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Men's soccer: John Carroll spoils perfect season

ONU still in running for DIII tourney at large bid
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 7, 2016

By Caleb Scott

The No. 8-ranked Ohio Northern men's soccer team fell in penalty kicks Saturday evening at John Carroll in the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Championship game.

The Polar Bears fall to 17-1-4 overall, while the Blue Streaks improve to 12-5-3 and clinch the Ohio Athletic Conference automatic bid to the NCAA III Tournament.

Seniors Nathan Libertowski (Medina/Medina) and Dustin Lorenzo (Sydney/Sydney) each scored to lead ONU.

The Polar Bears would fall in a 2-0 hole early on in the contest as JCU scored in the 14th and 25th minutes.

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Volleyball: ONU wins OAC tourney title

Polar Bears advance to 27-3 overall
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 7, 2016

By Caleb Scott

ADA — The No. 23-ranked Ohio Northern volleyball team won the 2016 Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Championship with a 3-2 victory over No. 2-seeded Heidelberg Saturday afternoon.

The top-seeded Polar Bears improve to 27-3 overall, while the Student Princes drop to 23-9.

Northern used a balanced offensive attack as five players recorded double-figures in kills and digs.

Senior Ashley Borchers (Russia/Russia) posted a career-high and game-high 59 assists, while junior Haley Potters (Wheelersburg/South Webster) posted a career-high and game-high 20 kills.

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Football: Would you believe ONU 80 - Wilmington 3?

88 members of the ONU team played in Saturday' s game
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 7, 2016

By Tim Glon
Ohio Northern scored on all seven of its first half possessions and cruised to an 80-3 Ohio Athletic Conference football victory over Wilmington on Senior Day on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium.

The Polar Bears (5-4 Overall, 5-3 OAC) rolled up 488 yards of total offense and got a pair of Pick-6s from their defense in the victory.

The Quakers fall to 0-9, 0-8.

Sophomore Quarterback Will Freed (Carlsbad, Calif./San Marcos) completed 15-of-17 passes for 264 yards and five touchdowns in two and a half quarters of play to lead Ohio Northern. He was 12-for-12 for 225 yards and four scores in the first half.

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Once upon a time in Ada: Was your great-grandmother in the “Zetetic” club?

In 1915 women in the southwest part of Ada organized this club
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 7, 2016

Once upon a time in Ada
Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse
[email protected]

May 1915 - Ohio Northern University entered the Ohio conference. Other schools were Denison, Ohio University, Otterbein, Western Reserve, Miami, Cincinnati, Oberlin, Kenyon, Case, Wooster, Wittenberg, Wesleyan and Antioch.

June 1915 the “Zetetic” club is the name of a new literary club organized among women in the southwest part of town.

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Lots of information in just six letters

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 7, 2016

This plate provides a lot of information with just six letters. It belongs to David Retterer, Ada, mayor. You'll find it on a bright red Ford F150 pickup.

How many other university towns in the U.S. could you pull this off?

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This was Main Street Ada - 1953

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 7, 2016

Check out that beautiful new Buick parked on the left side of this 1953 Ada Main Street photo.

Looking north from the Pennsylvania Railroad track (double tracks at the time) there's morelots to see.

There's a Pure gas station, Harry Tousley Insurance (with a clock on Main Street), J.M. Mertz Hardware, a soda fountain, and yes, that's the steeple of the Methodist Church (not yet United Methodist).

Don't missing the charming lights along Main Street. What else do you see? Send your observations to: [email protected].

 

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