LOTS OF MERRY ON
MAIN PHOTOS BELOW!
By Monty Siekerman
If you saw reindeer in the sky pulling a sleigh on Monday evening, you may have been a little inebriated.
If you saw two reindeer munching hay in the Railroad Depot parking lot, consider yourself sober. The pair of well-behaved reindeer were a big draw, especially with children, during Merry on Main sponsored by the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce.
Sophomore Nate Barcaskey (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Wrestler of the Week.
Barcaskey earned his second career OAC Wrestler of the Week nod and first this season.
The sophomore led the Polar Bears to a second place finish at the 37th Annual ONU Invitational on Saturday and had a solid performance in a dual meet with Baldwin Wallace on Tuesday evening
Barcaskey got a pair of third-period take downs to rally for a 4-2 victory over No. 8-ranked Gabe Mahaney at Heavyweight in Northern dual meet with BW.
Sophomore Nolan Huey (Fort Collins, Colo./Fossil Ridge) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Swimmer of the Week for the week of Nov. 27-Dec. 3.
Huey led the men's swimming and diving team to a fifth place finish at the Wooster Invitational this past weekend.
The sophomore re-broke his own school record in the 200 back to lead the way for ONU, finishing just over two seconds out of first place, breaking the school record in 1:52.98.
Huey earned his second career OAC Swimmer of the Week honor for his efforts.
There will be an organizational meeting for AHS junior and senior high school girls who plan to play fast pitch softball in the spring. The meeting will be held at 3:45 p.m on Thursday, Dec. 7 in the 86 gym. Those who cannot attend are asked to contact Coach Troy Erickson at 419-408-1170.
By Cort Reynolds
PORTLAND, IND. - The Ada swim teams competed in their opener at the
14-team Celina Waterdogs/Jay County Sprint meet Saturday in Portland,
Indiana.
The Lady Bullogs ended up fifth out of 11 teams with 45.5 points. Jay
County won the female team title with 179 points.
The Ada boys finished a solid sixth out of 14 teams with 59 points. St.
Marys Memorial won the boys title with 84 points, edging out Celina (80).
Ada sophomore Klava Katayama registered one third and two fourth-place
finishes.
Bulldog senior Zach Beaschler also posted two thirds, one fifth and one
sixth-place finish.
