AHS softball will celebrate Senior Night on April 24
By Cort Reynolds
ADA – The Ada High School softball team blasted tough Blanchard Valley Conference rival Van Buren 10-0 on a warm and sunny Wednesday evening, April 23.
The Bulldogs out-hit the Black Knights 12-3, and they scored in four of their five innings up to bat.
Ada improved to 13-2 overall and 5-2 in the BVC with the surprisingly lopsided five-inning victory. The Bulldog girls have outscored the opposition 56-1 during their current five-game win streak, all at home.
ADA – The Ada High School baseball team lost to visiting Blanchard Valley Conference power Van Buren 16-2 on a warm Wednesday evening, April 23.
The unbeaten Black Knights jumped ahead with five runs in the top of the first frame. VB tallied four more in the second, and pushed five runs across in the third to build a 14-2 lead.
The Bulldogs plated single runs in the first and second innings.
Ada dropped to 3-9 overall and 2-4 in the BVC with the defeat. Van Buren improved to 9-0 overall and 4-0 in BVC play after the win.
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Two weeks ago, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) implemented a significant number of job cuts that will impact our response to sexual assault here locally.
The Program Branch of the CDC Division of Violence Prevention (DVP) was eliminated. This section, which is part of the Injury Center, is responsible for administering the Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) program that has provided Crime Victim Services with vital funding to carry out prevention programming since 2013.
Ohio Northern University is celebrating April—and Earth Day—by becoming even greener.
From www.ONU.edu
ONU’s Donald J. Bettinger Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry recently became a Green Chemistry Commitment Signing Institution, a designation awarded by Beyond Benign, a chemistry education organization.
