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By Tim Glon

ADA — Senior Haley Potters (Wheelersburg/South Webster) tied a career-high with 20 kills and sophomore McKenna Jordan (Toledo/Saint Ursula) had 18 kills to lead No. 22-ranked Ohio Northern to a 4-set volleyball victory over Kenyon Wednesday night at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears (10-3 overall) also got 13 kills from sophomore Chelsea Huppert (Bremen, Ind.) and 57 assists from Katie Wade (Battle Creek, Mich./Harper Creek) in the 21-25, 25-18, 25-17, 25-22 win.

The Ladies (8-4) were led by Haley Witschey with 13 kills and Schuyler Stupica with 10 kills.

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - The host Ada boys soccer team was shut out 2-0 by Liberty-Benton
Thursday evening.

The Bulldog win streak was snapped at six with the defeat, dropping their
record to 7-2.

Senior keeper Ace Gamble made seven saves in goal for Ada (2-1 home).

Ada (2-0 NWC) hosts rival Bluffton (6-2-1, 2-0 NWC) in a battle for first
place in the league Tuesday, Sept. 26.

By Cort Reynolds

LIMA - The visiting Ada volleyball team lost in four tough sets at Lima
Central Catholic Thursday night in a non-league battle.

The Bulldogs fell to 6-5 overall and 1-1 on the road with the 25-23,
25-19, 21-25, 25-21 defeat.

Senior ace Melina Woods led Ada with 32 kills, 11 digs, three blocks and
two aces.

Senior setter Maddie Gossard doled out 27 assists, made seven digs and
served four aces.

Senior libero Olivia Alexander came up with 17 digs while classmate
defensive specialist Kaiti Newland added 13 digs.

Bearcats win NWC golf tourney
By Cort Reynolds

DELPHOS - Regular season champion Spencerville won the nine-team Northwest Conference golf tournament crown Wednesday at the Delphos Country Club.

The Bearcats won with just 341 strokes. Lincolnview took second (353), followed by Paulding (362), Bluffton (373), Allen East (375), Columbus Grove (383), Crestview (384), Delphos Jefferson (416) and Ada (469) in ninth.

"All the guys have improved a lot," said Bulldog head coach Jason Campbell of the young team's progress. "We have met the team goals that were set at the beginning of the season.

By Mark Badertscher, OSU Extension Educator

Hardin County - During the month of August, Extension volunteer rainfall reporters received an average of 1.39 inches of rain.  The most rain for this month, 3.40 inches, fell in Jackson Township as measured by Rick Weber.  The least rain reported during the month, 0.65 inches was reported in Marion Township by Mark Lowery.  During the same month last year, an average of 5.22 inches of rain fell.  The rainfall recorded in August over the past ten years averaged 4.03 inches. 

Finishing touches go in place in McIntosh Center on the ONU campus. One of those touches involves window work.

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