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3 ONU men named All-Ohio Athletic Conference

ONU senior Devon Allen (Lima/Senior), sophomore Ryan Bruns (Chickasaw/Marion Local) and senior Joey Hurless (Van Wert) were all named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in men's basketball for 2016-17 in voting conducted by the league's 10 head coaches.

Allen was named First Team All-OAC, Bruns was named to the Second Team and Hurless was an Honorable Mention All-Conference honoree.

Allen led the Polar Bears in scoring this season with a 15.4 ppg average and leads the OAC with 90 made 3-pointers and started 23 of 26 games at shooting guard

HN upsets Lady Bulldogs in tourney

By Cort Reynolds

LIMA BATH - Polar Bears Ashton Dye and Holly Wilson combined to score 48 points and lead Hardin Northern past county rival Ada 60-49 in girls Div. IV first round sectional basketball action Tuesday evening at Bath.

Sophomore guard Dye scored 25 points and 5-11 senior Wilson contributed 23 markers as the duo nearly equaled the Ada output.

HN led by 11 at halftime, yet a 15-2 run by the Lady Bulldogs to start the third period put the outcome in doubt. But Northern reeled off 11 unanswered points to regain a 43-35 lead with 5:22 remaining to play. 

ONU men's basketball loses 72-71 in OAC tourney

Sophomore Ryan Bruns(Chickasaw/Marion Local) scored a career-high 29 points to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team in a tough 72-71 loss to Baldwin Wallace in the quarterfinals of the 2017 Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament on Tuesday night at the ONU Sports Center.

The third-seeded Polar Bears end their season with a 16-10 record, while the sixth-seeded Yellow Jackets improve to 14-12 and will host seventh-seeded Muskingum in the semifinals on Thursday.

Bruns had 29 and senior Aron Thress(Lancaster/Amanda Clearcreek) had 12 points to lead ONU.

ONU women's basketball team plays at home 7:30 Thursday

The Ohio Northern women's basketball team remained at No. 5 in the D3Hoops.com poll, released Monday evening.

The Polar Bears completed their first ever undefeated regular season in school history with victories over Otterbein and Marietta last week.

ONU earned a double-bye in this week's OAC Tournament and will host a semifinal round at the ONU Sports Center on Thursday evening.

Northern (25-0 overall) is one of five unbeaten teams in the poll.

ONU awaits the first two rounds of the OAC Tournament to see who they host Thursday evening at the ONU Sports Center at 7:30 pm.

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ONU lacrosse team loses opener

Freshman Cameron Marous(Brecksville) registered a hat trick in his first collegiate game, leading the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team in a season-opening 15-7 loss at Kenyon on Tuesday.

Northern got off to a slow start and trailed 8-0 early in the second quarter, but played the final 43 minutes to a 7-7 draw.

Sophomore Noah St. Croix (Rochester, N.Y./Irondequoit) had a goal and two assists and sophomore Anthony Pavone(Chagrin Falls/Kenston) had a goal and an assist for ONU.

Sophomores Nicholas Groves (Fishers, Ind./Chatard) and Max Weese (Columbus/Hilliard Darby) also scored goals for the Polar Bears.

The winner!

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

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