The Austintown-Fitch Falcons will face off against the Washington Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, Austintown-Fitch turned things around against Howland on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 60-40 margin over the Tigers. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Falcons have posted since December 13, 2024.
Meanwhile, Washington had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.7 points) and they went ahead and made it eight on Saturday. They managed an 86-81 win over the Arrows. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 50th, while the Arrows are ranked 238th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Austintown-Fitch's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-10. As for Washington, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season.
Austintown-Fitch came out on top in a nail-biter against Washington when the teams last played back in December of 2022, sneaking past 50-47. Does Austintown-Fitch have another victory up their sleeve, or will Washington turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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