Ada competed in a four-team Northwest Conference golf match Monday evening at Colonial Hills Golf Course.
Lincolnview edged Allen East, 167-169. Ada took third at 214 strokes, with Spencerville a distant fourth at 252.
Sophomore Jack Baumgartner paced Ada with a nine-hole round of 52. Senior Dexter Woods III shot 53, junior Geddes Klingler fired a 54 and senior Andrew Rush carded a 55 to round out the Bulldog scorers.
Senior Kamron Wilkerson registered a 68, and freshman Wyatt Ferguson added a 79.
The Bullogs (4-12) play a league tri-match at Moose Landing Country Club Tuesday, hosted by Columbus Grove.
The homestanding Ada volleyball team dropped a three-set match to unbeaten non-league foe Ben Logan Monday evening.
The always-tough BL squad defeated the Lady Bulldogs 25-14, 25-9, 25-10.
Ada dropped to 1-4 overall and 1-3 at home with the loss. Meanwhile, BL improved to 5-0 after the win.
"I thought our defense did a really nice job," said Ada head coach Kyleigh Tabor. "They have some good servers, and they had some runs on our serve reception.
"Ben Logan is always good, they have a couple of nice hitters," she continued. "I thought we played hard and fought the whole game."
The homestanding Ada girls soccer team defeated Marion Harding 5-4 Saturday afternoon at War Memorial Stadium.
Ada improved to 2-1 with the non-league victory.
The Lady Bulldogs built a 3-1 lead by halftime and held on for the win.
Ella Marshall tallied three goals to pace the victors.
Olivia Burkhart and Julia Kamatali each netted a goal for Ada.
"There are so many emotions right now," said Bulldog second-year head coach A.J. Wahlie. "I am thrilled that we became the first Ada team to win in our beautiful new stadium.
Visiting Ada fell behind early to Arlington and lost 34-0 in a non-league gridiron clash Friday night.
Arlington led 14-0 after the first period and carried that lead into halftime.
Two Red Devil third-quarter touchdowns put the game out of reach.
The Bulldogs fell to 0-2 with the loss. Arlington improved to 2-0 with the win.
Former Ada running back Keagan Hull started the scoring with a 46-yard TD scamper with 5:34 left in the first period. A two-point conversion run by Grant Riegle put the Red Devils on top, 8-0.
The Ada girls soccer team lost a weather-shortened game 6-1 to Coldwater Thursday evening in the home opener on the new synthetic turf field at War Memorial Stadium.
Ada fell to 1-1 with the defeat, while Coldwater improved to 2-0 with the win.
Senior Julia Kamatali scored the lone Lady Bulldog goal.
Cavalier Ava Giere tallied four gols and dished out two assists to pace the victors. Maddie Sheffer and Hope Hemmelgarn netted the other Coldwater scores.
The game was stopped at halftime due to thunderstorms in the area.
The Ada girls host Marion Harding Saturday, August 28 at 1 p.m.
The host Ada volleyball team lost a straight-sets match to undefeated Coldwater on a steamy Thursday evening.
After a competitive start, the Lady Bulldogs fell 25-17, 25-10, 25-7.
Ada dropped to 1-3 overall and 1-2 at home with the defeat. Meanwhile, Coldwater improved to 5-0 after the sweep.
"The stats don't show it but we played well," said Ada head coach Kyleigh Tabor. "Coldwater is a really strong team. They are great defensively, and it is very hard to get a kill against them or to put the ball away."
It’s always a joyful moment when a new baby is born. Everyone in the family wants to come to meet the new addition. A few days later, this precious little baby is struggling to breathe and needs to be in the ICU with RSV bronchiolitis.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is generally a virus present in the winter, usually at its worst in January and February each year. This year, RSV and influenza were conspicuously absent in the winter months. There are likely multiple reasons for this, but the bottom line is that RSV is here now.
