Vanchieri throws for 400 plus as Corry airs out a win over the Grape Pickers

Blake Cook hauled in one of his two touchdown grabs on Thursday night. Cook totaled 12 catches for a whopping 215 yards in the Beavers 34-16 win over North East

By Scott Lockwood

Corry, PA- The Corry Beavers football team hosted the Grape Pickers of North East in a Thursday night special at Howard Sheen Field. It was an important region five game and both teams had to win to keep pace with Fort LeBoeuf who had already beaten both teams earlier in the year.  The Beavers would prevail with an aerial assault the gave Corry the

win 34-16.

Corry kicked off the scoring in the first quarter. A huge 44-yard pass play from Jack Vanchieri to Blake Cook set up a four-yard touchdown pass From Vanchieri to Tucker Jackson. Keaton Frisina added the extra point and the Beavers lead 7-0.

North East answered in the second quarter as quarterback Bryson Galloway broke out to the near side and with great blocking down field, Galloway scampered 44 yards into the endzone. Jash Bannag added the PAT to tie the game at 7-7. Corry answered right back though. Vanchieri hit Cook on a quick slant over the middle and Cook turned on the afterburners for a 60-yard touchdown. Frisina added the PAT and Corry was back on top

14-7 at the half.

Corry would strike first coming out of the locker room in the third quarter as Vanchieri found Cook again on a slant route over the middle of the field. Cook scampered 35-yards into the endzone for the Corry touchdown. Landon Walizer connected added the PAT to make it a 21-7 lead for Corry.

North East would refuse to go quietly into the night though. Galloway would hit a big pass play of his own as he connected with Jayden Wittman for a 40-yard touchdown strike. Bannag added the extra point, and the Corry lead was cut to 21-14.

Corry would answer with the final score in the third quarter. Vanchieri found Connor Sterling down field at the 15-yard line and Sterling spun off a would-be tackler and stiff armed another Picker at the nine before getting into the endzone. The PAT was no good, but Corry extended their lead to 27-14.

The fourth quarter saw a punt pinning the Beavers back at their own two-yard line. That’s when the Pickers defense would tackle running back Deion Canady in the endzone for a Picker safety cutting the Corry lead to 27-16. Corry would get the final score of the game though. A 52-yard pass play from Vanchieri to Jackson would seal the Pickers fate for the night. Frisina added the extra point and the Beavers would win the game with a final score of 34-16.

North East had Corry’s rushing attack pinned down all night long. (-14 total yards on the ground).  It was the Beavers Passing game that shredded the North East Defense as Vanchieri went 25 out of 37 for 421 yards and throwing five touchdown passes. He did have two interceptions on the night. Blake Cook led all receivers with 12 receptions for 215 yards and two touchdowns. Sterling had five receptions for 84 yards and a touchdown; Jackson had two catches for 56 yards and two touchdowns, Frisina had five grabs and 54 yards, and Lamech Albers had one catch for 12 yards.

For the Pickers it was Galloway leading the ground game as he had 48 yards on eight carries and a touchdown. Carter Crozier had 31 yards on four carries, Ethen Ringer had 23 yards on 11 carries, and Colton Owens had four yards on two carries. Galloway was 13 of 24 through the air with 150 yards and a touchdown. Crozier had eight catches for 96 yards, Wittman had three catches for 46 yards and a touchdown, Owens had two catches for 10 yards, and Isaac McGuigan had one catch for six yards.

Both teams are now 5-2 on the year. Corry improves to 2-1 in region five and will host the Fairview Tigers at Howard Sheen Field on Friday October 10^th at 7:00 PM. North East falls to 1-2 in the region and they will host the Girard Yellow Jackets in a Saturday Matinee game on October 11th with a 1:00 PM opening kickoff. Both games will be streamed live on the DeeJ Experience Sports Stream. www.deejexperience.com

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Our very own Steve Mountain caught up with our Crotty Chevrolet Player of the Game Blake Cook and this is what he had to say about the win over North East

GAME STATS

North East vs. Corry

10/2/25, 7:00 PM

Regular Season

	1	2	3	4	Total
North East	0	7	7	2	16
Corry	7	7	13	7	34

SCORING SUMMARY:

1st Quarter

C: Tucker Jackson 4 yd Pass from Jack Vanchieri (CNV) 0-6

C: Keaton Frisina (PAT) 0-7

2nd Quarter

NE: Bryson Galloway 44 yd Rush (TD) 6-7

NE: Josh Bannag (PAT) 7-7

C: Blake Cook 60 yd Pass from Jack Vanchieri (CNV) 7-13

C: Keaton Frisina (PAT) 7-14

3rd Quarter

C: Blake Cook 35 yd Pass from Jack Vanchieri (CNV) 7-20

C: Landon Walizer (PAT) 7-21

NE: Jayden Wittman 40 yd Pass from Bryson Galloway (CNV) 13-21

NE: Josh Bannag (PAT) 14-21

C: Conner Sterling 37 yd Pass from Jack Vanchieri (CNV) 14-27

4th Quarter

NE: (SAFETY) 16-27

C: Tucker Jackson 52 yd Pass from Jack Vanchieri (CNV) 16-33

C: Keaton Frisina (PAT) 16-34

Game Summary	North East		Corry
First Downs	13			16
Rushes-Yards	25	106		17	-14
Recep-Yards	14	158		25	421
Passing Yards	158			421
Comp-Attempts	14	27		25	37
TD-INT	1	3		5	2
Fumbles-Lost	0	0		0	0
Penalties-Yards	3	10		2	0
3rd Down Conv	2	11		5	11
4th Down Conv	1	3		1	6
FG Made-Att	0	0		0	0
Tackles	0			1.0
Sacks-Yards	0.0	0		1.0	-19
Time of Possession	01:02:06			45:18

RUSHING LEADERS:
No.	Player	Rushes	Yards	TDs	Fumbles				No.	Player	Rushes	Yards	TDs	Fumbles
8	Bryson Galloway	8	48	1	0				5	Deion Canady	5	3	0	0
5	Carter Crozier	4	31	0	0				22	Lamech Albers	1	-3	0	0
24	Ethen Ringer	11	23	0	0				8	Conner Sterling	4	-7	0	0
21	Colton Owens	2	4	0	0				2	Jack Vanchieri	7	-7	0	0
PASSING LEADERS:
No.	Player	Comp	Att	Yards	TD	INT			No.	Player	Comp	Att	Yards	TD	INT
8	Bryson Galloway	13	24	150	1	2			2	Jack Vanchieri	25	37	421	5	2
RECEIVING LEADERS:
No.	Player	Rec	Yards	TDs					No.	Player	Rec	Yards	TDs
5	Carter Crozier	8	96	0					3	Blake Cook	12	215	2
7	Jayden Wittman	3	46	1					8	Conner Sterling	5	84	1
21	Colton Owens	2	10	0					4	Tucker Jackson	2	56	2
9	Isaac McGuigan	1	6	0					1	Keaton Frisina	5	54	0
									22	Lamech Albers	1	12	0
FIELD GOAL LEADERS:
No.	Player	Made	Att	Avg	Long				No.	Player	Made	Att	Avg	Long
PAT LEADERS:
No.	Player	Made	Att						No.	Player	Made	Att
27	Josh Bannag	2	2						1	Keaton Frisina	3	3
									16	Landon Walizer	1	2
PUNTING LEADERS:
No.	Player	Punts	Avg	Long					No.	Player	Punts	Avg	Long
27	Josh Bannag	6	42.0	51					16	Landon Walizer	1	45.0	45
									61	Landon Hasbrouck	2	27.5	30
KICKOFF RETURN LEADERS:
No.	Player	Ret	Yards	TDs					No.	Player	Ret	Yards	TDs
7	Jayden Wittman	4	39	0					3	Blake Cook	1	41	0
5	Carter Crozier	3	31	0					8	Conner Sterling	1	39	0
PUNT RETURN LEADERS:
No.	Player	Ret	Yards	TDs					No.	Player	Ret	Yards	TDs
5	Carter Crozier	1	19	0					3	Blake Cook	1	0	0
2	Kyler See	1	5	0
DEFENSIVE LEADERS:
No.	Player	Tackles	Sacks	Yards	INT				No.	Player	Tackles	Sacks	Yards	INT
1	Saejon Lyons	0.0	0.0	0	1				17	Chris Bemis	0.0	0.0	18	1
2	Kyler See	0.0	0.0	0	1				12	Alex Schmidt	0.0	1.0	0	0
									30	Gavin Greer	0.0	0.0	0	1
									3	Blake Cook	0.0	0.0	0	1