Take a trip to Township Road 25 and you'll find some interesting seasonal decorations - these are for Halloween. "We always have a lot of fun decorating for Halloween," says Beth Howard. This year is no exception.
Saturday's Contest is the seventh game of the 2018 season for each team. ONU is 535-494-36 in 124 seasons of play, a winning percentage of .518. ONU is tied with Heidelberg for fifth place in the 10-team OAC with a 3-2 league record.
ONU Head Coach Dean Paul: Paul is in his 15th season at ONU with a 100-50 record, a winning percentage of .667. Paul is ONU's all-time winningest coach in ONU football history. He is 140-62 in 20 seasons overall and is 11-3 vs. CU.
The Ohio Northern wrestling team was picked to finish third in the 2018-19 Ohio Athletic Conference Wrestling regular season standings in voting conducted by the league's seven head coaches.
The Polar Bears, under 31st-year head coach Ron Beaschler, received 36 points in the voting.
Baldwin Wallace was picked to win the league with 49 points and seven first place votes. Mount Union was second with 42 points and one first place vote and Heidelberg was picked to finish fourth with 31 points.
The Polar Bears return nine lettermen from last year's squad that went 9-10 overall and finished fourth in the OAC with a 3-3 league record.
Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern wraps up its 2018 regular season home slate Saturday, Oct. 20 as the Polar Bears welcome in OAC foe Capital for Senior Day at the ONU Sports Center ... Match time is set for 1 p.m. ... The women's volleyball program will honor seniors Taylor Emery, Michaela Sharlow, and Josie Andres during the contest on Saturday ... Northern enters the matchup ranked No. 23 in the seventh weekly AVCA national polls released on Tuesday ... The Polar Bears own a 16-7 overall record and a 5-1 mark against the conference loop this season ... ONU's conference record currently places them in a two-way tie for second place in the OAC standings alongside.
Lucinda Ann Basso passed from this life on Thursday, October 18th, at 8:25 a.m. at Seasons Hospice, Miami Jewish Medical Center in Miami, Florida after surviving 15 years with Central Nervous System (CNS) Vasculitis. She was 47 years old.
Cindy as she was known to her family and friends was the daughter of Rev. Walter Wilson, Jr. and Judith Ann (Jump) Powers born to them in Kenton, Ohio on August 24, 1971. On June 25, 2000, Cindy was united in marriage with Martin Basso in Jacksonville, Florida and shortly thereafter moved to Doral, Florida. In 2003, the couple moved to Louisville, Kentucky and returned to Doral in 2009 where they have lived since.
