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Ada girls cold at Crestview; Knight Gregory scores 43

By Cort Reynolds

Playing their first game in ten days, the visiting Ada High School girls basketball team succumbed to a Lady Knight’s career-high outburst and lost at Crestview 72-31 in a Northwest Conference contest Thursday night, January 27.

Lady Knight sharpshooter Cali Gregory poured in a career-high 43 points to pace the victors. She drilled 15 of 22 shots from the field, including eight of 12 launches from beyond the arc. She also canned all five of her foul shots and added eight rebounds, three assists and two steals. Gregory drained three treys and scored 11 points in the opening stanza alone.

Ada fell behind 20-9 after one period and trailed 40-16 at halftime.

Ada's Baumgartner wins twice at Oregon swim tri

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School swim teams competed in a three-team meet at Oregon Clay Tuesday, January 26, led by freshman Lily Baumgartner.

Margaretta finished first in the combined team standings. They beat Clay 184-119, while Clay defeated Ada 136-85. Margaretta out-pointed Ada 205-76 in the boys/girls team score.

The Lady Bulldogs lost a pair of competitive meets. They fell to the Clay Eagles 74-60, and lost to Margaretta 93-55.

Head-to-head the Eagles beat the Bulldog boys 62-25, and the Polar Bears defeated the Ada males 112-21.

Ada frosh Baumgartner won the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke races to pace the Bulldog girls.

Ada-USV girls basketball game rescheduled

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School girls basketball game scheduled for Monday night, January 24 at rival Upper Scioto Valley was postponed due to inclement weather.

The varsity-only contest has been rescheduled for Saturday, February 5 at noon in McGuffey.

Hungry Wildcats down Bulldog boys, 78-45

By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Ada High School boys basketball team fell to the three-point accuracy of Hardin County rival Kenton 78-45 in a non-league contest Saturday night, January 22.

The Wildcats drained 10 three-pointers and 12 Kenton players scored in the decisive win.

The Bulldogs trailed 39-25 at intermission, and Kenton put the game out of reach with a 20-6 third period. 

"You have to defend in basketball and we didn't," said first-year Bulldog head coach Vince Halliday.

"I am at a loss," he added. "They certainly shot well, and we did not put up much resistance."

Bulldog wrestlers face AE, Parkway

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School wrestling team battled rivals Allen East and Parkway in a meet featuring four teams at Coldwater on Tuesday night, January 18.

The Bulldog grapplers lost to the Mustangs 61-12, and were defeated by Parkway 60-21.

"Wrestling a good team like Allen East requires you to do all the little things right," said Ada head coach Eric Perkins.  "They have some experienced guys who have been very successful in high school wrestling that are going to take advantage of every opportunity you give them."

The two Ada wins vs. powerhouse AE both came by forfeit at 126 lbs. for Rowan West, and at 132 lbs. for Trevor McGue.

Bulldog boys fall to big Arlington flurry

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School boys basketball squad fell victim to a 28-0 first half run by the visiting Arlington team and lost 60-45 in a Tuesday night non-league game on January 18.

The Bulldogs tied the game 8-8 on a Cayden Murphy reverse layup, but then plunged into a long scoreless drought. Arlington authored 28 unanswered points bridging the first two quarters, and never trailed after being behind 6-3 early.

The Red Devils led 38-11 at intermission, capitalizing on 14 Bulldog turnovers to net many easy baskets. Ada played better in the second half, winning the final two quarters 34-22.

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