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Ada girls bury Waynesfield

Bulldogs race to 34-13 halftime lead

By Cort Reynolds

Ada junior Maddie Gossard tallied 18 first-half points and the Lady Bulldogs routed visiting Waynesfield-Goshen 54-29 in a  girls basketball non-league mismatch Tuesday night. The Lady Bulldogs improved to 6-7 overall with the surprisingly lopsided victory, while the Lady Tigers fell to 6-7 with the defeat.

Konnor Baker's career-high 29 lifts ONU

Polar Bears win in OT

By Tim Glon

Ada's own Konnor Baker scored a career-high 29 points and senior Devon Allen (Lima/Senior) made five free throws in the final 17 seconds of overtime to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team to an 84-78 victory at Heidelberg on Wednesday evening at Sieberling Gymnasium.

The Polar Bears improve to 9-7 overall and stay in first place in the Ohio Athletic Conference at the midway point of the double round-robin schedule with a 7-2 record.

The Student Princes fall to 6-10, 2-7.

Allen finished with 14 points and sophomore Ryan Bruns (Chickasaw/Marion Local) had 10 points and seven blocked shots for ONU.

Campbell's career-high 14 points helps in ONU win

Women defeat Heidelberg 82-49

By Caleb Scott

Senior Amauria Campbell (Cincinnati/Summit Country Day) scored a career-high and game-high 14 points to help the No. 9-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team stay undefeated and defeat Heidelberg 82-49.

The Polar Bears improve to 16-0 overall and 9-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Student Princes fall to 6-10, 3-6.

Campbell added six rebounds and two assists in the victory.

Senior Britt Lauck (Lima/Shawnee) tied Campbell with a game-high 14 points four assists and four rebounds for Northern.

Senior Angela Tesny (Medina) grabbed a team-best seven rebounds to lead Northern defensively.

College of Engineering and Dean Baumgartner recognized for entrepreneurial excellence

From Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network

The Ohio Northern University T.J. Smull College of Engineering received two awards at the recent Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) national conference in Jacksonville, Fla.
 
The College of Engineering earned the 2016 KEEN Outstanding Institution Award, and ONU College of Engineering Dean Eric Baumgartner received the 2016 Outstanding Dean Award. KEEN is a network of 29 institutions that is focused on cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset among engineering students.
 

Here's Melissa Eddings Mancuso's Wilson Football Fest' poster

You can own one - now on sale in Ada

Melissa Eddings Mancuso, an ONU associate professor art, designed and printed a poster for the inaugural "Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival" to be held on Saturday, Feb. 4, the day before the Super Bowl.

Melissa estimated she spent 60 hours designing and printing the 8-color poster which is a little more than a foot wide and a foot and a half high. The silkscreen poster is for sale at $30 each by calling 418-558-1071 or at the Gallery for the Arts. Proceeds will benefit the festival. 

Since this is the first-ever football festival in Ada and because the poster was designed by an award-winning artist, the posters are likely to become collector items.

She's the "front door" to the college of engineering

Lori Goldsmith was recognized for 15 years of service to Ohio Northern University, most recently as the T.J. Smull College of Engineering's executive administrative assistant and the "front door" to the college. She is here with Daniel DiBiasio, ONU president.

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