Falcon Pride Top Ten #9: AMS Cheerleaders Repeat as State Champions, Fitch Ends Title Reign with Runner-Up Finish

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!

After claiming the Ohio Association of Secondary School Administrators 7th & 8th Grade State Championship in 2025, the AMS Competition Cheer Team retained its crown by winning a second straight state title at the 2026 OASSA State Championships.

The competition took place in January at Butler High School in Vandalia with the back-to-back champions bringing home the state title in the Non-Building Large category. Coached by Macy Kittelberger, the Lady Falcons will be looking for the ever elusive three-peat as they get ready for the 2026-27 season.

The AMS cheerleaders' elder counterparts are no strangers to success themselves as the Fitch cheerleaders were in the middle of a state title defense of their own in 2026.

Unfortunately, after winning back-to-back OASSA State Championships in the Traditional Building Category in 2024 and 2025, the team saw its two year title reign come to an end at the state tournament in February. Harrison High School edged out the Lady Falcons at the event to take this year's title with Fitch's hopes for a three-peat ending in a runner-up finish.