Visiting league-leader Columbus Grove raced to a 42-0 halftime lead and beat Ada 58-7 in a Northwest Conference game on a rainy Homecoming Friday night.
The game was delayed at the start for an hour by strong rain and lightning.
Grove senior running back Colin Metzger tallied five first half touchdowns to pace the victors.
The purple and gold Bulldogs fell to 1-7 and 0-5 in the NWC with the defeat.
League leader Grove improved to 8-0 and 5-0 in league play with the convincing win.
"We are in the same boat with kids trying hard and doing the best they can," said first-year Ada head coach Toby Smith. "We were in position a lot but didn't make plays.
Submitted by the Ada Historical Society: The Ada Police Department c. 1960. The Ada Herald identified the staff, front row, L-R: Jack Baker, Luella Welch, Chief Park Elwood, Agnes Crates, and Dee Klingler. Back row, L-R: Wilbur Lee, Joe Worthington, Roger Tarr, Sylvan "Dutch" Simon, Hank Graham, and Dick Derringer.
The sands of time include many pivotal dates: On September 2, 1945, General Douglas MacArthur accepts the formal surrender of Imperial Japan; in late July of 1953, the Korean War comes to an end, with the 38th parallel becoming the dividing line between North and South Korea; nearly 20 years later, on April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese tanks roll through the gates of the Presidential palace in Saigon. More recently, August 15, 2021, is now remembered as the day Kabul, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban.
Purple and gold was pitted against purple and gold when visiting Leipsic swept Ada in a Northwest Conference volleyball match Thursday night, October 7.
The Lady Vikings, ranked sixth in the Ohio Div. IV poll, improved to 18-1 overall and finished 7-1 in NWC play with the win.
The Lady Bulldogs fell to 2-17 overall and 0-7 in the NWC with the 25-9, 25-12, 25-14 loss.
Leipsic needs a loss by Lincolnview (7-0 NWC) in their league finale at arch-rival Crestview (6-1 NWC) next Tuesday to force a three-way tie for the title. The Vikings can finish no worse than second.
Visiting Riverdale blanked the Ada boys soccer team 9-0 in a North Central Ohio Soccer Association match under the lights Thursday night, October 7, at War Memorial Stadium.
The Bulldogs fell to 4-7-3 overall and 1-4 in NCOSA action with the defeat.
The Falcons improved to 5-6-3 and 3-1 in NCOSA play after the decisive win.
Ada plays next at non-league foe LCC (4-8) in Spartan Stadium Monday, Oct. 11.
The Bulldog boys then play at Marion Harding Oct. 14.
Three Ada cross country runners participated in the annual Kyle Althauser Memorial Invitational meet Thursday evening in Kenton.
Bulldog senior Riley Ferguson finished 36th in a time of 21:37.5 as the lone Ada male runner.
Hunter Sidle of Allen East finished first in the 68-runner boys race in 17:00.5.
Marion Pleasant won the seven-team boys team title with 30 points. St. Marys was a distant second with 58 points. Kenton was third (105), Allen East fourth and Hardin Northern fifth (110).
Ada sophomore Jillian Hazelton crossed the line 22nd in the 43-runner girls race with a time of 27:22.6.
