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August-September Bulldog schedule on sports calendar

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, July 22, 2016

Ada High School varsity fall sports schedules are listed on the Icon's sport calendar. The Icon has posted August and September contest for football, volleyball, girls' soccer, boys' soccer, boys' golf, cross country and girls' tennis on the calendar.

October and November games will be posted soon.

To access the calendar place your cursor over the "calendar" on the black scroll bar at the top of the home page. The "sports calendar" box will drop down.

Click on it and the sports calendar will appear.

You can also access the sports calendar by clicking here.

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It's a gas!

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, July 21, 2016

It's a beautiful summer day in downtown Ada...and look at those gas prices. $2.05.9. And, don't be surprised if you see Bluffton vehicles filling up in Ada. Bluffton's Main Street price is $2.14.9.

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Apollo board considers school bus purchase

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, July 21, 2016

Apollo Career Center board of education will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, July 15, at Apollo.

One of the items on the agenda is to accept a bid from Cardinal Bus for a 72-passenger school bus at $75,178.

The entire board agenda is in an attachment at the bottom of this story.

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NFL Wilson football will have microchips during preseason

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, July 21, 2016

FOLLOW STORY FROM WWW.NLF.COM - According to NFL spokesman Michael Signora, the league will use microchips in footballs during the preseason as part of the next phase of the Next Gen Stats player tracking project.

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A chip will be placed in every ball during the preseason.

Following the preseason test, the league's Competition Committee will review the results to determine how the balls performed along with the potential uses of the data collected, Signora said.

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Ada is Ohio capital for pole vaulting on Saturday

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, July 21, 2016

Ada will be the Ohio capital for pole vaulting, and for that matter, the Midwest, on Saturday as Vault on The Tundra comes to ONU.

For athletes who pole vault, the event offers competition for high school girls, boys and collegiate women and men and an open class. This is the second year for Vault on The Tundra.

Here's the schedule:
10:30 a.m. - High school girls
Noon - High school boys
1:30 p.m. - Collegiate/open women
3 p.m. - Collegiate/open men

Competition takes place at Quad South of King Horn. In the event of rain the competition goes indoors.

The event is free and open to the public.

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Alger Assembly of God VBS July 25-29

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, July 21, 2016

Alger Assembly of God will hold Vacation Bible School from Monday, July 25, to Friday, July 29, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the church. It is open to youth ages 4 through fifth grade.

This year's VBS theme is Cave Quest: Following Jesus The Light of the World.

A Family Fun Day takes place Sunday, July 31, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event includes music, inflaatables and free food.

The church is located at 7059 State Route 235, Alger.

 

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