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Marmaton Valley and Crest standouts cap careers with East’s 30-0 win in D-II Eight-Man all-star game

An all-star East team delivered a 30-0 victory over the West in the Kansas Division II Eight-Man All-Star Game Saturday in Beloit, with three local players closing out their high school careers as part of the East roster.

Three football players stand on a sideline as an eight-man football game concludes in Beloit.

Marmaton Valley’s Tyler Lord and Todd Stevenson, along with Crest’s Jensen Barker, were on the East squad. The Iola Register reports that game statistics were not available at press time.

Barker earned All-Three Rivers League honors after leading the Lancers last season with 526 rushing yards and eight touchdowns, averaging nearly 4 yards per carry, and adding a defensive performance of 62 tackles with 42 solo stops. He also completed 2 of 4 passes for a touchdown. Lord, who recently signed with Central Christian College, was a quarterback and defensive back for the Marmaton Valley Wildcats, totaling 1,466 passing yards with 24 touchdowns, more than 1,200 rushing yards with 25 touchdowns, and six interceptions on defense. Stevenson contributed on both sides of the ball, recording 45 receptions for 752 yards and 14 touchdowns, plus 276 rushing yards and three touchdowns; defensively he had 28 tackles, including 19 solo stops, and he also logged 163 return yards on 13 returns with a long of 64 last season.