On Thursday October 12, the Corry Beavers won their home game vs the Girard Yellowjackets. The Beavers overall are 2-5 and in their conference they are 2-3. Girard overall is 2-5 and in their conference they’re 0-5. The ending score was 42-14 Beavers with the win. This is the Beavers’ second win of the season the first one was back in September against the Harbor creek Huskies; the ending score for that game was 29-21.
The leaders on the board for the Beavers are starting off with junior quarterback Nolan Carey is leading in rushing yards per game with averaging 74.6 Rushing Yards a game. The senior wide receiver Rylan Smith is also on the team leading board with averaging 80.2 Receiving Yards Per Game. On Friday, Smith caught 5 throws for 75 receiving yards. Smith is also leading in touchdowns with five total touchdowns. On Friday, Smith scored two of the six touchdowns for the Beavers. Junior running back Mason Savitz is leading tackles per game with averaging 6.8 tackles a game.
The Beavers scored six touchdowns on the Yellowjackets. Smith scored two of the six touchdowns the Beavers had. Senior Wide Receiver Gabe Scouten also scored two of the Beavers touchdowns. Savitz scored one touchdown for the Beavers. Junior wide receiver Will Allen scored one of the touchdowns as well.
Head Coach Goodwill said, “I thought overall it went well. I was a little frustrated early on because we gave them 14 points due to defensive penalties and big kick returns once we fixed mistakes. I thought we played very well. We cleaned things up and played tough and executed.”
When asked what the key to winning against Girard Goodwill said, “Executing the game plan, and playing team defense. We really played as a team for the first four quarters of the game.”
The Beavers face Fort LeBoeuf on Friday, October 20, and it’s also Senior night for the football players, cheerleaders, and band. When asked what his expectations are for the Fort LeBoeuf game this Friday Goodwill answered with, “The same if we come with the same focus as we did against Girard. FLB is beatable nice to end with a win.”
