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.
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.
Ohio Northern senior linebacker Zach Schmerge (Wapakoneta) has been named the OAC Football Defensive Player of the Week for his effort's in ONU's 35-28 loss to Marietta on Saturday.
Schmerge had a season-high 19 tackles (four solo) and a tackle for loss to lead the ONU defense.
It is the first time this season and the fourth time in his career that Schmerge has received the honor.
The Polar Bears will return to action Saturday with a 1:30 pm contest at Wilmington.
Freshman Jenna Fuller (Countryside, Ill./Lyons Township) has been named the Women's Soccer Ohio Athletic Conference Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 22-29.
The freshman earns the honor for the first time in her career.
Fuller led the Polar Bears (16-1-1 overall, 9-0-0 OAC) to a 2-0-0 record last week.
In Northern's 7-2 victory over Baldwin Wallace, the freshman tallied two goals and added two assists for Northern.
During the Polar Bears' 5-0 victory over Marietta, Fuller added her league-leading 11th assist of the season.
ADA -- Freshman Zachary Yoder (Goshen, Ind./Northridge) scored with 1:53 left in regulation to rally the Ohio Northern men's soccer team to a 1-1 tie on Senior Night on Saturday night at Kerscher Stadium.
The Polar Bears wrap up their regular season with a 12-5-2 overall record and are 5-3-1 in Ohio Athletic Conference play, while the Pioneers move to 10-5-3, 4-3-2.
ONU will be the No. 4 seed and Marietta will be the No. 5 seed in next week's OAC Tournament.
The two teams will meet again in the quarterfinals on Tuesday at 7 pm at Kerscher Stadium.
ADA -- Junior Will Freed (Carlsbad, Calif./San Marcos) threw for 245 yards and three touchdowns, but his final TD was called back due to a penalty and the Ohio Northern football team fell 35-28 to Marietta on a chilly Saturday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
The Polar Bears fall to 5-3 overall and 4-3 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Pioneers improve to 5-3, 4-3.
Freed was 17-of-32 passing for 245 yards, but his 16-yard TD strike to sophomore Rodney Holmes (Miami, Fla./Hallandale) with 37 seconds left in the game appeared to pull ONU within 35-34, but it was called back on a hands to the face penalty on the home team.
