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Women's basketball climbs another notch

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, February 8, 2017

The Ohio Northern women's basketball team made its debut in the top-5 in theD3Hoops.com poll, coming in at No. 5 in the 10th weekly poll.

The Polar Bears continued their quest to a perfect season as they defeated Baldwin Wallace and Muskingum last week.

Northern (21-0 overall) is one of five unbeaten teams in the poll.

The Polar Bears return to action Wednesday evening as they travel to Tiffin to take on the Student Princes of Heidelberg at 7:30 pm.

 

RankTeam (First Place Votes)RecordPointsPrev.

1.Amherst (Mass.) (22)22-06212

2.St. Thomas (Minn.)21-05803

3.Tufts (Mass.)21-15731

4.Thomas More (Ky.) (3)21-05524

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Freshman gains wrestling honors

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Freshman Nate Barcaskey (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Wrestler of the Week for the week of Jan. 29-Feb.4.

Barcaskey went 2-0 on the week in two OAC duals and finished sixth overall at the John Summa Invitational at Baldwin Wallace in the heavyweight division.

In ONU's (10-3 overall, 3-1 OAC) dual against Otterbein, Barcaskey pinned his OC counterpart in 2:47 to lead the Polar Bears in a 30-9 victory.

The freshman would pick up a 5-2 decision in the heavy weight to cap off the night as Northern took on No. 9-ranked Baldwin Wallace.

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Richards named Athlete of the Week

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Junior Emily Richards(Delaware/Hayes) earned her third consecutive Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Track Athlete of the Week for the week of Jan. 29-Feb. 4.

Richards helped the Polar Bears (30-6 overall) to a first place finish at the annual ONU Joe Banks Invitational on Saturdayafternoon.

The junior posted another record-setting day, as she broke her own 800-meter run school record for the second consecutive week and ran the sixth fastest time in Div. III history in the event.

Richards finished second overall in the event in 2:08.83 behind 2016 Div. II 800-meter run National Champion Carsyn Koch in what proved to be an exciting finish.

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Allen, Player of the Week

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Senior Devon Allen (Lima/Senior) has been named the men's basketball Ohio Athletic Conference Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 29-Feb. 4.

Allen helped Ohio Northern (14-7 overall, 12-2 OAC) to its eighth and ninth straight victories last week.

Northern will look to keep its winning streak alive Wednesday evening as it welcomes Heidelberg to the ONU Sports Center for a 7pm  tipoff

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Melissa Gossard in HN's 1,000-point club

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Ada first grade teacher, Melissa Gossard, who was honored by her alma mater, Hardin Northern High School over the weekend. She is a member of HN's basketball 1,000 point club. (From Ada Bulldogs Facebook)

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Chase Sumner NWC wrestler of the year

And he captured first place in 138-weight class at NWC meet
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, February 6, 2017

Ada junior Chase Sumner (138) was named Wrestler of The Year in the NWC in a vote by the coaches. The conference meet took place at Spencerville over the weekend.

Mike Abbey of Allen East was voted by his peers as NWC Coach of The Year.

Repeat winners from last year included Chase Sumner (Ada-138), Andrew Foust (DJ-120), Luke Brown (AE-145), Cole Wilson (BL-152) and Deandre Nasser (BL-195). 

Allen East and Bluffton led the way with 4 individual champions while Delphos Jefferson had 3 individual champions in the tournament.

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