At the October 22 Ada High School home football game, 28 members of the 44 living members of the 1971 NWC championship team were present as well as head coach Gary Ricker, assistant coach Tom Dearth and two managers. Associated story with captions.
Ada High School seniors Isaac Williams and Tyler Jameson were named first team All-Northwest Conference in voting conducted recently (October 2021) by the league coaches.
Bulldog juniors Carter Conley and Brendan Jameson were voted second team all-league. Conley led the Bulldogs in goals scored.
Ada junior Ethan Murphy and freshman Logan Jolliff were named honorable mention All-NWC.
Ada finished its season 7-8-3 overall and 1-2-1 (fourth) in NWC action.
Jude Spallinger of unbeaten league champion Bluffton (4-0) was voted NWC Player of the Year.
Bluffton's Steve Smucker was named NWC Coach of the Year in voting by his peers.
Ada High School junior Courtney Sumner was voted honorable mention All-Northwest Conference in voting recently (October 2021) conducted by the league coaches.
The versatile Sumner was among the team leaders in kills, digs and aces. The Lady Bulldogs finished 2-19 overall and 0-7 in the NWC.
Lincolnview senior Kendall Bollenbacher was named NWC Player of the Year.
JaNahn Evans was named NWC Coach of the Year by her peers after leading the Lancers to a third straight conference crown.
Lincolnview, Crestview and Leipsic tied for the NWC title at 7-1.
St. Mark Lutheran Church, 125 S Johnson St, is serving their Free Community Meal from 5-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 27.
The meal is free and open to the public. This month's meal consists of a macaroni, cheese, beef, tomato skillet; green beans; fruit; and a cookie.
You may dine in, drive up, or carry out. Organizers would like to thank all those who dined, who donated, and who served in September, when 117 meals were served.
There will not be a community meal in November. The event will resume in December.
Return to Dignity is a recovery group based on the 12 step program pioneered by AA. For anyone suffering from damaging addictive behaviors, meetings are held at 5:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the Bluffton First United Methodist Church, Upper Room, 116 Church St.
For more details, text 419-235-4229.
The organizers provided the following explanation of Damaging Addictive Behaviors Anonymous:
