Ohio Northern sophomore Christiaan Williams (Sidney/Anna) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Football Offensive Player of the Week.
In Northern's 51-21 victory over Capital on Saturday evening at Dial-Roberson Stadium, Williams broke a 17-year old single game rushing record, compiling 407 yards on 29 rushes.
The sophomore also added three touchdowns in the victory as he broke Ohio Northern Hall of Famer Jamal Robertson's previous single game record of 307 rushing yards.
Williams also caught one pass for five yards, breaking Robertson's single game all-purpose yards record of 406 yards also set in 2000.
ADA - The Ada football team will try to bounce back from a disappointing loss at Crestview when they host last-place Paulding in a Northwest Conference must-win contest Friday.
Last weekend's 49-21 defeat at Crestview all but eliminated the Bulldogs from realistic NWC title contention. Ada trails league leader Spencerville (4-0) by two full games with three left, and is also a game behind Delphos Jefferson and Crestview (each 3-1).
"We didn't play very well," said Ada fifth-year head coach Bob Olwin (31-21) of the loss at Crestview. "Their kids made some plays, we didn't play fast and we looked tentative tackling."
No, this is not an Ada photo, but it's a place you've probably visited. It's the Morning Star cider press on Road R between Bluffton and Ada.
Today you know it better as Suter's corn maze. Not much appears to have changed at the business in this color slide taken by Paul Diller of Bluffton in the early 1950s.
Looks like an early 1950s Ford, GMC truck, maybe a Chrysler and Studebaker in line for cider. (Photo from Jim Diller collection)
Once upon a time in Ada
Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse [email protected]
August 18, 1939 the American Legion Post will be erecting in Woodlawn Cemetery an eight foot monument to soldiers, sailors and nurses of all U.S. wars.
November 20, 1939Doling’s Bakery, one of Ada’s oldest business houses, closed its doors Monday after 50 years by members of the same family.
Meet Sawyer. He is a 7 year old neutered male shepherd mix. He weighs 66 pounds.This senior boy needs a home or rescue .Sawyer is a sweetheart of a dog, but needs a home soon. Please check him out at the shelter if you can give him a forever home.
To give a dog a forever home, contact the Hardin County dog shelter. It is located at 49 Jones Road on the west side of Kenton.
Hours: 9 am to 4 pm on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Phone: 419-674-2209.
Generally, about 20 to 25 dogs are available for viewing.
Both offenses put on a first half show in Covoy last Friday night, but stingy Crestview defense kept Ada out of the end zone in the second half, propelling the Knights to a 49-21 victory. The tough conference loss drops the Bulldogs to 2-2 in the NWC and 4-3 overall.
The Knights opened the first quarter scoring when Crestview quarterback Drew Kline found Derick Dealey for a 2-yard touchdown. Dylan Hicks’ extra point was good, putting the Knights in front 7-0 with 7:24 remaining in the quarter.
KENTON - The Ada cross country teams competed at the Kenton Invitational Thursday evening at the county fairgrounds in Kenton.
"After a full day of rain, the Bulldogs ran very well given the wet and muddy conditions of the Hardin County Fairgrounds," said Ada head coach Josh Klein. "Michael Crouse and Abbie James both set personal records for the season.
"We knew going into the race that most of our times would not be as fast as Kalida, given the slippery finish along the track in front of the grandstands.
