Austintown Fitch High School

American public high school

Athletics conferenceAll-American ConferenceMascotFreddy and Frieda FalconTeam nameFalconsRivalBoardman Spartans
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Austintown Fitch High School is a public high school in Austintown, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Austintown Local School District. Athletic teams compete as the Austintown Fitch Falcons in the Ohio High School Athletic Association as a member of the All-American Conference.

The original structure was located at 5680 Mahoning Ave. Classes moved to the new high school in 1968. The original structure has been demolished.

Sports

OHSAA State Championships

Boys Basketball – 1931^[3]^[4]
Boys Cross Country – 1971, 1972, 1975,^[4]
Softball - 2023, 2024

Bowling State Championships

Boys Bowling – 2002, 2003
Girls Bowling – 2003^[5]

Notable alumni

Irv Holdash – '47, first-team All-American center and linebacker in 1950
Donna Roberts – '62, convicted of the murder of her ex-husband^[6]
Phil Keaggy – '70, Grammy Award-nominated guitarist
Mike Calhoun – '75, former NFL and CFL defensive lineman
Mike Trgovac – '77, Green Bay Packers defensive line coach
Wally Bell – '83, MLB umpire
Jeff Wilkins – '90, retired St. Louis Rams NFL placekicker
Mike McGlynn – '03, Indianapolis Colts offensive guard
Billy Price - '13, center for the New York Giants

Notes and references

^ ^a ^b ^c "Fitch High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
^ U.S. News & World Report. "Fitch High School". Retrieved 2017-06-23.
^ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Basketball A". Archived from the original on 13 January 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
^ ^a ^b OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Archived from the original on 31 December 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
^ "ohiohighschoolbowling.com". Archived from the original on 13 May 2008.
^ Court documentsupremecourt.ohio.gov Archived 2017-02-23 at the Wayback Machine