District 11 Notes – Week 12
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Duke Helm | November 22, 2014
Michael McDaniel of Bethlehem Catholic rushed for 267 yards and 3 td’s in their win over Saucon Valley. McDaniel now has 1,738 yards rushing, which places him in 3rd place all-time at BECA. He moved ahead of Darrius Webb (1,488 in 2008), Tim Barlok (1,535 in 1998) and Erik Marsh (1,661 in 1990). McDaniel has scored 31 td’s this year which ties him with Eddie Scipio for second place at Beca. Dave Wilson holds both records when he ran for 2,681 yards and scored 37 td’s in 1999. McDaniel’s career totals stand at 3,027 yards rushing and a total of 61 td’s scored. McDaniel’s 61 career td’s ties him with Dan Tavani of Notre Dame (2000-03), Blake Bowman of Tri-Valley (2009-12) and Saquon Barkley of Whitehall (2012-14) for 22nd place all-time in the District. Shane Simpson of Easton rushed for 206 yards and 2 td’s in their win over Freedom. Simpson also ran the second half kick-off back 79 yards for a td. He now has 1,857 yards rushing and 39 touchdowns this year. Simpson needs 38 yards to break Juan Gaddy’s school record of 1,894 yards that he set in 1991. His career totals jump to 4,247 yards rushing and 83 td’s. He is now 2 td’s behind Colin McDermott of Central Catholic on the all-time District list. McDermott scored 85 td’s from 2010-12 and sits in 6th place. Dalvyn Reynolds has complimented Simpson in the Easton backfield with his 1,095 yards rushing and 13 td’s. Nate Farber of Northern Lehigh finished the year with 1,396 yards rushing and 17 td’s. Mark Weinus of Pine Grove finished the season with 292 carries for 1,463 yards and 10 td’s. Harry Hall of Northwestern has rushed for 1,664 yards and scored 17 td’s this season. Hall upped his career totals to 3,261 yards and 35 td’s. Andrew Davidson of Emmaus carried the ball 52 times for 258 yards and 4 td’s in their loss to Liberty. Davidson finished the season rushing for 2,042 yards and 29 td’s. Over the last 6 games of the season, Davidson ran the ball 240 times for 1,464 yards and scored 21 td’s. Over those 6 games, he averaged 40 carries for 244 yards and 3.5 td’s a game. Liberty’s Ryan Lawrence rushed for 136 yards against Emmaus to go over 1,000 yards for the season. Lawrence ended the year with 1,007 yards while scoring 14 td’s. Lawrence would rush for only 273 yards in the first 6 games and then rush for 734 yards in the last 6 games. Evan Culver of Saucon Valley finished the season rushing for 1,715 yards and 26 td’s. Culver, a junior also went over 2,000 yards for his career and now has 2,003 yards. John Rupinski of North Schuylkill finished the year rushing for a school record 1,648 yards and 24 td’s. KJ Snerr of Marian Catholic rushed for 1,531 yards and scored 16 td’s in his junior season. The 1,531 yards ranks him in third place all-time at Marian behind Mike Tracy’s 1,537 and 2,287 yards that he set in 1979 and 1980. Hunter Harner rushed for 233 yards and 4 td’s in their Eastern Conference win. Harner went over 1,000 yards in the game and ended the season with 1,117 yards.
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