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ONU women now 6th in the nation

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, January 31, 2017

By Caleb Scott

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team has moved up two spots to No. 6 in the ninth weekly D3Hoops.com poll, released Monday evening.

Northern stayed perfect on the season after an overtime victory at Wilmington and a defeating Capital at the ONU Sports Center last week.

Northern (19-0) is one of eight unbeaten teams in the poll.

Tufts (Mass.) held on to the No. 1 spot with 613 points and 15 first place votes, while Amherst (Mass.) remained at No. 2 with 601 points and six first place votes and St. Thomas (Minn.) moved into third place with 565 points and one first place vote.

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The big game is Wednesday night

Unbeaten and ranked-6th-nationally-ONU women entertain 16-3 Baldwin Wallace
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 31, 2017

The undefeated ONU women's basketball team has a major contest on Wednesday evening that may go a long way in determining the conference championship and the team's national ranking.

Tip off time is 7:30 p.m. In the ONU Sports Center for the ONU-Baldwin Wallace game. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for seniors.

BW is 16-3 overall and in second place in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 9-3 record.

ONU is tops in the conference and continues to climb in the Division III polls nationally, now ranking 6.

In their first contest this season, ONU bested BW 60-55 in Berea.

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Junior Emily Richards named Women's OAC Indoor Track Athlete of the Week for second consecutive week

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, January 30, 2017

By Caleb Scott

ADA — Junior Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) has been named the Women's Indoor Ohio Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week for the week of Jan. 23-28.

The junior led the Polar Bears (16-6 overall) at Grand Valley State (Mich.) Invitational on Saturday afternoon.

Richards broke a school record for the second consecutive week as she broke her own school record in the 800-meter run and won the race in 2:09.46.

Her time in the event currently ranks first nationally and was the 10th fastest time in Division III history in the event. 

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Senior Lucas Shumate named Men's Indoor OAC Field Athlete of the Week

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, January 30, 2017

By Caleb Scott

ADA — Senior Lucas Shumate  (Wapakoneta/Spencerville) garnered his first Men's Indoor Ohio Athletic Conference Field Athlete of the Week honor of the season for the week of Jan. 23-28.

Shumate led the men's track & field team Saturday afternoon as they competed at the Grand Valley State (Mich.) Invitational.

The senior broke his own previous school record from 2015 in the weight throw with a toss of 59' 5.00".

His throw currently ranks fourth best in the nation.

The Polar Bears return to the track Saturday, as they host the annual Joe Banks Invitational with field events set to begin at 11 am.

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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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