No. 14-ranked Ohio Northern will travel to the Finger Lakes Region of New York for the NCAA III Women's Soccer Tournament Third Round and will face No. 2 William Smith (N.Y.) on Saturday at a time yet to be announced.
The Polar Bears (19-1-2 overall) advanced by defeating Penn State-Behrend 2-0 in the First Round and No. 20 Illinois Wesleyan 2-0 in the Second Round.
The Hurons (19-1-0) downed Lasell (Mass.) 5-0 and No. 24 Swarthmore (N.Y.) 2-0.
Both schools hosted the first two rounds last weekend.
Mindi Wells, Esq., PHR, of Wells Law will give the send-off at the Hardin Leadership graduation on Thursday at the Elk's Lodge in Kenton.
The county leadership group will be celebrating its 25th year with a buffet dinner at 6:30 p.m. that evening.
Wells is an ONU law graduate and a 2002 Hardin Leadership graduate. Wells Law is an employment and education law firm in Columbus. Jesse Purcell of Kenton will give the class reflections.
The annual meeting will take place following the graduation.
Ohio Northern senior Megan Nieszala (Lambertville, Mich./St. Marys Catholic Central) and sophomore Chelsea Huppert (Bremen, Ind.) were named Honorable Mention All-America by the American Volleyball Coaches Association for 2017.
Nieszala is a repeat selection on the All-America squad, as she earned the honor as a junior in 2016.
Nieszala and Huppert were also named First Team All-Great Lakes Region and First Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference earlier this season.
The Ohio Northern men's basketball team nearly pulled off a huge upset, trailing by just two points in the final three minutes before falling 72-62 in an exhibition game at NCAA Division I foe Toledo on Tuesday evening at Savage Arena.
The Rockets improve to 2-0 on the season. The game counts as an exhibition contest for the Polar Bears because the official season starting date for NCAA Division III schools is Nov. 15.
Senior Nate Burger (Dayton/Alter) poured in 23 points and junior Ryan Bruns(Chickasaw/Marion Local) had a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds to lead ONU.
Tre'Shaun Fletcher had 27 points and 10 rebounds for Toledo.
The Ohio Northern men's cross country team fell eight spots to No. 26 in the eighth weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll, released on Wednesday.
The Polar Bears (113-19 overall) received 58 points in the poll. Northern has now been ranked in seven of the nine national polls, including the preseason poll.
The Polar Bears will compete in this weekend's Div. III National Championships after placing third at the Great Lakes Regional meet and earning an at large bid to the Championships.
Amburgey Construction has broken ground for the Ada Dog Park on East Lehr Ave.
Golden retriever Abby gives "paws up" as she watches the digging for the water line to the 100'x300' area that is on the far north side of War Memorial Park. Fundraising this year has been successful for the $33,000 project, but more money needs to be raised to fully reach the goal.
Checks payable to Ada Dog Park Association may be mailed to 301 S. Johnson St. Ada, Ohio, 45810. There are 1,400 dogs with licenses in the 45810 ZIP code, and probably a few without licenses.
By Monty Siekerman
An evening of happy, beat-driven music will fill Presser Hall at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 28. Five percussion groups will perform, including the ONU Percussion Ensemble, Steel Drum Band, African Dance and Drumming Ensemble, the newly-formed Samba Band and an Ada favorite, the Wild Steelions.
The Wild Steelions, made up of area junior and senior high students, will perform a variety of steel drum tunes as well as holiday tunes. Think Caribbean Islands.
The Samba Band (think Brazilian music) will perform a high-energy tune called "Summer Samba."
By Monty Siekerman
The Ada High School scholastic quiz bowl team won the conference championship Saturday at an 8-school competition hosted by Bluffton High School on Saturday.
Ada won by good margins each time they competed. The conference consists of the same schools that are members of the Northwest Conference.
Ada finished 8-0 beating Lincolnview, 20-3; Crestview, 13-4; Spencerville, 11-7, Paulding, 12-7, Allen East, 17-7; Delphos Jefferson, 15-3, Ada 14, Bluffton 5 and Columbus Grove, 10-6. Ada qualifies for regional competition in April.
Senior Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) and junior Ashlie Baumann (Sterling Heights, Mich./Stevenson) were named All-Great Lakes Region after posting top-35 finishes to lead the Ohio Northern women's cross country team to a ninth place finish at the NCAA III Great Lakes Regional meet on Saturday afternoon.
The Polar Bears finished ninth of 35 teams with 292 points, improving their record to 94-37 overall.
