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Here's the Ada High School jazz band from the 1985-86 school year. Names of the members are under the photo.

ONU sophomore Nate Barcaskey (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) and seniors Gavin Nelson (Oregon/Clay) and Seth Meyer (Defiance) and were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in wrestling for 2017-18 in voting conducted by the league's seven head coaches.

 

Barcaskey was a First Team honoree and Nelson and Meyer were Second Team selections.

Barcaskey, a heavyweight, is a repeat First Team All-OAC pick and is a perfect 12-0 in OAC regular season dual meet competition.

ONU sophomore Ola Latala (Grosse Ile, Mich.) has been named the Women's Tennis Ohio Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week for the week.

The sophomore earned the honor for the first time in her career.

Latala led the way for ONU last week, posting a perfect 3-0 record at No. 3 singles and going 2-1 record in doubles play at No. 1 doubles.

In ONU's only loss of the week, Latala led the way at No. 3 singles with a 6-1, 6-4 victory.

ONU freshman Hoang Do (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) has been named the Men's Tennis Ohio Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week for the week of Feb. 26.

The freshman posted a perfect 4-0 record in singles play during the week and was 2-2 in doubles play at No. 1 doubles on his way to earning his first career OAC Athlete of the Week nod.

Do was perfect against Albion (Mich.), Franciscan and Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) at No. 2 singles and won at No. 3 singles in Northern's contest against Olivet (Mich.).

A GoFundMe page is set up to assist toward funeral expenses for Sammy Rowold, who died from accidental drowning this past weekend. Click here to visit the page. For more information read the Icon's story on Sammy posted earlier today by clicking here.

Presentation by Fred Steiner at Ada Historical Society

By Monty Siekerman
Oil and trains accounted for rapid growth in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Ada and Bluffton, according to Fred Steiner, who spoke at the Ada Historical Society meeting on Monday night at the Ada Public Library.

He said oil discovered in Findlay brought people to the area in droves, explaining that the red brick houses you see on SR 103 from Bluffton to Arlington are the result of wealth from oil wells.

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