ADA — The Ohio Northern men's and women's track and field teams are set to open the 2018 campaign on Jan. 20 at the Ohio Athletic Conference Split Meet under the guidance of 9th-year head coach Jason Maus.
After the OAC Split meet, the Polar Bears will compete at both the Findlay Classic & Elite Throws meet and the Midwest Track & Field Open, hosted at the SPIRE Institute on Jan. 26-27.
Northern will host its first home meet on Feb. 3, as it hosts the annual Joe Banks Invitational at the ONU Sports Center Fieldhouse.
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team will look to continue its success during the 2017-18 season both on the court and in the classroom under the guidance of 17th-year head coach Scott Wills.
Northern finished second in the OAC a season ago after finishing the season 22-5 overall and posting a 7-1 record in the OAC.
Under the Wills tenure, the Polar Bears have been Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season champions, Tournament champions or runners-up in 15 of the last 16 years, which has included team titles in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2015.
DEFIANCE — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team opened its 2017 Fall schedule with a pair of 9-0 victories over Defiance and Concordia (Mich.) on Wednesday afternoon at Defiance's Dix Tennis Facility.
The Polar Bears are 2-0 on the season, while the host Yellow Jackets fall to 0-3 and the Cardinals fall to 0-1.
The victory over Defiance marks the 17th consecutive season-opening victory for Ohio Northern.
Sophomore Ola Latala (Grosse Ile, Mich.) and junior Ashley Ochsenhirt (Birmingham, Ala./Briarwood Christian) each posted victories at No. 1 singles to lead Ohio Northern.
ADA -- The Ohio Northern men's soccer team defeated Wittenberg 2-1 in its home season opener Wednesdayevening at Kerscher Stadium.
The Polar Bears improve to 1-1-1 overall, while the Tigers fall to 0-2-0.
Northern was led in the contest by junior Joseph Schulte (Copley) and senior Colin Johnson (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton) as the duo each scored a goal.
WU would strike first in the contest in the 12th minute as a Tiger forward received a pass from the Tiger keeper and beat a Northern defender to push the lead to 1-0.
The Ada Jr. Beta Club is participating in a project called "Adopt a Classroom." This is a way of helping classrooms in Texas that have been affected by Hurricane Harvey. They will be collecting money donations at the Ada home football game this Friday, September 8. All money collected will go toward purchasing items that a classroom and its students in Texas desperately need. Please consider partnering with us in this important project.
Lima native Fred Krakowiak, nature and wildlife artist, will have a display of his artwork at ArtSpace/Lima Sept. 15 through Oct. 28, according to Bill Sullivan of ArtSpace.
Krakowiak will present a multi-media discussion and demonstration of his work at a Soup & Salad Lecture at ArtSpace on Thursday, Oct. 5. Visit the ArtSpace website for reservation information, www. artspacelima.com.
A public reception will be held on Friday, Oct. 6, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
The Ohio Northern women's tennis team opened its 2017 Fall schedule with a pair of 9-0 victories over Defiance and Concordia (Mich.) on Wednesday afternoon at Defiance's Dix Tennis Facility.
The Polar Bears are 2-0 on the season, while the host Yellow Jackets fall to 0-3 and the Cardinals fall to 0-1.
The victory over Defiance marks the 17th consecutive season-opening victory for Ohio Northern.
Sophomore Ola Latala (Grosse Ile, Mich.) and junior Ashley Ochsenhirt (Birmingham, Ala./Briarwood Christian) each posted victories at No. 1 singles to lead Ohio Northern.
By Monty Siekerman
ReStore Community Center provided 1,250 free lunches to Ada area youth at War Memorial Park this year.
A special week was held in June when members of law enforcement, the ambulance service, and the fire department had personnel and equipment on hand to explain their responsibilities to the children.
Fridays was always a popular day because prizes were handed out to all and water activities were available.
This was the fifth year that ReStore provided the lunches. Calvin Fisher has headed up the lunches and activities for the past several years.
From the Ada police reports: Today Sgt. Donnie Decking responded to a call of an injured hawk. Upon investigation it was discovered that a Red Tail Hawk was simply stopping by Ada to have lunch (a Cooper's Hawk).
The Red Tail Hawk allowed Sgt. Deckling to get within feet of it for an assessment under direction of the department's Wildlife Officer.
Wildlife did respond and the Hawk finished his lunch in quick manner so as not to be captured and all ended well (with exception of the Cooper's Hawk).
We had a number of concerned citizens and we thought you might like an update.
BLUFFTON - Paulding won a four-team golf match of Northwest Conference foes Monday at the Bluffton Golf Course.
The Panthers finished first wth 183 strokes, followed by Crestview (188), Bluffton (194) and Ada (246).
Ada was led by freshman Brevin Sizemore, who shot a nine-hole score of 58. Junior Austin Amburgey carded a 61. Ethan Hull posted a 63 and Rob Allison registered a total of 64.
Wyatt Badertscher added a 71.
Pirate Aaron Belcher was match medalist with a score of 38. Cade McGarvee of Paulding was second with a round of 43.
