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Several area students are on the Ohio State-Lima autumn semester dean’s list. Criteria varies by college. It is usually based on the grade point average for  the term and the number of credit hours taken. Many colleges require a minimum of 12 graded credit hours with a 3.5 GPA or higher.

Ada
Sarah Blevins
Allison Dotson
Emma Jameson
Breanna Miller
Kelly Preston
Jessica Robinson
Rakan Roda
Alexis Swaney
Paul Yuhasz

Alger
Tayler Lawrence

Dunkirk
Virginia Mills
Gabriella Weaver

Forest
Ashley Breidenbach

Ada Icon viewer, Jami Dellifield, is the winner of the Icon’s Golden Globe contest. She correctly picked seven winning categories in the contest.

She wins a 16-inch, 2-item pizza from 3 Brothers Family Pizza, Ada.

Watch for the next Icon contest coming at any time.

So, you think you know Ada? Okay, where is this? Answer tomorrow.

And, for a real brain-teaser, click here for this week's "So, you think you know Bluffton mystery?" photo.

Here are previews of the Ohio Northern University women’s tennis team and softball team.

By Tim Glon

Women’s tennis preview
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team is hoping to use a balanced approach in its quest for an Ohio Athletic Conference championship in 2021 under 20th-year head coach Scott Wills.

The Polar Bears feature a good blend balance of experience and youth - with three fifth-year seniors and six first or second year players.

Spring sports underway - recent game summaries here

By Tim Glon
MARIETTA — Ohio Northern fell at No. 6-ranked Marietta 100-49 in the championship game of the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament on Saturday night at at Ban Johnson Fieldhouse.

The fifth-seeded Polar Bears end their season at 6-8, while the top-seeded Pioneers end their season at 13-2.

The game marked the second time in the past four seasons that Ohio Northern reached the finals of the OAC Tournament.

Sophomores Grant Heileman (Millersport/Sheridan) and Landen Long (Mason) were named to the All-OAC Tournament Team.

After a stellar performance full of awards at St. Clairsville on Sunday, Ada Varsity Singers were named Grand Champion of their class in the Simmon Smackdown Virtual Competition. No audience to perform to. No cheerleaders rooting them on. No judges’ faces to entertain. Just a camera. Their performance was filmed before school recently. (From Ada Bulldogs Facebook)

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