Area HS football statistical leaders through Week 10

Schuylkill Haven's Niko Carestia breaks free for one of his seven touchdowns in Thursday's 72-52 win over Minersville (Photo by Kelly Wiley)

2024 Area High School Football Statistical Leaders

After Week 10

(Statistics do not include Thursday’s games)

RUSHING

Car Yds TDs

Niko Carestia, Schuylkill Haven 176 2,124 29

Luke Miller, North Schuylkill 202 1,283 20

Rory Dixon, Marian 223 1,199 14

Dante Carr, Minersville 76 1,140 22

Fletcher Thompson, Wms. Valley 143 1,109 12

Kyler Quick, Mahanoy Area 144 1,084 12

Tyler Stahley, Blue Mountain 163 1,001 12

Colton Reber, Schuylkill Haven 64 900 15

JuJu Bainbridge, Pottsville 147 830 11

Sam Walborn, Nativity 105 763 17

Bradley Whalen, Tamaqua 121 693 4

Levi Terry, Mahanoy Area 126 689 11

Brady Shomper, Wms. Valley 104 677 10

Niko Castillo, Schuylkill Haven 54 666 9

Logan Troup, Pine Grove 173 650 5

Cole Gemberling, Tri-Valley 120 649 15

Luke Kane, Tamaqua 92 635 11

Sam Spolski, Nativity 74 611 11

Jacob Ferguson, Lehighton 50 553 5

Lukas Croizier, Lehighton 117 548 4

Parker Hatter, Tri-Valley 77 528 5

PASSING YARDS

Comp Att Yds TDs Int

Brady Shomper, Williams Valley 94 149 1,935 29 7

Dante Carr, Minersville 89 154 1,685 22 5

Cole Lazorick, Jim Thorpe 147 236 1,670 14 9

Andrew Allen, Pottsville 109 193 1,619 12 9

Ben Kreitzer, Nativity 65 123 1,528 15 3

Brady Strause, Blue Mountain 81 146 1,489 14 10

Caden Mengel, North Schuylkill 94 151 1,342 13 3

Luke Kane, Tamaqua 85 135 1,121 8 11

Jayse Lawrence, Lehighton 92 159 1,062 13 8

Blake Schwartz, Tri-Valley 62 118 910 7 6

Levi Terry, Mahanoy Area 23 61 496 5 2

Ethan Bench, Shen. Valley 42 84 469 4 7

Dylan Rodino, Marian 33 78 407 5 5

Wyatt Snyder, Pine Grove 29 73 389 4 7

Cohen Kirby, Blue Mountain 15 26 279 4 2

Brody Breiner, Panther Valley 25 69 224 2 4

Wyatt Dixon, Pine Grove 14 52 196 1 7

Brayden Fasnacht, Schuylkill Haven 14 24 193 4 2

Tristan Karosas, Shen. Valley 15 73 182 0 11

RECEIVING YARDS

Rec Yds TDs

Kian Krzyzanowski, Wms. Valley 52 1,040 14

Noah Dolbin, Nativity 35 818 7

Tsirell Curry, Pottsville 40 797 6

Paiten LaPoint, Minersville 40 773 9

Justin Yescavage, Jim Thorpe 52 735 4

Victor Schlosser, Tamaqua 55 671 6

Gaige Guers, Blue Mountain 35 604 6

Logan Hutsko, Minersville 33 545 8

Bradley Renninger, Blue Mtn. 25 517 5

Luke Miller, North Schuylkill 31 441 4

Evan Achenbach, Wms. Valley 15 404 8

Josh Louk, Jim Thorpe 39 379 6

Latrell Montone, Pottsville 27 379 4

Aaron Curran, Jim Thorpe 38 369 2

Landen Smith, North Sch. 15 365 4

Joe Roth, Lehighton 24 329 4

Caden Meek, Lehighton 25 313 4

Michael Gelatko, Marian 23 271 4

Michael Mogish, North Sch. 24 268 3

Mike Stank, Nativity 10 267 2

Joel Nunez, Shenandoah Valley 18 259 1

Matt Dube, Minersville 15 256 5

Mike Oblas, Mahanoy Area 11 255 3

Robbie Schaeffer, Pine Grove 20 252 2

Christian Alvarez, Pottsville 16 244 0

Blake Roberts, Lehighton 25 241 1

Blazer Lords, Wms. Valley 9 234 2

Jake Kavanaugh, Minersville 16 231 1

Cole Gemberling, Tri-Valley 12 230 0

Trey Porter, Tri-Valley 18 218 1

Brady Jones, Panther Valley 22 216 2

DEFENSIVE LEADERS

(Statistics unavailable for Lehighton, Mahanoy, Nativity)
(Pottsville stats missing vs. North Schuylkill)

Tackles — Jah Bushati, Marian, 112; Skylor Green, Williams Valley, 102; A.J. Halford, Minersville, 100; Trevon Bair, Williams Valley, 95; Wyatt Snyder, Pine Grove, 89; Mike Elchisak, Shenandoah Valley, 85; Niko Carestia, Schuylkill Haven, 84; Charlie Hower, Marian, 83; Brayden Evans, Pottsville, 82; Reese Miller, Blue Mountain, 82; Ryan Colahan, Tri-Valley, 77; Michael Gelatko, Marian, 75; David Burrous, Shenandoah Valley, 74; Doyle Flory, Tri-Valley, 71; Tyler Price, Marian, 71; Tyler Koch, Tamaqua, 70; Josh Louk, Jim Thorpe, 67; Triston Davis, Schuylkill Haven, 66; Gordon Slater, Shenandoah Valley, 66; Colton Reber, Schuylkill Haven, 64; Cole Gemberling, Tri-Valley, 63; Logan Rizzardi, Minersville, 63; Owen Fortna, Minersville, 62; Connor Zurawa, Jim Thorpe, 61; Brody Ibarra, Pine Grove, 60; Evan Kandybowski, Williams Valley, 59; Camron Green, Williams Valley, 58; Chase Hower, Marian, 58; Luke Frohnheiser, Tamaqua, 58; Benny Baneravage, Panther Valley, 57; Aidan Milkovits, Marian, 57; Lane Noecker, Blue Mountain, 57; Elliot Stiely, Tri-Valley, 57; Max Masser, Tri-Valley, 56; Hunter Sartori, Marian, 56; Tsirell Curry, Pottsville, 54; Brody Herndon, Pottsville, 54; Brayden Crisswell, Williams Valley, 52; Nate Chamberlain, Schuylkill Haven, 50; Tristan Karosas, Shenandoah Valley, 50

Tackles for Loss — Tyler Koch, Tamaqua, 22; Brayden Crisswell, Williams Valley, 15; Jah Bushati, Marian, 14; Brayden Evans, Pottsville, 14; Marco Tessitore, Panther Valley, 14; Charlie Hower, Marian, 13; Jeremy Phelps, Panther Valley, 12; Chase Williams, Schuylkill Haven, 12; Bradley Whalen, Tamaqua, 11.5; Tahlil Flucker-White, Pottsville, 11; Skylor Green, Williams Valley, 11; Bryce Zilinski, Williams Valley, 11; Triston Davis, Schuylkill Haven, 10; A.J. Halford, Minersville, 10; Averey Maroukis, Pottsville, 10; Brady McCabe, Tamaqua, 10; Wyatt Snyder, Pine Grove, 10; Jacob Hehn, Tamaqua, 9.5; Niko Carestia, Schuylkill Haven, 9; Wyatt Keefer, Schuylkill Haven, 9; Chase Hower, Marian, 8; Luke Schane, Pottsville, 8; Trevon Bair, Williams Valley, 7; Max Clews, Pottsville, 7; Owen Fortna, Minersville, 7; Luke Frohnheiser, Tamaqua, 7; Camron Green, Williams Valley, 7; Brayden Lauta, North Schuylkill, 7; Aidan Milkovits, Marian, 7; Cooper Carl, North Schuylkill, 6; Tsirell Curry, Pottsville, 6; Mike Elchisak, Shenandoah Valley, 6; Michael Gelatko, Marian, 6; Aaron Gilbert, Schuylkill Haven, 6; Gage Hammer, Pottsville, 6; Evan Kandybowski, Williams Valley, 6; Adam Malinoski, Schuylkill Haven, 6; Jaden Meyer, North Schuylkill, 6; Jeremy Thomas, Shenandoah Valley, 6; Brody Ibarra, Pine Grove, 5; Kolton Joyce, North Schuylkill, 5; David Martinez, North Schuylkill, 5; Ethan Moore, Jim Thorpe, 5; Colton Reber, Schuylkill Haven, 5;

Sacks — Brayden Crisswell, Williams Valley, 11; Reese Miller, Blue Mountain, 6; Charlie Hower, Marian, 6; Chase Hower, Marian, 6; Michael Gelatko, Marian, 6; Bryce Zilinski, Williams Valley, 4.5; Jayden Blankenhorn, Blue Mountain, 4; Jah Bushati, Marian, 4; Cooper Carl, North Schuylkill, 4; Aaron Gilbert, Schuylkill Haven, 4; Ethan Moore, Jim Thorpe, 4; Bradley Renninger, Blue Mountain, 4; Marco Tessitore, Panther Valley, 4

INTERCEPTIONS

Gaige Guers, Blue Mountain, 6; Leyden Hertz, Schuylkill Haven, 5; Shay Strencosky, Pottsville, 5; Tsirell Curry, Pottsville, 4; Kaseem Lofton, Minersville, 4; Luke Miller, North Schuylkill, 4; Victor Schlosser, Tamaqua, 4; Mike Stank, Nativity, 4; Trey Porter, Tri-Valley, 4; Cooper Carl, North Schuylkill, 3; Niko Castillo, Schuylkill Haven, 3; Evan Achenbach, Williams Valley, 2; Cooper Ansbach, Tamaqua, 2; Trevon Bair, Williams Valley, 2; Wyatt Barnes, Blue Mountain, 2; Noah Dolbin, Nativity, 2; Charlie Hower, Marian, 2; Michael Johnson, Marian, 2; Cole Lazorick, Jim Thorpe, 2; Blazer Lords, Williams Valley, 2; Josh Louk, Jim Thorpe, 2; Brayden Lyons, Pine Grove, 2; Brady McCabe, Tamaqua, 2; Julian Nelson, North Schuylkill, 2; Colton Reber, Schuylkill Haven, 2; Easton Schultz, Minersville, 2; Cole Swick, Blue Mountain, 2; Nick Wagner, Nativity, 2; Derek Watkins, Pottsville, 2

SCORING

TDs 2pt XP FG Pts

Niko Carestia, Schuylkill Haven 30 18 0 0 216

Luke Miller, North Schuylkill 25 0 0 0 150

Dante Carr, Minersville 22 1 0 0 134

Sam Walborn, Nativity 20 0 4 0 124

Colton Reber, Schuylkill Haven 17 8 0 0 118

Kian Krzyzanowski, Wms. Valley 18 0 0 0 108

Niko Castillo, Schuylkill Haven 13 9 0 0 96

Cole Gemberling, Tri-Valley 15 2 0 0 94

Mike Stank, Nativity 9 2 28 0 86

Rory Dixon, Marian 14 0 0 0 84

Fletcher Thompson, Wms. Valley 14 0 0 0 84

Sam Spolski, Nativity 13 1 0 0 80

Kyler Quick, Mahanoy Area 12 3 1 0 79

Tyler Stahley, Blue Mtn. 12 0 0 0 72

Levi Terry, Mahanoy Area 11 1 2 0 70

Paiten LaPoint, Minersville 11 1 0 0 68

JuJu Bainbridge, Pottsville 11 0 0 0 66

Luke Kane, Tamaqua 11 0 0 0 66

Victor Schlosser, Tamaqua 11 0 0 0 66

Brady Shomper, Wms. Valley 10 2 0 0 64

Leyden Hertz, Schuylkill Haven 9 1 0 0 56

Gavin Mentzer, North Schuylkill 0 0 32 8 56

Evan Achenbach, Wms. Valley 9 0 0 0 54

Josh Louk, Jim Thorpe 9 0 0 0 54

Noah Dolbin, Nativity 8 2 0 0 52

Michael Oblas, Mahanoy Area 7 5 0 0 52

Sage Smeltz, Williams Valley 0 0 52 0 52

Gaige Guers, Blue Mountain 8 1 0 0 50

Logan Hutsko, Minersville 8 1 0 0 50

Cole Lazorick, Jim Thorpe 8 0 0 0 48

Jordan Bowers, Minersville 0 1 34 3 45

Parker Hatter, Tri-Valley 7 0 0 0 42

Aidan Grace, Blue Mountain 0 0 40 0 40

KICKER SCORING STATISTICS

Blue Mountain — Aidan Grace, 40-44 XP, 0 FG 40 points

Jim Thorpe — Noah Geiser, 10-13 XP, 1-3 FG 13 points

Jim Thorpe — Blaze Flyzik, 4-6 XP, 0 FG 4 points

Lehighton — Phillip Ebbert, 24 XP, 2 FG 30 points

Marian — Jah Bushati, 22-25 XP, 0-1 FG 22 points

Minersville — Jordan Bowers, 34-38 XP, 3-4 FG 43 points

Nativity — Mike Stank, 28 XP, 0 FG 28 points

North Schuylkill — Gavin Mentzer, 32-33 XP, 8-11 FG 56 points

Pine Grove — Dru Herber, 6-8 XP, 1 FG 9 points

Pottsville — Andrew Allen, 10-11 XP, 3-3 FG 19 points

Pottsville — Christian Alvarez, 15-18 XP, 0 FG 15 points

Schuylkill Haven — Hunter Correll, 11-13 XP, 0 FG 11 points

Shenandoah Valley — Sam Mentusky, 10-11 XP, 3-6 FG 19 points

Tamaqua — Nicholas Barron, 29-31 XP, 2-3 FG 35 points

Tri-Valley — Nathan Hillard, 25-29 XP, 0-1 FG 25 points

Williams Valley — Sage Smeltz, 52-57 XP, 0-1 FG 52 points

(Statistics compiled by T102SportsNow content editor Leroy Boyer through MaxPreps.com, stats submitted by teams and T102SportsNow boxscores)

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