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Volleyball to open 2017 campaign with 39th Annual ONU Invitational on Sept. 1-2

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, February 11, 2017

The Ohio Northern volleyball team is set to open its 2017 campaign with the 39th Annual ONU Invitational on Sept. 1-2 at the ONU Sports Center under 27th-year head coach Kate Witte.

After opening the season with the two day invitational, the Polar Bears will travel to Bloomington, Ill. to compete in the Illinois Wesleyan Invitational Sept. 8-9.

Northern will then take on area-rival Bluffton on Sept. 13 before traveling to Springfield to compete in the Wittenberg Invitational Sept. 15-16. 

ONU returns to the ONU Sports Center on Sept. 20 as they play host to Kenyon.

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Piano Tuning School

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, February 10, 2017

(Paul Logsdon, longtime director of Heterick Memorial Library, will provide the Ada Icon with historical information and photos about Ada/ONU. After retiring as library director, he became University Arcihvist. Paul has gained a wealth of knowledge about the village and university over the years and willingly has shared his expertise whenever the town or gown published anniversary booklets.)

Ada was home to more than one school of learning in the early 1900s. Paul Logsdon, ONU archivist and local historian, dug up some information and a photo of the Northwestern Ohio School of Piano Tuning.

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Ice skates, skis, sleds...roller blades?

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, February 10, 2017

Ice skates, skis, sleds...roller blades? Mallory Taylor found the sidewalk clear, so why not travel by rollerblade? She moves a long in front of snow-covered pine trees at Main and College on Thursday afternoon. Winter of 2016-17 has lacked snow, which has been OK with most people, but not for those who make a living at snow removal or for kids who earn some extra cash by clearing neighbors' sidewalks. (Monty Siekerman photo)

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Undefeated ONU #5 women's basketball

Saturday they meet John Carroll
Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, February 10, 2017

Saturday's Contest: Ohio Northern enters Saturday afternoon's matchup ranked No. 5 in the latest D3Hoops.com poll ... Northern is coming off of an 81-57 victory over Heidelberg on Wednesday evening ... With the victory, the Polar Bears clinched the OAC Regular Season title outright and will receive a double-bye in this years OAC Tournament ... Senior Britt Lauck currently leads the team and ranks fourth in the OAC at 15.1 points per game ... Lauck ranks first on the team and in the OAC in free throw percentage (89.8 percent) and leads the team and ranks second in the OAC with 72 assists ... The senior also ranks second in the OAC, shooting 45.3 percent from the 3-point line ...

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Men's basketball riding 10-game winning streak

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, February 10, 2017

The ONU men's basketball team plays at John Carrol on Saturday. ONU enters Saturday’s contest riding a 10-game winning streak and is tied for first place in the OAC with #10-ranked Marietta ... Northern has clinched a top-4 seed and will host a Quarterfinal game in the OAC Tournament on Feb. 21 ... ONU also clinched its second winning season in four years ... ONU posted a 91-78 win over Heidelberg on Wednesday at the ONU Sports Center ... Senior Devon Allen led ONU in scoring with a game-high 21 points ... ... Senior Konnor Baker of Ada added 18 points. Allen leads the team and is 8th in the OAC in scoring at 15.9 ppg ... Baker is second at 13.5 ppg.

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Women's track prepares for all-Ohio meet

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, February 10, 2017

Saturday's Preview: The Ohio Northern women's indoor track and field team will look to continue its early success as it is set to compete at the All-Ohio Championships hosted by Otterbein in Westerville ... The meet is comprised of Div. III schools from across Ohio ... Field events and track events are set to begin at 12 p.m. ... The Polar Bears are coming off of a first place finish at the annual Joe Banks Invitational last Saturday ... Northern posted seven first place finishes during the meet ... Junior Emily Richards led the Polar Bears in the meet as she set a new school record and ran the sixth fastest time in Div.

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