Photos by Cort Reynolds
Here is a selection of photos of the Ada High School girls' softball team in an earlier season contest against Delphos Jefferson.
• Ada second sacker Raina England throws out a Wildcat runner in the19-1. Bulldog blowout of Delphos Jefferson on a warm and windy Thursday evening. Shortstop Olivia Alexander backs up on the play with hurler Leona
Dalton looks on.
• Ada freshman Leona Dalton fires to the plate.
• Sure-handed Ada third baseman Maddie Gossard gloves a pop-up.
COLUMBUS GROVE - The Ada boys track team finished fifth and the purple and gold girls came in ninth at the annual 12-team Columbus Grove Bulldog Invitational Friday evening.
Juniors Noah Mattson and Miguel Jordan posted the best Ada showings by coming in second in the shot put and 800 meters, respectively.
Ada sophomore Alex Morgan also came in third in the pole vault, and he finished fifth in two hurdle races.
Bulldog sophomore Nora Dellifield (pole vault) and freshman Brenna Hissong (400 meters) each finished third to top the Ada girls.
ADA - The Ada boys tennis team swept visiting Marion Harding 5-0 in a battle of previously unbeaten teams on a warm and windy Friday evening.
The Bulldogs improved to 5-0 with the one-sided victory, while MH fell to 4-1 with the loss.
Senior ace Zach Beaschler won 12 games in a row at first singles to increase his record to 5-0 this spring. Speedy junior Cade Mullins dominated at second singles, dropping just one game as he also improved to 5-0.
Consistent-stroking freshman Miranda Wills handled the wind well and won without dropping a game at third singles to stay undefeated at 5-0.
McGUFFEY - The visiting Ada baseball team outslugged backyard arch-rival USV 20-16 in a game originally suspended by darkness in the seventh inning on an unseasonably warm Friday evening.
Ada improved to 3-4 with the big win over their winless non-league rival.
The Bulldogs trailed 6-3 after a wild first inning. Ada edged ahead 7-6 after scoring four runs in the second, then extended the lead to 15-6 with eight more scores in the top of the third.
McGUFFEY - The visiting Ada softball team held local arch-rival USV to one hit and rolled over the Rams 13-1 on a warm but windy Friday evening.
Ada improved to 7-2 with their sixth victory in the last seven games. The Rams fell to 0-4 with the defeat.
The purple and gold plated five runs in each of the first and second innings, then added one in the third to build an insurmountable 11-0 cushion.
Two more Bulldog runs in the top of the fourth frame extended the margin to 13-0. USV tallied an unearned run in the bottom of the fourth without a hit.
Barbara A. Hopson, age 77, died on Saturday, April 15, 2018 at 8:35 a.m. at Willow Ridge at Mennonite Home Community, Bluffton, Ohio.
She was born on July 25, 1940 in Lima, Ohio to the late Dewitt I. “Dig” and Maxine (Smith) Goodwin. On August 11, 1956 Barbara married Larry R. Hopson who preceded her in death on November 10, 1993.
Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
Amanda Swanson says, “On your mark, get set, go” to begin the walk/run for juvenile diabetes research held Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center. The goal was to raise $3,000.
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Amanda, a biology major, is president of the ONU chapter of the Professional Organization of Women in Science (PAWS), the sponsoring group. ONU HealthWise also assisted with the project.
Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
The Ada Kiwanis Club served about 600 meals on Saturday during the 66th annual Pancake/Sausage Day at the Ada Schools cafeteria during the breakfast and lunch hours.
This is a major fundraiser for the service club, which is known for helping youth.
Serving began at 7 a.m. and, yes, there were diners waiting at the door at that early hour on a Saturday morning.
The grand reopening of the Ada Public Library addition and remodeling will be held on Saturday, April 28.
The program will begin with remarks by Library Director Rhett Grant at 10:30 a.m. The celebration/open house will continue until 1:30 p.m. with refreshments and
Tater the Clown entertaining the children. Tater (Robert Halsey of Kenton) is a balloon artist.
