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President-elect Trump faces a difficult task in unifying a divided nation, but it is not an impossible task, according to Ohio Northern University faculty member Robert Waters, who teaches courses on the U.S. presidency.
Freshman Nate Barcaskey (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) got a first period pin at heavyweight to clinch a 22-12 victory for the No. 20-ranked Ohio Northern wrestling team over John Carroll on Tuesday night at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 9-2 overall and are 2-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Blue Streaks fall to 4-4, 0-2. With ONU clinging to a 16-12 lead, Barcaskey got a pin in 2:43 of the first period to keep ONU atop the OAC standings. Barcaskey's pin is his team-leading 13th of the season and gives him a 17-5 record on the year.
Ada junior Maddie Gossard tallied 18 first-half points and the Lady Bulldogs routed visiting Waynesfield-Goshen 54-29 in a girls basketball non-league mismatch Tuesday night. The Lady Bulldogs improved to 6-7 overall with the surprisingly lopsided victory, while the Lady Tigers fell to 6-7 with the defeat.
Ada's own Konnor Baker scored a career-high 29 points and senior Devon Allen (Lima/Senior) made five free throws in the final 17 seconds of overtime to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team to an 84-78 victory at Heidelberg on Wednesday evening at Sieberling Gymnasium.
The Polar Bears improve to 9-7 overall and stay in first place in the Ohio Athletic Conference at the midway point of the double round-robin schedule with a 7-2 record.
The Student Princes fall to 6-10, 2-7.
Allen finished with 14 points and sophomore Ryan Bruns (Chickasaw/Marion Local) had 10 points and seven blocked shots for ONU.
