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PEREZ’S PLACE

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If there’s one young man that’s ready for this season, it’s Austintown Fitch’s Nose Guard, Joe Perez.  The Falcon senior has seemingly been waiting for this moment to etch his name in the history books for the red and blue.  Perez is a big, athletic body at 5’11 who serves as the anchor of the Fitch defense.

In 2019, those are big shoes that need to be filled as this team has big plans, and it all starts up front on both sides of the ball.

YSN General Manager caught up with the Fitch freighter to discuss this season, Coach A, and a few of his favorite things outside football for this week’s Austintown Fitch Player Profile: Perez’s Place.

 

MONTGOMERY ACES LIBERTY, REBELS ROLL

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COLUMBIANA, OH- The Crestview Rebels Volleyball Team maintained their unbeaten streak on Tuesday as they rolled past Liberty in straight sets (25-10, 25-4, 25-10.)

Leading the way was Amelia Montgomery who set a new single-match school record in Crestview with 13 aces on the night.  Mongomery contributed a total 34 points and 8 digs on the night for the Lady Rebels.

Brenna Auer had 8 kills, while Tess Neville had nine.  Molly Emch dished 7 points and a half dozen kills.  Lucy Montgomery had 26 helpers on the night as well.

Crestview takes on Mooney on the road on Thursday.

CRESTVIEW FOOTBALL COACH’S CORNER (EP 1) WITH PAUL CUSICK

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2019 marks year 21 as Paul Cusick as the Head Coach at Crestview, and this season the expectations are no different.  With no senior players on the roster, Coach Q will be forced to mature his underclassmen in a hurry and bring them up to speed, quite literally, on Rebel Football.

If you know Coach, you know that he doesn’t shy away from a challenge, and the 2019 schedule is proof of that.  The first five weeks represent one of the most daunting tasks in the entire area, and with quiet confidence, Crestview expects to navigate their way successfully through.

Year 3 of Crestview Football Coach’s Corner is underway, and you hear the good word straight from the Rebel Leader himself on this week’s edition.

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THE REVENGERS: LADY REBS ELIMINATE SOUTHEAST

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COLUMBIANA, OH- The Crestview Lady Rebels hosted a 4C’s Tournament earlier this year that featured Southeast and Girard, two of the teams that the Rebels would potentially see in the postseason.  During that tournament, the Rebels lost both games that accounted for nearly half the losses on the year.

On Thursday, the Lady Rebs got one of those wins back when it counted the most.

Crestview beat Southeast Ravenna 2-0 in Div III Sectional Finals behind great pitching and timely hitting.   Going into the bottom of the 4th scoreless Karsyn Moore would lead off the inning with a line drive single to left field, Later in the inning, Taylor Mellington would hit a line drive to the outfield scoring Moore from second to make it 1-0.  The next batter McKenna Schultz would then hit a shot to left center moving Mellington to third base, and Ashton Hughes would hit a ball to left field, making it 2-0.

That would be all the Lady Rebels would need.

Mellington led the team with 2 hits and an RBI, Hughes would have a hit and RBI.

For Southeast Prater would lead the Pirates with 2 hits.

Freshman, Kaedyn Sutton would pick up her 14th win of the season and held the Pirates down with 9 strikeouts. Crestview would improve too 20-5 on the season and will host LaBrae tonight for Senior Night at 5:00 pm.

LADY REBELS FALL IN POSTSEASON TUNE-UP

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COLUMBIANA, OH- Crestview’s bats were silent tonight in a 10-0 loss to Newton Falls. Newton Falls jumped out to a 2-0 in the top of the first and never looked back.

Olivia Strank led the Rebels with 2 hits, Haley Eskra and Karsyn Moore each added a hit apiece.

For Newton Falls Olivia Koehrsen had 3 hits. McKenna Schultz took the loss while Tara Backherms earned the win.

Crestview dropped to 19-5 on the season and will host Southeast Ravenna tonight to open up sectional play at 5:00 pm.

 

*Contributed by Greg Eskra

LADY REBS GO EXTRAS, PULL OUT ANOTHER VICTORY

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NEWTON FALLS, OH- The Lady Rebels love putting in overtime during the softball season.  Crestview won 6-5 in 12 innings at Newton Falls on Monday Night.

Newton Falls would score 3 runs in the bottom of the 4th and 1 in the 5th making the score 4-0. For the Rebels in the top of the 6th, Olivia Strank would get walked then Kaedyn Sutton would hit a line drive to the fence scoring Strank from 1st. Skyler Mattern would lay down a sac bunt scoring Shianna Mathes from third, cutting the score in half, 4-2.

In the top of the 7th, Baylie Bettura would lead off the inning with a single, with one out Ashton Hughes would lay down a perfect bunt advancing Bettura to second base. Bettura would score on an overthrow and Hughes would end up on third. Haley Eskra then would get hit by the pitch.  Then with runners on second and third base with no outs, Sutton would then hit another rocket-scoring Hughes and Eskra giving the Rebels a 5-4 lead. That lead didn’t last long as Newton Falls would tie the score in the bottom of the inning.

Both teams would go scoreless till the top of the 12th. With two outs in the top of the 12th Karsyn Moore would draw a walk then Mattern would hit a line drive advancing Moore to third.  With the count 2-2 with 2 outs Moore would score the eventual winning run on a passed ball.

Sutton would end up with 2 hits and 3 RBI’s, Bettura had 2 hits, Moore, Mattern, and Hughes each added a hit. For Newton Falls, Tara Bacherms had 3 hits, Zoe McElrath and Joel Hood each added two hits. Sutton picked up the win for the Lady Rebels.

Crestview improves to 19-4 on the season and will host Newton Falls on Wednesday.

 

 

*Contributed by Greg Eskra

FALCONS FALL IN HEARTBREAKER

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AUSTINTOWN, OH- The Falcons fight back and scored late in a heartbreaking loss to Canfield.

Fitch was led by TJ Piroch, who went 2 for 4 with an RBI. Christian Myers added 2 hits and Casey Bokesch added a hit and an RBI for the Falcons.

On the mound, Trey Giannini came in for Fitch in the 4th inning. He threw 3 and 1/3 innings, allowing 0 runs on just 1 hit while striking out 5. Fitch moves to 15-5 (5-2 in AAC play) on the season.  The Falcons will play host to Canfield again on Tuesday.

 

*Contributed by Jack Chepke and austintownathletics.com

BIG SIXTH INNING POWERS FALCONS OVER URSULINE

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STRUTHERS, OH- The Ursuline Irish had fought back to take the lead in the fifth frame.  The Cardiac Kids were at it again.  Then an offensive explosion in the sixth by the Fitch sealed the fate for the Green Machine.  Austintown Fitch defeated Ursuline 10-3 on Saturday thanks to a timely seven runs in a big sixth frame.

Bobby Cavalier took the win for Fitch. He went four innings, allowing three runs on one hit and striking out six.

Offensively, the Falcons racked up 12 hits. Kenny Misik, TJ Piroch, Derek Franken, and Casey Bokesch each had multiple hits for Fitch. Bokesch, Franken, Piroch, and Misik all had two hits to lead the team. The Falcons were active on the basepaths as well and stole five bases during the game as two players stole more than one. Piroch led the way with two.

Jeremy Kreuzwieser went 1-for-2 at the plate to lead Ursuline in hits.

 

 

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STRANK IS SINGLES QUEEN IN CRESTVIEW, REBS ROLL TO OVAC FINALS

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WHEELING, WV- Crestview traveled to Wheeling, West Virginia to compete on the OVAC semi-finals of the 3 A division playing Monroe Central and walked away with a 4-1 victory.

The Seminoles retired the first eight batters of the Lady Rebels until Taylor Mellington came up with 2 outs smashing a double off the fence for a double. The Rebels got back to the top of the order Haley Eskra worked the count to 2-2 before Mellington stole third base when the catcher went to throw to third when the ball went off Eskra’s helmet and going out play, Mellington was awarded home for Crestview’s first run.

With runners on first and second Kaedyn Sutton would come up hitting a rocket to left-center field scoring Eskra and Strank for a 2-RBI double. Monroe Central would put a run on the board with the help of the Rebels only error of the game.

Sutton led the Lady Rebels with a double, single and 3 RBI’s, Taylor Mellington added a double, Skyler Mattern a single, Olivia Strank had one hit, on that hit Strank broke the singles record in a season with 30. Sutton would also pick up the win striking out 10, giving up 5 hits and walking one batter.

Crestview improves to 17-3 on the season and will play Magnolia, WV in the OVAC Championship on Friday at 7:00 pm at JB Chambers Complex in Wheeling, WV.

 

*Contributed by Greg Eskra

HIGGINBOTTHAM LEADS FALCONS PAST HOWLAND

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AUSTINTOWN, OH- Austintown-Fitch put up seven runs in the sixth on its way to a 13-1 victory over Howland on Tuesday.

Howland got things moving in the first inning. Anthony Massucci drove in one when he singled.

Fitch pulled away for good with six runs in the second inning. In the second Derek Franken singled on a 1-0 count, scoring one run, Bobby Cavalier singled on a 1-2 count, scoring two runs, and Lorenzo Russo singled on a 3-2 count, scoring two runs.

Devin Higginbottham got the win for Austintown-Fitch. He went five innings, allowing one run on five hits and striking out six.

Braden Gebhardt led things off on the mound for Howland. He lasted two innings, allowing six hits and six runs while striking out two. Frankie Manios threw four innings in relief.

Fitch totaled nine hits. Cavalier, Russo, and Franken each had multiple hits for the Dirty Birds. Cavalier led the team with three hits in four at-bats. Fitch also stole six bases during the game as two players stole more than one. Cavalier led the way with three.

Jared Mindek went 2-for-3 at the plate to lead Howland in hits.

 

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