By Cort Reynlds
BELLEFONTAINE - The Ada tennis team lost a tough 4-1 battle at Bellefontaine Monday evening in its season-opener.
The Chieftains improved to 2-0 with the win, while Ada is 0-1.
Sophomore southpaw Dexter Woods III posted the lone Bulldog win in straight sets at second singles.
"I thought since it was the first time playing in a high school match for seven of our nine players that they did pretty well," said Ada head coach Dexter Woods.
By Cort Reynolds
DOLA - Ada senior Leona Dalton slammed two three-run homers and pitched the visiting Lady Bulldog softball team to a 15-5 win at county rival Hardin Northern Monday evening.
Ada improved to 1-0 this season with the season-opening win, while HN fell to 0-1 with the loss.
Dalton led a 15-hit Bulldog offensive attack with four hits and six runs batted in. She also struck out six Polar Bear girls over seven innings to earn the pitching victory.
Bulldog sophomore right-hander Roman Snyder earned his initial pitching victory, while senior Jacob Morgan finished in relief to receive his first save
By Cort Reynolds
DOLA - The visiting Ada baseball team rallied to edge county rival Hardin Northern 10-9 Monday evening to win their season opener.
Ada improved to 1-0 with the victory, while HN fell to 0-1 with the defeat.
Bulldog sophomore right-hander Roman Snyder earned his initial pitching victory, while senior Jacob Morgan finished in relief to receive his first save.
"Itís always nice to get the first win of a season," said Ada veteran head coach Jason Campbell. "The boys never gave up, chipped away at their lead, and played hard for seven innings.
Here's a less-than-30-second video showing the Ada school wind turbine as it fell to the ground on Saturday. It has has been out of service for several years. These photos are still frames from the video. Click here to watch the fall: https://photos.app.goo.gl/focJWT7EPsusKH8M6
Senior Mackenzie Wills was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week for the week of March 22-28.
Wills became Ohio Northern's all-time career singles victories leader, leading ONU to a 9-0 non-conference victory at Marietta on Saturday at Beran Tennis Center.
Wills won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 3 singles for her school record 84th singles victory, breaking the previous record she shared with Meghan Letizia, who accomplished the feat from 2012-16.
She also won 8-0 at No. 2 doubles.
Wills is also second all-time at ONU with a career record of 165-48 and is 5th all-time with an 81-30 mark in doubles matches.
