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Loss ends men's soccer tourney hopes

The Ohio Northern men's soccer team bowed out of the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament in the quarterfinal round of the OAC Tournament as it fell to Marietta 1-0 on Tuesday evening at Kerscher Stadium.

The Polar Bears fall to 12-6-2 overall, while the Pioneers improve to 11-5-3 overall and move on to play at No. 1-seeded Otterbein in the semifinals of the tournament on Thursday evening.

ONU volleyball ranks 2 spots higher

The Ohio Northern volleyball team moved up two spots to No. 18 in the ninth weekly American Volleyball Coaches Association poll. The Polar Bears are 25-4 overall, 8-1 Ohio Athletic Conference.

Ohio Northern went 2-0 last week with OAC victories over Baldwin Wallace and Marietta and won its 25th OAC Regular Season title in program history.

OAC championship week preview

ONU teams are in the thick of pack

Want to hear WONB’s broadcast of the ONU men’s soccer game vs. Marietta on Tuesday at 7 p.m.? Tune in to 94.9 FM or listen online at wonb.net. You can also tune in on Wednesday at 4 p.m. to hear the ONU women’s soccer team face Otterbein in the OAC Tournament semifinals.

By Grant Pepper

Women's basketball team nationally ranked at start of season

The Ohio Northern women's basketball team is ranked No. 7 in the D3Hoops.com preseason coaches poll.

The Polar Bears are coming off of a historical 2016-17 season which saw a run to the Elite 8 round of the NCAA III Tournament and the first ever undefeated regular season in school history.

Ohio Northern received 454 points in the poll.

Top three ranked are: Tufts, Mass; Christopher Newport, Va.; and Amherst, Mass.

Bulldogs finish regular season 7-3

Ada blanks Allen East 41-0

By Dusty Donley

In a must win game to keep their playoff dreams alive, the Bulldogs lit up the scoreboard last Friday night, defeating the visiting Allen East Mustangs 41-0.  With the victory, the Bulldogs finished the 2017 gridiron campaign 7-3 overall and 5-2 in the NWC.

                The Bulldogs opened up the scoring with just under four minutes to play in the first quarter when senior Aaron Everhart rumbled in for the 5-yard touchdown.  Everhart’s extra point attempt was blocked, leaving the Bulldogs with a 6-0 lead.

The football season starts over on Friday night

Bulldogs travel to Liberty Benton; here's Cort Reynolds' game preview

Bulldogs visit L-B in first round
By Cort Reynolds

It was a close call, but the Ada football team squeezed into the eighth and final playoff spot in the Div. VI, region 22 computer rankings by a 12.0 to 11.95 margin over ninth-place Ashland Crestview.

A late-season push earned the Bulldogs their 11th post-season trip over the last 12 years. Ada won their last three games of 2017 to finish 7-3, while Ashland Crestview also finished 7-3.

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