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Bulldogs spikers ground Rockets

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - The host Ada volleyball team bounced back from a first set loss to down feisty Pandora-Gilboa in four games during Div. III second round sectional volleyball action Thursday night.

 

The third-seeded Bulldogs defeated the ninth-seeded Rockets 25-27, 25-10, 25-19, 25-7 to improve to 16-7. P-G ended its season 7-16 after the defeat.

 

Ada senior standout Melina Woods led the victors to their eighth win in a row with 36 kills, 19 digs, two blocks and five aces.

 

Men's cross country highly ranked

The  Ohio Northern men's cross country team remained No. 19 in the sixth weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll, released on Wednesday.

Northern moved up in the poll after a solid 12th place finish at the Principia (Ill.) Cowbell Classic Pre-National Meet last weekend.

Women's soccer succeeds again

Four Polar Bears scored goals as the No. 15-ranked Ohio Northern women's soccer team defeated Wilmington 4-0 on Saturday evening at Townsend Field.

The Polar Bears improve to 13-1-1 overall and 6-0-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Quakers fall to 5-8-2, 1-4-1

Hissong, East top Lady Bulldog all-league soccer honorees

By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS - Several Ada girls soccer players were named All-Northwest
Conference and All-NCOSA for 2017 in voting conducted by the league
coaches recently.

Bulldog freshman defender Brenna Hissong and sophomore midfielder Bella
East each made first team All-NWC.

Sophomore forward Katie Butterfield and senior keeper Anney Archer were
voted second team All-NWC. Butterfield made honorable mention NWC in 2016.

Junior midfielder Hailey Callahan and sophomore forward Ella Poling were
voted honorable mention All-NWC.

Four Ada boys 1st team All-NWC in soccer

By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS - Ada senior Logan Williams led four Bulldog soccer standouts
named first team All-Northwest Conference in voting conducted by league
coaches recently at Delphos.

Williams finished second in the league Player of the Year balloting to
Tristan Smucker of Bluffton.

Joining the goal-scoring Williams on the NWC first team from Ada were
high-scoring junior forward Chris Reyes, senior midfielder ball
distributor Noah Pinkney and steady junior defender Noah Garmon.

Bulldog seniors Nate Allen (F) and Brayan Casiano (MF) were voted second
team All-NWC.

Ada boys shut out Willard

Story by Cort Reynolds - photos by Vickie Garmon
ADA - The Ada boys soccer team won its Div. III sectional opening round
match over visiting Willard Tuesday evening, 4-0.

The victory lifted the Bulldog record to 12-5. The sixth-seeded purple and
gold advance to visit second seed Mansfield Christian Saturday in second
round play.

Chris Reyes netted three goals to lead Ada to the victory. Jon Allen added
the other score. Miguel Jordan and Noah Pinkney each passed out one
assist.

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