VAN BUREN__The visiting Ada High School softball team rallied in the late innings to defeat Van Buren 5-4 in the tight conclusion of a suspended Blanchard Valley Conference contest on Thursday, May 14.
The game had been stopped by heavy rain just after starting the top of the first inning on April 22.
The Bulldog girls trailed 4-1 after four innings, and it appeared their six-game win streak was in jeopardy.
Ada scored a run in the fifth inning to edge within two. They then plated three two-out runs in the top of the sixth with the aid of two errors, and held on to win with strong relief pitching and defense 5-4.
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By Cort Reynolds
LIMA __The Ada High School tennis team competed hard at the Div. III tennis sectional tournament hosted by UNOH.
Seven Bulldogs, including three singles players and two doubles teams, participated in the first day of tournament play.
“We got a lot of experience at the tournament,” said first-year Bulldog head coach Shelleigh Alexander. “Many of our players are right at the cusp of reaching the next level.
”I think the kids all played their best today, and that is what you want at the end of the season,” she noted.
COLUMBUS GROVE__The visiting Ada High School baseball team lost 10-0 at non-league rival Columbus Grove in their annual battle of the Bulldogs on Thursday, May 14.
CG hurler Alex Meyer pitched a five-inning no-hitter to earn the win. He struck out three and walked two in the shutout win. He threw just 51 pitches, 32 of which were for strikes or were put in play, and faced 17 batters.
Meyer also doubled and scored a run.
The host Bulldogs scored the game’s first run in the second. CG plated three runs in the third inning to surge ahead, 4-0. Grove then fashioned a five-run fourth frame to build a commanding 9-0 lead.
Delphos Jefferson defeated Upper Scioto Valley 13-3 Thursday night in nonconference action. The team is back in action on Saturday at 1 p.m. for a suspended game against Ridgemont.
ADA__The Ada High School softball team scored early and often to dominate visiting Perry 27-0 in a Northwest 5 Div. VI sectional final mismatch on Tuesday, May 12.
The top-seeded Bulldogs scored 10 runs in the bottom of the first inning, then plated 13 runs in the second to clinch the blowout.
Freshman starting hurler Tea Griffith hurled three shutout innings to earn the win. Fellow frosh Maycie Dewese tossed two scoreless innings in relief.
LIMA__The visiting Ada High School baseball team rode a big first inning to a 14-7 win at non-league foe Lima Temple Christian on Tuesday, May 12.
The Bulldogs poured six runs across home plate in the top of the first inning to seize control early, and they never trailed.
Ada tallied a run in the second before LTC tallied two runs in the home second. The Bulldogs surged back in front 11-2 behind a four-run top of the fourth.
After plating three runs in the fifth, Ada led 14-5 heading to the sixth. Temple tallied two runs in the bottom of the seventh to cut the final margin of defeat to seven.
