The Ohio Northern men's soccer team moved up seven spots to No. 9 nationally in the second weekly d3soccer.com poll on Tuesday.
The Polar Bears (6-0-0 overall) received 638 points in the poll, 204 more points that last week, when they were ranked No. 16.
Northern has now been nationally-ranked for six consecutive years and 10 times in the last 11 seasons.
Amherst remained in the top spot in the rankings with 987 points and 14 first place votes, followed by Kenyon in second with 937 points and one first place vote and Rowan (N.J.) in third with 918 points and the remaining four first place votes.
Senior Ashley Borchers had a double-double with 10 kills and 30 assists and hit .444 to lead the Ohio Northern volleyball team to a 30-28, 25-14, 25-17 victory over Denison on Tuesday night at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 7-1 on the season, while the Big Red falls to 2-7.
Northern started the match slowly and trailed 28-27 in Set 1 before scoring the final three points to win the opener 30-28.
In the second set, Northern used an early 5-0 run to take a commanding 13-6 lead.
ONU went to the bench in the third set and scored four straight points to go up 19-13.
The Ohio Northern women's tennis team improved to 5-0 on the season with a 9-0 victory over Defiance and an 8-1 win over Concordia (Mich.) on Tuesday afternoon at Dix Tennis Courts in Defiance.
Against, Defiance, freshman Mackenzie Wills led the way for ONU as she posted a 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 2 singles and teamed up with senior Brittany Toney to win 8-0 at No. 2 doubles.
Freshmen Katherine Curry, Kaleigh Cummins, Jordan Dodson, and Jacey Higbie also posted 6-0, 6-0 shutout victories at Nos. 3, 4, 5, and 6 sigles, respectively.
The Ada Junior Civic League met at the home of Sandy Neely for a potluck dinner with 10 members and 6 guests present. The meeting was called to order by President Linda Ferguson. She began by thanking Sandy, Shirley Chambers and Sherry Evans for hosting.
Once upon a time in Ada
Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse [email protected]
Here's two stories from th 1870s about Ada:
Oct. 9, 1872 - The Great Grady Circus and Menagerie from Kenton, Ohio was the first circus to come to Ada.
1873 the first steam grist mill in the township was built by the Young Brothers. It stood on Lincoln Street opposite the Lutheran church. A scroll mill was built just east of the grist mill and it burned in 1876.
Two Ada High School students were candidates for this year's Hardin County Junior Fair king and queen. The two were Ashley Breidenbach and Hunter Purdy. Ashley is the daughter of Travis and Tracy Breidenbach. Hunter is the son of Matt and Brandi Purdy. Ashley was awarded runner up. The fair concluded on Sunday evening. (Photo from Ada Bulldogs Facebook)
