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Ada swimmers fare well at league meet

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, January 30, 2017

By Cort Reynolds

BUCYRUS - The Ada boys swim team finished third at the 10-team North Central Ohio Conference league swim meet hosted by Colonel Crawford Saturday.

The Lady Bulldogs finished a solid fourth out of 12 teams with 123 points, while the Ada boys tallied 237 points.

Upper Sandusky won the boys team title while Colonel Crawford captured first in the girls team standings.

Freshman Klava Katayama won the 500 and 100 freestyle events to pace Ada. The Bulldog boys 400 freestyle relay quartet also took first.

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Red-hot Miller leads AE rally past Ada

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Sunday, January 29, 2017

By Cort Reynolds

HARROD - Mustang senior Spencer Miller scored 26 of his 43 points in the second half to lead host Allen East to a second half comeback win over local rival Ada 72-65 in a Northwest Conference boys basketball shootout Friday night.

The Bulldogs fell to 3-12 and 0-5 in the NWC with the tough loss, while the Mustangs improved to 8-6 and 1-3 in the NWC with their first league victory.

Ada led 57-48 early in the fourth period when Miller led a game-changing 22-2 spurt. Mustang senior Caleb Smelcer reeled off eight points in a row to give AE its first lead since early in the game at 58-57 with 4:35 remaining.

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Late run lifts No. 7 Women's Basketball over Capital 64-49

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Sunday, January 29, 2017

By Caleb Scott

ADA — The No. 7-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team needed a late run to keep their perfect season alive as they downed Capital 64-49 Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears move to 19-0 overall and 12-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Crusaders fall to 9-10, 5-7.

Senior Britt Lauck (Lima/Shawnee) scored a game-high 15 points, while sophmore Jenna Dirksen (Beavercreek/Carroll) tallied 11 points and junior Amy Bullimore (Morrow/Little Miami) added nine points.

Sophomore Tori Wyss (Ada) came off the bench and grabbed a game-high and career-best eight rebounds to lead Northern defensively.

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Phillips leads Kenton past Ada boys

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Sunday, January 29, 2017

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - Brothers Hunter and Thomas Phillips combined for 39 points to lead visiting Kenton to a lopsided 73-40 win over Hardin County rival Ada in non-league boys basketball action Saturday night.

The defeat dropped the Bulldog record to 3-13, while the Wildcats improved to 9-6 with the victory.

Hunter Phillips scored 20 of his game-high 25 points in the first half on repeated drives, while Thomas added 14 markers.

Kenton led just 17-14 after one period of play as Hunter scored 15 points, but the Wildcats blew the game open with a 24-4 second stanza and were never threatened thereafter.

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Two records fall as No. 18 Women's Track & Field compete at Grand Valley State (Mich.) Invitational

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Sunday, January 29, 2017

By Caleb Scott

ALLENDALE, Mich. — The Ohio Northern women's track & field team saw two school records fall as they competed at the Grand Valley State (Mich.) Invitational on Saturday afternoon.

The Polar Bears finished 6th of 19 teams and moved to 16-6 on the season.

Junior Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) broke her previous school record and won the 800-meter dash with a time of 2:09.46.

Richards currently owns the fastest time in the nation in the 800-meter run.

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Women's Basketball to host Hoops for Hope Breast Cancer Awareness game against Capital

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, January 27, 2017

By Caleb Scott

ADA — The No. 7-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team will host a Hoops for Hope Breast Cancer Awareness game Saturday afternoon as it takes on Ohio Athletic Conference-foe, Capital. 

The event will feature the annual Alumni Game at 12 pm on Saturday, followed by a luncheon.

As well as selling baked good prior to and during the contest, gift baskets will be raffled off in the third quarter of Saturday's game.

Tickets can be purchased before or during the game with the winners being announced during the third quarter of the contest.

Tickets will be for sale at $2 each, three for $5 or six tickets for $10.

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