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Woods in all-state VB match

By Cort Reynolds
Ada senior Melina Woods rises up for a kill at the Ohio Div. IV All-State volleyball match at Wooster recently.

The 6-0 southpaw made All-Ohio honors for the third consecutive season this fall, slamming over 600 kills. She led Ada to its first-ever regional berth and a third straight NWC title this fall. Woods will attend Div. I Canisius College in Buffalo on a scholarship.

Here's your Ada Bulldog winter sports schedule

Ada Bulldog winter sports.

Here's the 2017-18 schedule for junior high and high school winter team sports. The schedule is attached at the bottom of this story.

Volleyball ranked 19th

ADA — The Ohio Northern volleyball team finished the 2017 season ranked No. 19 in the season-ending American Volleyball Coaches Association poll.

The Polar Bears were 29-6 overall, 8-1 Ohio Athletic Conference.

Ohio Northern won twice in the NCAA III Tournament Regionals before falling to eventual national runner-up Wittenberg in the Regional finals to end its season.

Women's basketball wins by 20

DEFIANCE — Senior Amy Bullimore (Morrow/Little Miami) posted her 22nd career double-double to lead the No. 7-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team to a 69-49 victory at Defiance Tuesday evening at the Weaner Center.

The Polar Bears improve to 2-1, while the Yellow Jackets fall to 0-3.

Bullimore finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds and senior Lindsey Black(Urbana/Graham) added 12 points for ONU.

Icon sports writer has several articles posted on SB Nation

Boston Celtics blog site

Cort Reynolds, Icon sports writer, has had several articles posted in SB Nation, the Boston Celtics blog site this fall. They follow: 

• Passing centers are nothing new for Celtics CLICK TO READ

The article was also picked up by another site and named Best NBA Analysis of the Day" by the website basketballintelligence.net. CLICK TO READ

Northern scores 106 in opener

DEFIANCE — Sophomore Ryan Bruns (Chickasaw/Marion Local) scored a career-high 36 points and senior Nate Burger (Dayton/Alter) had a career-high 30 points to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team to a 106-91 season-opening victory at Defiance Monday evening at the Harrington Center.

The Polar Bears improve to 1-0, while the Yellow Jackets fall to 1-2.

Senior Joey DiOrio (Columbus/Watterson) scored 18 and sophomore Daniel Donner(Belleville/Northmor) added 10 points for ONU.

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