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MEDIA RELEASE__Cory-Rawson defeated Upper Scioto Valley 8-7 in eight innings Monday night in a Northwest Central Conference baseball game. Upper Scioto Valley will be back in action tomorrow night versus Waynesfield-Goshen.

May 4, 2026

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
USV 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 8 14 5
Cory-Rawson 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 1 9 8 3

WP: Mason Fruth LP: Caiden Lowery.
Top Pitchers
USV C-R
Lowery 31⁄3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K Shyler Ludwig 7 IP, 13 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
Beau Sanders 4 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 6 BB, 2 K Fruth 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K

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Ada hosts winless Perry in tourney opener

By Cort Reynolds

ADA__The highly successful Ada High School softball team was seeded first in their seven-team Northwest 5 Div. VI tournament draw Sunday.

Ada (17-3) will host winless Perry (0-9) on Tuesday, May 12 at 5 p.m. in the first round of tournament play. The Commodores are last in the Northwest Central Conference at 0-5.

The Bulldog/Commodore winner will play the survivor between second seed Carey (8-10) and number seven LCC (3-10) on Tuesday, May 19 at Bath.

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By Cort Reynolds

ADA__It took two days, but the Ada High School softball team defeated visiting Riverdale convincingly 11-1 in the resumption of their Blanchard Valley Conference contest on a chilly Saturday, May 2.

The Bulldogs led the Falcons 5-0 in the second inning on Monday, April 27, when the game was halted by rain and thunder.

After the re-start, Ada pushed six runs across the plate in the home fourth to build a commanding 11-0 lead. The Bulldogs slugged three RBI doubles in the fourth frame to blow the game wide open. 

Sophomore shortstop Emily Shanks doubled home a run, followed by a run-scoring single from Sophie Fleming. 

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By Cort Reynolds

VAN BUREN – The visiting Ada High School baseball team lost 4-2 to Blanchard Valley Conference rival Van Buren in a resumed game on Saturday, May 2.

The contest was suspended from April 22.

The Bulldogs plated two runs in the top of the second inning, but VB matched it with two scores in the home half of the second. 

The Black Knights tallied single runs in the fourth and fifth frames and held Ada scoreless over the final five innings to win.  

Ada dropped to 6-10 overall and 2-5 in the BVC after the defeat.

VB improved to 13-6 overall and 4-2 in BVC play with the win.

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Pandora-Gilboa defeated the Upper Scioto Valley baseball team 6-5 on Saturday, May 2, in a nonconference game. Upper Scioto Valley will be back in action on Monday when we travel to Cory-Rawson.

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Pandora-Gilboa 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 6 5 1
USV 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 7 1

WP: Grady Kempf LP: Jesse Prater (1-3).

Top Pitchers
P-G USV
Kempf 7 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 9 K Prater 3 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
Wyatt Davis 3 1⁄3 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Beau Sanders 2⁄3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

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Hickman wins 2 races

By Cort Reynolds

McGUFFEY__The Ada High School boys and girls track and field teams each finished a solid fourth at the 10-team Upper Scioto Valley Ram Invitational meet on Thursday, April 30.

Pandora-Gilboa won the boys team title with 143 points, while Riverdale came in second (124.5). McComb edged out the Bulldog boys for second place, 89-87.

Riverdale easily captured the girls team crown with 171 points. Delphos Jefferson finished a distant second with 79.5 points, followed by P-G (66) and Ada (54).

The host USV boys finished ninth (21), while the Rams girls (22) came in 10th.

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