The Canfield Cardinals typically have all the answers at home, but on Tuesday the Austintown-Fitch Falcons proved too difficult a challenge. They secured a 51-46 W over the Cardinals. This was payback for Austintown-Fitch, who suffered a 51-48 loss the last time these two teams met.
Austintown-Fitch's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Deshawn Vaughn, who scored 13 points along with eight assists. Marcel Finkley was another key contributor, scoring 15 points.
Austintown-Fitch is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season. As for Canfield, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-4.
Austintown-Fitch will head out on the road to challenge Boardman at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Boardman has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last four games. As for Canfield, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Howland at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Howland will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings (they are ranked 263rd, while Canfield is ranked 67th).
