ADA__The Ada High School baseball team was seeded eighth in its tough eight-team Northwest 1 Div. VI sectional drawing, which was finalized on Sunday, May 10.
The Bulldogs (7-12) will play at top seed St. Henry (16-2) in the sectional finals on Saturday, May 23 at 2 p.m.
The winner advances to the district semifinals at McGuffey on Wednesday, May 27 at 4:30 p.m. vs. the Parkway (8-14)/Lima Perry (9-5) survivor.
The district finals are slated for Friday, May 29 in Shelby at 5 p.m.
ADA __The Ada High School track and field teams hosted the annual Ada Invitational meet on a sunny Saturday, May 9 at War Memorial Stadium.
The Bulldogs boys finished eighth out of 15 teams, while the Ada girls came in ninth amid a 17-team field.
Arlington won the boys team title with 103 points, followed by Allen East (92) and Bluffton (84). The Ada boys tallied 34 points to edge out Fostoria and Spencerville (33), who tied for ninth, by a point.
The six-team Hardin County meet was also held concurrently at Ada after being rained out on Tuesday, May 5.
Bowden, Prater reach semifinals _ PHOTOS by Mark Andreasen
By Cort Reynolds
BRYAN__The Ada High School tennis team finished a solid fourth at the day-long, six-team Golden Bear Northern Buckeye Tennis League tournament in Bryan on Friday, May 8.
The Bulldog netters gave a solid showing at the Bryan outdoor courts on a chilly, windy day. Archbold, Evergreen, Bryan, Maumee, Wauseon and Ada competed.
MEDIA RELEASE__Upper Scioto Valley defeated Arlington 18-9 on Thursday, May 7 in non-conference baseball action. Wyatt Davis earned his first career varsity win as a pitcher.
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ADA__The Ada High School baseball team lost a tough 7-5 battle to Hardin County rival Kenton in the final inning on a chilly Thursday, May 7, at War Memorial Park.
The Bulldogs tallied two runs in the second inning and added two more in the third to grab a 4-1 lead.
Kenton tied it with a three-run rally in the top of the fourth. Each team scored a run in the sixth, and the Wildcats plated two tie-breaking runs in the seventh to win it.
“If we want to win these close games, we have to improve in the important areas,” said Ada head coach Toby Smith. “Limit your strikeouts, make routine plays and throw strikes.”
