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Phillips leads Kenton past Ada boys

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - Brothers Hunter and Thomas Phillips combined for 39 points to lead visiting Kenton to a lopsided 73-40 win over Hardin County rival Ada in non-league boys basketball action Saturday night.

The defeat dropped the Bulldog record to 3-13, while the Wildcats improved to 9-6 with the victory.

Hunter Phillips scored 20 of his game-high 25 points in the first half on repeated drives, while Thomas added 14 markers.

Kenton led just 17-14 after one period of play as Hunter scored 15 points, but the Wildcats blew the game open with a 24-4 second stanza and were never threatened thereafter.

Two records fall as No. 18 Women's Track & Field compete at Grand Valley State (Mich.) Invitational

By Caleb Scott

ALLENDALE, Mich. — The Ohio Northern women's track & field team saw two school records fall as they competed at the Grand Valley State (Mich.) Invitational on Saturday afternoon.

The Polar Bears finished 6th of 19 teams and moved to 16-6 on the season.

Junior Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) broke her previous school record and won the 800-meter dash with a time of 2:09.46.

Richards currently owns the fastest time in the nation in the 800-meter run.

Sarah Bosse 1925-2017

Sarah H. (Hay) Bosse, age 91, went home to be with the Lord her Savior, Jesus Christ on Saturday, January 28, at 8:15a.m. at Vancrest of Ada.

She was born on December 8, 1925 in Wooster to Benton and Grace (Kaufman) Hay who preceded her in death. On September 23, 1951 Sarah married Eldon A. Bosse and he passed away on March 14, 2009. 

Sarah was a member of the St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jenera. She dedicated her entire life to Jesus Christ. She worked at Ohio Northern University in the Registrar’s Office.

Learn about Chinese opera Feb. 18

Guest artists from Beijing will perform at a special program at the Ada Public Library at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18.

Those attending the program also will see and hear Chinese instruments, learn about traditional Chinese opera, and make a Chinese opera mask.

The program is made possible by grants from the Ohio Arts Council and ONU.

Women's Basketball to host Hoops for Hope Breast Cancer Awareness game against Capital

By Caleb Scott

ADA — The No. 7-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team will host a Hoops for Hope Breast Cancer Awareness game Saturday afternoon as it takes on Ohio Athletic Conference-foe, Capital. 

The event will feature the annual Alumni Game at 12 pm on Saturday, followed by a luncheon.

As well as selling baked good prior to and during the contest, gift baskets will be raffled off in the third quarter of Saturday's game.

Tickets can be purchased before or during the game with the winners being announced during the third quarter of the contest.

Tickets will be for sale at $2 each, three for $5 or six tickets for $10.

Over 100 organizations at ONU fair

It looked like a three ring circus, but all was well organized for the ONU Career Fair in the Sports Center on Friday. More than 100 organizations had reps on hand to talk with seniors about jobs and grad school.  This photo shows only a small portion of the facility during the fair. Each organization had a table with a banner announcing their group so seniors could walk around and chat with those who might make a big difference in their future. One-on-one interviews were held later in the day.

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