Rock Football Notes Game #10: The Rock (4-5, 3-2) at Clarion (3-6, 1-4) Memorial Stadium, Clarion, Pa. Saturday, November 5, p.m.

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1 Rtball Notes Game #10: The Rock (4-5, 3-2) at Clarion (3-6, 1-4) Memorial Stadium, Clarion, Pa. Saturday, November 5, p.m schedule Aug. 27 at Bloomsburg Sept. 1 at Youngs. State Sept. 10 SHEPHERD Sept. 24 LOCK HAVEN Oct. 1 CALIFORNIA, PA Oct. 8 at Indiana, Pa Oct. 15 MILLERSVILLE (HC) Oct. 22 at Edinboro Oct. 29 SHIPPENSBURG Nov. 5 at Clarion... 6 p.m. Rock football staff Head coach... Dr. George Mihalik Offensive coord.... Vic Campagna Defensive coord.... Jay Foster Wide receivers... John Bell Running backs... Bill Horsman Tight ends... Harry Jones Defensive line/ Recruiting coord.... Shawn Lutz Linebackers... Dwayne Martin Offensive line... Joe Walton Graduate assistant... Jason Makrinos Trainer... Scott Zema Equipment manager... Ron Steele Student assistant.. Rocco Cremonese Student assistant... J.J. Milanovich Student assistant... Matt Schendel Student assistant... Travis Sharbaugh Student assistant... Patrick Tritch SRU Sports Promo. & Info. Director... Bob McComas Office telephone... (724) Cell phone... (724) robert.mccomas@sru.edu Secretary...Lisa Gray Office telephone... (724) lisa.gray@sru.edu Graduate assistant... Leah Brock Office telephone... (724) lxb9800@sru.edu Facsimile machine... (724) Rock Sports Hotline... (724) Web site... The Rtball Family mourns the loss of Uncle John Mihalik The Rock seeks to close the 2005 season with a two-game winning streak and a.500 record as it makes the short trek north and east to Clarion for the season finale. The Rock can also assure itself of a share of third place in this year s Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division competition with a win over the hosting Golden Eagles. A win at Clarion will also allow The Rock to avert a third straight losing season and a third straight four-win campaign. The Rock has not had three straight losing seasons since when SRU had 3-6, 4-5 and 2-7 marks in succession. PSAC-West standings Barring a major upset by Lock Haven over Edinboro, the Fighting Scots will share the regular-season title with the winner of Saturday s California at Indiana game. California, Edinboro and Indiana enter this week s action tied for the top spot in the PSAC-West with 4-1 division records, followed by The Rock at 3-2, Shippensburg at 2-3, Clarion at 1-4 and Lock Haven at 0-5. The preseason poll of the division head coaches listed Edinboro as the team to beat, followed by California, Indiana, Shippensburg, The Rock, Clarion and Lock Haven. Collegiate finale This week s game will mark the final appearance by six Rock seniors: offensive linemen Myles Arnold and Don Harbison, tight end Steve Fullerton, running back/return specialist Josh Kniess and defensive linemen Robert Minnie and Josh Zeisloft. The coaches The Rock is led by 18th-year head coach Dr. George Mihalik, who ranks second on SRU s all-time wins chart with a career record. Coach Mihalik has been a part of The Rock program for 34 of the last 35 seasons. He is 13-4 against Clarion and 9-2 in head-to-head meetings with Clarion head coach Malen Luke. Luke, who was briefly a member of The Rock coaching staff before being named head coach at Clarion, is in 12 seasons at Clarion and in 18 seasons as a collegiate head coach. The Rock-Clarion series: The Rock has won seven of the last eight and nine of the last 11 meetings with the Golden Eagles and holds a advantage in the all-time series This year s game will mark the third successive season that The Rock and Clarion meet in the season finale. The Golden Eagles won a decision in 2003, while The Rock prevailed by a score last year. Both of those games were played on Bob DiSpirito Field at N. Kerr Thompson Stadium in Slippery Rock. Last year s meeting The Rock s Josh Kniess rushed for 111 yards and three TDs to lead the winning effort. Rock H-back Brandon Richardson caught four passes for 106 yards less than a week after his mother died and QB Nate Crookshank passed for 141 yards. For Clarion, Glenn Lovelace rushed for 75 yards and one TD and Brandon Dando passed for 84 yards and ran for a 38-yard TD. Common opponents The Rock and Clarion have played five common

2 age 2 rivals (all PSAC-West foes) this fall. SRU is 3-2 in those games, while Clarion is 1-4. Comparative scores Scores of the games against common foes are as follows: Opponent SRU Clarion California Edinboro Indiana Lock Haven Shippensburg Average score Quality competition for The Rock The five teams that have beaten SRU this fall have compiled an.830 winning percentage and a combined 39-8 record (Bloomsburg 10-0, Youngstown State 7-2, Shepherd 10-0, Indiana 5-4, Edinboro 7-2). Shepherd and Bloomsburg were ranked 1-2 in last week s NCAA Division II Northeast Region poll and were both among the top 25 teams in the nation according to both the American Football Coaches Association and D2Football.com. Youngstown State was ranked 11th in last week s Sports Network Division I-AA national poll. Toughest schedule in the PSAC The Rock s 2005 schedule ranks as the most difficult in the 14-team PSAC based on winning percentage of the opponents. Here s how the various teams schedule rank: PSAC school * W-L Pct. + I-AA Slippery Rock Shippensburg Indiana Kutztown East Stroudsburg Lock Haven Millersville West Chester Mansfield Clarion Cheyney Edinboro Bloomsburg California * = opponents; combined win-lost record + = opponents with a winning record I-AA = NCAA Division I-AA opponents Rock scoring outburst Last week s 58-point explosion against Shippensburg marked the second time this fall that The Rock scored 50 or more points in a game. The last time SRU broke the half century mark twice in a single season was 1999, when it scored 52 points at Indiana and 68 at Kutztown. The Rock has never scored 50 or more points in three games in the same season. SRU s point total against Millersville was its highest since The Rock scored a win at West Virginia Wesleyan on Sept. 9, The school record for most points in a game is a 92-0 pasting of St. Francis in The modern era mark is a 76-0 cakewalk against Lock Haven in Clarion scoring drought On the opposite end of the spectrum, Clarion has been shut out three times in its last five outings and has scored one or less touchdown in five of its last six games. The Golden Eagles high-water scoring effort was a 29-point output in a four-overtime win over Kutztown in Week 2 (Sept. 3). How the teams match up Here is a statistical matchup of The Rock vs. clarion: Category Rock O Clarion D Scoring 25.7 (5) 32.0 (11) Rushing yards (3) (10) Passing yards (5) (13) Total yards (5) (12) Passing efficiency (8) (11) Third down efficiency 36.8% (7) 32.6% (4) Red zone efficiency 71.9% (8) 82.4% (13) Quarterback sacks 21 (9) 19 (8) Kickoff returns 19.1 (8) 18.8 (5) Clarion O Rock D Scoring 10.1 (13) 26.8 (9) Rushing yards (11) (9) Passing yards (12) (1) Total yardage (12) (5) Passing efficiency 73.8 (13) (6) Third down efficiency 32.6% (8) 29.8 (3) Red zone efficiency 34.5% (14) 83.3% (14) Quarterback sacks 17 (6) 24 (3) Kickoff returns 20.3 (4) 19.3 (8) Kniess is Rock s all-around best Rock senior RB/RS Josh Kniess amassed 310 all-purpose yards to become SRU s career leader in that category... He rushed for 172 yards and two TDs to extend to six games his string of consecutive 100-plus-yard rushing efforts... Kniess has scored two or more rushing TDs in five of the last six games... The only game he failed to achieve that accomplishment was the Oct. 22 game at Edinboro, when he rushed for 120 yards -- the most allowed by the nationally ranked Fighting Scots defense... His two rushing TDs vs. Shippensburg improved his 2005 total to 12, one shy of his career-best mark set a year ago... Kniess recorded the sixth punt-return TD of his career when he took one a career-best 80 yards to the house vs. Shippensburg on Saturday... He needs 79 yards vs. Clarion to move into third place on the career rushing yardage chart and 18 carries to set the career rushing attempts record... Kniess needs only three rushing yards

3 age 3 vs. Clarion to reach the 1,000-yard mark for the second successive season. Only six other players in Rock history have reached the milestone in back-to-back seasons... He would become the eighth player in Rock history to rush for 1,000 or more yards twice during his collegiate career... Kniess rushed for a career-high 210 yards and three TDs in The Rock s Oct. 15 win over Millersville... Kniess standing in career categories, as well as updated Rock statistics for this season, can be found elsewhere in these game notes. Player of the Week honors Kniess earned his third PSAC-West Offensive Athlete of the Week award on Sunday. He was also selected on Oct. 2 and Oct. 15. Kniess and Rock defensive ends Cory Lacek and Josh Zeisloft were named to honorable mention national Player of the Week honors on Oct. 18 by D2Football.com. Lacek and Zeisloft each recorded a school-record-tying three quarterback sacks vs. Millersville. On Oct. 2, Kniess and The Rock defensive unit as group were afforded PSAC Athlete of the Week honors for their performance in a win over California.Kniess compiled 267 all-purpose yards with 107 yards and two TDs rushing and 160 yards on four punt returns. The Rock defense held California s high-octane offense in check throughout the game, most notably holding Antoine Bagwell (the No. 3 rusher in the country prior to the game) to 95 yards rushing. Aerial assault Rock redshirt sophomore QB Nate Crookshank had his second-best passing effort as a collegian on Oct. 8 when he passed for 254 yards at Indiana. He threw for 311 yards in this year s season opener at Bloomsburg, the highest total recorded by a Rock QB since Nov. 12, 1994, when James Poldiak also passed for 311 yards. Poldiak s effort vs. Shippensburg is the best total since John Linhart passed for a school-record 502 yards on Nov. 7, 1992, vs. Clarion. Crookshank s efforts at Bloomsburg and Indiana bettered his rookie season-best effort of 225 yards on Oct. 2, 2004, at California, Pa. Crookshank has passed for 1,424 yards and seven TDs this fall after throwing for 1,535 yards and 11 TDs a year ago in his first collegiate campign. You can also find his standing in single-season and career categories elsewhere in these notes. On the receiving end Crookshank s favorite receiver this season, redshirted sophomore H-Back Colin Golden caught six passes for a career-high 105 yards Oct. 22 at Edinboro. Golden caught a career-high nine passes for 75 yards Oct. 8 at Indiana, the most catches by a Rock receiver since Ryan McKavish caught nine for 153 yards vs. Bloomsburg on Sept. 28, Golden has 41 receptions for 453 yards and one TD this fall after having only six catches for 31 yards a year ago as the backup to second-team All-PSAC-West selection Brandon Richardson. Golden needs five receptions this week to move into a tie with Richardson and Jeremy Rock for 10th place on SRU s single-season pass receptions list. Richardson caught 46 passes for 662 yards and two TDs a year ago. Noteworthy debut Sophomore wideout Paul Favers is The Rock s second leading receiver this fall with 24 catches for 392 yards and two TDs. In his first game since being converted from a defensive back, Favers had seven receptions for a teamseason-high 127 yards at Bloomsburg. That is the highest yardage total for a Rock receiver since McKavish s 153 yards vs. Bloomsburg on Sept. 28, One week earlier, McKavish caught eight passes for 183 yards vs. Fairmont State the best single-game total in The highest yardage total for a Rock receiver in 2004 was Brandon Richardson s six-catch, 122-yard effort at California, Pa. on Oct. 2. The high-water mark in 2003 was a 107-yard effort by Tim Arthurs in the finale (Nov. 15) vs. Clarion. Daniel s dialed in on PATs Rock kicking specialist Ryan Daniel had a string of 31 consecutive successful extra-point kick attempts snapped by a miss following The Rock s fourth TD vs. Shippensburg... The string extended back to Oct. 23, 2004, when Daniel missed and had one blocked on successive tries vs. Edinboro... Daniel is 28 of 29 on PATs this fall after going 32 for 35 a year ago... He had a string of 20 straight successful PAT kicks snapped a year ago vs. Edinboro. Trey, trey again Daniel is seven of 14 on field goal attempts this fall and 17 of 29 in his career... He is currently tied for sixth on The Rock s career field goals made list and is four treys away from sole possession of third place... He kicked a career-best 49-yarder on Sept. 24 vs. Lock Haven and came up just short in an attempt from 54 yards Oct. 15 against Millersville that would have established a school record for the longest FG. Clarion kicking woes Clarion kicking specialist Kyle Snoke is 1 of 11 on FG attempts. His only successful attempt was a 31-yarder on Oct. 15 vs. Lock Haven. That came after nine misses to open the season. Snoke has only attempted one FG since his successful attempt; he missed a 31-yarder last Saturday vs. Indiana. Alumni reunions This week s game will mark only the fourth time this fall that The Rock will not face a team that has an SRU alumnus on its coaching staff. Earlier this season, SRU faced alumni Bill Perkins (Bloomsburg defensive line coach and strength and conditioning coordinator), Casey Vogt (Youngstown

4 age 4 State tight ends coach), Shawn Rohrer (Shepherd defensive line coach), LarryWilson (California wide receivers coach), Paul Tortorella (Indiana defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach) and Tom Parry (Edinboro wide receivers coach). Kniess notches preseason honor Kniess was named to the Don Hansen Football Gazette s preseason All-America list as a return specialist earlier this fall. Kniess earned honorable mention All-America postseason honors last fall from the Football Gazette and D2Football.com and was a special mention A-A pick by Dopke.com, all in tribute to his punt returning prowess. He also earned first-team D2Football.com and Football Gazette All-Northeast Region and All-PSAC- West honors as a return specialist, as well as secondteam All-PSAC-West and third-team all-region honors as a running back. Home-field advantage The 2005 season will be the 32nd campaign The Rock has played its home games at Thompson Stadium. Since rolling to a 41-3 win over Waynesburg on Oct. 19, 1974, in the first-ever game at the facility, The Rock has compiled a record in home games. SRU is at home since Coach Mihalik assumed the reins in Turf wars The Oct. 22 game at Edinboro was the second and final time this fall that The Rock will play on natural grass. SRU opened the season on the real stuff in Bloomsburg. The Rock is 8-7 in home games since the AstroPlay carpet was installed on Bob DiSpirito Field at N. Kerr Thompson Stadium prior to the start of the 2003 season. The Rock won 103 of 148 games in 29 seasons on natural grass at Thompson Stadium. Road warriors The Rock is in road games under Coach Mihalik. Picking on someone their own size The Rock s game at Bloomsburg marked the ninth time in 10 seasons that SRU opened its football season with a road game. Last year s lidlifter vs. Bloomsburg is the only exception. The Rock opened the 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2003 campaigns at Youngstown State; kicked off the 1998 season vs. South Florida at the since-demolished Houlihan s Stadium in Tampa; was Florida Atlantic s firstever rival in the 2001 opener at Pro Player Stadium (now Dolphins Stadium) in Miami; and kicked off the 2002 season at Eastern Kentucky. The Rock vs. NCAA Division II foes The Rock owns a record under Coach Mihalik against teams from its own NCAA classification (Division II). Unkind to neighbors Prior to its 24-7 loss to Shepherd in the home opener on Sept. 10, The Rock had won 15 straight games against West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference teams. SRU had not lost to a WVIAC team since the second week of the 1995 season, when West Virginia Wesleyan handed The Rock a setback in Buckhannon, W. Va. Since Dr. George Mihalik assumed The Rock head coaching reins in 1988, The Rock is 21-3 against WVIAC teams. SRU is all-time and 23-3 since 1960 against West Virginia teams. End of a long-running series The Rock s Sept. 10 game against Shepherd could be last one The Rock plays in regular-season action against a WVIAC team. This is the final season in which PSAC teams can play as many as three non-psac teams. Beginning next fall (2006) and running through at least 2012, the conference will play a mandated 10-game schedule that will include four crossover games against teams from the opposite division of the PSAC. The Rock will face Kutztown, Mansfield, Millersville and West Chester in its crossover games next fall. Student + athlete The Rock s 2005 preseason football roster includes eight players who earned PSAC Scholar-Athlete honors in That group includes defensive backs Aaron Berarducci, Brandon Rakszawski and Travis Sarver, linebacker Mark Drango, defensive lineman Clint Forsha, wide receiver John Benca, quarterback Nate Crookshank and offensive lineman Joe Klipa. An record-high total of 159 Rock student-athletes earned PSAC Scholar-Athlete honors last year. That total was an increase of 49 over the previous year s total and represented approximately 33 percent of SRU s total of 479 student-athletes in 23 intercollegiate varsity sports.. Speaking of academics... The Rock s Dr. George Mihalik is one of only a handful of head football coaches in the nation, regardless of classification, who has received an academic doctorate degree. Mihalik is a professor and teaches junior- and senior-level classes in SRU s Health and Safety Department. Homecoming king Last year s loss to Edinboro was only the third SRU Homecoming game defeat suffered by a Rock team tutored by 18th-year Rock head coach Dr. George Mihalik. Since 1959, The Rock is in SRU Homecoming games. The Rock vs. NCAA Division I-AA foes The Rock s Sept. 1 loss at Youngstown State dropped SRU s record against NCAA Division I-AA foes to The only win against a big brother was the 2001 season-opening triumph over Florida Atlantic in the Owls first-ever game at Pro Player Stadium (now Dolphins Stadium) in Miami. All the games against I-AA foes have been road games for The Rock. Scores of Rock games vs. I-AA foes include: 2005: Youngstown State 44, The Rock : Youngstown State 35, The Rock 13

5 age : * Youngstown State 45, The Rock : * Eastern Kentucky 35, The Rock : * The Rock 40, Florida Atlantic : * Youngstown State 24, The Rock : * Youngstown State 44, The Rock : * South Florida 39, The Rock : *Youngstown State 33, The Rock : Youngstown State 40, The Rock : * Youngstown State 22, The Rock : Youngstown State 28, The Rock : Youngstown State 17, The Rock 3 * season-opening games Mihalik in season openers Rock head coach Dr. George Mihalik has a misleading 7-11 mark in seasonopening games. Seven of those losses, it must be pointed out, came against NCAA Division I-AA foes (Youngstown State, South Florida and Eastern Kentucky). Mihalik is 4-2 in season-opening games played at home on DiSpirito Field at Thompson Stadium. Home openers The Rock has lost its last three home openers, but Rock head coach Dr. George Mihalik is 13-5 in the first home game of a season. Game by game scores for SRU home openers since 1988 are as follows: 1988: The Rock 34, Central Connecticut : The Rock 31, District of Columbia : Springfield 39, The Rock : The Rock 17, Northwood : The Rock 45, West Virginia Wesleyan : Ashland 30, The Rock : The Rock 27, West Virginia Wesleyan : The Rock 31, Wisconsin-River Falls : The Rock 34, Fairmont State : The Rock 41, West Virginia Wesleyan : The Rock 52, Fairmont State : The Rock 38, West Virginia Wesleyan : The Rock 40, Fairmont State : The Rock 45, Tiffin : The Rock 45, Fairmont State : Gannon 20, The Rock : Bloomsburg 20, The Rock : Shepherd 24, The Rock 7 Early riser The Rock s season-opening game at Bloomsburg tied last year s lidlifter vs. the Huskies as the earliest season-opening game in Rock football history. KNIESS NUMBERS The following is chart of Rock running back Josh Kniess yard rushing efforts: 210 vs. Millersville, 10/15/ vs. Bloomsburg, 8/27/ vs. Shippensburg, 10/29/ at Shepherd, 9/11/ at Indiana, 10/8/ at Lock Haven, 9/25/ at Youngstown State, 9/2/ at California, 10/4/ at Shippensburg, 10/30/ at Edinboro, 10/22/ vs. Edinboro, 10/26/ at Lock Haven, 11/2/ vs. Lock Haven, 9/24/ vs. Clarion, 11/6/ vs. California, 10/1/05 CROOKSHANK S CHART The following is a game-by-game list of Rock QB Nate Crookshank s passing totals as a collegiate player: 2004 Date Opponent C-A-I Yds. TD 8/27 vs. Bloomsburg /2 at Youngstown State /11 at Shepherd /18 Fairmont State /25 at Lock Haven /2 at California, Pa /9 Indiana, Pa /16 at Millersville /23 Edinboro /30 at Shippensburg /6 Clarion Totals /27 at Bloomsburg /1 at Youngstown State /10 Shepherd /24 Lock Haven /1 California, Pa /8 at Indiana, Pa /15 Millersville /22 at Edinboro /29 Shippensburg Subtotals /5 at Clarion = career-high total

6 age 6 RYAN S RUN OF SUCCESS The following is a chart showing Ryan Daniel s current string of 28 consecutive successful extra-point kicks: /20 Shippensburg 7-for-8 10/22 at Edinboro 1-for-1 10/15 Millersville 3-for-3 10/8 at Indiana 2-for-2 10/1 vs. California 2-for-2 9/24 vs. Lock Haven 7-for-7 9/10 vs. Shepherd 1-for-1 9/1 at Youngstown State 2-for-2 8/27 at Bloomsburg 3-for-3 Subtotal 28-for /6 Clarion 4-for-4 10/30 at Shippensburg 2-for-2 10/23 Edinboro 1-for-1 Had string of 20 straight successful kicks snapped by blocked and missed attempts back to back vs. Edinboro 2004 totals: 32 of 35 Career totals: 60 of 64 THE ROCK OFFENSE Pos. No. Player Ht. Wt. Yr. WR 18 JOHN BENCA #Jr. 1 Luke Wetzel #Jr. LT 76 MIKE BUTTERWORTH #So. 63 Nick Dice Fr. LG 71 DON HARBISON #Sr. 73 Brian Rossi Fr. C 66 RYAN TRAVIS #Jr. 68 Myles Arnold #Sr. RG 72 BRON CLOUSER #So. 70 Joe Klipa #So. RT 55 DAVE MULVIHILL #So. 74 Mike Tomaino Fr. TE 89 FRANK CREMONESE #So. 87 Ross Hornish #Fr. WR 6 PAUL FAVERS So. 9 Shane Jakubovic #So. QB 14 NATE CROOKSHANK #So. 11 Ryan Hart #Fr. RB 24 JOSH KNIESS #Sr. 26 Corey Manfull So. HB 5 COLIN GOLDEN So. 81 Nick Carimi #So. PK 4 RYAN DANIEL #Jr. THE ROCK DEFENSE DE 51 CORY LACEK So. 94 Tyler Boudreau Fr. DT 96 CLINTON FORSHA #So. 50 Troy Stininger Fr. NG 67 ROBERT MINNIE Sr. 78 Grant Hrabovsky Fr. DE 50 JOSH ZEISLOFT #Sr. 99 Justin Hoppe #Fr. LB 42 JARED PALMER #So. 57 Jake Barzen #Fr. LB 45 JEROME WHITING #Jr. 40 Dom Razzano #Fr. LB 39 SETH RANDALL #Jr. 41 Mark Drango #Jr. CB 36 AKEEM ETHERIDGE #So. 7 Eric Wofford So. SS 3 BRANDON RAKSZAWSKI #Jr. 20 Andy Valentine #Jr. FS 46 JIM D AMICO #So. 23 Tommy Crowl #Fr. CB 22 AARON BERARDUCCI Jr. 34 Clifford Simon #Fr. P 13 JOE ENNIS Fr. PR 24 JOSH KNIESS Sr. KR 6 PAUL FAVERS So. H 9 SHANE JAKUBOVIC #So. LS 99 JUSTIN HOPPE #Fr.

7 age 7 CAREER TOUCHDOWNS Player TDs Years 1. Stan Kennedy Dorrian Glenn JOSH KNIESS Rick Magulick Lamonte Coleman Greg Paterra D.J. Flick Greg Hopkins Scott Opalsky Wade Acker Jerry Bejbl Ed O Reilly Jay Wagner SINGLE SEASON TOUCHDOWNS Player TDs Season 1. Lamonte Coleman Dorrian Glenn Josh Kniess Lamonte Coleman Stan Kennedy Stan Kennedy Scott Opalsky Rick Magulick Mike Kish Dorrian Glenn Ed O Reilly Greg Paterra JOSH KNIESS CAREER RUSHING YARDS Player Yards Seasons 1. Stan Kennedy Rick Magulick Dorrian Glenn JOSH KNIESS Lamonte Coleman Greg Paterra Rick Porter Chuck Sanders Ed O Reilly Scott Opalsky Mike Kish Randy McKavish SINGLE SEASON RUSHING 1. L. Coleman Dorrian Glenn L. Coleman Ed O Reilly Greg Paterra Chuck Sanders Ed O Reilly Scott Opalsky Josh Kniess Rick Porter Stan Kennedy Rick Magulick Greg Paterra Rick Magulick Dorrian Glenn Mike Kish Stan Kennedy Scott Opalsky Rick Porter Mike Kish JOSH KNIESS CAREER RUSHING ATTEMPTS Player Atts. Seasons 1. Rick Magulick JOSH KNIESS Stan Kennedy Rick Porter Chuck Sanders Greg Paterra Lamonte Coleman Scott Opalsky Dorrian Glenn Ed O Reilly Sonny Carson SEASON RUSHING ATTEMPTS Player Atts. Season 1. Ed O Reilly Greg Paterra Scott Opalsky Chuck Sanders Lamonte Coleman Rick Magulick Lamonte Coleman Greg Paterra Josh Kniess Ed O Reilly Dorrian Glenn Rick Porter Sonny Carson CAREER PASSING YARDS Player Yards Seasons 1. Randy McKavish James Poldiak John Linhart Chad Vogt Don Christian Tony Nunes CROOKSHANK Mike Sachire Pat Strine Tim Nunes Eric Denton SEASON PASSING YARDS Player Yards Season 1. Chad Vogt John Linhart Randy McKavish James Poldiak Randy McKavish Randy McKavish Don Christian John Linhart Randy McKavish James Poldiak CAREER PASSING ATTEMPTS Player Atts. Seasons 1. Randy McKavish John Linhart James Poldiak Don Christian Chad Vogt Mike Sachire CROOKSHANK Tony Nunes Pat Strine Steve Statnick Eric Denton SEASON PASSING ATTEMPTS Player Atts. Season 1. Chad Vogt Randy McKavish John Linhart Randy McKavish John Linhart Randy McKavish Don Christian Randy McKavish Jeff Valentino James Poldiak Nate Crookshank Chad Vogt CROOKSHANK CAREER PASS COMPLETIONS Player Comp. Seasons 1. Randy McKavish John Linhart James Poldiak Chad Vogt Don Christian CROOKSHANK Mike Sachire Pat Strine Tony Nunes Tim Nunes Steve Statnick SEASON PASS COMPLETIONS Player Comp. Season 1. Chad Vogt Randy McKavish John Linhart John Linhart Randy McKavish Don Christian James Poldiak Randy McKavish Randy McKavish Nate Crookshank James Poldiak CROOKSHANK CAREER TOUCHDOWN PASSES Player TDs Seasons 1. Randy McKavish Jonn Linhart Chad Vogt James Poldiak Don Christian Tim Nunes Tony Nunes Mike Sachire CROOKSHANK Pat Strine Chuck Calo Eric Denton SEASON TOUCHDOWN PASSES Player TDs Season 1. John Linhart Randy McKavish Chad Vogt Tim Nunes John Linhart James Poldiak Randy McKavish Randy McKavish James Poldiak Chad Vogt

8 age 8 CAREER PASS RECEPTIONS Player Rec. Seasons 1. Greg Hopkins Wade Acker Jim McElhaney Jeremy Rock Ryan McKavish Bob Schrantz D.J. Flick Nate Stewart Scott Whipple Rob Henne John Curran SINGLE SEASON PASS RECEPTIONS Player Rec. Season 1. Greg Hopkins Greg Hopkins Ryan McKavish Jeremy Rock Nate Stewart Bob Schrantz Jim Carr Nate Stewart Jeremy Rock B. Richardson Greg Hopkins Scott Whipple Scott Whipple COLIN GOLDEN CAREER PASS RECEIVING YARDS Player Yards Seasons 1. Greg Hopkins Wade Acker D.J. Flick Jim McElhaney Scott Whipple Jeremy Rock Ryan McKavish Bob Schrantz Duane Hitchcock Kris Boschele Nate Stewart SEASON PASS RECEIVING YARDS Player Yards Season 1. Greg Hopkins Greg Hopkins Ryan McKavish Jeremy Rock Bob Schrantz Scott Whipple Jim McElhaney Scott Whipple Jim Carr B. Richardson Duane Hitchcock CAREER FIELD GOALS Player FGs Seasons 1. Morgan Anderson Joe Field Ed Kelly Pete Banaszak John Katsaouni Craig Mahek RYAN DANIEL CAREER SCORING Player TD EP FG Pts 1. Stan Kennedy ( ) Morgan Anderson ( ) Dorrian Glenn ( ) JOSH KNIESS ( ) Rick Magulick ( ) Lamonte Coleman ( ) Greg Paterra ( ) D.J. Flick ( ) Jerry Bejbl ( ) Greg Hopkins ( ) CAREER ALL-PURPOSE YARDS Player Rush Rec. KR PR Total 1. JOSH KNIESS D.J. Flick Stan Kennedy Rick Porter Rick Magulick Wade Acker Greg Paterra Greg Hopkins Lamonte Coleman Dorrian Glenn LONGEST FIELD GOALS 52 yds John Katsaouni vs. Ship., yds Keith Johnson vs. Edin., yds Ed Kelly vs. California, yds Ed Kelly vs. California, 1973 SINGLE SEASON FIELD GOALS Player FGs Season 1. John Katsaouni Morgan Anderson Morgan Anderson Joe Field Ryan Daniel CAREER TOTAL TACKLES Player No. Seasons 1. Sam James Dave Linton Shawn Rohrer Terry Jordan Mike Waszczuk Rich Moskal Mike Welhorsky John Dahlstrand Mike Campbell Jeff Siemianowski SEASON TOTAL TACKLES Player No. Season 1. Sam James Dave Linton Terry Factor Terry Wallace Terry Factor CAREER SOLO TACKLES Player No. Seasons 1. Sam James Dave Linton Shawn Rohrer Rich Moskal Mike Welhorsky Mike Waszczuk SEASON SOLO TACKLES Player No. Season 1. Sam James Terry Factor Sam James Dave Linton Chris Thull

9 age 9 Test scores The following is a list of top scores recorded by Rock players in preseason tests this fall. BROAD JUMP Troy Wrightstone Nick Carimi Corey Manfull Ray Rotell Luke Wetzel Tommy Crowl Dallas Richardson Eric Wofford Terry Grossetti Seth Randall Willie Murel A.J. Ruperto Mike White Nate Crookshank Jim D Amico Ryan Daniel Clint Forsha Brad Galvan Josh Kniess Andy Valentine VERTICAL LEAP Corey Manfull Anthony Walls Luke Wetzel Brandon Holmes Josh Kniess Ray Rotell Nick Carimi Tommy Crowl Brendan Gilbert Justin Griffith Ryan Hart Dallas Richardson Troy Stininger Troy Wrightstone Andrew Zambrano Aaron Berarducci Nate Crookshank Mark Drango Akeem Etheridge Cory Lacek Jonathan Molnar B. Rakszawski Seth Randall A.J. Ruperto Andy Valentine Jerome Whiting YARD DASH Anthony Walls Paul Favers Corey Manfull Willie Murel Eric Wofford Troy Wrightstone Aaron Berarducci Josh Kniess Dallas Richardson Mike Kelly Richie Barnes Luke Wetzel B. Rakszawski Akeem Etheridge John Benca Ricardo Stuvaints Colin Golden Justin Griffith Brandon Holmes Nate Crookshank Seth Randall Cliff Simon Tommy Crowl Andy Valentine STANDINGS (As of October 30, 2005) Western Division School Overall PSAC California Edinboro Indiana Slippery Rock Shippensburg Clarion Lock Haven Eastern Division School Overall PSAC Bloomsburg West Chester East Stroudsburg Millersville Kutztown Mansfield Cheyney SHUTTLE RUN Corey Manfull Brandon Holmes Nick Carimi Luke Wetzel Akeem Etheridge Ryan Daniel Matt Fontana Willie Murel Dante Capozzoli Cory Lacek Andrew Zambrano Clint Forsha Andy Valentine Frank Cremonese Colin Golden Terry Grossetti Shane Jakubovic Josh Kniess Brad Galvan John Hornick Brian Dodds Joe Ennis Nick Hoover Mark Drango BENCH PRESS Don Harbison Dave Mulvihill Bron Clouser Jason Curenton Grant Hravosky Frank Cremonese Jordan Sweany Cory Lacek Matt Fontana Corey Manfull Seth Randall Robert Minnie Steve Fullerton Andrew Zambrano Josh Zeisloft Aaron Berarducci Jared Palmer Troy Stininger Josh Kniess Doug Vitale PENNSYLVANIA STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TODAY S GAMES Edinboro at Lock Haven - 1 p.m. Millersville at Bloomsburg - 1 p.m. California at Indiana - 1 p.m. West Chester at Shippensburg - 1 p.m. Mansfield at East Stroudsburg - 1:05 p.m. Cheyney at Kutztown - 1:05 p.m. Slippery Rock at Clarion - 6 p.m.