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Girls of summer

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, April 27, 2018

Photos by Cort Reynolds
Ada head coach Troy Erickson meets with his in field to strategizelate in the 8-5 loss to Spencerville Thursday.

Ada freshman Leona Dalton fires.

Ada third baseman Maddie Gossard, shortstop Olivia Alexander and
center fielder Kaiti Newland prepare to field on defense.

Ada junior Alexis Ennis shows off her hitting stroke.

Ada senior Nicki Lehsten swings.

Sliding Ada freshman Aubrey Madison is out at home.

Ada senior Sydney Newland slams a two-run double.

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Ada hires Shawn Christopher as next head football coach

AHS grad has 10 years on Bulldog coaching staff
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, April 27, 2018

By Grant Pepper
Just over a month after head coach Bob Olwin announced his retirement, Ada High School hired former varsity assistant Shawn Christopher to fill his shoes.

The school said in a press release on Friday that the Ada Board of Education voted Thursday night to accept the recommendation to move Christopher to the head coach position after serving as the defensive coordinator for the past five years. Before that, Christopher served as the program’s JV and running backs coach for five years under head coach Mike Fell.

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Ada tracksters 2nd at Ram Invite

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, April 27, 2018

By Cort Reynolds

McGUFFEY - The Ada track teams each finished second at the 11-team USV Ram Invite Thursday evening.

 

Riverdale won the girls team title with 143.5 points to outscore second-place Ada (108.5). Freshman Brenna Hissong won the 400 meter run to pace the Ada girls.

 

Junior Olivia Ennis (300 hurdles) and sophomore Nora Dellifield (pole vault) also posted second-place finishes.

 

McComb out-pointed the Bulldog boys 130-114.5 to win the male team crown. Junior Noah Mattson took first in the discus and second in the shot put to lead the Ada boys.

 

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Ada boys fall to Bearcats

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, April 27, 2018

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - Visiting Spencerville scored in every inning to defeat Ada 19-8 in a Northwest Conference baseball game Thursday evening.

 

The Bulldogs fell to 3-11 overall and 0-6 in the NWC with their seventh loss in a row. The Bearcats improved their record to 6-6 overall and 4-2 in the NWC with the victory.

 

The Bearcats took advantage of 11 Bulldog errors and eight walks to score nine unearned runs despite getting out-hit. Ada actually banged out more hits than the Bearcats, 8-7.

 

The Bearcats built a 17-1 lead before the Bulldogs fought back with three runs in the third, and four more in the fourth.

 

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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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