Area HS Football Statistical Leader through Week 9

Schuylkill Haven's Niko Carestia leads the area in rushing yards and scoring (Photo by Ashley Farr Donatti).

2024 Area High School Football Stat Leaders

After Week 9

(Individual Mahanoy Area numbers missing for PV game)

RUSHING

Car Yds TDs

Niko Carestia, Schuylkill Haven 165 1,965 26

Luke Miller, North Schuylkill 176 1,158 18

Dante Carr, Minersville 73 1,124 22

Rory Dixon, Marian 202 1,084 13

Fletcher Thompson, Wms. Valley 133 1,048 11

Tyler Stahley, Blue Mountain 141 896 11

Colton Reber, Schuylkill Haven 58 816 13

JuJu Bainbridge, Pottsville 137 813 11

Sam Walborn, Nativity 88 693 16

Kyler Quick, Mahanoy Area 101 674 5

Bradley Whalen, Tamaqua 108 657 4

Luke Kane, Tamaqua 79 641 10

Niko Castillo, Schuylkill Haven 50 629 9

Cole Gemberling, Tri-Valley 114 629 15

Logan Troup, Pine Grove 164 626 5

Brady Shomper, Wms. Valley 98 623 10

Sam Spolski, Nativity 74 611 11

Levi Terry, Mahanoy Area 109 551 10

Lukas Croizier, Lehighton 117 548 4

Parker Hatter, Tri-Valley 67 505 5

PASSING YARDS

Comp Att Yds TDs Int

Brady Shomper, Williams Valley 86 138 1,679 24 7

Dante Carr, Minersville 80 142 1,536 20 5

Cole Lazorick, Jim Thorpe 129 210 1,490 12 9

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

Andrew Allen, Pottsville 99 174 1,488 12 7

Ben Kreitzer, Nativity 56 106 1,334 15 3

Caden Mengel, North Schuylkill 83 135 1,145 11 3

Jayse Lawrence, Lehighton 89 153 1,038 12 8

Luke Kane, Tamaqua 76 131 977 8 8

Blake Schwartz, Tri-Valley 59 106 863 3 5

Ethan Bench, Shen. Valley 38 74 444 3 5

Levi Terry, Mahanoy Area 20 48 439 5 2

Dylan Rodino, Marian 29 74 407 4 5

Wyatt Snyder, Pine Grove 17 47 256 2 6

Brody Breiner, Panther Valley 25 69 224 2 4

Wyatt Dixon, Pine Grove 14 52 196 1 7

Brayden Fasnacht, Schuylkill Haven 13 23 185 4 2

Tristan Karosas, Shen. Valley 13 67 183 0 10

RECEIVING YARDS

Rec Yds TDs

Kian Krzyzanowski, Wms. Valley 49 924 13

Tsirell Curry, Pottsville 39 790 6

Noah Dolbin, Nativity 31 744 7

Paiten LaPoint, Minersville 37 682 9

Justin Yescavage, Jim Thorpe 48 658 3

Victor Schlosser, Tamaqua 49 583 6

Gaige Guers, Blue Mountain 29 532 5

Logan Hutsko, Minersville 30 512 7

Bradley Renninger, Blue Mtn. 24 508 5

Luke Miller, North Schuylkill 30 430 4

Evan Achenbach, Wms. Valley 13 337 7

Aaron Curran, Jim Thorpe 35 331 2

Joe Roth, Lehighton 24 329 4

Latrell Montone, Pottsville 24 318 4

Josh Louk, Jim Thorpe 31 315 5

Caden Meek, Lehighton 23 297 3

Mike Oblas, Mahanoy Area 11 254 3

Joel Nunez, Shenandoah Valley 15 247 1

Landen Smith, North Sch. 12 236 2

Matt Dube, Minersville 14 235 3

Blazer Lords, Wms. Valley 9 234 2

Blake Roberts, Lehighton 24 233 1

Jake Kavanaugh, Minersville 14 227 1

Michael Gelatko, Marian 22 224 3

Christian Alvarez, Pottsville 13 221 0

Michael Mogish, North Sch. 18 220 3

Trey Porter, Tri-Valley 18 218 1

Robbie Schaeffer, Pine Grove 15 207 1

DEFENSIVE LEADERS

(Statistics unavailable for Lehighton, Mahanoy, Nativity)

TACKLES — Jah Bushati, Marian, 98; Skylor Green, Williams Valley, 92; A.J. Halford, Minersville, 92; Trevon Bair, Williams Valley, 83; Brayden Evans, Pottsville, 82; Reese Miller, Blue Mountain, 77; Niko Carestia, Schuylkill Haven, 76; Charlie Hower, Marian, 73; Ryan Colahan, Tri-Valley, 72; Mike Elchisak, Shenandoah Valley, 72; Doyle Flory, Tri-Valley, 65; Cole Gemberling, Tri-Valley, 62; David Burrous, Shenandoah Valley, 61; Triston Davis, Schuylkill Haven, 61; Michael Gelatko, Marian, 61; Tyler Price, Marian, 61; Tyler Koch, Tamaqua, 60; Colton Reber, Schuylkill Haven, 60; Owen Fortna, Minersville, 57; Josh Louk, Jim Thorpe, 57; Logan Rizzardi, Minersville, 57; Brody Ibarra, Pine Grove, 55; Max Masser, Tri-Valley, 55; Elliot Stiely, Tri-Valley, 55; Brody Herndon, Pottsville, 54; Tsirell Curry, Pottsville, 54; Aidan Milkovits, Marian, 54; Gordon Slater, Shenandoah Valley, 54; Camron Green, Williams Valley, 53; Lane Noecker, Blue Mountain, 53; Connor Zurawa, Jim Thorpe, 52; Evan Kandybowski, Williams Valley, 50

TACKLES FOR LOSS — Tyler Koch, Tamaqua, 18; Brayden Evans, Pottsville, 14; Marco Tessitore, Panther Valley, 14; Brayden Crisswell, Williams Valley, 13; Jeremy Phelps, Panther Valley, 12; Jah Bushati, Marian, 12; Charlie Hower, Marian, 12; Bradley Whalen, Tamaqua, 11.5; Tahlil Flucker-White, Pottsville, 11; Bryce Zilinski, Williams Valley, 11; Averey Maroukis, Pottsville, 10; Brady McCabe, Tamaqua, 10; Chase Williams, Schuylkill Haven, 10; Jacob Hehn, Tamaqua, 9.5; Niko Carestia, Schuylkill Haven, 9; Triston Davis, Schuylkill Haven, 9; Skylor Green, Williams Valley, 9; Wyatt Keefer, Schuylkill Haven, 9; A.J. Halford, Minersville, 8; Luke Schane, Pottsville, 8; Trevon Bair, Williams Valley, 7; Max Clews, Pottsville, 7; Camron Green, Williams Valley, 7; Chase Hower, Marian, 7; Brayden Lauta, North Schuylkill, 7; Aidan Milkovits, Marian, 7; Tsirell Curry, Pottsville, 6; Mike Elchisak, Shenandoah Valley, 6; Owen Fortna, Minersville, 6; Luke Frohnheiser, Tamaqua, 6; Aaron Gilbert, Schuylkill Haven, 6; Gage Hammer, Pottsville, 6; Evan Kandybowski, Williams Valley, 6; Wyatt Snyder, Pine Grove, 6; Jeremy Thomas, Shenandoah Valley, 6; Michael Gelatko, Marian, 5; Ethan Moore, Jim Thorpe, 5; Kolton Joyce, North Schuylkill, 5; David Martinez, North Schuylkill, 5; Jaden Meyer, North Schuylkill, 5; Brody Ibarra, Pine Grove, 5

SACKS — Reese Miller, Blue Mountain, 6; Charlie Hower, Marian, 6; Chase Hower, Marian, 5; Michael Gelatko, Marian, 5; 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, 5; Shay Strencosky, Pottsville, 5; Tsirell Curry, Pottsville, 4; Leyden Hertz, Schuylkill Haven, 4; Victor Schlosser, Tamaqua, 4; Mike Stank, Nativity, 4; Niko Castillo, Schuylkill Haven, 3; Kaseem Lofton, Minersville, 3; Luke Miller, North Schuylkill, 3; Trey Porter, Tri-Valley, 3; Evan Achenbach, Williams Valley, 2; Cooper Ansbach, Tamaqua, 2; Trevon Bair, Williams Valley, 2; Wyatt Barnes, Blue Mountain, 2; Cooper Carl, North Schuylkill, 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; Julian Nelson, North Schuylkill, 2; Colton Reber, Schuylkill Haven, 2; Easton Schultz, Minersville, 2; Nick Wagner, Nativity, 2; Derek Watkins, Pottsville, 2

SCORING

TDs 2pt XP FG Pts

Niko Carestia, Schuylkill Haven 27 17 0 0 196

Luke Miller, North Schuylkill 23 0 0 0 138

Dante Carr, Minersville 22 1 0 0 134

Sam Walborn, Nativity 19 0 4 0 118

Kian Krzyzanowski, Wms. Valley 16 0 0 0 96

Cole Gemberling, Tri-Valley 15 2 0 0 94

Colton Reber, Schuylkill Haven 14 7 0 0 94

Niko Castillo, Schuylkill Haven 13 7 0 0 92

Mike Stank, Nativity 9 2 28 0 86

Sam Spolski, Nativity 13 1 0 0 80

Rory Dixon, Marian 13 0 0 0 78

Michael Oblas, Mahanoy Area 10 5 0 0 70

JuJu Bainbridge, Pottsville 11 0 0 0 66

Victor Schlosser, Tamaqua 11 0 0 0 66

Tyler Stahley, Blue Mtn. 11 0 0 0 66

Fletcher Thompson, Wms. Valley 11 0 0 0 66

Brady Shomper, Wms. Valley 10 2 0 0 64

Levi Terry, Mahanoy Area 10 1 2 0 64

Paiten LaPoint, Minersville 10 1 0 0 62

Luke Kane, Tamaqua 10 0 0 0 60

Kyler Quick, Mahanoy Area 8 3 1 0 55

Noah Dolbin, Nativity 8 2 0 0 52

Gaige Guers, Blue Mountain 7 1 0 0 44

Leyden Hertz, Schuylkill Haven 7 1 0 0 44

Logan Hutsko, Minersville 7 1 0 0 44

Gavin Mentzer, North Schuylkill 0 0 29 5 44

Sage Smeltz, Williams Valley 0 0 44 0 44

Evan Achenbach, Wms. Valley 7 0 0 0 42

Parker Hatter, Tri-Valley 7 0 0 0 42

Cole Lazorick, Jim Thorpe 7 0 0 0 42

Josh Louk, Jim Thorpe 7 0 0 0 42

Jordan Bowers, Minersville 0 1 29 3 40

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

KICKER SCORING STATISTICS

Blue Mountain — Aidan Grace, 30-34 XP, 0 FG 30 points

Jim Thorpe — Noah Geiser, 8-11 XP, 1-2 FG 11 points

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

Lehighton — Phillip Ebbert, 18 XP, 2 FG 24 points

Marian — Jah Bushati, 20-23 XP, 0-1 FG 23 points

Minersville — Jordan Bowers, 29-33 XP, 3-3 FG 38 points

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

North Schuylkill — Gavin Mentzer, 29-30 XP, 5-7 FG 44 points

Pine Grove — Dru Herber, 4-6 XP, 1 FG 7 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, 9-9 XP, 3-5 FG 18 points

Tamaqua — Nicholas Barron, 28-30 XP, 2-2 FG 34 points

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

Williams Valley — Sage Smeltz, 44-49 XP, 0-1 FG 44 points

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