Mackenzie Wills (pictured), a sophomore from Ada, won both of her matches for Ohio Northern during women’s tennis play on Saturday at Westwood Tennis in Lima. Mackenzie won 6-0 at No. 5 singles and 8-0 in doubles. Overall, the team beat Heidelberg 9-0 in the OAC opener. ONU improves 11-3 on the season.
The Ohio Northern men's tennis team opened the Ohio Athletic Conference portion of its schedule with a 9-0 sweep of Heidelberg on Saturday afternoon at the Westwood Tennis & Fitness Center in Lima. The Polar Bears improve to 7-4 overall and 1-0 in the OAC.
A record-setting performance by the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team paved the way for a 17-6 victory over Beloit (Wis.) on a chilly Saturday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
The Polar Bears continue the best start to a season in program history by improving to 7-1, while the Buccaneers fall to 4-3.
Sophomore Cameron Marous (Brecksville) set an ONU single-game record with 10 points on the day, scoring four goals and tying an ONU single-game record with six assists.
His 10 points breaks the previous record of eight set by Max Weese and Steven Slagle in 2016.
The Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by Kappa Alpha Theta sorority will be held at War Memorial Park at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday. Children of the community are invited to find a lot of goodies and meet the Easter Bunny. KAT sorority sisters annually organize the hunt the Sunday before Easter.
Ada Icon photo from last year’s candy egg-gathering event.
A photography exhibit titled “March to Freedom” is now on display at the Elzay Gallery from now through April 6. The exhibition is presented in collaboration The University of Texas at Austin and the LBJ Presidential Library.
In the 1950s and 1960s, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, joined other civil rights leaders including to lead peaceful demonstrations and conduct nonviolent acts of civil disobedience publicizing the need for equal rights, including a national voting rights law.
Fred Evans, an Ada icon, helped the Easter bunny on Friday at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton where he now lives. Residents of MMH along with 3- and 4-year-olds from Bluffton Child Development Center worked together to dye Easter eggs.
