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The thrill of victory as elementary school wrestlers from the region met at Allen East this past Sunday, Feb. 19. (Ken Collins photo)

ONU men's swim team places 2nd

During the men's swimming and diving competition, the Polar Bears finished in second place out of seven teams in the 20 events, snapping their impressive streak of 12 consecutive conference championships. The OAC competition was held over three days at the University of Akron.

Senior John Raker (Labanon/Lakota West) won the 200 fly title.

After two runner-up finishes in 2016 and 2014, Raker won his first OAC title in the event by nearly a second.

The 400 free relay team of senior Eric Chen (Mason), sophomore Pete He(Mason), junior Ian Simpson (Strongsville) and senior Logan Pfeifer (Bucyrus/Colonel Crawford) won the OAC crown.

ONU women's swim team places 3rd

Ohio Northern placed third among 7 teams in the OAC women's swimming and diving competition last weekend at the University of Akron. There were 20 events during the three-day event.

Freshman Lauren Halle (Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton) won the 200 fly.

Sophomore Kierra Watson (Brownsburg, Ind.) earned All-Conference accolades in the 200 back, finishing second.

Junior Sydney Veon (Riverside, Ill./Riverside-Brookfield) and senior Stephanie Brookens (Louisville) earned All-OAC honors in the 100 free.

Kenton player wins ONU tennis matches

The Ohio Northern men's tennis team began the Mike Bonnell era with an 8-1 victory at Olivet (Mich.) on Sunday afternoon at the Minges Creek Athletic Club.

The Polar Bears improve to 1-1 on the season, while the Comets fall to 0-7.

Sophomore Tim Kargl (Downers Grove, Ill./South) led Ohio Northern with a 6-4, 6-3 victory at No. 1 singles and an 8-3 victory with freshman Andrew Garcia (Downers Grove, Ill./South) at No. 1 doubles.

Sophomore Jake Abbott (Kenton), freshman Tyler Frantz (Bellefontaine), junior Cody Hurley (Centerville) and senior Dan Warren(Tallahassee, Fla./Lincoln) also won singles matches for ONU.

Pioneers shoot down Bulldogs

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - Three-point bombing Lima Temple Christian took control with a 13-0 second quarter run and cruised to a 63-39 victory at Ada in non-conference boys basketball action Saturday night.

The loss in the regular season home finale dropped the Bulldog record to 4-17 overall, while the Pioneers improved to 10-11 with the victory.

"It was another game with a bad second quarter," lamented Ada first-year head coach Dre White, whose team was out-pointed 17-9 in that decisive stanza. 

"We have got to get better defensively," he continued. "We didn't shoot well, but our rebounding wasn't bad. Temple shot the three well (10-for-21)."

Ada swimmer Katayama advances to state meet

By Cort Reynolds

BOWLING GREEN - Ada freshman swimmer Klava Katayama qualified for the state meet by finishing second in the 100 freestyle race at the Div. II Bowling Green district meet held Friday evening. She will now swim at the Div. II state meet Feb. 23-24 in Canton.

Katayama finished sixth in the 50 freestyle race as well, two spots away from state qualification in that event. She posted personal-best times in both freestyle events.

Several other Bulldogs competed in the BG Div. II district meet as well, but none qualified for Canton. Senior Andrew Ross posted the best Ada boys finish, coming in ninth in the 100 backstroke.

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