KENTON - The visiting Ada softball team shut out Hardin County rival Kenton 4-0 in a non-league battle Wednesday evening.
The Lady Bulldogs improved to 10-5 overall with the non-league victory. Kenton dropped to 5-6 with the loss.
Freshman Leona Dalton hurled a complete-game shutout to earn her eighth win this spring. She struck out three, walked four and scattered five hits over seven innings.
Ada scored one run in the second inning and three more in the third frame to comprise all the runs in the game.
ADA - The Ada boys tennis team lost a close 3-2 battle to visiting Clyde in their second round match of the northwest quadrant in the Ohio Tennis Coaches Association Div. II state tournament.
The match was played on a sunny Wednesday evening at Ohio Northern University's Marmon tennis courts.
The Bulldogs fell to 6-1 with the defeat. Talented Clyde had to beat Celina in a suspended first round match at ONU before taking on Ada, so they came away with two wins and a berth in the northwest quad semifinals.
ONU sophomore Shane Olsen (White Bear Lake, Minn.) scored his second career hat trick to lead the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team to an 11-9 victory over Otterbein in a battle of league leaders on a beautiful Wednesday evening at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
The Polar Bears improve to 13-2 overall and stay in a first place tie with John Carroll in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 6-1 mark.
The Cardinals fall to 8-7 and move one game behind ONU and JCU with a 5-2 league record.
ADRIAN, Mich. — Freshman Vinh Thai (Galloway/St. Charles) won twice to lead the Ohio Northern men's tennis team in a 6-3 non-conference loss at Adrian (Mich.) on Wednesday afternoon at Craft Tennis Complex.
The Polar Bears see their 4-match win streak snapped and fall to 13-8, while the Bulldogs improve to 9-9.
Thai won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1 singles and combined with freshman Hoang Do(Powell/Olentangy Liberty) to win 8-4 at No. 1 doubles.
Senior Cody Hurley (Centerville) won 3-6, 7-5, 10-3 at No. 5 singles for ONU.
Ada High School sophomore Nora Dellifield broke her record and the school record for girls pole vault Saturday at the Hardin Northern Invitational. Last April she broke the school record two days in a row, clearing 8’7” and 9’0”. Last weekend she cleared 9’6”.
The Ohio Northern women's outdoor track and field team jumped two spots to No. 9 in the fourth weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) power rankings.
The Polar Bears are ranked in the top-10 for the third time this season. ONU received 77.34 points in the rankings, while George Fox (Ore.) is ranked No. 1.
The Polar Bears return to action this weekend as they host the 2018 Outdoor Ohio Athletic Conference Championships at Kerscher Stadium on Friday and Saturday.
