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Softball wins first two games of season

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, March 5, 2018

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- The Ohio Northern softball team opened its 2018 season with a pair of victories at the Sunkissed Games on Sunday afternoon.

The Polar Bears (2-0 overall) started the day with a 2-0 victory over DeSales (Pa.) and ended the day with a 10-5 win over Muhlenberg (Pa.)

In the opener, senior Kirsten Lightel (Tallmadge) threw a 2-hit shutout with seven strikeouts to pick up the win.

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This Bulldog is state-bound

Ada senior grappler Chase Sumner
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, March 4, 2018

By Cort Reynolds
Ada senior grappler Chase Sumner finished second in the 145 lbs. bracket at the Div. III wrestling districts in Troy's Hobart Arena Saturday to clinch yet another trip to the state meet.

Sumner enters his third straight state competition March 8 in Columbus with a 32-3 record. He is the career Bulldog wrestling program leader in individual wins with 148.

In the first round of the double-elimination event Friday, Sumner defeated freshman Lane Mefford of Indian Lake by technical fall, 17-0. Mefford dropped to 13-6 with the loss.

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Tia Harris breaks school record

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Sunday, March 4, 2018

Junior Tia Harris (Newton Falls) broke a 10-year-old school record in the shot put and the 4x400-meter relay team shattered the school record to lead the Ohio Northern women's indoor track and field team at the Polar Bear Final Qualifier at the Sports Center.

No team scores were kept in the meet.

After narrowly missing the school record on multiple occasions this season, Harris' final toss of 41' 9.25" in the shot put at the Final Qualifier broke the school record.

Harris finished fourth in the event.

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ONU hosts Final Qualifier for men’s indoor track and field

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Sunday, March 4, 2018

Senior Alexander Sibila (Zionsville, Ind.) and Luke Bogdanovich (Akron/Coventry) highlighted the Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team as the Polar Bears competed in the Polar Bear Final Qualifier on Saturday afternoon at the Sports Center.

No team scores were kept in the meet.

Bogdanovich and Sibila each posted third places finishes to lead the way for Northern.

Sibila finished third in the high jump with a leap of 6' 4", while Bogdanovich was third in the triple jump with a jump of 40' 5".

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Kuhn competes in diving regional

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Sunday, March 4, 2018

CHICAGO, Ill. — Ohio Northern senior Braden Kuhn (Tiffin/Columbian) finished 18th overall in the 3-meter diving event on Saturday afternoon at the 2018 NCAA Division III Central Regional Diving Championships on Saturday afternoon at the University of Chicago's Myers-McLoraine Pool.

The senior finished 18 of 24 divers in the event with 375.35 points.

Kuhn wrapped up his career with a solid effort in the 3-meter dive competition.

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Men’s lacrosse now 3-1

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Sunday, March 4, 2018

WESTMINSTER, Md. — The Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team dropped its first contest of the season at McDaniel (Md.) as it fell to the Green Terror 11-8 on Saturday afternoon to begin its 4-game road trip.

The Polar Bears fall to 3-1 on the season, while McDaniel moves to 2-2 overall.

Sophomores Cameron Marous (Brecksville) and Shane Olsen (White Bear Lake, Minn.) led the way for the Polar Bears with two goals each, while junior Anthony Pavone (Chagrin Falls/Kenston) added a game-best two assists.

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