ADA – Ada High School hosted its annual 16-team Invitational track and field meet at War Memorial Stadium on a sunny Saturday, May 10.
Bluffton won the boys and girls team titles. The Pirate girls easily outscored second-place Spencerville, 146 points to 84. Van Wert was third (74), while Ada finished 13th with 19 points.
The Bluffton boys took first with 151 points, far ahead of second-place Van Wert (69). Mohawk and Arlington tied for third with 61 points. The Ada boys were eighth with 37 points.
Ada senior Logan Jolliff finished third in the 100-meter dash to post one of the top Bulldog boys showings.
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By Cort Reynolds
KENTON – The visiting Ada softball team defeated Hardin County rival Kenton 13-3 in a run-rule shortened bout on a cool Thursday evening, May 8.
The Bulldog girls broke the game open with five runs in the third inning. They tallied six more runs in the fifth to invoke the 10-run mercy rule.
The Bulldogs improved to 18-3 overall with the five-inning, non-league victory. With that 18th win, Ada tied the program record for wins in a season set last year.
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By Cort Reynolds
MT. BLANCHARD – The Ada High School boys track and field team won the annual five-team Hardin County Invitational meet hosted by Riverdale on Wednesday, May 7.
The Bulldog boys scored 93.33 points to nose out Riverdale by four points for the tightly-contested title. Kenton was a close third at 85 points, four behind the host Falcons.
Ridgemont came in fourth (47.33), followed by Hardin Northern (37).
ADA – The Ada High School boys tennis team beat visiting Fostoria in a lengthy 3-2 match on a sunny evening Wednesday, May 7 at War Memorial Park.
The Bulldogs improved to 3-4 after the hard-fought victory.
“We were missing our number two singles, so Brandon was bumped up to two and Luke Archer was bumped up to third singles,” explained Ada head coach Carter Bivens.
The lineup changes did not deter the Bulldogs from victory.
Ada senior Nathan Williams dominated at first singles as he rolled to a 6-1, 6-0 win over Redman sophomore Landon Sherman.
“Nathan had a quick victory, decisive and clean,” said Givens.
