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Wrestlers place 20th of 35 at Wheaton Invite

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Sunday, January 28, 2018

WHEATON, Ill. — The Ohio Northern wrestling team placed four wrestlers at the Wheaton (Ill.) Pete Willson Invitational on Friday-Saturday at King Arena.

The Polar Bears finished 10th of 35 teams.

Junior Clayton Davidson (Kirtland) led the Polar Bears with a third place finish at 174 pounds. Davidson was seeded fourth in his weight class and posted a 5-1 record on the weekend.

Fifth-seeded sophomore Nate Barcaskey (Moon Area) placed sixth at Heavyweight. Barcaskey posted a 3-0 record on Friday to reach the semifinals, but medical forfeited his three matches on Saturday to finish sixth.

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Men’s swim wins, loses

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, January 27, 2018

The Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team defeated Ohio Wesleyan 157-84 and fell at No. 3-ranked Kenyon 179-64 on Friday night at the Steen Aquatic Center.

The Polar Bears move to 7-1 overall and clinch their 11th consecutive winning dual meet season. The Lords improve to 2-3 and the Battling Bishops fall to 5-4.

Kenyon also defeated Ohio Wesleyan 153-79.

Senior Braden Kuhn (Tiffin/Columbian) won the 3-meter diving in an NCAA Regional qualfying score of 279.60 points to lead Ohio Northern. He also finised second in he 1-meter diving with 252.80 points.

Junior Anthony Ferrell (Canton/Glen Oak) posted a second place finish in the 100 breast in 1:28.47.

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Barcaskey 3-0 at Wheaton invitational

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, January 27, 2018

WHEATON, Ill. — The Ohio Northern wrestling team had a solid first day of the Wheaton (Ill.) Pete Willson Invitational on Friday at King Arena.

Four of the Polar Bears' seven wrestlers are still alive and six of the seven posted two or more victories after the first day of competition.

Fifth-seeded sophomore Nate Barcaskey (Moon Area) led Ohio Northern with a 3-0 record and is in the semifinals in the 285-pound weight class.

Three other ONU wrestlers are in the consolation fourth round.

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Women’s swimming: a tie and a loss

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, January 27, 2018

The Ohio Northern women's swimming and diving team tied Ohio Wesleyan 117-117 and fell at No. 2-ranked Kenyon 195-46 on Friday night at the Steen Aquatic Center.

The Polar Bears move to 5-2-1 overall and clinch a winning dual meet season. The Lords improve to 3-3 and the Battling Bishops move to 4-3-1.

Kenyon also defeated Ohio Wesleyan 145-79.

Junior Kierra Watson (Brownsburg, Ind.) led Ohio Northern with three top-5 finishes.

She was fourth in the 100 fly in 1:02.16, was fourth in the 100 back in 1:03.84 and was fifth in the 200 free in 2:05.18.

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Ada boys clawed by Panthers

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, January 27, 2018

By Cort Reynolds

PAULDING - Host Paulding raced to an early 23-point lead and made it stand up in a 63-40 win over Ada in Northwest Conference boys basketball action Friday night.  

 

The purple and gold drop to 3-13 overall and 1-3 in the NWC with the defeat. The Panthers improved to 6-8 and 4-1 in league play after the victory.

 

Ada fell behind 27-4 early in the second period and trailed 42-20 at halftime. After intermission, the Bulldogs were outscored only 21-20.

 

Twenty-nine percent field goal shooting and 26 turnovers helped doom the Bulldogs.

 

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Big Lady Panthers defeat Ada

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, January 26, 2018

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - Visiting Paulding took advantage of its size inside to outscore Ada 38-20 over the middle quarters and pull away to a 68-41 victory in Northwest Conference girls basketball action Thursday night.

 

The Lady Bulldogs fell to 4-12 overall and 0-5 in the NWC with the defeat, while the Lady Panthers improved to 5-12 and 2-4 in league play with the win.

 

Ada led 19-18 5:53 early in the second stanza after senior Maddie Gossard sank her fourth consecutive three-pointer. But then Paulding closed the half on a 14-3 run to take control, and never was headed.

 

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