Austintown Sports Briefs


Cardinal Mooney volleyball defeats Fitch

Cardinal Mooney varsity volleyball von against Austintown Fitch on Oct. 12, 3-1 with the scores of 25-18, 18-25, 25-18 and 25-21. For Cardinal Mooney, Maddie Abrigg had 16 kills, Maria Pelini had 28 assists and Marcell Adams had 18 digs. For Austintown Fitch, Sarah Obradovich had 21 kills, nine points, three aces and 16 digs; Rachael Difrancesco had four blocks; Maya Martin had 14 assists and Keara Katcher had 10 points, 11 digs and 29 serve receptions.

Boys soccer ties with Canfield

On Oct. 8, the Austintown boys varsity soccer team tied with Canfield, 1-1. Kyle Cyphert scored the goal for Austintown and Tanor Engligh scored for Canfield with an assist from Justin Montazeri. Canfield took nine shots and Fitch took 19. Jeff Joseph had 12 saves for Canfield and Fitch had eight saves. Canfield’s record is not 8-3-2 for the season and 5-2-2 in the AAC Red. Fitch’s record is 10-2-2 for the season and 6-1-2 in the AAC Red.

Neighbors wants fall sports news

Fall sports have begun and Neighbors wants to be there every step of the way. If you’re a fall sports coach or the parent of an athlete, we need you help. In order to get teams and players the recognition they deserve, we want to showcase them in our pages. We can only do that if you commit to sending us game reports and photos each week. If you send it, it will get in.

You can email us at neighbors@vindy.com. You don’t have to be a writer — just send us the information and we’ll put it all together. When emailing pictures, send them as JPEG files as large as possible. Provide caption information and where people are located from left to right, front row to back. The sports news we’re looking for ranges from varsity high school teams down to middle school and even elementary and recreational leagues.

Send Neighbors your news

If you’re a fall sports coach or the parent of an athlete, we need your help. In order to get teams and players the recognition they deserve, we want to showcase them in our pages. You can email us at neighbors@vindy.com.

You don’t have to be a writer — just send us the information and we’ll put it all together. When emailing pictures, send them as JPEG files as large as possible. Provide caption information and where people are located from left to right, front row to back.