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POLAND POACHES FALCONS ON SENIOR NIGHT

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POLAND, OH- Poland playing their final home game of the season against the Austintown Fitch Falcons, were looking for victory momentum before playing their rival on Friday. The Bulldogs would do just that on Senior Night. Poland Seniors Michael Cougras and Adam Kassem both finished in double figures in points. Bulldogs beat the Falcons 53-44.

First-quarter was a defensive dominate 8 minutes with Fitch taking the early lead 11-10. Devin Sherwood for the Falcons lead all scorers with 6 points at the end of the quarter. The Falcons regained the lead going into halftime 24-23 after getting some support from the bench. Ross Dedo helped the Bulldogs keep close with the Falcons with 8 points going into halftime.

Poland regained the lead in the third quarter and went back and forth with the Falcons for the lead until the end of the game. Poland comes away with a victory 53-44 on Senior Night. Kassem led all scorers at the end of the night with 15 points while Todd Simons had 14 for Fitch. Poland (15-6) will travel for its final game of the season on Friday against rival Canfield. Fitch will travel to Boardman on Friday for their final game of the season.

*Story contributed by YSN’s Anthony Melone

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RAIDERS FINISH REGULAR SEASON STRONG BEATING JEFFERSON

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JEFFERSON OH- The South Range girl’s program finished off their regular season Monday night with a 64-37 victory over Jefferson. This was a make up game from February 6th.

The Raiders used a strong first frame to pace a dominating night in Jefferson. Gabby Lamparty scores 8 of her 14 points in the first. The Raiders jumped ahead 23-11 at the end of one. That would be more than enough room to hold off the Falcons for the rest of the night.

The Raiders offense was balanced with four players reaching double figures. Izzy Lamparty led the way with 20 points. Gabby Lamparty added 14 while Lexi Giles finished with 11 and Bree Kohler with 10.

Ava Contenza led Jefferson with 12 points.

The Raiders now look to tournament time as they open their run Saturday afternoon against the winner of East Palestine vs Waterloo.

MOONEY TAKES BATTLE OF THE BIRDS

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Youngstown, OH – Cardinal Mooney faced the Austintown Fitch Falcons on Saturday after losing to Warren JFK the day before. After a turnover plagued first half, Mooney gave up only 21 points in the 2nd half to achieve the come from behind win against the Cardinals. Mooney beat Fitch 57-44.

Fitch took the lead early and held on to it through halftime making the game 23-16. Simons had 9 points going into halftime for the Falcons. Thomas Fire had 6 points for Mooney.

Mooney made its comeback in the 2nd half. Mooney only allowed 2 points in the fourth quarter to win the game 57-44. Simons finished the game with 20 points for the Falcons. Michael Pelini had 13 points in the game while Fire finished with 12 points. Mooney will travel to South Range Tuesday night while Fitch will travel to Poland on Tuesday. Watch both games here on YSN

* Story Contributed by YSN’s Anthony Melone.

RAIDERS BACK ON TRACK

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CANFIELD, OH- The South Range Boys get back on track with a victory over Jefferson, 66-46 to move to 12-7 on the season with 3 more games to go. The Raiders started off fast and never let go. The Falcons struggled keeping up with the South Range offense, and the Raiders capitalized on Jefferson’s mistake to get the demanding victory. Chris Brooks led the Raiders with 29 points on the night. Matt Lucas added 6 points for the Raiders. Also, Nate Brown, Jake Gehring, and Brandon Mikos all ended with 5 points for South Range. For Jefferson, Kody Cunningham hit 6 3s on the night, ending with 18 points. Grant Hitchcock ended with 8 points, and Anthony Devivo added 6 points. South Range will be back in action on Saturday to host Ursuline. Jefferson will also be home on Saturday, hosting Grand Valley. Tip off for the JV will be at 5:30. Varsity at 7:00. Do not miss it on YSN!

*Story Contributed by YSN’s Brendan Miller.

STRUTHERS TOO MUCH FOR FALCONS TO HANDLE

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AUSTINTOWN OH- Struthers is starting to find their stride at the perfect time. Last week they had a major upset over Western Reserve, and Wednesday night they went to Division 1 Austintown Fitch and won 57-47.

It didn’t start the way the Wildcats hoped as they found themselves quickly down 13-5 in the first. The Cats put together a run to end the first with a 17-15 lead and never looked back from that point on.

Emma Elia led the Wildcats with a game-high 16 points.

Daria Williams led the Falcons with 13.

Struthers looks to their first tournament game Saturday against Niles.

Fitch hosts Hudson in the first round of their tournament on Saturday.

FALCONS GET IT DONE VS EAST

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AUSTINTOWN OH- The Falcons defeated Youngstown East in a high scoring affair on Saturday 72-66. The Falcons held a 6 point lead at the half and a 4 point lead after 3 quarters. The 4th quarter saw the Falcons and East exchange baskets throughout with the Falcons hitting some timely free-throws down the stretch.

Leading the way for the Falcons was Todd Simons with 22 points, Devin Chaney with 17, Kris Brown with 15, and Devin Sherwood and Nate Leskovac with 8 pts. The Falcons travel to Hudson on Tuesday to take on the Explorers. The game time for that game is 6:00 J.V. 7:30 Varsity.

 

*Story Contributed by Brian Beany at austintownathletics.com

FITCH FLIES TO VICTORY IN OT OVER AKRON EAST

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AUSTINTOWN, OH- The Falcons beat Akron East in overtime 71-66 after Akron East banked in a long 3 pointer to send it into overtime.

The Falcons lead after the first quarter 12-8 and at half 23-18. The game went back and forth in the second half as both teams exchanged baskets throughout.

In overtime, the Falcons made some timely shots and free throws as they were 12-14 from the line. The Falcons had balanced scoring with Devin Sherwood leading the way with 20 points, followed by Todd Simons with 17, Devin Chaney with 13.  Evan Sahli, making his first start tallied 13, while Brian Ferguson had 6.

 

*Story contributed by Brian Beany and austintownathletics.com

BIG SECOND HALF LIFTS FALCONS OVER HUBBARD

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HUBBARD OH- The Jefferson Falcons went to Hubbard and scored 41 points in the second half to propel them to a 64-49 win over Hubbard.

Bobby Ray led the Falcons withva game-High 22 points.

Ryan Laird led the Eagles with 15 points, Cam Resatar was also in double figures and added 13 points.

Hubbard falls to 4-12 on the year. They will look to bounce back Friday as they host Lakeview.

Jefferson will host Poland on Friday.

POLAND CAGES FALCONS

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Poland,OH- The Poland Bulldogs continie their streak with a 64-37 win over a young Jefferson Falcons team. Jackie Grisdale led Poland with 20 points while Megan Jacobs had 10 points for the Falcons.

Poland took a commanding lead in the first quarter and never let up finishing the quarter with a 21-10 lead. Grisdale had 10 points in the first quarter alone. Jefferson’s Ava Contenza had 5 points in the quarter. Morgan Kluchar and Kailyn Brown both paced the Bulldogs in the second quarter to a 38-19 lead going into halftime. Both Kluchar and Brown had 8 points going into the half.

Poland added to their lead in the second half by taking advantage of turnovers and creating points. Grisdale finished the night with 20 points in a 64-37 win to continue their winning streak. Poland will face Hubbard Monday on YSNLIVE.COM.

* Story Contributed by YSN’s Anthony Melone

BARTLETT BIG FROM BEYOND; FITCH WINS THRILLER

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AUSTINTOWN, OH- It wasn’t easy for either sideline, but Austintown Fitch rallied to win an AAC thriller on Wednesday 60-56 over Boardman.

Emma Bartlett scored a game-high 24 points in which she connected on 6 shots from beyond the arc.  Ashley Mickey also dialed up from long range on a pair of scores late in the final stanza and finished with 7 points total on the night.  Also contributing in the win was senior Daria Williams with 14, and Jocelyn Jourdan with 5.

For Boardman, Raegan Burkey led the way with 21 points, and was supplemented by 12 from Maria Torres and Katie Stamp’s 10 points.

Fitch (5-7, 1-2) were able to take their first conference victory of the year, while Boardman (3-11, 0-3) are left still searching for their inaugural conference win this season.