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Pirates invade Ada for Friday league lidlifter

Ada vs. Bluffton is one of northwest Ohio's longest-standing rivarlies, going back to the early 1920s
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 16, 2019

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Coming off of its fist win, the Ada football team kicks off Northwest Conference play Friday with a key game at home vs. local rival Bluffton.

The Pirates are 2-1 after defeating winless Defiance Ayersville 35-14 in week three.

Bluffton (1-0 on road, 1-1 home) beat visiting Cory-Rawson 42-26 in its opener, but then lost to Pandora-Gilboa 27-9 in their first meeting since 1965.

The Pirates of head coach Jeff Richards boast an old-school, ground-oriented offensive attack.

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Ada runs at Galion Invite

The average Ada time for the 3.1-mile course was 22:49
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, September 15, 2019

By Cort Reynolds
GALION - The Ada cross country team competed in the Galion Cross Country Festival Invitational meet Saturday at the Amman's Park Course.

The Bulldog boys scored 664 points to finish 24th in the 24-team, Div. III race. Meanwhile, New London won the team title with 45 points. Fredericktown finished a distant second with 89 points, followed by Ashland Crestview in third (143).

Hardin Northern finished 19th with 484 points. Sophomore Aiden Gatchel of HN ended up 51st in 18:37.1 to become the top Polar Bear finisher. The average HN time was 20:27.

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Four TD passes from McFadden to Austin Eick; ONU wins 39-10

OAC opener at Muskingum
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, September 15, 2019

 Senior Anthony McFadden (Chillicothe/Paint Valley) threw four touchdown passes to sophomore Austin Eick (Rossford) to lead the Ohio Northern football team to a 39-10 victory at Muskingum in the Ohio Athletic Conference opener for both teams on Saturday afternoon at McConagha Stadium.

The Polar Bears improve to 1-1 overall and 1-0 in the OAC, while the Muskies fall to 1-1, 0-1.

Northern trailed 10-3 late in the first half, but the duo connected for four touchdowns in a span of 12:16 as ONU grabbed a 32-10 lead with 3:25 left in the third period.

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ONU weekend sports roundup

Polar Bear men's CC team wins Ohio Wesleyan Invitational
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, September 15, 2019

Here's the ONU sports roundup from the weekend.

Men's cross country
The Ohio Northern men's cross country team placed five runners in the top-17 en route to winning the Ohio Wesleyan Invitational on Saturday morning at Liberty Park.

"This was a really good team race for the men. We executed the race plan really well," 11-year head coach Jason Maus said.

ONU (13-0) was first with 51 points, Denison—which took the first and second individual places—was second with 75 points, and Wilmington was third with 92 points.

Northern was paced by junior Travis Sutter (Fort Recovery), who crossed fourth overall in 26:26.

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ONU joins Great Lakes Esports Conference

Competition Saturdays Sept. 21 through Nov. 16
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, September 13, 2019

Ohio Northern University has joined the Great Lakes Esports Conference which will be starting its inaugural season this fall.

Ohio Northern joins nine other local schools in the conference: Aquinas (Mich.), Lourdes, Mount Union, Mount Vernon Nazarene, Muskingum, Northwood (Mich.), Tiffin, Trine (Ind.) and Marietta.

The Polar Bears will be playing League of Legends and Overwatch in the conference.

ONU's head esports Coach Troy Chiefari is excited to compete and to have a local conference to be a part of for Ohio Northern's first esports season.

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Ada runners compete at Riverdale Invite

Hunter Wells finished just three seconds behind his personal-best mark set at Riverdale last year
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, September 13, 2019

By Cort Reynolds
MT. BLANCHARD - The Ada cross country team finished 12th at the 13-team Riverdale Invitational Saturday.

The Bulldog boys scored 294 points while Hopewell-Loudon won with just 25 points. Van Buren was a distant second with 78 points, followed by USV in third (141).

Ada finishes and times:
31st Hunter Wells 19:54.78
69th Seth Swaney 22:23.03
73rd Riley Ferguson 22:39.98
88th Keegan Giddens 24:24.03
93rd Connor Daugherty 24:33.04
97th Xander Wells 25:13.8

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