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Ada girl cagers seeded 10th in sectionals, draw Parkway

By Cort Reynolds
Posted by Staff on Monday, January 31, 2022

The Ada High School girls basketball team was seeded 10th out of 13 teams at the Div. IV Shawnee/Spencerville super sectional drawing held by conference call Sunday, January 30.

Fourth-ranked New Knoxville (17-2) was voted the number one seed, with Marion Local (14-5) tabbed second by the coaches and Minster (11-7) third.

The Lady Bulldog cagers (5-12) will visit fifth-seeded Midwest Athletic Conference foe Parkway (11-7) Wednesday, February 16 at 7 p.m. 

The Ada/Parkway winner takes on fourth seed New Bremen (13-5) at Shawnee Saturday, February 19 at 3 p.m. NB received a first round bye.

The top seven seeds are all from the Midwest Athletic Conference.

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Girls basketball moved to Jan. 31 to avoid snowstorm

Posted by Paula Scott on Monday, January 31, 2022

The Leipsic at Ada High School girls basketball game originally scheduled for Thursday, February 3 has been moved to Monday, January 31 at 6 p.m. to avoid the impending snowstorm.

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Baumgartner paces Ada swimmers at conference meet

By Cort Reynolds
Posted by Staff on Sunday, January 30, 2022

Led by two wins from freshman Lily Baumgartner, the Ada High School swim teams fared well at the North Central Ohio Swim League meet hosted by Colonel Crawford (CC) on Saturday, January 29.

The Lady Bulldogs finished a solid fourth in the eight-team event, while the Ada boys came in seventh.

Meet host CC won the girls title, while Upper Sandusky captured the boys crown. CC edged the Rams in the combined girls/boys score by 18.5 points.

Baumgartner won the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke races to lead the Ada girls.

Junior Carlie Oldfield finished second in the 50 freestyle, and touched third in the 100 backstroke.

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Short-handed Bulldog boys lose to Ottoville

By Cort Reynolds
Posted by Staff on Sunday, January 30, 2022

Despite being short-handed, the visiting Ada High School boys basketball team stayed close to Ottoville for three quarters before losing 64-40 in a non-conference game Saturday night, January 29.

Ada hung within striking distance down 43-30 heading to the final period. 

But the Big Green closed on a 21-10 note to win going away.

Ada junior guard Spencer Wall scored five early points, but took a hit to the head in the first quarter and missed the rest of the game.

"We held up pretty well considering we were without him," said first-year Bulldog head coach Vince Halliday. "We were only down 13 after three.

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Bulldog wrestler McClain places at Sally George Invite

By Cort Reynolds
Posted by Staff on Sunday, January 30, 2022

The Ada HIgh School wrestling team battled at the two-day, 24-team Sally George Invitational tournament with several big schools hosted by Marion Pleasant Friday and Saturday. 

Marion Pleasant won the double-elimination tournament with 208 points. Jonathan Alder took second at 192.5. Ada tied for 23rd place with Sugarcreek Garaway.

Bulldog sophomore Clayton McClain was the lone Ada placer, coming in sixth in the 126 lbs. division. He posted a 2-3 record in the two-day tournament. 

Seeded second, he got a first round bye and won his first match by pinning Tony Cummins of Indian Lake at 3:25.

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Knights hit 12 treys to defeat Ada boys

By Cort Reynolds
Posted by Staff on Saturday, January 29, 2022

The Ada High School boys basketball team was scorched by the three-point barrage of visiting Crestview on Friday night, January 28. The Knights shot their way to an 81-54 win in Northwest Conference play.

The visitors knocked down 12 of 22 shots beyond the arc.

"They shot the ball really well," said first-year Bulldog head coach Vince Halliday. "Our two keys were to value the ball and protect the rim, but we started off turning the ball over and we didn't protect the rim all night.

"They passed well and they have a high basketball IQ, a good feel for the game," he added. "They are a deep team. We did not put up much resistance."

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