ONU senior Zach Goodchild (Pickerington/North) has been named the Men's Ohio Athletic Conference Golfer of the Week for his efforts at the ONU Golf Classic.
Goodchild earns the honor for the first time in his career.
The senior carded a 7-over par 75-74—149 to lead the Ohio Northern men's golf team at the ONU Spring Classic.
Goodchild currently leads the team with an average of 75.3 strokes per round this season.
Northern will be back in action Apr. 21-22 as it competes in the 2-day Defiance Spring Invitational.
ONU senior Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) continued to add to her list of Ohio Athletic Conference awards as she was named the OAC Women's Track Athlete of the Week.
Richards competed in the 800-meter run at the 39th Annual Sun Angel Classic hosted by Arizona State this past weekend.
The senior was a competitor in the premier section on the event, where she finished second overall and was the top collegian in the event in 2:02.84.
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team swept the three doubles matches and won five of the six singles courts to post an 8-1 victory at Capital on Monday afternoon at the Scarborough East Racquet Club.
The Polar Bears improve to 8-6 overall and are 2-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Crusaders fall to 2-5, 0-2.
Northern got off to a quick start by sweeping the three doubles matches.
SPENCERVILLE — The Ada track team competed in its first meet of this chilly, wet spring at Friday’s annual eight-team Spencerville Bearcat Relays.
Marion Local outlasted runner-up Fort Loramie 106-89.5 to grab the boys team title. The Ada boys came in sixth with 34 points.
A pair of second-place finishes by the boys comprised the best Ada relay showing. The trio of junior Brad Clum, senior Zach Breidenbach and freshman Ian Dellifield combined to clear 16-2.
ADA - The Ada baseball team lost to visiting rival Bluffton 9-4 in the Northwest Conference opener on a very chilly, damp Thursday evening.
The loss dropped the Bulldogs, playing for the first time in 10 days due to bad weather, to 1-1 overall and 0-1 in the NWC. The Pirates improved to 1-1 and 1-0 in the league after the win.
Ada led 3-1 after three innings, but Bluffton edged within 3-2 after four frames. The visitors broke it open with five runs in the fifth, and the Pirates added two more in the sixth for insurance.
