PA Football News Archives
November 2016
District 11 Notes- Week 10
November 6, 2016 | Duke Helm
DISTRICT NOTES: District leaders are now listed at the bottom. RUNNINGBACKS: Darnell Ferrell of Central Catholic became the 3rd District 11 back to rush for 300 yards in a game this year. QB Thoman Melchiorre of ESN rushed for 304 yards in week 3 vs Allen and Mike Mitchell of Pleasant Valley rushed for […]
District 11 Notes – Week 9
October 29, 2016 | Duke Helm
DISTRICT NOTES: District leaders are now listed at the bottom. RUNNINGBACKS: Darnell Ferrell of Central Catholic scored 5 td’s vs Allen to extend his District lead to 35. Ferrell had 4 rushing td’s to go along with a 72 yard td reception. Mike Mitchell of Pleasant Valley now holds the single season school records for most yards rushing (1,381) and […]
District 11 Notes: Week 8
October 25, 2016 | Duke Helm
DISTRICT NOTES: District leaders are now listed at the bottom. RUNNINGBACKS: Logan Sterner of Pen Argyl rushed for 270 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Notre Dame. In the process, the junior, went over 1,000 yards for the season to duplicate what his father Rick also did at Pen Argyl as a junior. Logan […]
District 11 Notes – Week 7
October 17, 2016 | Duke Helm
DISTRICT NOTES: District leaders are now listed at the bottom. RUNNINGBACKS: There were 2 games last week that involved a player from both teams scoring 4 or more td’s each. Tamaqua’s 42-40 shootout win over Lehighton and Whitehall’s 41 -28 win over Freedom. Nick Breiner of Tamaqua rushed for 149 yards and 5 td’s. […]
District 11 Week 6 Notes
October 9, 2016 | Duke Helm
DISTRICT NOTES: District leaders are now listed at the bottom. RUNNINGBACKS: Logan Sterner of Pen Argyl scored 6 td’s in their win over Northern Lehigh. Sterner had 3 rushing td’s, 1 td catch and 2 punt returns of over 80 yards each. He broke an eight way tie for most td’s in a game at […]
District 11 Week 5 Notes
October 9, 2016 | Duke Helm
DISTRICT NOTES: District leaders are now listed at the bottom. RUNNINGBACKS: Dylan Rabuck of Williams Valley rushed for 262 yards and 2 td’s in their 20-14 win over Line Mountain. Rabuck, the only junior on the first page of the chart for running backs now has 800 yards rushing and 7 td’s this year. Mike Mitchell […]
District 11 Notes: Week 4
September 27, 2016 | Duke Helm
DISTRICT NOTES: District leaders are now listed at the bottom. RUNNINGBACKS: Darnell Ferrell of Central Catholic rushed for 235 yards and 3td’s, Ferrell also returned a punt back 70 yards for another score. That’s the 3rd week in a row he’s scored at least 4 total td’s that included 2 rushing td’s and 1 […]
District 11 Notes – Week 3
September 21, 2016 | Duke Helm
DISTRICT NOTES: District leaders are now listed at the bottom. RUNNINGBACKS: Darnell Ferrell of Central Catholic rushed for 213 yards (2td’s), caught 1 pass for a 51 yard td and returned a kick-off 100 yards for a td in their win over Pocono Mountain West. Going through past records that I have, that’s the first […]
District 11 Notes – Week 2
September 12, 2016 | Duke Helm
DISTRICT NOTES: RUNNINGBACKS: Darnell Ferrell of Central Catholic rushed for 191 yards and scored 5 td’s in their comeback win over Pleasant Valley. Ferrell had 3 rushing td’s to go along with a 46 yard reception td and a 78 yard kick-off return td. Kei’dre Taylor of Minersville also rushed for 191 yards and 3 […]
District 11 Notebook – Week 1
September 4, 2016 | Duke Helm
DISTRICT NOTES: RUNNINGBACKS: Thomas Melchiorre of ESN rushed for 169 yards and scored 4 td’s in their win over Northampton. Melchiorre also threw for 158 and 2 td’s including a 71 yard game winner to Nevin Day with 1:22 left in the game to break a 42-42 tie. Melchiorre added to his school records […]
DISTRICT 11 NOTES – FINAL STATS
January 13, 2016 | Duke Helm
DISTRICT NOTES – FINAL FOR 2015: All stats are in. Some of the stats on the chart have been adjusted slightly as per the head coach or the school statistician’s final stats. I’ve added a section below that lists the top player in 4 different categories for each of the 46 schools in the District. […]
DISTRICT 11 NOTES – WEEK 15
December 17, 2015 | Duke Helm
DISTRICT NOTES – WEEK 15: RUNNING BACKS: Evan Culver of Saucon Valley finishes the season with 2,934 rushing yards and 48 total td’s. His yardage is the 5th best all-time in the District for a single season. His td’s tie him with Jason Killian of Schuylkill Haven for 3rd best in the District. Zach Barket also […]
DISTRICT 11 NOTES – WEEK 14
December 6, 2015 | Duke Helm
DISTRICT NOTES – WEEK 14: RUNNING BACKS: Evan Culver of Saucing Valley rushed for 202 yards and scored 4 total td’s in their win over Selinsgrove. Culver rushed for 3 td’s and also scored on a 28 yard interception in the first quarter. That broke a string of 58 consecutive td’s via the rush for […]
Elite Eight Week for Pa State Playoffs
December 2, 2015 | Joe Stokes
There is just two weeks remaining before the Pa State Championship games are played in Hershey. There are just eight remaining teams in the hunt for a state title at all four levels. Last week was packed with Turkey Bowl and playoff action and as this Friday approaches those still in contention will face an […]
DISTRICT 11 NOTES – WEEK 13
November 29, 2015 | Duke Helm
DISTRICT NOTES – WEEK 13: RUNNING BACKS: Evan Culver of Saucing Valley rushed for 331 yards and scored 3 td’s in their win over Scranton Prep. He fell 2 yards short of Nick Savant’s record of 333 yards vs Palisades in 2013. Culver has now rushed for 2,659 yards and scored 42 td’s. Both are tops […]
The Ruby Review: District Playoffs Review, PIAA Playoffs Preview
November 26, 2015 | Joe Ruby
Hi everyone! Over the past fortnight, we’ve narrowed the herd down from 244 teams playing PIAA postseason football to 64 – 16 in each classification – still alive in the fight for a state championship. After briefly drawing attention to the fact that I went 34-2 in my D2/4/11 predictions over the last two weeks […]
DISTRICT 11 NOTES – WEEK 12
November 22, 2015 | Duke Helm
DISTRICT NOTES – WEEK 12: RUNNING BACKS: Evan Culver of Saucing Valley rushed for 203 yards and scored 5 td’s in their win over Lehighton. Culver is now Saucon’s single season and career record holder for rushing yards and td’s. His single season totals of 2,328 yards rushing and 39 td’s are both 2nd highest in the […]
DISTRICT 11 NOTES – WEEK 11
November 21, 2015 | Duke Helm
DISTRICT NOTES – WEEK 11: RUNNING BACKS: Evan Culver of Saucon Valley went over 2,000 yards rushing for the season last week. Culver now has 2,125 yards rushing on the season which is 10 yards behind Saucon’s record holder Nick Savant. Savant racked up 2,135 yards in 12 games in 2013. Culver is also the career […]
DISTRICT 11 NOTES – WEEK 10
November 21, 2015 | Duke Helm
DISTRICT NOTES – WEEK 10: RUNNING BACKS: Nysir Minney-Gratz of Easton rushed for a District 11 record 469 yards in their win over Nazareth. Nick Kurtz of Whitehall held the old record when he rumbled for 429 yards against Freedom in 1999. Minney-Gratz carried the ball 35 times and scored 6 td’s putting him over 2,000 yards for his career to […]
The Ruby Review: Playoff Preview!
November 12, 2015 | Joe Ruby
All right, ladies and gents! The Ruby Review is back after a month-long hiatus, and ready to get you good and knowledgeable about the PIAA Football Playoffs! Among the four classes, there are 244 teams still alive for Championships, all the way from our four reigning champs (Bishop Guilfoyle, South Fayette, Archbishop Wood and St. […]
DISTRICT 11 NOTES – WEEK 9
November 12, 2015 | Duke Helm
DISTRICT NOTES – WEEK 9: RUNNING BACKS: Gunner Anglovich of Liberty rushed for a school record 391 yards and 7 td’s on 33 carries. Tim Posivak held the old rushing record for 39 years when he ran for 307 yards against Allen. Posivak rushed 32 times and scored 4 td’s. Darren Mason held the old td record […]
DISTRICT 11 NOTES WEEK 8
October 30, 2015 | Duke Helm
RUNNING BACKS: Evan Culver of Saucon Valley rushed for 242 yards and 5 td’s last week. He takes over the District lead for rushing yardage (1,607) and td’s (27). Culver also tied the school record with his 5 td’s. Walt Schmidt (1955) and Nick Savant (2013) each scored 5 td’s in a game. Culver (3,610 […]
DISTRICT 11 NOTES – WEEK 7
October 23, 2015 | Duke Helm
DISTRICT NOTES – WEEK 7: RUNNING BACKS: Mike Stasko of Palmerton scored 6 td’s in their win over Catasauqua. The 6 td’s breaks the school record of 5 td’s held jointly by Gil Concepcion (1995) and Chris Siracuse (1997 & 98). Stasko now has 17 td’s this year and is now tied for 3rd […]
DISTRICT 11 NOTES – WEEK 6
October 16, 2015 | Duke Helm
DISTRICT NOTES – WEEK 6: RUNNING BACKS: Harry Hall of Northwestern broke Brett Snyder’s career rushing record last week. Hall now has 4,332 yards and 49 career td’s. Snyder racked up 4,281 yards and a school record 51 td’s from 1992-95. Hall’s 49 td’s places him in a tie for second place all time at […]
DISTRICT 11 NOTES: WEEK 5
October 13, 2015 | Duke Helm
DISTRICT NOTES – WEEK 5: RUNNING BACKS: Austyn Borre of Pleasant Valley rushed for a school record 255 yards against PM West. Borre broke his own record that he set as a freshman when he rushed for 246 yards against Dieruff. Borre now has 56 career td’s and is tied for 34th place all-time with Shawn […]
