A new bouncy black mulch is underfoot at the playground at Ada's War Memorial Park. The only puddles in sight were at the ends of a slide or two, during this rainy week. The upgrade is one of several current projects at the park. Construction of a new Picnic Shelter #2 and a new concession stand at the football-soccer-track stadium are in progress.
FROM ADA SCHOOLS ALERTS__The Ada community is invited to attend the 119th annual Ada High School Interclass Competition at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 2nd in the AHS auditorium.
The 2026 finalists for the 119th Interclass Competition are:
For POETRY: 10th Grade: Caleb Hollar, 11th Grade: Cheznie Vieira and 12th Grade: Cayden Wise
For SHORT STORY: 10th Grade: Abbey Anderson, 11th Grade: Callie Burgess and 12th Grade: Madison Rowland
For ESSAY: 10th Grade: Emily Shanks, 11th Grade: Kaitlyn Lambert and 12th Grade: Kaylie Klear
For DRAMATIC READING: 10th Grade: Chimdalu Onyekelu, 11th Grade: Taliana Parker and 12th Grade: Ayla Tabler
FINDLAY__The visiting Ada High School softball team gave up four runs in the bottom of the seventh and lost a 9-6 heartbreaker to Liberty-Benton in a key Blanchard Valley Conference makeup game on Thursday, April 16.
The seesaw battle featured two grand slams and four home runs.
The Eagles jumped ahead 3-0 in the first inning, but the Ada girls tallied two runs in the fourth to inch within a run. The Bulldogs then seized a 6-3 lead with four runs in the sixth.
L-B won the game with a walk-off grand slam over the left field fence by Elise Brzezinski in the bottom of the seventh. Her circuit blast capped the comeback win.
FINDLAY__The visiting Ada High School baseball team lost 12-1 at Blanchard Valley Conference rival Liberty-Benton in a makeup game on a warm Thursday, April 16.
L-B raced in front with a seven-run first inning and never trailed. Ada plated its lone run in the top of the third frame, but the Eagles answered with three scores in the home half of the third.
Two more Eagle runs in the fourth inning eventually invoked the 10-run mercy rule after 4.5 frames.
The Bulldogs were out-hit 11-2 by L-B. Ada committed four errors, leading to five unearned runs.
Ada dropped to 6-4 overall and 2-3 in the BVC with the road loss.
