Lady Bulldogs sweep AE, Woods sets record
By Cort Reynolds
HARROD - The visiting Ada volleyball team rallied late twice behind a record night from junior standout Melina Woods to sweep local rival Allen East Tuesday night in a Northwest Conference match.
The 26-24, 26-24, 25-20 victory improved the Lady Bulldog record to 12-6 overall and 5-0 in the NWC, tops in the league. Meanwhile, AE fell to 6-7 and 1-3 in the NWC.
Ada middle blocker/hitter Woods set a school record with 35 kills in a match. The southpaw added 10 digs and three blocks in another strong all-around performance to lead the Bulldogs to their ninth win in the last 10 matches.
Ada rallied from a 20-11 deficit to win the second set in extra time. They also came back from behind in the third game and won it on three hard aces by freshman Sidney Gossard.
Junior setter Maddie Gossard passed out 27 assists and served three aces.
Freshman Sidney Gossard served three aces and passed out 10 assists. Junior libero Olivia Alexander mustered 15 digs. Senior Alyssa Vore added two kills and senior Haley Wyss contributed three kills.
The Mustangs won the reserve battle in three sets 23-25, 25-17, 25-13.
Ada returns to action Thursday at home vs. LCC. The Bulldogs are 5-0 at home this season and evened their road mark at 4-4 with the hard-fought win at AE.
Ada girl runners 5th at Bath
By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The Ada cross country team ran well at the Lima Bath Invitational Tuesday evening.
The Lady Bulldogs finished fifth out of seven teams behind freshman Abbie James, while the Bulldog boys came in 11th out of 14 with Eric Armbrecht and Larry Zembower leading the way.
"Today was an impressive showing," said first-year head coach Josh Klein. "Although some times were not our fastest of the season, the team walked away with four new personal records.
"Olivia Ennis took off about 30 seconds off of her PR, and Alexis Ennis took off another nine seconds," Klein continued. "Seniors Jil Wolber and Mara Guyton continue to shave off time from their PR's; Mara took off another two seconds while Jil took off 27 seconds.
"This was an impressive feat for Jil as she had just won the pie eating contest for the senior class during homecoming festivities," he noted.
"Additionally, I had set the goal for the boys team to beat Allen East, as we had just barely lost to them at the Riverdale meet. They successfully defeated their conference rival school by a margin of 24 points," Klein added.
Ada boys times:
Eric Armbrecht 20:19.59
Larry Zembower 21:25.75
Andrew Robey 22:28.84
Keaton Kipker 23:12.22
Seth Evans 23:14.4
Andrew Ross 24:54.12
Brayden Cheney 24:53.96
Brice Ferguson 26:40.03
Ada girls times:
Abbie James 21:35.72
Olivia Ennis 23:36.84
Mara Guyton 25:06.00
Alexis Ennis 25:17.44
Jil Wolber 26:39.72
Dani Waugh 30:16.09
Ada runs at the Kalida Invitational Saturday morning.
Ada netters fall to Harding
ADA - Host Ada lost to Marion Harding 5-0 in girls tennis on Senior Day Tuesday at the park courts.
The Lady Bulldogs dropped to 4-10 with the loss in their final home match of 2016.
It was the final home match for seniors Meredith Marshall, Libbie Milks and Paige Hopson.
Match results:
Singles
#1 Maggie Pitts (MH) defeated Meredith Marshall (A) 7-6 (7-2), 6-1
#2 Allison Russell (MH) def. Libbie Milks (A) 6-4, 6-4
#3 Andrea Jordan (MH) def. Melina Temple (A) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles
#1 Sidney Street/Madison Randolph (MH) def. Callee Young/Paige Hopson (A) 6-0, 6-0
#2 Michelle Flock/Madelyn Predmore (MH) def. Samantha Crawford/ Shelby Higgins (A) 6-0, 6-3
Sectionals are October 6/8 at UNOH in Lima.
Bulldog boys blanked by Bucs
BLUFFTON - The Ada boys soccer team lost 5-0 at Bluffton Tuesday night under the lights in a Northwest Conference match.
The defeat dropped the Bulldog record to 6-3 overall and 2-1 in the NWC. The league-leading Pirates improved to 7-2-0 overall and 3-0 in the NWC with the win.
Keeper Ace Gamble made seven saves in goal for Ada.
Ada (2-1 NCOSA) visits Riverdale Thursday.
