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Men's soccer: Capital 2, ONU 1

The Ohio Northern men's soccer team dropped a 2-1 decision to OAC-foe Capital on a rainy Saturday evening at Kerscher Stadium.

The Polar Bears fall to 8-4-1 overall and 1-2-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Crusaders improve to 8-4-0, 2-1-0.

Northern returns to action on Wednesday evening as it welcomes Heidelberg at home for a 7 pm kickoff.

 

Women's soccer wins 8th straight

Pork dinner, live band, fish fry and Halloween party

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Four events at the VFW Post are open to the public in October, including a live band and Halloween party.

> Friday, Oct. 13--pulled pork dinner, from 5-7 p.m., $8 adult, $4 children.

> Saturday, Oct. 14--a live band, a local group, Jane and the Insane, from 8-midnight, no cover charge.

> Friday, Oct. 27--fish fry, from 5-7 p.m., $8 adult, $4 children.

> Saturday, Oct. 28--Halloween party with Quick as a Wink karaoke, 8-midnight, prizes for costumes, no cover charge.

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ONU sophomore Christiaan Williams set a Polar Bear football record on Saturday. He carried the ball for a school-record 407 yards. He also scored three touchdowns as ONU stopped Capital 51-21.

Competition performance earns a chance to participate in OMEA state finals

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Over the weekend, the Ada High School marching band and color guard earned the chance to participate in the Ohio Music Education (OMEA) state marching band finals later this fall.

Their outstanding Oct. 7 performance at Norton earned the band and color guard that opportunity.

At Norton, the band and color guard received first place in Class C (schools with less than 300 students in grades 10-12) at the “Art in Motion” OMEA competition.

The group also received the following awards when combining classes B and C:

Hardin County Pullers Fall Brawl in the Ada park

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Story and photos by Monty Siekerman
They came, they saw, they roared.

Seven classes of tractors and semis roared down the dirt track to see which machine could go the farthest under the guidance of top notch drivers, both men and women.

The Hardin County Pullers had a perfect day for the Fall Brawl at Ada War Memorial Park on Saturday with sprinkles the day before, which kept the dust down, and rain falling just as the four-hour event concluded.

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