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By Cort Reynolds

 

ELIDA - The Ada softball team was seeded second out of 10 teams in the Div. IV Elida district drawings held Sunday.

 

The Lady Bulldogs (11-6) were seeded behind only league foe Columbus Grove, with dangerous Wayne Trace ranked third. Ada received a first round bye.

 

The Lady Bulldogs will host the winner between Kalida and Continental on Thursday, May 10 in the sectional finals at 5 p.m. Kalida was seeded eighth and will visit seven seed Continental in the first round on Monday, May 7.

 

Cort Reynolds' latest Celtics history blog published this week is trending strongly on the NBA websites of SB Nation.

The blog titled: "Celticcs and 76ers renew the most epic and prolific NBA playoff rivalry ever"

Read the article here: https://www.celticsblog.com/2018/4/29/17298874/boston-celtics-philadelph...

CLEVELAND — Senior Lynn Kelly (Mason) won at No. 2 singles to lead the Ohio Northern women's tennis team in an 8-1 loss at John Carroll in a battle for the Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season title on Sunday afternoon at Cleveland State's Medical Mutual Tennis Pavilion.

The Polar Bears end their regular season 18-6 overall and finish their OAC slate 7-1, while the Blue Streaks improve to 14-6 overall and win the league's regular season title with an 8-0 record.

WEST LAFAYETTE — Senior Zach Goodchild (Pickerington/North) and junior Joshua Turich (Centerville) earned All-Conference honors to lead the Ohio Northern men's golf team to a fourth place finish at the 2018 Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Golf Championships on Friday-Sunday at River Greens Golf Course.

The Polar Bears (25-50-1 overall) finished fourth of nine teams in the 72-hole tournament with a 305-318-299-315—1237.

Goodchild finished fourth out of 45 golfers with a 10-over par 74-76-73-79—302 and Turich tied for ninth with a 14-over par 75-79-74-78—306.

ADA — The Ohio Northern softball team picked up a 3-1 victory in game one before falling 8-1 in the nightcap and clinched the No. 3 seed in the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament on Saturday afternoon on Senior Day in the 2018 home regular season finale on Saturday afternoon.

The Polar Bears move to 27-7 overall, and 13-5 in the OAC, while the Muskies move to 24-10, 10-8.

Heidelberg swept Wilmington in a twinbill earlier today and moved its conference record to 13-5. Due to tie breaker rules, Heidelberg will own the No. 2 seed in next weekend's OAC Tournament.

ADA -- The Ohio Northern women's lacrosse team wrapped up its 2018 season and celebrated Senior Day on Saturdayagainst Capital at Dial-Roberson Stadium.

The Polar Bears end their campaign with a 6-10 overall record and finish sixth in the Ohio Athletic Conference after the 23-2 loss to the Crusaders (13-2, 6-2).

Sophomores Ann McArn (Bay Village/Western Reserve Academy) and Betsy Naugle(Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) each scored goals for ONU.

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