By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Visiting Kenton outscored Hardin County rival Ada 48-22 over the middle quarters to pave the way to a 70-41 non-conference girls basketball win Saturday afternoon.
Kenton ended the first half on a 21-6 flurry to help turn a one-point deficit into a 17-point halftime cushion. A 10-0 Lady Wildcat run in the third period then put the game out of reach.
The Bulldog girls fell to 4-7 overall with the defeat. It was their first game in a week after winning the Border Battle tournament. Meanwhile, Kenton improved to 4-4 with the victory.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Host Ada ground out a defense-oriented 44-35 win over New Knoxville in a non-league boys basketball battle Saturday night.
The Bulldogs pulled away from a low-scoring 13-12 halftime score with a 19-7 third period burst. The purple and gold never led by less than eight points in the fourth quarter and went on to post their fourth win in five games.
Ada improved to 5-6 with the victory. NK dropped to 2-7 after their fifth consecutive loss.
You cannot understand good design if you do not understand people. That statement from Dieter Rams, German architecture and interior decorator, is wall art in familiar orange in the ONU engineering building.
Lori Thomas recently joined Vancrest Ada as its new dietary manager. She is in the featured employee of the January Vancrest newsletter.
Lori is a long-time area resident, having graduated from Allen East High School. She holds a bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration from the University of Phoenix.
Prior to joining the Vancrest staff, she was employed in dietary management for eight years at Mercy Health-St. Rita’s and for over five years at dietary manager at Lima Memorial Hospital.
She and her husband, Tim, live in the Waynesfield community.
