FINDLAY - The Ada cross country teams competed in the Div. III district meet at Findlay Saturday afternoon.
The Ada boys ended up 12th out of 13 full squads. The Lady Bulldogs, missing injured top runner Abbie James, finished eighth out of eight full teams represented.
Ada senior Eric Armbrecht finished 51st in a field of 90 runners field to pace the Bulldog boys. Senior Larry Zembower came in 57th and classmate Andrew Ross ended up 64th.
Ada seniors Seth Evans and Keaton Kipker finished 77th and 81st, respectively.
Ohio Northern celebrated its Homecoming Weekend with a 44-3 Ohio Athletic Conference football victory over Muskingum on Saturday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
The Polar Bears (3-4 overall, 3-3 OAC) dominated from the outset, leading 14-0 after the first period and 31-3 at halftime.
Senior tight end Logan Ray (Van Wert) caught eight passes for 86 yards and three touchdowns and sophomore kicker Joe French (Elgin, Ill./Saint Edward Central Catholic) set a school single-season record with 11 field goals on the year to lead Ohio Northern.
Three ONU professors spoke at Ada Chats on Thursday at Heterick Library. The Chat series is a cooperative effort of Heterick and the Ada Public Library. From left are David Kinder, who spoke about agriculture; Bill Tradeau, language; and Steve Leonard, pathogens.
The Ada High School quiz bowl team finished second out of 16 teams at the WTLW-TV Quiz Whiz held this week at WTLW in Lima. Ada Quiz Bowl team members seated from left, Libbie Milks, Jackson Secor, Evan Smittle, Meredith Marshall. Standing from left, Alex Hurtig, Noah Pinkney, Austin Amburgey with advisor Dave Lusk. For more details on the team, click here. (Monty Siekerman photo)
Story and photos by Amy Eddings
Bryan Boulanger remembers when he saw, really saw, the night sky.
It was October 2007. Boulanger was camping with two friends in the Guadalupe Mountains in Texas, where he had just started teaching civil engineering at Texas A&M University. He was 31 years old.
“We slept on the ground, and the night sky was amazing,” he said. “It was so fantastic, it was hard to fall asleep.”
