Sallee High Jumps Onto Podium at OHSAA Track and Field State Championships

As the unofficial start to the 2026 fall sports season quickly approaches, AustintownAthletics.com will close the month of June by taking a look back at the top ten sports moments from the 2025-2026 school year. The list will feature the most memorable and notable individual and team performances, achievements, and milestones as selected by members of the Austintown Fitch Athletic Department. The Falcon Pride Top Ten Countdown will begin on June 20 with #10 and continue through the end of the month with the #1 sports moment of the year. As always, thank you to all of Falcon Country for your continued support of our student-athletes both on the field and, most importantly, in the classroom. Keep celebrating your Falcon Pride! #3) Sallee High Jumps Onto Podium at OHSAA Track and Field State Championships Having claimed the OHSAA Division 2 District Championship in the high jump at Greenwood Chevrolet Falcon Stadium and Mike Garcia Track a week earlier with a personal best height of 6'4" to qualify for the Regional Championships, Braeden Sallee followed that up with a third place finish at the regional meet at North Royalton to advance to state. Then on the final day of the 2026 OHSAA Track and Field State Championships held at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus, the sophomore cleared 6'4" for the third straight week which was good for an eighth place podium finish and an OHSAA medal. Sallee will have his sights set on another trip to the state tournament in 2027 as the three sport student-athlete starts his junior year... first, as a member of the Fitch boys golf team where he will be looking for another trip to the OHSAA District Tournament following a 37th place finish in 2025, then as a member of the boys basketball team where he will play a vital role in the Falcons' success during the 2026-27 season, and then finally wrapping up his junior year with the Fitch track team in the spring. Braeden Sallee shows off his OHSAA medal at the 2026 OHSAA Division 2 Track and Field State Championships at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus, Ohio on June 7, 2026