2005

December 18th

Congratulations to Corry Alumni (2002) Jeff Goodwill on winning his second Division III National Championship at Mount Union College. Jeff was a starting Offensive Lineman this season.

December 1st

Post-Season Honors -- Congrats to the following players:

ALL-DISTRICT 10 TEAM

Paul Flick -- Junior -- Linebacker

DISTRICT 10 REGION 5-AAA -- First Team

Nick Roussin -- Senior -- Offensive Lineman

Nick Carlson -- Senior -- Offensive Lineman

Paul Flick -- Junior -- Running Back

Paul Flick -- Junior -- Defensive Linebacker

Tyler Amy -- Senior -- Punter

DISTRICT 10 REGION 5-AAA -- Second Team

William McCray -- Senior -- Wide Reciever

William McCray -- Senior --Defensive Back

Nick Carlson -- Senior -- Defensive Line

Jared Durlin -- Senior -- Defensive Line

November 20th

Awards presented at the Annual Football Banquet:

"Hammer Award" (Special Teams MVP) -- Tyler Amy

WWCB Defensvie Player of the Year -- Kyle Gates

WWCB Offensive Player of the Year -- Will McCray

November 6th

**The Corry Beavers Football team finished the 2005 season with another heartbreaking loss, losing to the Harbor Creek Huskies 14-12. The Beavers waited too long to get started after falling behind 14-0, when Steven Blose took the first play from scrimmage 40-yards for a touchdwn, he then added the 2-point conversion, Blose later kick a 41-yard and 37-yard field goal. That was all the Huskies would need. The Beavers got on the board with 11:54 to go in the game when Senior Fullback Robert Slava scored on a 15-yard run, the PAT was no good. After a second down sack by Senior Defensive Lineman Shane Thieme, Junior Brandan Eck intercepted a Blose halfback pass and the Beavers were back in business. But on 4th and 14 the Beavers had a controversial "no call" in the endzone on a pass play and had to hand to ball back to Harbor Creek. After forcing them to punt, the Beavers got the ball back but the Huskies intercepted Sophomore Quarterback Aaron Gluvna at the 5-yard line. On first down the Beavers forced a fumble and Eck jumped on it, one play later Junior Tailback Paul Flick carried the ball across the goalline, the run attempted for the conversion failed, making it 14-12 Huskies. Again the Beavers forced a Blose fumble and the Beavers drove the ball to the 25-yard line and tried a 42-yard field goal with :09 seconds put the attempt was short of the uprights giving the Beavers their fifth loss of the season by a touchdown or less. The Beavers finished a respectable 4-6. Flick finshed the game with 117 yards and finished with 1,028 rushing yards on the season, the Beavers first 1000-yard rusher since 1996. Gluvna finished with 127-yards passing for the game. Eck lead the receiving corp with 3 receptions for 74 yards. Junior Linebacker Kyle Gates lead the defense with 12 total stops. Thieme finished with a sack and a tackle for loss.

**JV team finishes season with 14-0 loss to Harbor Creek

November 1st

**Friday Night the Beavers lost their 4th game of season by less than a touchdown, falling 13-7 to the Erie Central Falcons. The Beavers took their first drive of the evening and drove 11 plays covering 53 yards. The drive ended when Junior Brenden Carney hit Senior Receiver Will McCray for a 16-yard touchdown pass, McCray's seventh of the season. The scored remained 7-0 until Central's Michale Cooley scored on a 38-yard run with just over five minutes left in the half to make it 7-7. After no scoring occured in the third quarter, the Falcons Antonio Foster intercepted a Carney pass and ran 27 -yards for the score, the PAT was no good, setting the final 13-7. The Falcons had three int's in the game. Junior Linebacker Kyle Gates has 16 stops for the Beaver defense and Junior Linebacker Paul Flick recovered a fumble in the first quarter.

**JV team loses 13-0 to Central

**The game for November 4th originally schedule against Union City has been cancelled. Instead, the Beavers will play the Harbor Creek Huskies, Friday November 4th Home at 7:00PM

October 25th

**Corry played a rare Saturday Night Game at Erie Veterans Stadium versus Erie Strong Vincent which came into the game with a 6-1 record and ranked honorable mention in the recent state rankings. The Beavers were not intimidated and played their best defensive game of the year limiting the Colonels to only 135 total yards, including just 27 in the second half. However the offense did not provide enough points for win and the Beavers fell to 4-4. With 4:34 to go in the game Junior Quarterback Brenden Carney ran around right end for a 13 yard touchdown run. The Beaver elected to go for the two-point conversion and Junior Tailback Paul Flick was stopped just short of the goalline. Flick lead Corry in rushing with 64 yards. The Beavers then held Vincent with a three and out and got the ball back with just over two minutes to go and again began driving the ball but the drive stalled with less a minute to go when Vincent picked off Carney to seal the deal. Kyle Gates lead the Beavers with 13 Total Tackles, two tackles for loss and a fumble recovery.

**The JV team lost a hard fought game to Strong Vincent Monday Night 12-2. The JV team will finish the season next monday at Erie Central.

October 18th

**Friday Night Corry played host to state-ranked General McLane, and the former ECL foe left town with a conviencing 39-6 victory. After holding the Beavers on their first drive, GM took the second play from scrimmage and raced 70-yards for a touchdown, that was a sign of things to come as the Lancers rolled up 403 yards of offense. The Beavers got on the scoreboard with 5:20 to go in the half to cut the lead to 14-6 when Junior Quarterback Brenden Carney hit Senior Wide Receiver William McCray on a 14-yard scoring play. Senior Robert Slava lead the Beavers with 52 yards rushing. Senior Punter Tyler Amy punted 5 times for 45.2 yard average, including 52 yard punt in the first half. Junior Linebacker Kyle Gates lead the defense with 13 total plays.

**Saturday morning the JV team even the score handing the host Lancers a loss as Sophomore Fullback Delbert Liller scored twice to lead the Beavers to a 19-12 win. Liller's last score came with under two minutes to go in the game. Junior Tailback Thomas Ellsworth also scored for the Beavers.

October 11th

The Beavers got off to a slow start on a rare Thursday Night Game at Erie's Veterans Staduim against the East High Warriors, as the home team scored on its first drive to go up 6-0 early just 1:55 into the game. The Beavers got on the scoreboard with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Junior Quarterback to Senior Receiver Will McCray. Carney then hit Junior Receiver Brandan Eck on a three yard scoring strike with only :05 seconds left in the half to go up 14-6. In the third quarter Corry went on a 9-play 55 yard drive ending when Sophomore Quarterback Aaron Gluvna hit Junior Tight End Nick Leofsky on a 7-yard TD pass, Junior Kicker Aaron Murphy hit his third straight extra point to put the Beavers up 21-6. Senior Fullback Robert Slava was the fourth different player to find the endzone when he took it over the goalline from a yard out, Murphy's extra point made it 28-12. The Beaver defense forced three turnovers and allowed only 107 yards rushing for the game. A big hit by Senior Defensive Lineman Nick Calson forced a fumble recovered by Junior Linebacker Kyle Gates. Gluvna added his third interception of the season in the fourth quarter and Junior Linebacker Paul Flick sealed the game with less than two minutes to go with an interception. Flick also had his 5th 100-yard rushing game this season. Senior Punter Tyler Amy punted three times in the game after scoring a shutout as Goalie for the Corry Beaver Soccer team early in the day.

**The JV team won its first game beating the East High Warriors 34-0 in Monday Night action.

October 5th

The Beavers got back on the winning track on homecoming night beating Oil City 18-14. It was the Oilers that set the tone returning the opening kick off 86-yards for a score, the vistitors then used a trick play to convert the two-point play. The Beavers responded with a 9-play 65 -yard drive that ended with Junior Quarterback Brenden Carney scoring from 3-yards out. The Beavers put together another key drive and scored with :23 seconds left in the half when Junior Tailback Paul Flick scored from 12-yards out to set the halftime score at 12-8. The Oilers regained the lead with :04 seconds to go in the third quarter with a 21 yard pass from Drew Reinsel to Adam Brozeski. Senior Tyler Jaggi caused a fumble that was recovered by Sophomore Defensive End Matt Dennis at the Oil City 24-yard line. Junior Receiver Brandan Eck took a pitch left and raced 7-yards to give the Beavers the win 18-14. Senior Defensive Lineman Nick Carlson had two sacks in the final minutes and Sophomore Aaron Gluvna had an interception to seal the deal for Corry. Junior Linebacker Kyle Gates finished with 10 tackles and two tackles for loss. Senior Defensive Lineman Jared Durlin finished with 10 total plays including a tackle for loss and two sacks, he also won the Hammer Award this week for great special teams play including a PAT block. The Beavers play a rare Thursday Night game at Erie Vet Stadium versus the East High Warriors. Kim Kuzma was crowned Homecoming Queen.

**The JV team lost a hard fought 38-20 game at Oil City Monday Night. Sophomore Running Back Delbert Liller scored two TDs and Sophomore Receiver Kyle Hamilton scored the other Beaver touchdown.

September 25th

Friday night Corry was handed their second straight defeat losing 7-6 to Meadville. That makes two straight game where the Beavers beat themselves because of metal breakdowns and penalties. In both cases the better team did not win. The Beavers scored first with 11:50 to go in the second quarter when Senior Fullback Robert Slava scored from 3-yards out. The point after was blocked by Meadville. The Beavers had two other scoring chances in the 2nd when they had first and goal inside the 10-yard line. The first trip ended in a botch field goal attempt, the second on downs as the Beavers couldn't step up and make the big play for the score. Meadville scored after the Beavers had stopped the Bulldogs on Fourth and two, but the Bulldogs got a new set of downs after an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and capatalized scoring on a first down pass play with 2:33 to go in the 3rd quarter. Junior Paul Flick ran for 110 yards for the Beavers moving his season rushing total to 526 yards. Junior Linebackers Kyle Gates (15), Paul Flick (12), Nick Leofsky (10) all played great on defense. Senior Defensive Tackle Nick Roussin had 10 Tackles and Senior Strong Safety Tyler Jaggi checked in with 10 tackles filling in for Will McCray.

**The JV with Meadville was cancelled.

September 20th

The Beavers were handed their first loss of the season on friday night 27-22 as Warren scored on a 60-yard pass play with 1:36 left in the game. The Beavers had two touchdowns negated because of penalties and conserverial calls by the officials. The Beavers had many opportunities throughout the game to put the Dragons away but couldn't capitalize. The Beavers came out firing with an opening drive that ended with Junior Tailback Paul Flick carrying the ball over from the 1-yard line. Flick carried the ball 24 times for 207 yards on the night. The offensive line did a great job helping the Beavers rush for over 250 yards, that line includes Senior Right Tackle Nick Roussin, Senior RIght Guard Nick Carlson, Sophomore Center Phillip Leslie, Senior Left Guard Jared Durlin, Senior Paul Carney, and Junior Tight End Nick Leofsky. Senior Fullback Robert Slava also had a big night blocking and rushing running for 62 yards on 10 carries. With the score 7-6 (Warren) late in the second period, Junior Quarterback Brenden Carney hit Senior William McCray on a 24-yard pass play with only 11 seconds left in the half however Sophomore Jeff Eaton Returned the ensuing Kickoff 75 yards to put the Dragons on top 14-12 going into the locker room. The Dragons scored in three plays to start the third quarter to make it 21-12, but Flick took the next offensive play for the Beavers and raced 52 yards to cut the lead to three (21-19). Aaron Murphy booted a 20 yard field goal with 4:32 left in the 3rd quarter to give the Beavers the lead back 22-21. The score would stay that way until 1:36 left in the 4th when the Dragons hit the long TD pass to put Corry away.

**The JV team lost a shortened game 23-0 to Warren Monday night. The game was called in the middle of the 3rd quarter due to thunder and lightening in the area.

September 13th

**Last Friday Night the Beavers moved to 2-0 on the season with a hard fought vicotry over a physical Titusville team. The Beavers scored first set up by an interception by Junior Linebacker Nick Leofsky. A few plays later Junior Quarterback Brenden Carney hit Senior Receiver William McCray for a touchdown, the extra point went wide giving the Beavers a 6-0 lead. The lead would stand until the Rockets scored 14 unanswered points in the 2nd quarter for a 14-6 halftime lead. The Beavers would strike again with a Carney to McCray score to make it 14-12. Tremendous Defense early in the fourth quarter allowed the Beavers to stay undefeated on the season when they stopped Titusville twice inside their own 20-yard line, including a Jared Durlin fumble recovery, when the Senior Defensive Lineman fell on a fumbled snap. Sophomore Free Safety Aaron Gluvna had the big play on the last serious threat with a sack of the Rockets Quarterback on 4th Down. After that play Junior Tailback Paul Flick took the first play from scrimmage over 40 yards to set up Junior Fullback Kyle Gates 25-yard Touchdown run with a little over 3 minutes to go in the football game. The Beavers stop the Rockets on four downs to seal the second win of the season, already equalling last years win total. Junior Linebacker Kyle Gates finished the game with 15 total plays on defense and Senior Defensive End Robert Slava had 3 sacks in the game. Corry totaled 5 sacks for -45 yards as well as 3 tackles for loss. Another great TEAM effort for the Beavers.

**The JV team lost monday night to Titusville 39-3 with the lone score coming on Junior Kicker Aaron Murphy's 26-yard Field Goal in the first quarter.

September 4th

**Friday night Corry got a big home win against the Franklin Knights. A total team effort allowed the Beavers to move to 1-0 on this young season. Corry's defense and special team got them out a big hole early with a key interception by Senior Safety Will McCray and some great punting by Senior Punter Tyler Amy (Hammer Award Winner). The Beavers got on the board with a 62-yard Pitch Pass from Junior Tailback Paul Flick to McCray. After Amy pinned the Knights deep with a punt that landed out of bounds at the 11-yard line, Sophomore Safety Aaron Gluvna returned an interception 28-yards for a score. Junior Quarterback Brenden Carney then hit McCray for the 2-point conversion to make it 14-0 at the half. The Beavers put the game away early in the 4th quarter with a picture perfect 82-yard TD pass from B. Carney to Wide Receiver Brandan Eck. The extra point was no good making it 20-0. Franklin then scored with 2:23 to go in the game to set the final at 20-7. The defense pressured Franklin's quarterback all night with Ends Robert Slava and Matt Dennis, Defensive Lineman Jared Durlin and Ein Daley and Linebacker Kyle Gates doing most of the damage. Eck lead the team with ten total plays from his corner position. The Beavers forced four turnovers in the game and Flick rushed for over 100 yards on the night.

**Saturday morning it wasn't the same story as Corry lost to the host Knights 30-0 in JV action.