The Ohio Northern women's track and field team was picked to win the Ohio Athletic Conference outdoor title in the preseason coaches poll voted on by the leagues 10 head coaches.
The Polar Bears received 81 points and five first place votes in the poll.
Mount Union was picked to finish second with 69 points and three first place votes, while Otterbein rounded out the top-3 with 65 points and the final two first place votes.
Northern won the team title last season for the first time in eight years.
So does Cathy Jenks, an ONU graphic design major from Elida, who created a poster encouraging all who use toxic pesticides to find a better solution. Yesterday was Learn about Butterflies Day, although there are none of the beautiful creatures here presently due to continued freezing temperatures. Her poster, zeroing in on the Monarch butterfly, came about in a persuasive design course.
Five Ohio Northern student-athletes were named Scholar All-America in wrestling for 2017-18 by the National Wrestling Coaches Association.
Seniors Gavin Nelson (Oregon/Clay) and Alex Bair (Centerville), junior Clayton Davidson(Kirtland), sophomore Seth Transue (Plain City/Dublin) and freshman Alex Kowal(Cincinnati/Bishop Fenwick) all earned the honor.
The five honorees is the most in ONU program history. The Polar Bears were also named a Scholar All-America team and ranked 19th nationally with an impressive 3.47 team GPA.
Ryan Kennedy, the Hardin County wildlife officer, spoke to about 30 Vancrest residents on Wednesday afternoon during the monthly Coffee with a Cop program that the Ada Police Department sponsors. Here, Kennedy holds a coyote pelt. He also showed many other pelts of wildlife that roam the Ada area. He said his office receives calls about raccoons most often. Raccoon pelts used to bring $50, now it’s down to $5. He related how destructive mink is to chickens; and skunks, you don’t want to tangle with.
By Monty Siekerman
Kendal Guagenti had an untitled still life painting accepted for the Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition to be shown at the James Rhodes Office Tower in Columbus from April 22 until May 17.
Also, Melina Woods and Lyric Jones had paintings selected for two side exhibitions, which will be shown at the same time in the state department in Columbus. Three hundred paintings were chosen for the three shows from 12,000 works.
By Cort Reynolds
Ada High School held its winter sports awards banquet Tuesday evening.
Most Valuable athletes in each sport were: Connor Frazier (boys
basketball); Maddie Gossard (girls basketball); Chase Sumner (wrestling);
Zach Beaschler (boys swimming); Klava Katayama (girls swimming); Lyric
Jones and Anabel Alexander (cheerleading).
