Boardman High School’s freshman basketball team toppled Canfield, 41-40, in All American Conference championship play last week.
      Kaden Mayhew led all scorers with 11 points. Sully Smith finished with a season high 9 points, while Terrell McDowell provided scoring punch off the bench with 8 points. Joey Nuzzi played lock down defense and ended with 6 points.
      Rounding out the scoring for Boardman were Zach Haus with 4 points, while Grayson Eicher had 3 points, brought great intensity along with his 4 points in the second quarter. Grayson Eicher connected on a corner 3, while collecting many rebounds and swatting several shots.
      Boardman earned a berth in the AAC title game posting a 54-38 victory over Austintown. The Falcons took an early lead in the game.
      A dominant third quarter, fueled by intense pressure defense gave Boardman the lead, and the Spartans never looked back.
      Mayhew led the winners with 17 points, and Nuzzi added 11 points on some great drives. Eicher controlled the paint and scored 8 markers, while McDowell chipped-in with 6 markers. Ashton Hoover and Landon Whippo each scored 4 points, and Ivan Rudiak had 2 points. Haus and Destin Sellers rounded out the scoring with a free throw each. Connor Congemi, Sullivan Smith, Mason Nawrocki and Rocky Graham all contributed to the win as well.