Residents of Vancrest had fun cooling off with a slip and slide this past Wednesday. (Photo from Vancrest of Ada.)
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By Cort Reynolds
Ada teenager Lily Baumgartner is set to compete at the national level for USA Swimming.
Lily has qualified for Team Ohio in the 100 butterfly event after swimming a time of 1:07.18 this past weekend in the Ohio Swimming Long Course Championships at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Lily will now compete for the State of Ohio at the USA Central Zone Championships in Elkhart, Indiana August 6-8, 2021. This is the highest level of competition for USA Swimming competitors age 14-and-under.
By Cort Reynolds
The Ada swim team finished fifth overall in the combined boys/girls standings at the 39th annual Elks Invitational Western Ohio Aquatics League championship meet July 9-10 in Kenton.
The Ada boys came home a solid fourth, while the Alligator girls ended up sixth in the eight-team event.
Bluffton swept the boys, girls and combined team titles at the annual event.
By Cort Reynolds
More than 450 swimmers and their families will descend on Kenton July 9-10 for the 39th annual Elks Invitational Swim Meet and Western Ohio Aquatics League championship.
The WOAL is for swimmers aged four to 18 who are members of one of the league’s teams.
The Kenton Municipal Swimming pool is the site for the 2021 Swim Championships and will host eight teams from Ada, Bluffton, Findlay, Kenton, Shawnee Country Club, Wapakoneta, Westside and Van Wert. Teams will compete for the 2021 league title.
By Cort Reynolds
VAN WERT - The Ada swim team won the overall and boys meets at Van Wert in the final West Ohio Aquatic League regular season dual event of the summer season Monday night.
Ada beat the Marlins 340-255 in the combined boys/girls team score to lift the overall Alligator summer record to 3-4.
The Gator boys defeated the Msrlin males 196-111, while the Ada girls were edged 161-144 by the hosts indoors at the Van Wert YMCA.
The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced the football region assignments for the upcoming 2021 season on Tuesday.
Ada will be in Division VII, Region 26. See map below -
The 10-week regular-season begins the week of August 16, with the top 16 schools in each region qualifying for the playoffs that begin October 29-30.
As previously announced, schools’ divisional assignments for the upcoming 2021-22 school year will remain the same as the 2020-21 school year in all sports.
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Donald R. Hensley, age 81, passed away on Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 8:16 AM at his residence in Alger.
Halle Grace Henderson was born at 5:03 PM on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 to Cody and Shelby (Rowe) Henderson.
In December 2020, the Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio Board of Directors issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to explore affiliation with other organizations in order to assure the secure and vibrant future of MHCO.
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