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SPARTANS CRUISE TO ANOTHER AAC WIN

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BOARDMAN OH-  Boardman easily did away with Harding 9-1 on Tuesday night in AAC action.

Boardman  evened things up at one in the bottom of the third inning when Jenna Olexa singled on a 0-1 count, scoring one run.

The Spartans pulled away for good with four runs in the fourth inning. In the fourth Cami Goske singled on a 2-2 count, scoring two runs, Tori Strines singled on the first pitch of the at bat, scoring one run, and an error scored one run for Boardman Spartans Varsity.

Boardman scored four runs in the sixth inning. The batters contributing to the big inning included Strines, Madison Lester, and Madison Wymer, all driving in runs.

Lester earned the victory in the circle for Boardman. The righthander allowed two hits and one run over seven innings, striking out eight and walking zero.

Boardman racked up 11 hits in the game. Strines, Goske, Wymer, and Olexa each collected multiple hits. Olexa, Wymer, Goske, and Strines each managed two hits to lead.

Boardman is scheduled to finish their series with the Raiders Wednesday as they travel to Warren.

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BOARDMAN BOYS STAY UNDEFEATED IN TRACK AND FIELD

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BOARDMAN, OH- Boardman-The Boardman Boys Track Team improved to 4-0 with a 143.75-56.25-39-9 victory over the Warren Harding Raiders, Chaney Cowboys, and Cardinal Mooney Cardinals this past Tuesday.

The Spartans opened the meet with a victory by sophomore Brock Farris, freshman David D’Altorio, senior Jack Graff, and junior Andrew Yocum in the 4×800 meter relay. The next event, the 110-meter hurdles, the Spartans took three of the five places with senior Trey DePietro in first, junior Brady DePietro second, and sophomore Breylin Jones in third. In the 100 meter dash, junior Ben Alvarico took first and junior Fernando Ortiz was third. The 4×200 relay team of junior Joel Cuevas-Pixley, Trey DePietro, senior Anthony Hightower, and Alvarico placed first.

In the 1600 meter run, Farris placed first and freshman Danny LaCivita was fourth. The 4×100 relay team of Hightower, Cuevas-Pixley, Alvarico, and Ortiz placed first. Senior Ray Griggy and D’Altorio tied for second place in the 400-meter dash with senior Ryne Loftus tying a Mooney athlete for fourth place. In the 300 meter hurdles, Trey DePietro was first, Brady DePietro placed second, and junior Alex Anzevino was fifth.

In the 800 meter run, D’Altorio placed third and Graff fifth. The 200-meter dash saw Alvarico take first place honors.. The next event was the 3200-meter run which was won by Farris with LaCivita in third and sophomore Ethan Boots in fifth. The 4×400 relay team of Cuevas-Pixley, Trey DePietro, Brady DePietro, and Griggy took first.

In the field events, Hightower placed first in the high jump with senior Tommy Nawrocki in second, senior Gerick Angel in third, and Jones tying three Warren athletes for fifth. Nawrocki also placed second overall in the long jump. Angel placed first in the pole vault, junior Paul Bonnel was second, and freshman Isaiah Doyle placed third.  In the discus, junior Tyler Cherne placed first, senior Ethan Barrett was third, and senior Joe Sferra placed fourth. The shot put saw Sferra in first, Cherne in third, and Barrett placed fifth.

The meet MVP award went to senior Tommy Nawrocki for earning varsity letters in both jumps in the first-ever meet of his high school career.

*Reported by John Phillips

WATTS SHINES IN NO HITTER

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AUSTINTOWN OH- Freshman Sydnie Watts continued the dominant start to her high school career by throwing her a no-hitter in her fifth career start leading the Lady Falcon softball team to a 25-0 victory over Warren G. Harding.Teaming with junior catcher McKenna Hogan, Watts struck out 12 Radiers while allowing just one walk to pick up the win in the circle for the Falcons.

The offense had a 10-run outburst in the 1st inning and never looked back.  Senior Maddy Taylor led the way with 5 RBIs smacking 2 singles, 2 doubles and a home run on the night.  Watts backed up her pitching effort with 3 RBIs, a single, 2 doubles and a home run.  It was Watts fourth home run in four games.  Hogan recorded three hits on the evening which included a single, a double and a solo home run.  Sophomore Bella Tofil singled 3 times and drove in 2 runs while junior Caitlin Mitchell had 2 doubles, a single and 2 RBIs.

The Lady Falcons return home on Thursday, April 7 to take on Poland at 5:00 PM.

*Contributed By Russel Houser at austintownathletics.com

FITCH LAYS SIEGE TO RAIDERS

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Austintown OH- Senior Jake Corll picked up the win on the mound for the Falcons, throwing 3 and 1/3 innings, giving up just 1 hit with 5 K’s. Sophomore Stephen Palmer finished the game on the mound, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 K’s. Brandon Popio led the way for Fitch at the plate, going 2 for 2 on the day with 3 RBI’s.  Carson Fuller, Mike Sciortino, Donavan Bell-Sullivan, and Christian Latone chipped in a hit apiece as well. Fitch improves to 3-0, picking up their first win in AAC action on the season.

The Falcons will look to play The Raiders for the second time in as many days, as they travel to Warren on Tuesday, April 5th. Fitch will return home to square off with The Cardinal Mooney Cardinals on Wednesday, April 6th. 

Both games are scheduled for a 5 p.m. first pitch!

*Contributed By YSN’s Ty Bartell

FALCONS STILL PERCHED ATOP AAC

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AUSTINTOWN OH-  In yet another early season matchup inside The All-American Conference (AAC), That Austintown Fitch Falcons Softball team squared off with rival Warren Harding Raiders.

Fitch, coming off a sweep of Canfield and a shutout of Chardon had them carrying all that momentum going into Monday’s contest. 

Highlighted by a 5 spot in the bottom of the 1st, followed by a 12 run bottom of the 2nd, had The Falcons leading by an impressive 17-0 score.  The first two innings of offense ended up being all that Fitch needed, as they secured their third conference win of the young season.

Ayla Ray kept her hot start to the season going, grabbing a couple more doubles on the season, as a part of her 3 hit performance. Finishing the day with the team leading batting average of .786! However, Ayla was not the only one with a 3 hit day.Bella Tofil also tallied a double on the day in her 3 total hits in Monday’s matchup.

The Player of The Game was “The Untouchable” Sydnie Watts for the second time this season. By striking out the side in each of her 4 innings worked in the circle. Pair that with another long ball, her third in as many games, and it was no question about the impact she had.

Fitch (4-0) will now look to repeat their success against Warren Harding (1-2) in the second game of the series. Due to be played on Tuesday, April 5th with a 5 p.m. first pitch. 

 

Stats:

Ayla Ray- 3/4, 2 2B (4), 3 R (10). 

Bella Tofil- 3/3, 2B (1), 2 R (2), RBI (1). 

Sammi Aey- 1/2, 3B (2), 2 R (6), 2 RBI (6). 

(Player of The Game) Sydnie Watts- Pitching: W (4), 4 IP (25), 1  H, 0 ER, 12 K (59).

                                                            Batting: 2/3, 2B (1), HR (3), R (3), 3 RBI (6).

* Contributed By YSN’s Ty Bartell

 

Postgame Interview With Sydnie Watts:

FLASHES SNEAK PAST HARDING

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WARREN OH- Champion got a close victory over Warren Harding on Saturday. It was a battle all the way through, but the Flashes came out feeling good with a 6-5 win.

Joey Fell, and Taylor Skaggs both had 2 hits for Champion. Fell added a double, while Skaggs hit a triple and knocked in 3 RBI.

Carson Fife got the win for Champion on the mound. He struck out 4 and only walked 1.

Champion returns to MVAC play on Monday as they’ll host Newton Falls.

FALCONS PROTECT THE NEST ONE LAST TIME

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A postponed conference game inside The AAC had The Austintown Fitch Falcons host The Warren G Harding Raiders for a Thursday night game.

It was the final conference game on the slate for both schools, and per usual, the fans on both sides showed up and were loud!

The first quarter was back and forth, with both teams playing the chess match on offense, looking for an opportunity to go on a run. 

Deshawn Vaughn provided the spark Fitch needed in the first half. As Vaughn had the crowd roaring to the tune of 17 first half points, pair that with holding premier scorer Tyriq Ivory to just 2 points in the first half. 

Fitch took a commanding first half lead into halftime; however, as many others are aware, you cannot hold any team down in The AAC.

The Raiders came back in the third quarter, as Ivory became a man on a mission. Scoring at high volumes, with 21 points in the second half for Warren.

Ivory also had a scoring partner in Duncan Moy, who scored double digits in both halves and finished with 21 points on the night. 

Despite the scoring efforts of Ivory (23) and Moy (21), Fitch was able to respond with a couple of 20+ point scorers themselves. With senior Allen Underwood finishing with 22 points of offense to complement the 23 scored by Deshawn Vaughn.

Austintown made enough plays down the stretch, with everyone contributing big in some way. With seniors Joe Roth hitting two big free throws late and Evan Sahli finding a bucket off an offensive board in the final minute to put a bow on it.

Fitch beat Harding 65-62 to avenge the loss suffered to The Raiders at Warren earlier in the season. 

 

Stats (Fitch):

Deshawn Vaughn – 23 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL, 1 BLK, 4/10 3PT FG (40%). (Player of The Game)

Allen Underwood – 22 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL, 8/16 FG (50%). 

Gianni Maley – 7 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 2 STL. 

 

Harding (11-10) will now refocus with a road game at Canton McKinley (13-6) to round out their season.

Fitch (7-14) will play their final regular season game, as they travel to Alliance (15-4) to take on The Aviators!

*Contributed By YSN’s Ty Bartell

*Postgame Interview With DeShawn Vaughn

CANFIELD SECURES FIRST ROUND WIN

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CANFIELS OH- Sometimes the first tournament game can be your hardest. Teams have to deal with the jitters and nerves of the tournament atmosphere. That was not an issue for Canfield on Saturday. They dominated their way to a 53-18 thumping of conference rival Warren Harding to advance to the sectional final.

Senior Alyssa Dill is no stranger to tournament time. She led all scorers with 16 points to pace the Cardinals.

Canfield advances to play the winner of Howland vs Madison for a birth into the district semifinals. If Howland wins, the game will be at Howland, if Madison wins the Cardinals will host. That game will be on Thursday at 7:00.

IRISH FALTER AGAINST HARDING

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WARREN, OH – The Warren Harding Raiders hosted the Ursuline Fighting Irish on Tuesday night in a scoring affair. Ursuline’s Terrance Pankey started the game hot in the first half, putting up 17 points in the first half. With Tyirq Ivory in early foul trouble for Harding, it gave the Irish some life to get some momentum going into the second half. But, it was not long as Ivory was unstoppable for Harding in the second half. Ursuline would find themselves down by 9 going into the fourth quarter, and would score 24 points in the fourth to cut the lead down. That wasn’t enough as Ivory would put up 10 of his 20 second- half points up in the fourth to seal the victory for Warren Harding, 55-52.

 

For Harding, Tyriq Ivory led the way with 22 points.

 

For Ursuline, Terrance Pankey led the way with 23 points. Vinny Flauto contributed 10 on the night.

 

Harding will be back in action on Friday, as they will travel to East. Ursuline will also be back in action on Friday as they are set to host Benedictine. Don’t miss it on YSN!

 

*Contributed By YSN’s Brendan Miller

HARDING SPELLS TROUBLE FOR SPARTANS

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BOARDMAN, OH – The Warren Harding Raiders came into Boardman looking to not only get a huge win over a conference opponent in the Spartans after not play many games to begin 2022, but to also get a win against Boardman on the road. Harding has not beaten Boardman on the road since 2018. Going into half, Harding had a 15 point lead, but Boardman clawed their way back to make it a one point deficit in the fourth. But Harding would eventually get a little run of their own to secure the victory over Boardman, 56-47.

 

For Harding, Tyriq Ivory led the way with a game-high 21 points. Behind him was both Duncan Moy and Khalil Williams who added 9 on the night.

 

For Boardman, Brady DePietro led the way with 8 points. Luke Ryan, Carter Mraz and Tommy Newrocki each added seven on the night.

 

Harding will be back in action on Friday, as they will host Austintown-Fitch. Boardman will also be back in action on Friday on the road, as they travel to East. Don’t miss it on YSN!

 

*Contributed By YSN’s Brendan Miller