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Spencerville holds off Ada girls in NWC showdown

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, April 27, 2018

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - The host Ada softball team rallied late but came up just short in an 8-5 loss to league leader Spencerville in a key  Northwest Conference battle Thursday evening.

 

The Lady Bulldogs dropped to 10- 6 overall and 3-3 in the NWC with the loss, which unofficially eliminated them from league title contention. The first-place Bearcats improved to 5-0 in NWC play and 8-6 overall after the big win.

 

Ada fell behind 6-0 but rallied for five runs in the bottom of the fifth to make it a contest. However, Spencerville tacked on two big insurance runs late to hold on for the victory.

 

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Great pitching sinks Bluffton

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, April 27, 2018

BLUFFTON — Junior Austin Frey (Peoria, Az./Sunrise Mountain) was spectacular on the mound on Thursday afternoon, leading the Ohio Northern baseball team to a 10-3 victory over area-rival Bluffton at Memorial Field on Thursday afternoon.

The Polar Bears won their third straight game and moved to 22-10 on the season, while the Beavers drop to 16-14.

Frey fanned a career-high 11 batters in the victory, tossing six innings and only allowing one run.

The Polar Bear offense also had an impressive day, notching 10 runs on 14 hits.

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Ada boys lose to Wildcats

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, April 26, 2018

By Cort Reynolds

KENTON - The Ada baseball team fell 11-1 at county rival Kenton Wednesday evening.

 

The Bulldogs drop to 3-10 overall after their sixth consecutive defeat. The Wildcats upped their record to 5-6 with the victory.

 

Kenton scored in five of their six innings at bat. They built a 4-1 lead after four frames, then put it away with three in the fifth and four more in the sixth to invoke the 10-run rule.

 

Ada was out-hit, 6-3. Zac Swaney, Aaron Evergart and Austin Amburgey each singled for the Bulldogs. Swaney and Jacob Morgan each stole a base, and Morgan tallied the lone Bulldog run in the fourth.

 

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Lady Bulldogs blank Kenton

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, April 26, 2018

By Cort Reynolds

KENTON - The visiting Ada softball team shut out Hardin County rival Kenton 4-0 in a non-league battle Wednesday evening.

 

The Lady Bulldogs improved to 10-5 overall with the non-league victory. Kenton dropped to 5-6 with the loss.

 

Freshman Leona Dalton hurled a complete-game shutout to earn her eighth win this spring. She struck out three, walked four and scattered five hits over seven innings.

 

Ada scored one run in the second inning and three more in the third frame to comprise all the runs in the game.

 

The Bulldogs out-hit Kenton, 8-5.

 

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Ada netters edged in OTCA tourney; 2nd at Clyde Invite

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, April 26, 2018

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - The Ada boys tennis team lost a close 3-2 battle to visiting Clyde in their second round match of the northwest quadrant in the Ohio Tennis Coaches Association Div. II state tournament.

 

The match was played on a sunny Wednesday evening at Ohio Northern University's Marmon tennis courts.

 

The Bulldogs fell to 6-1 with the defeat. Talented Clyde had to beat Celina in a suspended first round match at ONU before taking on Ada, so they came away with two wins and a berth in the northwest quad semifinals.

 

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Men’s lacrosse wins, leads in OAC

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, April 26, 2018

ONU sophomore Shane Olsen (White Bear Lake, Minn.) scored his second career hat trick to lead the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team to an 11-9 victory over Otterbein in a battle of league leaders on a beautiful Wednesday evening at Dial-Roberson Stadium.

The Polar Bears improve to 13-2 overall and stay in a first place tie with John Carroll in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 6-1 mark.

The Cardinals fall to 8-7 and move one game behind ONU and JCU with a 5-2 league record.

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