (5) Collin Quintano (Notre Dame)
314 (4) Will Fish (ES South)
269 (5) Matt Bugbee (Nazareth)
264 (3), 262 (4), 213 (2) Josh Leininger (Pine Grove)  *School Record*
262 (5), 206 (2) Justin Holmes (Northwestern)
252 (4) Noah Fathy (ES North)
247 (5) Dante Mahaffey (Saucon Valley)
232 (5) Quinn Wentling (Whitehall)
226 (5) Cayden Stem (Wilson)
216 (3) Gavin Amerman (Pen Argyl)
Single Game TD Passes (4)
5 (1), 4 (4) Rich Fronheiser (Lehighton)  *Ties School Record*
5 (1), 5 (5), 4 (2) Jake Hall (North Schuylkill)  *Ties School Record*
5 (4) Will Fish (ES South)
5 (5) Bryce Herb (Williams Valley)  *Ties School Record*
4 (1) Cody Miller (Nativity)
4 (3) Cayden Stem (Wilson)
4 (5) Quintin Stephens (Salisbury)
4 (5) Jared Richardson (Bethlehem Catholic)
Single Game Receptions (10)
10 (2) Shea Morgan (Pine Grove)  *School Record*
Single Game Reception Yardage (140)
213 (2) Jesse Engle (Williams Valley)
189 (5) Jaiden Cabrera (Nazareth)
185 (4), 165 (2) Zack Hunsicker (Lehighton)
172 (2), 150 (4) Shea Morgan (Pine Grove)
171 (4) Silas Otero (ES North)  *School Record*
169 (3) Chad Parton (Salisbury)
146 (4) Hunter Crum (Lehighton)
145 (3) Raeff DiCello (Pottsville)
143 (1) Keegan Brennan (Nativity)
143 (5) Ty Csencits (Saucon Valley)
142 (5) Jesse Engle (Williams Valley)
Single Game Reception TD’s (3)
4 (1) Keegan Brennan (Nativity)  *School Record*
3 (1) Tanner Walacavage (North Schuylkill)
3 (3) Damon Simpson (Wilson)  *Ties School Record*
3 (5) Jesse Engle (Williams Valley)
Field Goals (40 yards)
41 (3) Matt Bugbee (Nazareth)
41 (5) Sander Sahaydak (Liberty)
District 11 Season Leaders
Rushing (450)
870 Mason Smeland (Palisades) sr
747 Matt Frauen (Notre Dame) sr
621 Conner Goehring (Schuylkill Haven) soph
587 Josh Chowansky (North Schuylkill) jr
468 Bobby Walchak (Pottsville) sr
457 Ben Terry (Mahanoy Area) sr
450 Nate Curvey (Tamaqua) sr
 
Touchdowns (10)
18 Matt Frauen (Notre Dame) sr
14 Mason Smeland (Palisades) sr
12 Ben Terry (Mahanoy Area) sr
12 Jesse Engle (Williams Valley) sr
12 Conner Goehring (Schuylkill Haven) soph
10 Bobby Walchak (Pottsville) sr
Passing Yards (700)
1336 Bryce Herb (Williams Valley) sr
1262 Jake Hall (North Schuylkill) jr
1091 Collin Quintano (Notre Dame) jr
1037 Josh Leininger (Pine Grove) sr
1026 Rich Fronheiser (Lehighton) sr
  790 Justin Holmes (Northwestern) jr
  775 Cody Miller (Nativity) jr
Touchdown Passes (8)
17 Jake Hall (North Schuylkill) jr
15 Bryce Herb (Williams Valley) sr
11 Collin Quintano (Notre Dame) jr
11 Justin Holmes (Northwestern) jr
11 Cody Miller (Nativity) jr
10 Rich Fronheiser (Lehighton) sr
  8 Quintin Stephens (Salisbury) sr
Receptions (18)
33 Shea Morgan (Pine Grove) sr
29 Zack Hunsicker (Lehighton) sr
29 Jesse Engle (Williams Valley) sr
22 Bryce Hensley (Blue Mountain) sr
21 Tanner Walacavage (North Schuylkill) sr
21 Hunter Crum (Lehighton) jr
20 Nadir Sanders (Notre Dame) jr
20 Gabe Davis (Minersville) sr

19 Jaiden Cabrera (Nazareth) sr

19 Izzy Rodriguez (Notre Dame) sr
Reception Yardage (350)
556 Jesse Engle (Williams Valley) sr
538 Shea Morgan (Pine Grove) sr
508 Zack Hunsicker (Lehighton) sr
475 Tanner Walacavage (North Schuylkill) sr
371 Bryce Hensley (Blue Mountain) sr
Reception Touchdowns (6)
12 Jesse Engle (Williams Valley) sr
  7 Tanner Walacavage (North Schuylkill) sr
  6 Bryce Hensley (Blue Mountain) sr

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