UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team played well in a difficult environment, but dropped a 2-1 overtime decisison at No. 10-ranked John Carroll on Saturday night at Don Shula Stadium.
The Polar Bears fall to 9-5-1 overall and are 2-3-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Blue Streaks improve to 12-1-1, 4-1-0.
JCU scored just 2:30 into overtime to post the match-winner.
ASHLAND - The Ada girls soccer team lost at Ashland Crestview 9-1 in Div. III sectional first round play Saturday evening to be eliminated from the tournament.
The Lady Bulldogs were seeded 12th in the 13-team district.
The loss dropped the Lady Bulldog record to 5-11. Ashland Crestview, the sixth seed, will play at second-seeded Liberty-Benton Oct. 18 in second round action.
The Cougars scored very early in the game and raced to a 6-0 lead by halftime. AC extended the margin to 9-0 before Ada scored its goal.
VAN WERT - Ada sophomore Abbie James finished 12th in the Northwest Conference cross country championship meet at the Van Wert Reservoir Saturday morning.
James covered the 3.1-mile course in 21:46 to post the top Ada girls finish among the 57-runner field.
The Lady Bulldog squad finished fifth at the meet while Columbus Grove won the girls team crown handily over second-place Lincolnview.
Sophomore Reece Evans posted the best Bulldog boys finish, coming in 21st out of 69 runners in a time of 19:13.
Ada only had three boys race, two less than the requisite five to field a team score.
On your marks, get set, go! The ONU Circle K and Ada Girl Scout Troop 21172 fun run and 5k Sunday raised funds for United Methodist Committee on Relief. The event was held in the Sports Center due to rain.This is the beginning of the fun run. In the next photo, five-year-old Colton Kean tries to grab a balloon while waiting for the fun run to begin. The balloon had just the right amount of helium in it so that it just hung suspended in the air, neither rising nor falling into Colton's waiting hands. (Monty Siekerman photo)
By Monty Siekerman
It's safer to walk or ride a bicycle along the sidewalks in Ada after members of the tree commission and ONU students trimmed some of the low branches on the trees on Saturday morning.
Commission members plan a tree trimming session each fall.
These three commission members, volunteering their time, handling some serious equipment, plan to head out on the job. From left are Jim Neiswander, Angela Polachek, and Jamie Hall.
In the photo below members of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity help trim trees (from left) Luke Franks, Alex Hoskins, Kyle Kahle, and Colten Tepe.
