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2008 Bucks
The 2008 Bucks again went 6-4 on the season under 2nd year Head Coach Billy Burke and captured their 3rd PAC Stars Division Championship in 4 seasons. Assistant Coaches Bob Jenne, Brian Bauman, Keith Curtin, Ryan Kearns, Troy Bonidie, and Luke McMillen. They scored 287 points while giving up 162.
QB Mike Kelly was 38 of 72 for 512 yards with 4 TD's and only 5 INT's. Darren Boulton was the leading receiver with 19 receptions for 239 yards. He had 2 receiving touchdowns and scored 14 points on the season, which included a two point catch for an extra point.
Cory Reisner again led all rushers with 1,519 yards on 180 carries, good for an 8.4 yard average per carry. He scored 25 rushing TD's. His 164 points were tops on the team and put him all alone atop the Bucks's All Time Scoring list with 364 points which goes with his 59 touchdowns, also the most ever by a Buck. Those totals are also the best in Medina County History.
Kelly was second in rushing with 550 yards on 82 carries followed by Ryan McCormick with 442 on 52 carries, followed by Shaw Cordes with 436 yards on 55 carries.
Cory Reisner was the Golden Buck Award winner and Cody Muhek was the Iron Antler Award winner.
Former Buck Now Champion At Mount Union
Former Bucks player Chaz Jordan and his teammates at Mount Union are the 2008 NCAA Division III Football Champions. They defeated Wisconsin-Whitewater 31-26 in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl this past Saturday in Salem, Virginia. The win was their 3 Championship in the last 4 seasons and 10th Championship overall. Wisconsin-Whitewater defeated the Purple Raiders in 2007 to be Division III Champs.
Chaz finished the game with 11 tackles from his Free Safety position. He had 2 interceptions on the season and returned 7 Kickoffs for 153 yards. Jordan's fellow Purple Raider Nate Kmic finished out his college career with 8,074 rushing yards, the most of any running back at any level in NCAA history.
Congratulations to Chaz and the Purple Raiders on their Championship!
2008 All GAZETTE Team
Two Buckeye seniors made the 2008 All Gazette Football Team, Cory Reisner and Cody Muhek. Cory was named as a running back and Cody as an offensive lineman. Receiving Honorable Mention were three Juniors, Kelton Keller at Defensive End, Mike Kelly at Punter and Rick Smetana at Kicker. Congratulations to all 5 of these young men on their county honors.
Reisner Highlights: Medina County career leader in rushing touchdowns (54) and fourth in single-season rushing touchdowns (25)… 3,613 career rushing yards rank fifth in area all-time. … Ranks second in county in career points (364). … Led county in scoring (164). … Rushed for 1,454 yards and team-leading 23 touchdowns as junior. … Touchdown total in 2007 was second behind Wadsworth’s Dru Jones.
Buckeye coach Billy Burke on Reisner: “He’s a very rare player coaches get once in a lifetime. He’s a great football player, a throwback-type of football player.”
Muhek Highlights: Key component on squad that led Medina County in rushing, averaging 312.0 yards per game. … Spearheaded squad that led area in rushing touchdowns (37). … Bucks led seven-school region in total offense (367.5). … Second-team All-Northeast Inland District selection in Division III. … First-team All-Patriot Athletic Conference selection.
Buckeye coach Billy Burke on Muhek: “Cody Muhek is a kid that loves to play football and loves the physical nature of the game. He’s really worked hard to make himself the player that he is.”
The football awards for 2008 were handed out on Wednesday, November 5th at Buckeye High School. Congratulations to all the award winners, their teammates and coaches on their 2008 Season! Go Bucks!
Buckeye Individual Awards
Golden Buck Award: Cory Reisner
Iron Antler Award: Cody Muhek
Most Improved Player: Zach Yohman
Most Valuable Player: Cory ReisnerPatriot Athletic Conference Awards
First Team: Kelton Keller, Zach Maxworthy, Kyle Gatt, Cody Muhek, Zac Calihan, Darren Boulton, Cory Reisner, Mike Kelly and Rick Smertana.
Second Team: Zach Yohman, Ryan McCormick, Cody Carrow and Shawn Cordes.
Honorable Mention: Tyler Erb (OL)All Inland District Awards
First Team: Cody Muhek (OL) & Cory Reisner (RB)
Second Team: Kelton Keller (OL) & Mike Kelly (DB)
Cory Reisner, Cory Reisner, Cory Reisner
From the GAZETTE, By Albert Grindle, Staff Writer
He did it again in ’08, scoring a school-record 164 points, with an amazing 134 coming in the final five games. The 5-foot-10, 165 pounder wrapped up his career with 364 points, trailing only early 1920s Medina superstar Erastus “Tunk” Simmons, whose total is incomplete but estimated to be over 400.
Reisner’s 59 touchdowns trail only Simmons - once again who sports an incomplete total - and his 3,613 rushing yards are behind only Wadsworth’s Dru Jones (5,249, 2005-07), Buckeye’s Ron Brant (4,373, 1977-79) and Medina/Cloverleaf ’s Ted Wright (3,640, 1990-93).
All of Reisner’s county exploits that would make this column ridiculously long can be mulled over in the handy graphic at the top of the page. Reisner wasn’t alone, however, on the area’s No. 1 offense. Thanks to great running by quarterback Mike Kelly and running backs Shawn Cordes and Ryan McCormick, the Bucks as a unit broke the school record for rushing yards in a game (494 vs. Columbia) and became just the second team in school history to average over three bills on the ground. Grindle may be reached at agrindle@ohio.net or 330.721.4043.
