Boardman rallies in second half to defeat Hoover

By Tom Williams | January 24, 2009 at 7:38p.m.

Photo by: Special to The Vindicator/Nick Mays

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BOARDMAN - HOOVER - (11) Katie Fiffick of Boardman tries to drive on (10) Erica Iafelice Saturday afternoon in Boardman.

By Tom Williams

BOARDMAN — In the first quarter of Saturday’s showdown with rival North Canton Hoover, the Boardman High girls basketball team was the definition of charitable, giving the ball away 11 times.

But by the second half, the Spartans treated the ball the way a 4-year-old clutches a favorite toy from a sibling, posting a 15-0 run to seize control of the Federal League contest.

The smaller Vikings had no answer for Spartans’ junior post player Darryce Moore as she scored 23 of her 29 points after the intermission in a 61-52 victory.

Read the story in Sunday’s Vindicator and on Vindy.com.