ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team saw eight different athletes score as ONU defeated Anderson (Ind.) 8-0 on Tuesday evening at Kerscher Stadium.
The Polar Bears improve to 7-2-1 overall with the victory, while the Ravens drop to 5-4-1.
ONU scored early and often in the contest as senior Grant Cayot (Roanoke, Ind./Blackhawk Christian) scored after the AU keeper mishandled Cayot's shot to give ONU a 1-0 in the second minute of the contest.
Minutes later in the seventh minute, freshman Beelal Hasan (Westerville/Thomas) scored his second goal of the season after finding a ball in traffic and scoring from 10 yards out.
CONVOY - The visiting Ada volleyball team won a five-set marathon at Crestview Tuesday night in a battle of Northwest Conference unbeatens.
The Lady Bulldogs prevailed 22-25, 27-25, 25-16, 22-25, 15-6 to improve to 9-7 overall and 3-0 in the NWC. Crestview fell to 10-3 and 4-1 in the NWC with the five-set loss.
Ada senior ace Melina Woods broke her own school record for kills in match (38) with 48 kills, which is the second-highest match total in Ohio high school annals.
By Monty Siekerman
Austin Amburgey says, "Don't mess with me."
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He and many other students dressed up for costume day on Wednesday as part of spirit week to drum up interest in Ada Homecoming.
Friday's events include a bonfire in the north parking lot at 5:45 p.m., the announcement of the king and queen at 6:30 p.m., the football game against Columbus Grove at 7 p.m.
The Homecoming dance will be held in the cafeteria from 8-11 p.m. on Saturday. It may be a month before Halloween, but these students are ready now...check out more photos at the bottom of this story.
State school report cards for the 2016-17 school year show Ada schools continue to attain remarkable results. The results were released by the Ohio Department of Education this week.
See charts below comparing Ada with neighboring school districts -
• Riverdale
• Allen East
• Hardin Northern
• Kenton
• Ridgemont
• Upper Scioto Valley
Meri Skilliter, Ada superintendent, provided the following observations on the current report card:
The showing of the jazz documentary “Music Inn" will held be at noon on Thursday in the Bear Cave in McIntosh Center. The film lasts just more than an hour, and the event is free and open to the public. After the showing, producer George Schuller will be available for a discussion about jazz and the film.
“Music Inn” tells the story of the famous educational summer camp and artist-colony experience that shaped today’s biggest names in jazz.
Schuller, son of the famous Gunther Sculler, is a composer, arranger and drummer.
The Town and Gown Banquet, which celebrates the connection between Ada and Ohio Northern University, will be held Monday, Nov. 6 in the McIntosh Center. Highlights of the evening are the presentation of the Distinguished Citizen Award and the welcoming of newcomers to the community.
Distinguished Citizen Award nominations may be submitted online at www.onu.edu/towngownor by downloading the form from that site and sending to Katie Fitzgerald, ONU office of Human Resources, 525 S. Main St., Ada, or [email protected]. The nomination deadline is Oct. 18.
Guest artist Staff Sgt. Mike Forbes will present a tuba recital at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5 in Presser Hall.. The event is free and open to the public. He will be accompanied by Eric Jenkins on piano.
Forbes began his career as a tubaist with the U.S. Army Band. He is associate lecturer of low brass at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Jenkins is a collaborative pianist and vocal coach at Emory University and Kennesaw State University.
Monty Siekerman photos
Kate Newland (left) and Nikki Lehsten practice passing the football.
Meanwhile, below, if the girls play football, what do the guys do...become the cheerleaders, of course.
Here, Reece Evans (left) and Al Morgan lead the spectators in a cheer during Sunday night's Powder Puff football game at War Memorial Stadium.
It was the 9th and 10th grade girls pitted against the 11th and 12th grade girls in a game organized to raise funds for the Junior Class for prom. The upperclassmen won in a blowout: 61-0.
