2003 Northern Lehigh Football Roster

NO.

NAME

GRADE

POS.

HT.

WT.

3

Bob Sutjak

12

WR/S

6-0

175

7

Pete Wayda

12

QB/CB

5-10

175

10

Matt Sutjak

10

QB/LB

6-1

170

12

Justin Bayda

9

RB/CB

5-5

130

14

Jason Kunkle

11

QB/S

5-10

160

20

Aaron Mill

12

K

5-11

160

21

Nick Hosford

10

RB/CB

5-11

165

22

Steve Amico

11

LB

5-5

170

23

Erich Klein

10

RB/CB

5-8

170

24

Sean McCormick

12

WR/CB

5-11

185

25

Art Billig

11

WR/CB

6-1

175

26

Adam Hluschak

9

RB/CB

5-4

120

28

Scott Snyder

10

RB/LB

5-11

190

31

Craig Plotsko

12

FB/LB

5-8

165

32

Jarrad Farber

11

RB/LB

5-9

165

33

Carmen Azzaro

10

RB/OLB

5-10

150

34

Jack Gill

12

RB/OLB

6-1

195

35

Frank Gnas

11

WR/OLB

5-10

165

40

Zach Ziegler

10

TE/OLB

6-1

170

42

Kyle Follweiler

12

FB/LB

6-1

205

43

Andy Geiger

10

WR/LB

6-2

190

44

Jake Serfass

12

RB/CB

5-11

195

45

Tyler Tkach

10

TE/LB

6-3

225

50

Shamel Harris

12

OG/DE

6-1

225

51

Chris Reph

9

DE/G

6-2

210

52

Travis Hontz

9

C/LB

5-7

180

55

Ray White

12

OG/DT

6-0

240

57

Mike Lebrun

12

C/DT

5-11

215

58

Matt Clemons

9

OG/DE

5-9

170

59

Mike Steele

9

OG/DT

5-8

215

60

Andrew Tulio

10

C/DE

5-9

195

61

Nathan Rider

9

OT/DT

5-10

190

62

Eric Hontz

11

FB/DT

5-9

165

63

Dominick Fornaro

10

G/DE

6-0

210

64

Matt Williams

10

OG/OLB

5-9

165

65

Michael Tumbiolo

10

OT/DT

6-1

260

66

Wesley Loch

10

OG/DT

5-10

200

67

Michael White

9

OT/DT

6-0

210

68

Kevin Wetzel

12

OT/DT

6-2

250

70

Alexis Alzamora

12

OT/DT

5-10

250

72

Frank Hock

10

TE/DE

6-0

190

73

Dylan Williams

9

OT/DT

6-1

210

74

Jim Kern

11

OT/DT

6-0

200

75

Brian Caponero

12

OT/DT

6-4

225

76

Josh Ziegler

12

OT/DE

6-3

225

77

Joe Papay

11

OG/DN

5-9

175

80

Drew Cortright

9

QB/CB

6-0

165

81

Andrew Kropf

9

WR/CB

5-9

140

82

Shawn Leadbetter

10

WR/S

5-11

165

84

Andrew Arnold

9

RB/CB

5-1

110

86

Derek Hutchinson

9

WR/LB

5-9

140

87

Scott Sechler

9

TE/LB

5-9

155

88

Aaron Bortz

12

TE/DE

6-2

215

89

Shawn Brogan

9

HB/LB

5-8

140

90

Aaron Kromer

9

FB/LB

5-9

180

2003  All-Area Scholastic Football Team Members

D E F E N S E

CRAIG PLOTSKO

1ST TEAM

DEFENSIVE LINE

BOB SUTJAK

1ST TEAM

DEFENSIVE BACK

KYLE FOLLWEILER

1ST TEAM

LINEBACKER

AARON BORTZ

2ND TEAM

DEFENSIVE LINE

O F F E N S E

JAKE SERFASS

1ST TEAM

RUNNING BACK

AARON MILL

2ND TEAM

KICKER

2003 PIAA CLASS 2A ALL-STATE TEAM

Aaron Bortz

Junior
6'2" 215 lbs.

1ST TEAM DL

Jake Serfass

Senior
5'11" 195lbs.

2ND TEAM RB

Kyle Follweiler

Senior
6'1" 205 lbs.

2ND TEAM LB

Jim Tkach 

AP Class AA  COACH OF THE YEAR

2003 NORTHERN LEHIGH COLONIAL LEAGUE ALL-STARS

O F F E N S E

CENTER
1st Team: Sr. Mike Lebrun

GUARD
2nd Team: Jr. Joe Papay
2nd Team: Jr. Jim Kern

TACKLE 
1st Team: Sr. Kevin Wetzel

TIGHT END
Honorable Mention: Soph. Ty Tkach

RUNNING BACK
1st Team: Sr. Jake Serfass
1st Team: Sr. Kyle Follweiler
Honorable Mention: Sr. Jack Gill

QUARTERBACK
1st Team: Sr. Pete Wayda

KICKER
Honorable Mention: Sr. Aaron Mill

D E F E N S E

INTERIOR LINE
1st Team: Sr. Craig Plotsko
1st Team: Sr. Kevin Wetzel
2nd Team: Sr. Ray White

DEFENSIVE END/
OUTSIDE LINEBACKER
1st Team: Sr. Aaron Bortz
2nd Team: Sr. Josh Ziegler

LINEBACKER
1st Team: Sr. Kyle Follweiler
1st Team: Sr. Jack Gill
Honorable Mention: Soph. Ty Tkach

DEFENSIVE BACK
1st Team: Sr. Bob Sutjak
1st Team: Sr. Jake Serfass
2nd Team: Sr. Pete Wayda

PUNTER
Honorable Mention: Sr. Josh Ziegler

2003 NL VARSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE & RESULTS
(Click in Result column for stats)

Regular Season Record as of October 31, 2003 --> 10-0 

Date

Time

Opponent

Location

Result

Aug. 29

7 pm

Saucon Valley

Home

W 27-9

Sept. 6

1:30pm

Pen Argyl

Away

W 42-0

Sept. 12

7pm

Southern Lehigh

Home

W 54-0

Sept. 19

7pm

Bangor

Home

W 42-0

Sept. 27

1:30pm

Wilson

Away

W 51-0

Oct. 3

7pm

Salisbury

Home

W 48-0

Oct. 10

7pm

Palisades

Away

 W 48-0

Oct. 17

7pm

Northwestern

Away

W 24-0

Oct. 24

7pm

Catasauqua

Home

W 45-6

Oct. 31

7pm

Palmerton

Away

W 68-8

2003 NL POST-SEASON SCHEDULE & RESULTS
(Click in Result column for stats)

Overall Record as of December 7, 2003 --> 14-1 

Date

Time

Opponent

Loc.

Result

Sat. Nov. 8

7pm

Springfield Montco

Home

Win

Fri. Nov.14

7pm

Northwestern Lehigh

Home

Win

Fri. Nov. 21

7pm

Delone Catholic

New Oxford

Win

Sat. Nov. 29

1pm

Lakeland

 J. Birney Crum Stadium, Allentown, PA 

Win

Sun. Dec. 7

1pm

Aliquippa

Hershey Park Arena, Hershey, PA

Loss

2003 PIAA AA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS BRACKETS

Team (Dist-Seed-W-L)

1st Round
11/14/03

Qtr. Finals
11/21/03

Semi Finals
11/28/03

Finals
Sat. Dec. 6

EASTERN DIVISION

Wyomissing 3-1-10-0

Wyomissing
45-7

Littlestown 3-4-8-2

Delone Catholic
24-7

Delone Catholic 3-2-10-0

Delone Catholic
35-7

Schuylkill Valley 3-3-8-2

Northern Lehigh
6-0

N.  Lehigh 11-1-10-0

Northern Lehigh
42-14

SpringfieldMontco1-1-6-3

Northern Lehigh
20-3

Eastern
Champ

Northern
Lehigh
Bulldogs
10-7

Notre DameGP 11-2-9-1

Northwestern
30 - 0

Northwestern 11-3-8-2

Lakeland 2-1-10-0

Lakeland
53-6

WilkesBarreGAR 2-4-8-2

Lakeland
21-10

WilkesBarreMeyers2-2-10-0

Dunmore
56-19

Dunmore 2-3-8-2

Lakeland
28-13

2003
PIAA
State Champ

Aliquippa
Quips

32-27

Line Mountain 4-1-10-0

Line Mountain
35-0

Hughesville 4-4-7-3

Line Mountain
35-28

Mount Carmel 4-2-9-1

Mount Carmel
51-0

Athens 4-3-8-2

WESTERN DIVISION

Jeanette 7-1-10-0

Jeanette
46-18

Riverside 7-8-6-4

Jeanette
10-8

Northgate 7-4-8-2

Beaver
21-13

Beaver 7-7-8-2

Aliquippa
18-4

Freedom 7-2-8-2

Freedom
32-23

South Park 7-7-8-2

Aliquippa
36-0

Western
Champ

Aliquippa
Quips
28-15

Ford City 7-3-9-1

Aliquippa
28-7

Aliquippa 7-5-9-1

Tyrone 6-1-9-1

Tyrone
58-14

Phillipsburg 6-4-7-3

Tyrone
31-7

Central Cambria 6-2-9-1

Forrest Hills
24-14

Forrest Hills 6-3-8-2

Slippery Rock
28-14

Slippery Rock 10-1-9-1

Slippery Rock
34-13

Girrard 10-2-7-3

Slippery Rock
13-0

Brockway 9-1-10-0

Brockway
33-5

Karns City 9-2-8-2

August 29, 2003 - N. Lehigh vs. Saucon Valley - WIN 27-9

Northern Lehigh

7

13

7

0

27

Saucon Valley

0

3

0

6

9

-

Northern Lehigh

Saucon Valley

First Downs

7

10

Rushes-yards

182

58

Passing

46

68

Comp-Att-Itt

2-4-0

10-17-1

Punts

3-105

7-212

Fumbles lost

1

0

Penalties-yards

2-20

6-51

September 6, 2003 - N. Lehigh vs. Pen Argyl - WIN 42-0

Northern Lehigh

42

Pen Argyl

0

-

Northern Lehigh

Pen Argyl

First Downs

17

5

Rushes-yards

46-309

18-51

Passing

56

73

Comp-Att-Itt

1-2-0

4-12-5

Punts

2-37

2-34

Fumbles lost

5-3

7-3

Penalties-yards

2-15

1-10

September 12, 2003 - N. Lehigh vs. S. Lehigh - WIN 54-0

Northern Lehigh

21

13

20

0

54

Southern Lehigh

0

0

0

0

0

Northern Lehigh

Serfass 19 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Follweiller 71 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Wayda 13 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Follweiler 43 pass from Kunkle (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Serfass 90 kickoff return (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Kunkle 3 run (kick failed)

Northern Lehigh

Snyder 27 interception return (kick failed)

-

Northern Lehigh

Southern Lehigh

First Downs

12

8

Rushes-yards

29-275

35-58

Passing

101

92

Comp-Att-Itt

4-7-1

4-14-2

Punts

1-27

5-31.8

Fumbles lost

2-0

3-2

Penalties-yards

4-30

7-50

September 19, 2003 - N. Lehigh vs. Bangor - WIN 42-0

Northern Lehigh

21

7

14

0

42

Bangor

0

0

0

0

0

Northern Lehigh

Serfass 14 pass from Wayda (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Serfass 7 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Follweiler 41 pass from Wayda (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Wayda 1 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Serfass 14 pass from Kunkle (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Sutjak 55 interception return (Mill kick)

-

Northern Lehigh

Bangor

First Downs

10

7

Rushes-yards

29-205

22-0

Passing

108

59

Comp-Att-Itt

5-11-0

8-22-1

Punts

3-23.3

7-30.7

Fumbles lost

1-1

1-1

Penalties-yards

3-20

1-10

September 27, 2003 - N. Lehigh vs. Wilson - WIN 51-0

Northern Lehigh

16

21

14

0

51

Wilson

0

0

0

0

0

Northern Lehigh

Serfass 38 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Wayda 3 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Wilson's Purdy flopped on Warrior fumble in the End Zone

Northern Lehigh

Wayda 58 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Serfass 25 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Sutjak 59 punt return (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Sutjak 89 kickoff return

Northern Lehigh

Kunkle 57 run (Mill kick)

-

Northern Lehigh

Wilson

First Downs

11

0

Rushes-yards

40-350

27-53

Passing

63

0

Comp-Att-Itt

4-6-1

1-2-0

Punts

0-0

9-271

Fumbles lost

1

1

Penalties-yards

2-15

1-5

October 3, 2003 - N. Lehigh vs. Salisbury - WIN 48-0

Northern Lehigh

7

28

13

0

48

Salisbury

0

0

0

0

0

Northern Lehigh

Jack Gill 8 pass from Pete Wayda (Aaron Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Gill 20 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Jason Kunkle 9 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Jake Serfass 9 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Gill 4 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Tyler Tkach 14 pass from Wayda (kick failed)

Northern Lehigh

Bob Sutjak 72 punt return (Mill kick)

-

Northern Lehigh

Salisbury

First Downs

13

5

Rushes - yards

33-78

32-46

Passing

35

47

Comp - Att - Itt

3-4-0

5-11-0

Punts

1-30

7-25

Fumbles -  lost

1-1

0-0

Penalties - yards

8-75

1-15

October 10, 2003 - N. Lehigh vs. Palisades - WIN 48-0

Northern Lehigh

14

21

7

6

48

Palisades

0

0

0

0

0

Northern Lehigh

Serfass 23 run, (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Tkach 39 pass from Wayda, (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Serfass 14 run, (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Serfass 16 run, (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Follweiler 15 pass from Wayda, (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Follweiler 36 pass from Wayda, (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Snyder 1 run, (kick failed)

-

Northern Lehigh

Palisades

First Downs

13

3

Rushes-yards

41-273

21-(49)

Passing

96

61

Comp-Att-Itt

4-8-0

9-19-0

Punts

1-41

6-21.3

Fumbles lost

1-0

3-1

Penalties-yards

5-55

2-20

October 17, 2003 - N. Lehigh vs. Northwestern - WIN 24-0

Northern Lehigh

10

7

0

7

24

Northwestern

0

0

0

0

0

Northern Lehigh

Serfass 75 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Mill 30 field goal

Northern Lehigh

Gill 49 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Wayda 7 run (Mill kick)

-

Northern Lehigh

Northwestern

First Downs

10

2

Rushes-yards

46-288

25-(-10)

Passing

0

26

Comp-Att-Itt

0-1-0

4-12-2

Punts

4-25

9-35

Fumbles lost

2-2

0-0

Penalties-yards

1-10

2-10

October 24, 2003 - N. Lehigh vs. Catasauqua WIN 45-6

Northern Lehigh

10

7

21

7

45

Catasauqua

0

6

0

0

6

Northern Lehigh

Mill 33 FG

Northern Lehigh

Wayda 32 run (Mill kick)

Catasauqua

Gotebeski 4 run (kick failed)

Northern Lehigh

Serfass 74 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Serfass 8 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Serfass 1 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Follweiler 1 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Follweiler 37 pass from Kunkle (Mill kick)

-

Northern Lehigh

Catasauqua

First Downs

9

7

Rushes-yards

37-272

24-(-16)

Passing

74

167

Comp-Att-Itt

5-8-0

10-21-3

Punts

2-33

6-32

Fumbles lost

3-2

1-0

Penalties-yards

3-35

5-45

October 31, 2003 - N. Lehigh vs. Palmerton WIN 68-8

Northern Lehigh

34

21

7

6

68

Palmerton

0

0

0

8

8

Northern Lehigh

Follweiler 6 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Serfass 13 run (kick failed)

Northern Lehigh

Follweiler 45 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Serfass 28 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Wayda 20 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Wayda 42 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Snyder 2 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Tkach 26 pass from Kunkle (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Hosford 60 run (kick failed)

Northern Lehigh

Farber 3 run (Cortright kick)

Palmerton

Ritter 13 run (Heller run)

-

Northern Lehigh

Palmerton

First Downs

9

3

Rushes-yards

351

31

Passing

68

(-2)

Comp-Att-Itt

4-9-0

4-11-2

Punts

1-33

6-29

Fumbles lost

0-0

2-0

Penalties-yards

4-30

3-15

2003 TEAM STATS Through 15 games

SCORING

Qtr 1

Qtr 2

Qtr 3

Qtr 4

OT

FINAL

Northern Lehigh

182

189

144

39

0

554

Opponents

14

18

14

33

0

79

TEAM STATS

N. LEHIGH

OPPONENTS

First downs

169

77

Rushing attempts

600

419

Yards gained rushing

4251

1006

Yards lost rushing

228

592

Net rushing yards

4023

414

Passes completed

45

87

Passes attempted

97

217

Passes had intercepted

8

19

Completion percentage

46.4%

40.1%

Passing yards

766

872

Fumbles lost

15

20

Number of punts

36

93

Punt yardage

1021

2791

Punting average

28.4

30.0

Punt return yards allowed

0

506

Punt return average allowed

0.0

5.4

Net punting average

28.4

24.6

Number of kick-offs

97

0

Kick-off yardage

4357

0

Kick-off average

44.9

0.0

K.O.R.  average allowed

0.0

0.0

Net kick-off average

44.9

0.0

Total return yardage

1149

0

Number of penalties

50

43

Yards penalized

444

320

Total offense

4789

1286

Penalty yards/game

29.6

21.3

Net rushing/game

268.2

27.6

Net passing/game

51.1

58.1

Total offense/game

319.3

85.7

11/08/03 - N. Lehigh vs. SpringfieldMontCo Playoff - WIN 42-14

Northern Lehigh

7

21

14

0

42

Springfield MontCo

0

0

7

7

14

Northern Lehigh

Follweiler 15 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Follweiler 1 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Bortz 28 pass from Kunkle (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Wayda 5 run (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Serfass 18 run (kick failed)

Springfield

Jacobs 1 run (Tomarelli Kick)

Northern Lehigh

Gill 15 run (Serfass run)

Springfield

Wallace 8 pass from DiGiacomo (Tomarelli kick)

-

Northern Lehigh

Springfield MontCo

First Downs

14

6

Rushes-yards

36-299

30-117

Passing

59

8

Comp-Att-Itt

3-7-1

2-17-1

Punts

0

7-19.7

Fumbles lost

3-2

0-0

Penalties-yards

4-48

2-10

11/14/03 - N. Lehigh vs. Northwestern Lehigh Playoff - WIN 20-3

Northern Lehigh

7

0

7

6

20

Northwestern Lehigh

0

3

0

0

3

Northern Lehigh

Follweiler 12 run (Mill kick)

Northwestern Lehigh

Grube 28 yard field goal

Northern Lehigh

Bortz 9 pass from Wayda (Mill kick)

Northern Lehigh

Serfass 12 run (kick failed)

-

Northern Lehigh

Northwestern

First Downs

9

8

Rushes-yards

43-179

27-16

Passing

36

115

Comp-Att-Itt

4-7-1

13-20-0

Punts

4-29

4-31

Fumbles lost

1-0

7-5

Penalties-yards

4-26

0-0

11/21/03-Northern Lehigh vs. Delone Catholic Playoff-WIN 6-0

Northern Lehigh

0

6

0

0

6

Delone Catholic

0

0

0

0

0

Northern Lehigh

Tkach 29 pass from Wayda (kick failed)

-

Northern Lehigh

Delone Catholic

First Downs

15

2

Rushes-yards

58-244

22-(-2)

Passing

37

37

Comp-Att-Itt

2-4-0

4-10-1

Punts

6-26.3

8-31.3

Fumbles lost

6-1

1-1

Penalties-yards

2-25

1-10

11/28/03 - Northern Lehigh vs. Lakeland Playoff - WIN 10-7

Northern Lehigh

0

3

0

7

10

Lakeland

0

0

7

0

7

Northern Lehigh

Aaron Mill 32 field goal

Lakeland

T.J. Turnpack 20 run (John Wormuth kick)

Northern Lehigh

Jake Serfass 14 run (Mill kick)

-

Northern Lehigh

Lakeland

First Downs

15

9

Rushes-yards

53-198

29-113

Passing

22

44

Comp-Att-Itt

2-8-0

4-15-1

Punts

3-30

6-29

Fumbles lost

2-0

0-0

Penalties-yards

1-11

3-23

12/7/03 - Northern Lehigh vs. Aliquippa State Final - Loss 32-27

Northern Lehigh

14

0

13

0

27

Aliquippa

14

6

0

12

32

Northern Lehigh

Serfass 5 run (Mill kick)

Aliquippa

D. Revis 89 kick return (run failed)

Northern Lehigh

Follweiler 36 run (Mill kick)

Aliquippa

D.Revis 69 return blocked kick (B.Revis pass from Sjavante)

Aliquippa

D. Revis 2 run (pass failed)

Northern Lehigh

Sutjak 40 punt return (kick blocked)

Northern Lehigh

Gill 6 run (Mill kick)

Aliquippa

D. Revis 2 run (run failed)

Aliquippa

D. Revis 64 run (pass failed)

-

Northern Lehigh

Aliquippa

First Downs

11

5

Rushes-yards

209

88

Passing

21

74

Comp-Att-Itt

3-12-4

5-12-1

Punts

5-22.4

5-36.0

Fumbles lost

5-1

4-3

Penalties-yards

3-15

7-39