DISTRICT 11 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 in the District this year.  His career totals are 4,662 yards (14th best) and 71 td’s (tied for 10th all-time with Jason Killian of Schuylkill Haven).  Nysir Minney-Gratz of Easton rushed for 115 yards vs Phillipsburg to finish the year with 1,958 yards.  Minney-Gratz moves ahead of Juan Gaddy and into 2nd place all-time at Easton.  Gaddy rushed for 1,894 yards in 1991.  Shane Simpson has the record with his 2,124 yards he rushed for last year.  Minney-Gratz’s 28 td’s this year are 3rd best at Easton for a single season behind only Simpson’s 41 and Eric Thompson’s 30.  Eric Digirolamo of Parkland went over 1,000 yards rushing for the season and now has 1,034 yards and 20 td’s.  Mitch Daniel of Notre Dame finished his junior year, rushing for 1,096 yards and scoring 18 td’s.  His 18 td’s ties him with Dan Tavani’s junior year for 3rd place for a single season at Notre Dame.  Teammate, Tre Jordan scored 2 td’s vs Dunmore to finish the year with 19 td’s moving him into 2nd place all-time at the school.  Dan Tavani holds the record when he scored 26 td’s as a senior in 2003.  For his career, Jordan rushed for 1,898 yards and scored 41 td’s.  KJ Snerr of Marian Catholic rushed for 139 yards and a td last week to finish the year with 1,395 yards rushing and 24 total td’s.  His td’s are the 3rd best at Marian for a single season behind only Mike Tracy’s 30 and Al Donadi’s 28.  Devin Turner of Northampton rushed for 222 yards and scored 5 total td’s in their win over Catasauqua.  The 5 td’s ties the school record held by several players.  Lou Skok in 1936, Rod Luckenbach in 1950 and Paul Mishko in 1952 all scored 5 td’s in a game.

QUARTERBACKS:  Tre Jordan of Notre Dame threw for 246 yards in their loss to Dunmore.  He ends his senior year with single season school records of 263 completions, 392 attempts, 3,375 yards and 30 td passes.  All are currently tops in the District this year.  His yardage was the 3rd highest ever in the District.  Devante Cross threw for 120 yards and 2 td’s while racking up 174 yards rushing and 2 td’s.  He’s rushed for 1,241 yards and scored 17 td’s this year while throwing for 2,282 yards and 22 td passes.  He needs 67 yards passing to break his own single season record.  Cross has now rushed for 2,809 yards in his career while scoring 38 td’s.  His career passing totals are now at 5,685 yards and 60 td passes.  Zach Thatcher of Saucon Valley went over 1,000 yards rushing for the season.  He now has 1,021 yards rushing and 16 td’s.  Culver and Thatcher are the 7th pair of teammates from the Colonial league to rush for over 1,000 yards in the same season.  Thatcher has also passed for 1,060 yards (12 td passes) to become the first Panther to throw and rush for a 1,000 yards in the same season.  Evan Kuczynski of Marian Catholic finishes his junior season passing for 1,183 yards and 13 td passes.  Kuczynski will enter his senior year with 2,803 yards passing and 34 td passes.  Cristian Burker of Catasauqua threw for 179 yards and 2 td’s and also rushed for 151 yards and 2 td’s vs Northampton.  He finishes the season with 1,327 yards passing and 11 td passes.  For his career, Burker threw for 2,240 yards and 18 td passes.  The 18 td passes is a popular total this year as Austin Krauss of Palisades and Trey Durrah of Easton also finished their careers with 18.  Joe Young of Freedom and Danny Lozada of Schuylkill Haven will enter their senior year with 18 td passes.

RECEIVERS:  Nick Basenese of Notre Dame finished the season with a school record 74 catches for 826 yards (4th best) and 4 td’s.  He finishes his career with 103 catches for 1,124 yards and 7 td’s.  His catches are 3rd best all-time and his yards are 5th best at Notre Dame for a career.  Kenny Yeboah of Parkland now has 57 catches this year for a school record 915 yards and 12 td catches.  His 57 catches are 3 behind Jarey Elder’s school record 60.  Yeboah’s 12 td catches are 2nd best behind his school record 13 td’s he had last year.  Yeboah now has 105 career catches for 1,688 yards and 25 td catches.  He trails only Jarey Elder (106) and Tim Massaquoi (114).  His 25 td catches puts him in second place at Parkland behind only Tim Massaquoi’s 31 (1998-00).  Mike Kane of Saucon Valley caught his school record 16th career td pass last week to break the 3 way tie with teammate Nate Harka and former Panther Sean Crouthamel.  Aaron Deangelo of Marian Catholic finished the season catching 39 passes for 677 yards and 6 td’s.  His 39 catches is the 4th highest total at Marian behind record holder Scott Holloman’s 52 that he set in 1997, Mark Makovec’s 43 in 1993 and Jeff Davidock’s 42 in 1986.  Underclassmen Corey Raysely and Ryan Greene of Catasauqua finished their seasons with solid totals.  Raysely a sophomore, caught 51 passes for 743 yards and 7 td’s while Greene caught 46 passes for 519 yards and 6 td’s.  Raysely’s 51 catches is 2nd best at Catty behind Paryss Marshall’s 76 and his yardage is 5th best.

Week 12 Trivia: No District 11 team has ever had 4 players with over 500 yards receiving in the same season.  Notre Dame has 3 players with over 500 yards receiving and 1 player with over 400 yards.  Name the first team to have 3 players with 500 yards receiving and 1 player with over 400 yards in the same season. Bethlehem Catholic in 1999: Shawn Martell 950 yards, Eddie Scipio 695 yards, Frank Trovato 640 yards and Pete Donchez 476 yards.  Notre Dame’s Destyn Woody went over 500 yards vs Dunmore to give them 4 players with over 500 yards receiving in a season.  They are: Nick Basenese (826), Woody (608), Aaron Weller (586) and Mitch Daniel (525).  

6 (10), 4 (5) Nysir Minney-Gratz (Easton)

243 (9), 232 (7) Brandon Keyes (Pleasant Valley)

230 (10), 224 (9) Bobby Grigas (North Schuylkill)

223 (10) Ian McCole (Shenandoah Valley)