COLUMBUS — There are 18,809 seats inside the Value City Arena at Ohio State’s Jerome Schottenstein Center, but neither the venue nor the stage was too big for Crestview’s Caleb Cunningham. Cunningham, a 285-pound senior, completed perhaps the most dominant performance ever by a local wrestler at a state tournament. Cunningham pinned Harrison Central’s third-ranked […]
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On a Mission: Crestview’s Cunningham looking to complete journey started by former great Hill
OLIVESBURG — Steve Haverdill can’t say for certain how the dream match would unfold, but Crestview’s veteran wrestling coach sure would like to see it. Haverdill was the head coach when heavyweight Caden Hill terrorized the state as a senior in 2020. Hill was 45-1 and the overwhelming favorite to win a Division III state […]
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Passing The Torch: Godsey replaces Haverdill as Crestview wrestling coach
OLIVESBURG — The way Steve Haverdill sees it, he’s spent nine seasons laying the foundation for the Crestview wrestling program. Now he hopes to see Nate Godsey build a skyscraper on top of it. Godsey has spent years constructing a unique background on the mats that has steered him to his first varsity head coaching […]
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Crestview dominates South Central for 1st Firelands win
OLIVESBURG — Crestview pocketed its first Firelands Conference win of the year on Friday night. The Cougars turned back South Central 41-7 in a running-clock affair. Coach Steve Haverdill’s team rolled to a 13-0 first-quarter lead, and expanded the margin to 21-0 at halftime. The two schools swapped TDs in the third period to give […]
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Lucas rolls on, pins down Crestview
OLIVESBURG — No one can say the Lucas football team doesn’t hold a grudge. One year after the Cubs traveled to Crestview and suffered their largest margin of defeat of the season in a 31-6 blowout, Lucas returned to Scott Bailey Memorial Field on Friday and bounced the Cougars, 26-6. It was the biggest home […]
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Two-way hero: Crestview senior holds down both lines in win over East Knox
OLIVESBURG — Crestview senior Caleb Cunningham came to the sidelines during a timeout Friday night with about three minutes left, just before the Cougars punted the ball back to East Knox. “Need a break?” one of the Crestview assistants asked. The hulking 6-foot-5, 250-pound defensive end/offensive tackle shook his head, grabbed a drink, rubbed a […]