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Varsity volleyball victorious over Girard

The Falcons won against Girard in four sets 20-25, 26-24, 25-21, 25-16. Top players for Fitch were Lainie Simons 16 digs, 11 kills, two blocks and four aces, Nichole Noday with 12 assists, two kills and six digs and Makayla Zets with eight digs and three kills.

Varsity volleyball falls to Canfield

The Falons lost to the Cardinals in four close sets: 11-25, 26-24, 21-25, 19-25. Top players for Fitch were Khala Cameron with 14 digs, four kills and three aces, Lainie Simons with 14 digs and seven kills and Makenlie Martin with four digs, four kills and three blocks.

Boys soccer defeated

Massillon Perry won 4-1 over the Fitch Falcons. Scoring the lone goal for the Falcons was Mitch Desiato.

Boys soccer ties with Canfield

Fitch and Canfield played to a 3-3 tie tonight at Falcon Stadium. Fitch opened up the game scoring three in a row with Zack Glavic scoring two (assisting was Mitch Desiato and Blake Baker) and Blake Baker scoring one (assisted by Dom Foley). The Cardinals got on the board when Justin Montezari scored just before the half. The cardinals stayed on the offensive in the second, scoring two quick goals (RJ Thomas and Alex Davison). Fitch keeper Trevor Hykes had eight saves while Canfield’s keeper Jad Jadallah had seven.

Falcons victorious over the Bulldogs

Austintown varsity volleyball won in four sets against Lakeview: 25-21, 25-12, 22-25, 25-20. Top players for Fitch were Khala Cameron with 12 digs, 11 kills, seven blocks and four aces, Nichole Noday with 16 assists and eight digs, Lainie Simons with 26 digs and Makayla Zets with 17 digs and 15 kills.

Neighbors Blitz to feature middle school football and younger

Football season is on the horizon and Neighbors needs your help featuring the great football teams in your area that are age groups middle school and younger for our Neighbors Blitz page. If you are a coach or parent, please consider submitting a photograph or two of the players in action or of the team afterward, along with some details on the game and the names of any players or team members photographed, listed from left to right and front to back. 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 together for you. We look forward to another great season of success for our local teams!

Neighbors wants autumn sports news

Autumn athletics have arrived and Neighbors wants to be there every step of the way. If you’re a 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.

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 and 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. We look forward to hearing about your teams successes.

Send Neighbors your news

If you’re an autumn 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.