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By Cort Reynolds
FOSTORIA__The Ada High School track and field team qualified one of its two competing athletes to state as both authored strong performances in final events on day two of the Div. V Northwest Region 15 track and field meet at Fostoria Memorial Stadium on Saturday, May 30.
New AHS record of 23 wins; loss to Danville Blue Devils
By Cort Reynolds
BELLEFONTAINE__The Ada High School softball team saw its record-setting season come to an end with a 12-2 loss to traditional power Danville in the Div. VI Region 23 semifinal face-off on Thursday evening, May 28 at Bellefontaine’s Blue Jacket Park.
The Blue Devils jumped in front 4-0 after three innings and never trailed. Danville then broke the game open with a four-run fourth frame.
FOSTORIA__The Ada High School track and field team had two individual athletes and one relay team compete in four events on day one of the Div. V Northwest Regional Track and Field Meet on Thursday, May 28 at Fostoria Memorial Stadium.
Ada senior speedster Kayleb Hickman did well in two preliminary races.
Hickman finished a strong third out of 16 runners in the 400-meter preliminary heats with a time of 50.53 to qualify for the finals on Saturday.
Hickman also took 10th in a field of 16 sprinters in the 200-meter dash preliminary heats with a time of 23.12.
Ada already took out the Carey Blue Devils in the district semis, and now they face another Blue Devil squad in Danville at the round of 16.
Danville tied for the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference title at 13-1. They have won 11 of their last 12 games. The Blue Devils have made it to 14 straight district finals.
Senior Devil pitcher Addyson Bocock struck out 13 over five innings in their 19-0 district semifinal blowout vs. over-matched Mt. Gilead.
Seeded first in the Central 1 bracket, the Blue Devils and Bocock then shut out an 8-12 Cardington-Lincoln squad 3-0 on May 22 to win their district crown.
