BATH – The Ada High School softball team pulled away late to run-rule Columbus Grove 10-0 in the Div. VI district semifinals on a sunny Monday, May 19, at Lima Bath.
The game was moved up a day due to expected rain Tuesday.
The Ada girls improved to 20-4 overall with the victory in the battle of the Bulldogs. They will face Carey (7-13) in the district finals Thursday, May 22, weather permitting.
Columbus Grove finished its season 5-17 after their second 10-0 loss to Ada this spring.
VAN BUREN – The Ada High School track and field teams competed in their first 11-team Blanchard Valley Conference championship meet at Van Buren on Friday, May 16.
Ada senior sprinter Logan Jolliff finished fourth in the 100-meter dash to post the top Bulldog boys individual finish.
He also anchored the Ada 4x100 relay quartet, which came in third.
Junior Anna Conley (high jump) and freshman Rose Baxter (400 meters) each finished fifth to register the best Lady Bulldog individual finishes.
The Ada girls 4x400 relay foursome came in fourth.
LIMA – Ada High School senior Nathan Williams won the third-place match on day two of the Div. II boys singles sectional tournament at the University of Northwestern Ohio courts Saturday, May 17.
The feisty Bulldog lost to top-seeded eventual sectional champion Eben Jackson of Elida 6-2, 6-2 in the semifinals Saturday morning.
The senior southpaw then played in the third-place match later on Saturday vs. Bluffton’s third-seeded Branson Hilty.
Williams avenged a narrow three-set home loss earlier this season to Hilty with a convincing straight-set 6-4, 6-3 victory.
ADA – The Ada High School softball team kept it close most of the way but ultimately lost 11-3 to visiting Northwest Conference champion Lincolnview in a makeup game on a hot Friday evening, May 16.
The rivals, who finished one-two in the league last year, were locked in a 1-0 duel through three innings. The Lancers took control with a four-run fourth, then put the game out of reach with four more scores on two home runs in the seventh.
The deep Lancer lineup smacked four home runs to power its way to victory in a deceptive final score.
ADA__The Ada High School baseball team lost a tough 5-3 decision in the final inning to visiting foe Columbus Grove on a warm Thursday evening, May 15.
Grove scored two runs in the top of the seventh to break a 3-3 tie and win.
Ada plated all three of its runs in the home third to overcome an early 2-0 deficit.
Ada fell to 5-16 with the tough defeat. Columbus Grove improved to 14-9 after the win.
“Another great effort,” said Ada head coach Toby Smith. “We played very well. We hope to continue to see our team build off of each game. It is fun to see us play the game this way.”
LIMA – The Ada High School boys tennis team competed on day one of the Div. II boys sectional tournament on the University of Northwestern Ohio courts on Thursday, May 15.
Bulldog senior southpaw Nathan Williams fought his way to three wins on day one to advance to the semifinals Saturday for the second year in a row.
The quick Williams first whipped Van Wert’s Ben Verville in his round of 32 opener with a 6-0, 6-0 double bagel.
In the round of 16, he edged past Bath’s Taylor McCoy in a 6-4, 6-4 battle. Then in the quarterfinals, Williams eliminated Elida’s Tanner Layman 6-4, 6-0 to reach the semis.
