STRUTHERS — Karter Rudzik stepped into the ring inside Struthers Fieldhouse on Saturday. The crowd sitting at tables on the court and fans in the stands cheered for the hometown kid as everyone turned their attention to the heavyweight fight.

It was Rudzik’s first amateur boxing match, a sport that he’s been familiar with since he was a child. And almost everything went the rising senior’s way, beating fellow first-timer Logan Lowe of Louisville in a unanimous decision.

“Coming into your first fight, not a lot of people expect to win or really think in their head that they’re gonna win,” Rudzik said. “They say they’re gonna win, they’re gonna win, but in reality, there’s doubt there in their mind. I had no doubt, I was gonna come in and do what I do.

“I came out, won the bout — which is

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