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ONU women's basketball advances in OAC tournament

By Tim Glon, www.onusports.com

Ohio Northern got off to a quick start and pulled away late to win 62-46 at Otterbein in the quarterfinals of the OAC Women's Basketball Tournament on Tuesday, February 22, at the Rike Center.

The fifth-seeded Polar Bears (17-7) advance to the semifinals Thursday at top-seeded and No. 12-ranked John Carroll.

The fourth-seeded Cardinals end their season at 18-7.

Senior Lexi Jacobs (Wapakoneta) scored 15 points, senior Jaidyn Hale (Lima/Bath) added 14 points and junior Brynn Serbin (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) chipped in 10 points for ONU.

AHS football team drafts March Madness fundraiser

The Ada High School football team has issued the following invitation to the March Madness fundraiser:

Help out the Ada Football team by purchasing a March Madness square! If you would like to purchase squares let Coach Sean Anderson know! $20 a piece!  The rules and explanation are as follows:

 We sell 100 squares at $20 a piece

The squares would be randomly put on a 10x10 grid board at a date before the tournament begins.

That board will then be posted on the Ada Football Facebook page for people to see their numbers.

Squares

Bulldog boys season ends with sectional loss to Redskins

By Cort Reynolds

Playing in Coldwater, the Ada High School boys basketball team got off to a strong start but eventually lost 73-55 to St. Henry in Div. IV first round sectional play Tuesday night, February 22.

The Bulldogs led 20-19 after the first quarter, but fell behind 35-28 by halftime.

"We played well early," said Ada head coach Vince Halliday. "We scored easily but couldn't get stops. We gave up two easy layups on lobs, and a few too many second-chance points.

"In the second quarter they played a little more downhill and we had a hard time stopping the ball, got beat off the dribble.

Men's Lacrosse opens 2022 schedule with 13-4 victory at Alma (Mich.)

By Tim Glon, onusports.com

Eleven different players scored goals as the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team opened its 2022 season with a 13-4 victory at Alma (Mich.) on Saturday, Februarty 19 at Bahlke Field.

The Polar Bears (1-0 overall) got two goals each from junior Alex Reimer (Lancaster, N.Y. ) and sophomore Aiden Dempsey (Silver Spring, Md./St. John's College) and one goal each from nine other players in the win.

Junior Riley O'Neal (Dumfries, Va./Forest Park) had a goal and two assists for a team-high three points on the day.

Northern scored five first period goals to lead 5-1 and took an 8-2 lead into intermission.

Lady Bulldog cager Sumner 2nd team All-NWC, Burkhart HM

By Cort Reynolds

Ada High School junior guard Courtney Sumner was voted second team All-Northwest Conference in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.

Sumner led Ada in scoring, three-pointers, and steals as the Bulldog girls finished 8-15 overall this season, and 0-8 in the NWC.

Sumner surpassed the 1,000-point barrier in Ada's 45-39 first round tournament loss to Parkway.

Ada sophomore point guard Olivia Burkhart was named honorable mention All-NWC. She was second on the team in scoring and was in the top two with Sumner in assists and steals.

Sophomore Alyvia Lindeman of Delphos Jefferson was named NWC Player of the Year.

Ada's Baumgartner, Oldfield advance to state swim meet 

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School girls swim team qualified two members to the state meet with strong individual showings in the Div. II northwest district event Friday, February 17, at Bowling Green State University.

Ada freshman Lily Baumgartner finished second in the 100 butterfly with a personal-best time of 58.04 to make it to Canton.  

She finished second in the district 100-yard butterfly with a personal-best time of 58.04. Baumgartner is seeded 13th amid the 24-girl field in the state 100 fly race.  

Bulldog junior Kaitlyn Bowden finished 19th in the 100 butterfly race.

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