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RAISING THE BARR: CRESTVIEW’S FOOTBALL STANDOUT SIGNS WITH WALSH

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“I just wanted to make sure I made the right choice for me.”

Crestview Senior Football Player and all-around athlete, Stephen Barr has made things official on the day before Valentine’s Day.  He’s going to trade in his musket for a pair of swords as he joins the Walsh Cavaliers in the fall.

While Barr made the announcement on Twitter during last week’s signing day, he put the pen to paper this afternoon.

Barr will join Coach John Fankhauser’s defensive side of the football, and serve as a playmaker in the Cavalier backfield.

We caught up with Stephen following his crossing of the “t’s” for a quick breakdown of the process.  We want to congratulate The Barr Family, as well as Crestview for producing a stellar product on and off the field.  We at YSN wish you all nothing but the best!  Go Cavs!

RAISING THE BARR

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It’s been a year where Rebel fans have seen much success.  Most of it, if not all is pointed at how these young men of individuals became a team over a ten week period.  Life isn’t always about having the spotlight on you, sometimes it’s about what you do when nobody’s watching that creates the champion.

This situation is one that Crestview Senior Stephen Barr was faced with this year.  The maturity that was shown from all sides is commendable by itself, but the team used moments similar to this all year as rallying points.  One common goal for everybody in that locker room: WIN.  One week at a time.  One opponent at a time.  WIN.

We had a chance to catch up with the Senior Slasher for the Rebs, and Barr discusses how his mindset has changed over his tenure, as well as what he’s looking to do after his days at Crestview are behind him.

Our Rebel Player Profile is: RAISING THE BARR.

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REBELS WILL RELY ON SPEED TO WIN IN 2018- CRESTVIEW FOOTBALL PREVIEW

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COLUMBIANA, OH-  In 2017, Paul Cusick and his Crestview Rebels stormed into the playoffs on a year that most thought it was improbable.  The Rebels finished the campaign with a 6-5 posting, but it was their strength of schedule that made that mark so impressive.  Playing highly physical teams such as West Branch, Struthers, Indian Creek, and South Range (twice) to name a few.

This year Coach “Q” is building on speed.  “Offensively, we will continue to run the spread, we will be up-tempo. We should have great competition in camp for starting positions. We have experience on the offensive side of the ball and need to continue to learn the system to be competitive.” says Cusick.

The Rebels will return seven starters on offense led by a standout receiver and super specialist Dylan Huff, running back Andrew Yanssens, and Dom Perry up front.  They will base their offense off of the spread formation, and per the usual at Crestview, focus on winning the battle in the trenches on every down.


Much the same on defense, the Rebels will post 4 boys up front in a 4-2 defense and will focus on their footspeed in the defensive backfield.  “Our defense will have good speed. The defense looks to be more aggressive and must make plays for us. We will have a great balance of experience throughout the defensive unit. We must have our defense create turnovers & field position.” Cusick added.  The defense will be helmed by Stephen Barr at Strong Safety, and Austin Brodigan in the defensive backfield.  Dante Pelino will again be a force coming off the end, and will undoubtedly give the opposing backfield headaches.

Crestview will look to add to big numbers last year offensively led by their 2-headed monster backfield in Yanssens and Sophomore Ethan Powell.  The two combined for nearly 2000 yards and 17 touchdowns last year for the Rebels.  Stephen Barr will take over the reigns at QB and will try to fill the shoes of Caleb Hill who accounted for 17 touchdowns on the ground and through the air in 2017. “We relied on Andrew to run the ball a lot last year, so we worked on passing this offseason and bump up our receiving corps,” said Barr.

The Rebs schedule will feature 7 home games this year which fits well into their postseason plans.  “Home games are awesome, it’s a great atmosphere, and the fans make it that way,” said lineman Dom Perry.  Coincidentally, Crestview will open their season at West Branch on Friday, August 24 at 7PM.