Ohio High School Basketball - Mentor can't hold off Austintown-Fitch
January 18, 2023: Youngstown, OH 44515 The Austintown-Fitch Falcons basketball team scored 58 points and held the visiting Mentor Cardinals to 51 in the Falcons non-league triumph on Wednesday.
The Falcons now sport a 8-8 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Canfield for a All-American contest on Saturday, January 21. Austintown-Fitch will battle a Cardinals team coming off a 54-44 non-league win over Boardman (Youngstown, OH). The Cardinals record now stands at 14-1.
The Cardinals (8-9) will now prepare for their contest against Euclid (Euclid, OH). The Panthers enter the Greater Cleveland contest with a 1-13 record. In their last contest, Euclid was nudged by Lutheran East (Cleveland Heights, OH), 34-30, in a non-league contest.