Friends and neighbors, relatives and strangers have opened their hearts and pocketbooks for Sam’s funeral expenses. A GoFundMe account was set up with donations reaching $8,200 as of Sunday night. The goal is $8,400.
Samuel (Sam...Sammy) Rowold was only 13 years old when he passed away Feb. 23 in a pond near his home just northeast of Ada. The teenager was non-verbal autistic.
To give, go to:
GoFundMe.com
Then, at the top of the page in the Search box, type Sam’s Funeral Expense.
Donations above the cost of the funeral will be given to the Autism Support Group from Hardin County to buy GPS bracelets for other autistic children to help keep them safe.
AUBURNDALE, Fla. -- The Ohio Northern baseball team opened its 2018 season by splitting a double header with Nebraska Wesleyan on Sunday at Lake Myrtle Park Field.
The Polar Bears got three home runs and a stellar pitching performance to win the opening game 8-4.
The Prarie Wolves (1-1) scorted five unearned runs in the third inning and went on to win the nightcap 8-5.
In Game 1, ONU got home runs from junior Caleb Thomas (Strongsville), senior Jason Burkett (Maumee) and senior Dan Barna (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley).
By Cort Reynolds
Ada senior grappler Chase Sumner finished second in the 145 lbs. bracket at the Div. III wrestling districts in Troy's Hobart Arena Saturday to clinch yet another trip to the state meet.
Sumner enters his third straight state competition March 8 in Columbus with a 32-3 record. He is the career Bulldog wrestling program leader in individual wins with 148.
In the first round of the double-elimination event Friday, Sumner defeated freshman Lane Mefford of Indian Lake by technical fall, 17-0. Mefford dropped to 13-6 with the loss.
