FINDLAY - Ada senior forward Logan Williams and junior midfielder Chris Reyes were each named first team All-North Central Ohio Soccer Association in boys soccer recently by a vote of the league coaches.
Williams led the Bulldogs (12-6) in goals while Reyes was second. Williams authored a six-goal game against Tiffin Columbian. He and Reyes each tallied a hat trick vs. Spencerville.
Bulldog senior midfielder Noah Pinkney and senior defender Noah Garmon both were voted second team all-league.
Ada senior defender Johnathon Rettig was voted honorable mention all-conference.
DELPHOS - Ada senior secondary ballhawk Chase Sumner was named the Northwest Conference Defensive Player of the Year in a vote conducted by the league coaches Monday night at Delphos.
The speedy, sure-handed Sumner led the NWC in interceptions with eight. He also topped the conference in receptions (84), touchdown catches (14) and passing yardage (1,181) in being voted first team offense at receiver.
As a kick return specialist, Sumner also was voted honorable mention all-conference.
Blanchard Valley Hospital was recently honored with an “A” grade in the Fall 2017 Hospital Safety Score, which rates how well hospitals protect patients from errors, accidents, injuries and infections.
The Hospital Safety Score uses 30 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to produce a single “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” score representing a hospital’s overall capacity to keep patients safe from preventable harm. More than 2,600 U.S. hospitals were assigned scores in Fall 2017.
To see how Blanchard Valley Hospital’s score compares locally and nationally, visit www.hospitalsafetygrade.org.
WAYNESFIELD - The Ada boys' and girls' basketball teams will compete in the inaugural "Border Battle" holiday basketball tournament Dec. 28-30 at Waynesfield-Goshen High School.
Local rivals Ada, Allen East, Upper Scioto Valley and host W-G will compete in the four-team tournaments, with eight games taking place over three days between the school's boys and girls varsity squads.
The event will culminate in the girls and boys title contests Saturday evening, Dec. 30.
AHS Volleyball coach Melissa Gossard (right) introduces team members at a pep rally this afternoon. A boisterous pep rally at the end of the Ada school day on Thursday recognized the tournament play of volleyball tonight, tournament play of football on Friday night, and band and color guard for their successes this year and the all-day Music Feast on Saturday. (Monty Siekerman photo)
The long-running and popular Ada High School Music Feast is set for Saturday, Nov. 4, in the school auditorium.
The show choir competition begins with River Valley at 9:30 a.m. Ada Varsity Singers perform at 1:45 p.m. Evening finals competition begins at 5:30 p.m. Awards will be handed out at 9 p.m.
Seven of the top show choirs in the state will be here. Each show choir of singer/dancers performs a set of songs between 15-20 minutes in length.
Tickets for the 40th annual Music Feast are available at the door.
