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Ada High School netters beat Celina

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School tennis team earned its first win of the spring with a 4-1 victory over visiting Celina Saturday morning, April 23, at War Memorial Park courts in Ada.

Ada improved to 1-3 with the victory.

"I am super proud of my team and the way they handled the match today," said Ada co-coach Tyler Christoff. 

Ada swept all three singles matches as senior Dexter Woods (first singles), junior Brendan Jameson (second singles) and junior Amelia Alexander (third singles) each won.

The second doubles tandem of senior Riley Ferguson and Nathan Williams also captured their match.

Bulldog track teams 4th at HN Invite; Grose wins hurdles

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School track and field teams both put together solid showings at the annual 11-team Hardin Northern Invitational meet Saturday April 23 in Dola.

Leipsic won the boys team title with 120 points, while Ada came in fourth with 80. Riverdale captured the girls team crown with 147.5 points, and the Bulldog girls finished fourth with 66.

Julian Grose won the boys 300 meter hurdles race to post the top Bulldog finish.

 

Top Ada finishers:

BOYS Varsity 300m Hurdles

1 GROSE, JULIAN M 10 Ada 43.46

3 BROWN, JACKSON M 10 Ada 46.07

 

GIRLS Varsity 4x400m Relay

Ada hosts big junior high track meet

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada Schools track and field program hosted its 10-team junior high invitational meet on a sunny Thursday, April 21, at War Memorial Stadium.

Findlay Donnell won both the boys and girls team titles. The Bulldog girls finished third, while the Ada boys came in fourth.

Jordynn Smith and Anna Conley captured first places for Ada.

 

Top Ada finishers:

Girls 400 Meter Dash

1 1:07.66 Smith, Jordyn 

3 1:09.55 Madison, Alyssa 

 

Girls Shot Put

1 31-10.5 Conley, Anna

 

Girls 100 Meter Dash

2 14.39 Smith, Jordyn 

 

Bulldog boys nipped in last at bat by Devils

By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Ada High Schoolbaseball team gave up a run in the bottom of the seventh to lose a 6-5 nailbiter to Arlington in a non-league battle Friday evening, April 22.

Ada dropped to 4-8 overall with the close loss. Arlington improved to 5-7 with the comeback win.

The Bulldogs tied it with two runs in the top of the third, and again knotted the score with a run in the fourth. Ada took a 5-4 lead with single runs in the fifth and sixth frames.

Arlington tied it again with a run in the home half of the sixth. They then won it by plating a run in the bottom of the seventh in their last at bat.

Bulldog netters blanked by Roughriders

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada tennis team lost 5-0 to visiting St. Marys Thursday evening, April 21, at the Ada park courts.

"Our team played really well, I was very pleased with the growth I saw," said Ada co-coach Tyler Christoff. 

Bulldog Brendan Jameson lost a tough three-setter at second singles. The Ada second doubles team of Riley Ferguson and Nate Williams also won a set before falling in three sets.

Ada (0-3) is slated to host Celina Saturday morning at 10 a.m., then visit local rival Bluffton Monday, April 25.

"We are just going to get back to the drawing board," said Christoff.

Big Wildcat 6th inning downs Bulldog boys

By Cort Reynolds

Playing at home, the Ada baseball team gave up 10 sixth-inning runs and lost 16-2 to visiting Delphos Jefferson in a Northwest Conference bout Thursday on the warm, sunny evening of April 21.

Ada fell to 4-7 overall and 0-4 in the NWC with the six-inning loss. Meanwhile, DJ improved to 4-6 overall and 2-1 in the NWC with the win.

Colin Bailey pitched a six-inning complete game and struck out eight Bulldogs. He allowed just three hits, and also aided his own cause at the plate with three hits and three runs batted in.

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