By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The host Ada volleyball team swept Spencerville in a Northwest Conference match to celebrate Senior Night in style Thursday.
The Lady Bulldogs improved to 9-11 overall and 2-5 in the NWC with a convincing 25-14, 25-23, 25-12 win. The Bearcat girls fell to 6-12 and 0-7 in the NWC with the defeat.
"I finally felt like we had good energy," said Ada head coach Kyleigh Tabor. "We played hard and had fun."
"It was a tough loss; we played hard," said Spencerville head coach Amy Hoback.
By Cort Reynolds
MT. BLANCHARD - Host Riverdale shut out Ada 5-0 in a boys soccer North Central Ohio Soccer Association match Thursday evening.
The loss dropped the overall Bulldog record to 8-5-1 (2-2 NCOSA).
Ada (3-1 Northwest Conference) plays at backyard league rival Allen East (5-6-1, 3-0 NWC) Monday, October 7. AE trails four-time defending NWC champion Bluffton (4-0) by a half-game.
The Mustangs and Pirates meet in the league/regular season finale October 10 at Harrod with an NWC title on the line. Ada would share a three-way league crown if they beat AE, and if the Mustangs defeat Bluffton.
Ada runners at Kenton Invite By Cort Reynolds
KENTON - The Ada boys cross country team finished sixth at the Kyle Althauser Memorial Invitational meet hosted by Kenton Thursday evening.
St. Marys won the team title with 31 points. Waynesfield-Goshen finished a distant second (65), followed closely by host Kenton (66).
Hardin Northern finished fourth (95), with Riverdale fifth (107) and Ada sixth (165). Lima Senior (no score) and Perry (no score) were each two runners short of the requisite five needed to total a team score.
Ohio Northern senior linebacker Mark Niles (Miramar, Fla.) has been named to the D3football.com Team of the Week for his efforts in Ohio Northern's 45-35 victory over Otterbein.
Niles tied a career-high with 15 tackles, had two sacks, three TFL and a pass broken up in the contest.
He was also named the Ohio Athletic Conference Football Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.
Through four games this season, Niles leads the OAC with 47 tackles and four sacks and is second in the league with 6 TFL.
Northwest Physical Therapy, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton, is offering free therapy screens this month.
These screens will be available at all four outpatient locations in Delphos, Ottawa, Bluffton and Lima. To schedule a free therapy screening
in October call the Bluffton office at:
419-358-6978
A physical therapy screening takes approximately 10-15 minutes and will be performed by a licensed clinician. A therapy screening helps identify issues that may be causing unnecessary pain.
A network of physicians at Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) have recently joined together to establish the Heartburn & Reflux Center of Northwest Ohio. The center will provide comprehensive care to help patients eliminate heartburn and other symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and related disorders.
The center is led by Jessica Reynolds, MD, a general surgeon with Surgical Associates of Northwest Ohio. A “reflux care navigator” will also be available to patients, to assist with ordering and scheduling of tests, appointments and patient follow-ups.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The host Ada girls soccer team broke up a scoreless tie late and held off a last-minute Delphos Jefferson attempt to edge the Wildcats 1-0 in a defensive Northwest Conference match Wednesday evening.
The win stopped a six-match winless streak, upping the Lady Bulldog record to 3-9-1 overall and 2-3-1 in NWC play. DJ fell to 0-12 and 0-4 in league action with the loss.
The teams played to a scoreless tie in the first half and throughout most of the second half.
"We controlled the ball for almost all of the first half, but it ended up tied 0-0," said Bulldog head coach Doug Poling.
FROM THE ONU WEBSITE - On the evening of Sept. 11, 2019, Dial-Roberson Stadium was a sight to behold. Dozens of people made their way up and down the stadium steps over and over.
They marched for the victims, they marched for the first responders, they marched for those who answered the call to defend their homeland and our freedom.
The 9/11 Stair Climb, as it has come to be known, began as an ROTC effort, started by recent graduate Bryce Bouman, BS ’19, but this year marked the first time that it took place on ONU’s campus as an organized public event, hosted by the newly re-established Ohio Northern Veterans Organization (ONVO).
