GRANVILLE — The No. 19-ranked Ohio Northern volleyball team won its sixth straight match as it swept Denison on Tuesday evening at Livingston Gymnasium in Granville.
The Polar Bears improve to 15-3 overall with the victory, while the Big Red fall to 7-5.
Northern was led offensively by sophomore Sydney Bapst's (Grove City) 10 kills.
Sophomore Chelsea Huppert (Bremen, Ind.) added nine kills, while senior Haley Potters (Wheelersburg/South Webster) and freshman Paige Hartings (Coldwater) chipped in eight kills each.
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team saw eight different athletes score as ONU defeated Anderson (Ind.) 8-0 on Tuesday evening at Kerscher Stadium.
The Polar Bears improve to 7-2-1 overall with the victory, while the Ravens drop to 5-4-1.
ONU scored early and often in the contest as senior Grant Cayot (Roanoke, Ind./Blackhawk Christian) scored after the AU keeper mishandled Cayot's shot to give ONU a 1-0 in the second minute of the contest.
Minutes later in the seventh minute, freshman Beelal Hasan (Westerville/Thomas) scored his second goal of the season after finding a ball in traffic and scoring from 10 yards out.
CONVOY - The visiting Ada volleyball team won a five-set marathon at Crestview Tuesday night in a battle of Northwest Conference unbeatens.
The Lady Bulldogs prevailed 22-25, 27-25, 25-16, 22-25, 15-6 to improve to 9-7 overall and 3-0 in the NWC. Crestview fell to 10-3 and 4-1 in the NWC with the five-set loss.
Ada senior ace Melina Woods broke her own school record for kills in match (38) with 48 kills, which is the second-highest match total in Ohio high school annals.
Noteworthy delighted the audience at Vancrest Nursing Home on Sunday. Under the direction of Vicki Mills, Noteworthy sang patriotic tunes, led a hymn-sing, and performed Johnny Mercer's Moon River and Sisters (from White Christmas). Melanie Dyer sang Patsy Cline's Walkin' After Midnight and Crazy, then performed Try Everything from Zooptopia with her daughter Brenna. Singers this year included (left to right) Raina Rausch, Melanie Dyer, and Cindy Bandish. Noteworthy is scheduled to sing at the Mennonite Home in Bluffton on Oct. 28.
