WATTS FINDS PERFECTION TO GIVE LOUISVILLE THEIR FIRST LOSS

LOUISVILLE OH- The Austintown-Fitch Falcons softball team handed The Louisville Leopards their first loss of the season by a score of 10-0 in seven innings. Charged by a Sydnie Watts perfect game, her fourth in her high school career, The Falcons jumped ahead early with a four run top of the first with two-run blasts by both Abby Toth, her first of the season and Morgan Roby, her first over-the-fence in high school, to give Fitch the early 4-0 advantage.

Supplying more offense in the top of the second, The Falcons senior shortstop Ayla Ray belted a two-run shot, her team-leading eighth of the season, bringing in RBI 23 and 24 which also leads the team! Watts mirrored the bottom of the second inning with the bottom of the first as she struck out two batters and forced one popup to get through to clean frames with The Falcons up 6-0 over The Leopards.

Fitch added a run in in the top of the fifth when Kylie Folkwein crushed her third home run of the season as she sent a towering shot over the pine tree in left-center field! Through five innings, Fitch led 7-0.
The final runs of the game came in the top of the seventh when Sydnie Watts continued her games with a home run streak to three with a three-run shot to left, her fourth of the year, putting Austintown up 10-0. Watts would be even more impressive in the bottom of the seventh when she struck out two batters, totaling 12, to complete her fourth perfect game and 13th no-hitter in her high school career, doing it in just 72 pitches! As The Georgia Tech commit continues to dazzle.

Austintown-Fitch (9-1) will now get some rest after winning three games in three days when they travel to Boardman (7-5) on Monday, April 22nd with a 5 p.m. first pitch. Meanwhile,

Louisville (10-1) will look to bounce back against GlenOak (4-2) when they host The Golden Eagles on Friday, April 19th.

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