Boardman knocks off Perry 19-13

September 25, 2010 at 12:09a.m.

By JOE SCALZO

scalzo@vindy.com

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On Friday night, the Boardman High football team showed it could handle a little bit of adversity.

And Perry showed it wasn’t quite ready to handle success.

The Spartans shook off some key injuries and a pair of disappointing losses over the past three weeks to knock off the state’s 10th-ranked team in Division I, holding off Perry 19-13 in one of those hold-your-breath Federal League games at Spartan Stadium.

“It was definitely a pivotal game for our season,” said senior running back Nick Buonavolonta.

Read the story in Saturday’s Vindicator.