By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The visiting Bluffton girls soccer team shut out Ada 5-0 on a wet Monday evening at the park as the Pirate girls clinched at least a tie for the Northwest Conference crown.
Bluffton improved to 8-2-1 overall and 6-0 in NWC play with their seventh consecutive win. Ada fell to 2-8 overall and 0-4 in NWC action with the defeat.
Laykin Garmatter and Reagan Mittendorf each netted a pair of goals to pace the Pirate girls to victory.
Garmatter scored the first two goals in the 12th and 24th minutes to give Bluffton a 2-0 lead at intermission.
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The visiting Ada boys soccer team lost to undefeated Bluffton 7-0 Monday night at Steinmetz Field in a battle for first place in the Northwest Conference.
Five-time defending league champion Bluffton improved to 10-0-1 and 3-0 in the NWC (nine points) with the decisive win.
Ada fell to 6-4 overall and 3-1 in the Northwest Conference standings with nine points after the defeat.
The Pirates have now won 28 straight league matches. They are ranked first in the coaches' Div. III northwest region poll.
Ada fire and rescue squad responded to a fire alarm on Friday, Sept. 25, at 7:24 p.m., according to the Ada police log.
The report stated that smoke was coming out of window and that someone may be inside the building sat 540 E. Lincoln Ave., Unit 8.
Ada rescue personnel responded to a two-vehicle accident at 2:14 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 27. The accident involved injuries and occurred in the 400 block of South Johnson Street.
The Hardin County sheriff’s log from Sept. 23 to 27 are attached.
The congregations of St. Mark Lutheran and Sugar Grove United Methodist are working together to provide a free community meal – Last Wednesday Community Meal – from 5 to 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 30.
The meal is for carryout only and pickups are available at St. Mark, 125 Johnson St., Ada. Social distancing and safety protocol will be observed. The meal will be served delivered to automobile drive-ups, walk-ups and ride-your-bike-ups.
The menu was not yet determined when this story was posted.
Delivers are available in Ada and Liberty Township. Call 419-358-4611 by Monday, Sept. 28, for details.
By Cort Reynolds
RAWSON - The Ada boys soccer team defeated Cory-Rawson 4-2 Thursday evening in a North Central Ohio Soccer Association match.
The victory lifted the Bulldog boys record to 6-3 and 2-2 in NCOSA play. C-R fell to 5-5-1 and 1-3 in NCOSA action with the defeat.
For the second match in a row, Ada senior forward Jacob Poling scored all four Bulldog goals to spearhead a win. Classmate Ian Dellifield assisted on one of his scores.
Hornet Leo Miracle netted one goal and assisted on Zac Stoodt's goal.
Clayton Skulina made five saves in goal for C-R, while Ada keeper Grant Preston saved seven of the nine shots Cory put on goal.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - High-scoring Ada senior forward Jacob Poling is tied for seventh in the state of Ohio in all divisions with 20 goals in just nine matches so far this season.
His 20 goals also leads all of northwest Ohio as well.
Poling authored consecutive four-goal games for Ada in two wins last week.
Poling scored every Bulldog goal in victories over Lincolnview (4-0) on Tuesday, and at Cory-Rawson (4-2) Thursday.
Ada is 6-3 and has won six of its last seven matches. The Bulldogs lead the NWC at 3-0 and face undefeated defending champion Bluffton September 28 in a showdown for first place.
