It was Ada's second straight match with a team score under 200
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, September 12, 2019
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Ada golf team finished a solid second in a three-team non-conference match Wednesday evening at the Bluffton Golf Course.
Leipsic won with 182 strokes, followed by the Bulldogs (195) and Lima Senior (225).
It was Ada's second straight match with a team score under 200.
Junior Brevin Sizemore and senior Ethan Hull tied for team honors with identical scores of 48. Senior Alex Morgan was right behind them with a score of 49.
Sophomore Dexter Woods shot 50 for the second round in a row to tie his personal-best for nine holes.
USV quarterback (sophomore Kadyn Hurley) throws the ball well, he runs their offense well. Connor Sanders is a big target.
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, September 12, 2019
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Facing a must-win situation, winless Ada visits surprisingly undefeated traditional rival Upper Scioto Valley Friday night in a week three showdown.
The Rams are off to their first 2-0 start under head coach Dustin Price.
The Rams whipped Springfield Catholic Central 38-6 in their opener. USV then went to Cory-Rawson and stung the Hornets 26-20 in a week two thriller by rallying to score two fourth period touchdowns.
Katie Butterfield scored first on a cross from Timber Blankenship
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, September 11, 2019
By Cort Reynolds|
CONVOY - The visiting Ada girls soccer team tied Northwest Conference foe Crestview 1-1 Tuesday evening.
The deadlock ran the Lady Bulldog record to 2-5-1 overall and 1-2-1 in the NWC. Crestview is 5-1-1 and 2-1-1 in the NWC after the tie.
Bulldog Katie Butterfield scored first on a cross from Timber Blankenship at the 15-minute mark.
Crestview tied it up 1-1 on a blooper that dropped in over the Ada keeper's head with 10 minutes left in the first half. Neither team scored over the last 50 minutes, even though Ada came close several times.
Junior middle Megan Light topped the Bulldogs with eight kills and 17 digs
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, September 11, 2019
By Cort Reynolds
COLUMBUS GROVE - The visiting Ada volleyball team lost in straight sets at Columbus Grove in the Northwest Conference opener Tuesday evening.
The purple and gold fell to 4-5 overall and 0-1 in the NWC with the 25-21, 25-23, 25-15 defeat. Defending league co-champion Grove improved to 4-2 and 1-0 in the NWC with the win.
Junior middle Megan Light topped the Bulldogs with eight kills and 17 digs.
Junior Miranda Wills hit for six kills and hustled up a dozen digs to go with four aces.
Senior libero Kendal Guagenti came up with 17 digs. Sophomore setter Kirsten Poling passed out 13 assists and hit for three kills.
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Here’s an update on Ohio Northern University sports with the week ending Sept. 7.
Women’s tennis
The Ohio Northern women's tennis team competed at the non-scoring Oberlin Invitational Friday-Sunday at Hunsinger Courts.
Senior Katie Curry (Oxford/Talawanda) was one of five Polar Bears to post a 3-3 record in the event.
She joined sophomores Olivia Schrager (Dayton/Miami Valley) and Abigail Staskiewicz (Mars, Pa./Oakland Catholic) and freshmen Regan Landis (Elkhart, Ind./Central) and Florine Sanchez (West Chester/Lakota West) with 3-3 records.
All five players went 2-1 in singles and 1-2 in doubles.
Senior Alex Morgan (43), junior Brevin Sizemore (43), sophomore Dexter Woods (50) and sophomore Kamron Wilkerson (50) all posted personal-best, nine-hole scores
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 10, 2019
By Cort Reynolds
DEFIANCE - With a season-low score and several personal-bests, the Ada golf team finished a strong third in a three-team Northwest Conference match Monday at Defiance.
Delphos Jefferson won with 170 strokes, followed by host Paulding (176) and Ada (186).
The 186 total was a season-best team score for the Bulldog linksters.
Senior Alex Morgan (43), junior Brevin Sizemore (43), sophomore Dexter Woods (50) and sophomore Kamron Wilkerson (50) all posted personal-best, nine-hole scores as the four Ada scorers.
Bulldog senior Ethan Hull shot a 56, and junior Jacob Morgan added a score of 69.