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ONU gains basketball Player of the Week

Junior Ryan Bruns (Chickasaw/Marion Local) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 4-10.

Bruns led the Polar Bears (5-2 overall, 3-0 OAC) to a perfect 2-0 week in the conference, including a win over Mount Union that moved ONU into first place in the conference standings.

The junior earned the honor for the first time in his career after averaging a double-double during the week with 27.0 points per contest and 10.0 rebounds per game.

Barcaskey Player of Week

For the second consecutive week, sophomore Nate Barcaskey (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Wrestler of the Week.

Barcaskey quickly picked up his third career OAC Wrestler of the Week honor after going 2-0 over the course of the week to lead the Polar Bears (1-2 overall, 0-1 OAC).

Northern opened the week at No. 22 Mount Union where Barcaskey closed the match with a victory at Heavyweight with a 5-2 decision.

In its contest at Manchester (Ind.), ONU saw Barcaskey pick up a pin in 3:41 to improve to 14-2 on the year.

ReStore Holiday Hours

Katayama, Beaschler win at Napoleon meet

By Cort Reynolds

NAPOLEON - Ada's Klava Katayama and Zach Beaschler each claimed individual wins as the Bulldog swim teams competed at the 14-team Wildcat Invitational in Napoleon Saturday.

 

Ada sophomore Katayama won the 200 freestyle race while senior Beaschler captured the 200 individual medley event to pace the Bulldog swimmers.

 

The Lady Bullogs finished 10th out of 14 teams, and the Bulldogs boys came in ninth out of 11 squads.

 

Napoleon won the girls team title with 599 points, followed by Akron Hoban with 423. Ada scored 54 points.

 

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It's New Leaf all decked out for the holidays

• Photos and a video below
One of Ada's "must-see" business displays is indoors.

It's at New Leaf Lawn Garden Center, 0395 State Route 235, Ada. The retail area is transformed into a winter wonderland of holiday decorations.

This year the New Leaf staff created a charming holiday feeling in the store. And, of course, their decorating ideas are for customers to purchase and place in their own homes.

The Icon shares several photos for viewers, plus a short video.

New Leaf hours:
Mondays through Fridays 9 a.m. -6 p.m.
Saturdays 9 a.m. -5 p.m.
Sundays, noon-4 p.m.
Ada phone: 419-634-0351

Ah, those Ada seniors - could it be that long ago?

Here's a photos from the Ada High School 1999 yearbook of members of the senior class. Icon viewers are encouraged to post names of class members in this photo.

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