Basketball Recap: Rachel Spalding's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Austintown-Fitch over Olmsted Falls

Austintown-Fitch lost against Olmsted Falls on Saturday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The contest between the Austintown-Fitch Falcons and the Olmsted Falls Bulldogs didn't end well, with the Austintown-Fitch Falcons falling 61-43. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 225th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 29th).

Rachel Spalding

Steals

02/22/25 @ Olmsted Falls	3
02/19/25 vs Euclid	3
02/10/25 @ South Range	3
02/08/25 vs Salem	2
02/05/25 vs Cardinal Mooney	2
+ 3 more games

Austintown-Fitch lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Rachel Spalding, who posted 13 points and three steals. She has been hot, having posted two or more steals the last eight times she's played. Liz Spalding was another key player, putting up eight points and five rebounds.

Austintown-Fitch's defeat dropped their record down to 12-12. As for Olmsted Falls, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-5.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Olmsted Falls beat Austintown-Fitch by a score of 61-43 later that day.