The Austintown-Fitch Falcons are on the road again on Friday to play the Ursuline Fighting Irish at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Last Saturday, Austintown-Fitch blew past Buchtel, posting a 44-7 win on the road. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Griffins are ranked 193rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, while Ursuline put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Harding. Ursuline claimed a resounding 35-0 victory over Harding on the road. The match marked the Fighting Irish's most dominant win of the season so far.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Ursuline was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 207 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Austintown-Fitch pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Ursuline, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 4-1.
Austintown-Fitch lost to Ursuline on the road by a decisive 32-14 margin when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Austintown-Fitch avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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