District 11 Notes – Week 11 2014

Michael McDaniel of Bethlehem Catholic rushed for 251 yards and 4 td’s in their win over Lehighton.  McDaniel also returned a fumble 73 yards for a 5th touchdown.  The 5 td’s ties the school record held by Brian Baker (1994), Tim Barlok (1997), Dave Wilson (1999) and Eddie Scipio (2000).  McDaniel now has 1,471 yards rushing, which places him in 6th place all-time at BECA.  He’s also scored 28 td’s this year, which places him in 3rd place behind Dave Wilson’s 37 (1999) and Eddie Scipio’s 31 (2000).  McDaniel’s 58 career td’s is good enough for 28th place all-time in the District.  He’s tied with Darren Mason of Liberty (1997-99) and Robbie Frey of Lehighton (2004-06).  Gerald Douglas of Stroudsburg finished his season last week and still leads the District with his 1,934 yards rushing.  Douglas ends his career as the Mountaineer’s all-time career rushing leader.  Douglas finished with 4,010 yards and 54 career td’s.    Easton had three 100 yard rushers last week in their win over Pleasant Valley.  Shane Simpson had 116 yards and scored 3 td’s, Dalvyn Reynolds had 101 yards and two td’s and Nysir Minney had an even 100 yards.  Simpson now has 36 td’s on the year and 80 for his career and also joins the “4,000 yard” club with his 4,041 yards.  The 80 td’s places him in 7th on the District all-time list.  Dylan Evans of Pen Argyl drops to 8th with his 79 td’s (2008-11).  Reynolds went over 1,000 yards and now 1,014.  That’s the second year in a row Easton had two players rush for over 1,000 yards each.  Simpson and Kyle Bambary achieved it last year.  Saquon Barkley of Whitehall finished the year with 1,851 yards rushing and scored a total of 29 td’s.  Both are Whitehall records along with his career totals of 3,642 yards and 61 td’s.  Nate Farber of Northern Lehigh had 29 carries for a school record 343 yards in a win over Western Wayne.  Former San Diego Charger, Maurice Schleicher held the previous record when he rushed for 300 yards vs Lehighton in 1954.  Mark Weinus of Pine Grove now has 1,352 yards rushing heading into their Eastern Conference championship game against Northern Lehigh.  Christian Gretzinger of Palisades finished the season with 1,064 yards rushing and a total of 15 td’s.  Harry Hall, a junior at Northwestern went over 3,000 yards rushing in his career and now has 3,105 yards and 34 td’s.  Wyatt Clements, a junior at Lehighton rushed for 101 yards and a td vs Bethlehem Catholic to finish the year with 1,174 yards rushing and 23 td’s.  The yardage was the 6th best at Lehighton and his 23 td’s ties Chris Green for 3rd place all-time at Lehighton for a single season.  Andrew Davidson of Emmaus rushed for 109 yards and scored both td’s for the Hornet’s in an Eastern Conference semifinal game win over Scranton.  Davidson now has 1,771 yards rushing and has scored 25 td’s this year.  Evan Culver of Saucon Valley rushed for 138 yards and a td in their win over Southern Lehigh.  Culver has now rushed for 1,558 yards and has scored 25 td’s this year.  John Rupinski of North Schuylkill had another solid day vs Palmerton when he rushed for 127 yards and 3 td’s.  Rupinski’s season totals are 1,579 yards rushing and 23 td’s.  Rupinski’s 23 td’s breaks the school record of 22, previously held by John Rosella who set the record in 1968 (46 years ago).  Matt Miller of Williams Valley rushed for 208 yards in their loss to Marian Catholic.  Miller finished the year with 1,719 yards and scored 17 td’s.  His 1,719 yards breaks the school record of 1,680 yards previously set by Cole Barnhardt in 2012 as a junior.