ADA – Ada hosted the 18-team Div. III northwest district track and field meet Thursday and Saturday, May 22 and 24, at War Memorial Stadium.
Columbus Grove outscored Coldwater 133 points to 120 to win the girls district team crown. Kalida was third with 80 points. The Ada girls came in 14th with 11 points.
The Grove boys also won the team championship to make it a sweep for CG. They easily out-pointed second-place Van Buren, 137-75. Carey ended up third with 65. The Ada boys finished 12th with 22 points.
Ada senior speedster Logan Jolliff qualified for regionals with a strong third-place finish in the 100-meter dash.
LIMA – The visiting Ada High School baseball team raced to a big early lead and went on to defeat Lima Senior 8-3 in a non-league contest Friday evening, May 23 at UNOH.
The Bulldogs led 2-0 after three innings, then plated six big runs in the fourth frame to build a commanding 8-0 cushion.
The Spartans cut into the lead with two runs in the fifth and one more score in the sixth, but could get no closer than five.
Ada improved to 6-17 with the victory. LS fell to 6-19 after the defeat.
MARIA STEIN – The visiting Ada High School baseball team lost 9-0 to powerful Marion Local in their Div. VI sectional final battle Saturday afternoon, May 24.
The top-seeded Flyers jumped ahead with two runs in the bottom of the first and were never threatened. Marion Local added single runs in the third, fourth and fifth frames to build a 5-0 lead.
The hosts then put the game out of reach with a four-run sixth inning.
Eighth-seeded Ada ends its season with a 6-18 record after the defeat.
ML improves to 15-7 with the win, and advances to the district semifinals.
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Bulldogs clinch 2nd district crown in program history
By Cort Reynolds
BATH – The Ada High School softball team used strong defense, good pitching and timely hitting to defeat Carey 6-3 in a hard-fought Div. VI District 3 final on a cool Friday evening at Lima Bath.
The Ada girls improved to 21-4 with the big victory. It marks the second district crown in program history, and their first since 2018.
Eighty one Ohio Northern student-athletes were named Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference in the 10 spring sports for 2025.
Men's track and field and cross country led all teams with 16 honorees. Women's track and field and cross country had 15, baseball had 11, men's lacrosse had nine, softball and women's tennis had seven each, women's lacrosse and men's tennis had five each and men's and women's golf had three each.
The award winners must be a sophomore or higher in class standing, maintain varsity status and have a cumulative grade-point-average of at least 3.50.
