AUSTINTOWN — Since a season-opening road loss at Hudson, Austintown Fitch has been on the tear.

The Falcons have now won four straight games after their dominant 54-6 victory over Akron Buchtel for Homecoming on Friday night.

“I think it’s just a process,” Fitch head coach TJ Parker said. “When you return so many starters, I think the team believes that everything is the same, but each team has a new identity. I think in Week 1, we had to figure that out. Hudson’s a good team, and we knew we left a lot on the table. So there’s been a desire to get better week-in and week-out.

“But complacency is the enemy of growth, and I think a little bit of our guys took a lot of things for granted, and I think that was an awakening for us. That’s why you play some of those big games early. You find

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