VAN BUREN__The visiting Ada High School volleyball team lost a tough four-set battle to Van Buren in a Blanchard Valley Conference match on Wednesday, September 24.
The Bulldog girls dropped to 10-5 overall and 2-5 in the BVC with the 25-19, 25-13, 22-25, 25-14 defeat.
Van Buren improved to 13-3 overall and 4-2 in BVC play after the four-set win.
Junior Brooklynn Andreasen led Ada with 13 kills. She also served four aces and came up with two blocks.
LEIPSIC__The Ada High School volleyball team lost a three-set match at red-hot Blanchard Valley Conference leader Leipsic on Monday, September 22.
The Bulldog girls dropped to 10-4 overall and 2-4 in the BVC with the 25-7, 25-18, 25-10 defeat.
The undefeated Vikings improved to 14-0 overall and 6-0 in BVC play after the win. Leipsic is rated second in the state Div. VII MaxPreps poll, behind only Tiffin Calvert.
Senior libero Alyssa Madison led Ada with 10 digs.
ADA__The Ada High School boys soccer team defeated visiting Lima Temple Christian 5-1 on a wet Senior Night under the lights of War Memorial Stadium on Monday, September 22.
The Bulldogs led 1-0 at half but poured in four inspired second half goals to win going away.
Ada improved its record to 7-3-2 with the non-league win.
LTC fell to 4-6-2 after the contentious defeat.
“What a special night, our seniors–Evan, Jacob, Joshua and Jude–led the way with inspired soccer and the rest of the team followed their example,” said Ada second-year head coach Aaron Acheson.
COLUMBUS – The Ada High School boys soccer team scored late to tie county rival Kenton 1-1 in the “309 Cup” game played at lower.com field, the home of the Columbus Crew Major League Soccer club on Sunday evening, September 21.
The Bulldogs pressed hard in the final minutes and rallied to salvage a draw, then had a chance to win it in the waning moments.
Ada ran its record to 6-3-2 after the hard-fought draw. Kenton is now 7-1-3 with the tie.
“What a great game,” said Ada second-year head coach Aaron Acheson. “It was a competitive, high-energy match.
Ada hosts Kalida on Sept. 27 and entertains Miller City in the regular season finale on October 11
By Cort Reynolds
ADA__Despite a sparkling 9-2-2 record, the Ada High School girls soccer team is not yet assured of a high seed in the tough sectional quarter of their big overall district tournament draw.
Ada plays in the Div. V district bracket, which is split into four groupings. Ada is in section C which includes Putnam County League powers Miller City (6-1-2), Continental (8-0-2) and Columbus Grove (6-1-2). Other teams in section C are always-tough Bluffton (5-6), Kalida (4-4-1), LCC (1-5) and Allen East (1-8-1).
OTTAWA - The Ada High School boys golf team finished ninth out of 10 teams at the third and final Blanchard Valley Conference tournament on Friday, Sept. 19 at Moose Landing Country Club in Ottawa.
Van Buren won the BVC tournament championship by 12 shots with a total of 313 strokes. Three Black Knights finished in the top 10 individually to pace them to victory.
Liberty-Benton ended up second at 325.
The Bulldogs totaled 407 strokes, 30 shots ahead of last-place Pandora-Gilboa.
