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FITCH FIGHTS THROUGH IRISH

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AUSTINTOWN, OH- There’s a special feeling in the air of Austintown.  The Fitch Falcons are on a mission and are doing it for their late leader, Coach Phil Annarella.  It has all Falcons on the same flight path, and that didn’t change last Friday night against Ursuline as the Falcons took the lead in the first quarter and never looked back, winning 27-7.

The dual-quarterback system gave Ursuline fits all night as Devin Sherwood and Nate Leskovac teamed up for 3 rushing touchdowns, and one through the air to Todd Simons in the second frame.

The Falcons racked up 91 yards through the air, and 270 yards on the ground.  The Irish failed to get their ground game rolling as they ended up with -31 yards on the night.

The lone highlight for the Irish was the much-anticipated connection of Brady Shannon to Matt Reardon for a 22-yard touchdown strike.

The Irish (0-2) will turn their focus to Mentor Lake Catholic, while Fitch (2-0) heads on the road to Glen Oak.

 

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ONE FOR THE BROOKS, RAIDERS BLANK REBS

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CANFIELD, OH- The Raiders looked to get their season back to even ground in Week 2, and it took 3 plays to touch the painted surface as Patrick McCabe romped 83 yards to put South Range on top where they would stay and eventually win 42-0 over Crestview.

The Rebels (0-2) had a difficult time containing the Raider offense that racked up 302 yards on the night, but were highlighted by three touchdown passes between Isaac Allegretto and Chris Brooks.  Sophomore, Dylan Dominguez had nine carries for 99 yards and a pair of scores as well.

Sophomore Rebel QB, Anthony Cusick, went 10/20 for 121 yards and an interception.  On the ground, Junior Ethan Powell had 13 rushes for 41 yards.

Both teams will be on the road next week as Crestview travels to McDonald and South Range heads to Canton Central Catholic.  Both games will be streamed on The Network at 7pm.

CRESTVIEW FOOTBALL COACH’S CORNER (EP 2) WITH PAUL CUSICK

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Week one didn’t go as scripted for Coach Cusick and the boys, however, a new week presents new opportunities, and standing in the way of win number one in 2019 are the South Range Raiders,

Can the Rebels bounce back to their winning ways?  What were the takeaways from week one?  What does Coach Q’s support staff off the field mean to him?

All that and more on this week’s Crestview Coach’s Corner with Paul Cusick.

 

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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