Photos and story by Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada tennis team avenged a 2018 tournament defeat by beating Clyde 3-1 in round two of the Ohio Tennis Coaches Association tournament Wednesday at the Ohio Northern University courts.
Clyde edged Ada 3-2 last year in the same regional quarterfinal round of the OTCA event. The victory gave the Bulldogs their first-ever berth in the OTCA sweet 16/regional semifinal round.
The Bulldogs improved to 14-4 with the victory, and advance to the Div. II northwest region semis at Ottawa Hills next week at a date TBA. Clyde dropped to 14-3 with the defeat.
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Ada Junior Civic League members know the value of pecan sales.
Earlier this week, the league distributed $1,000 in proceeds from this year’s peacan sales to three Ada organizations.
Checks included:
• $600 to Ada schools Boots for Bulldogs program,
• $200 to the Ada school lunch program, and
• $200 to the Ada Public Library’s summer reading program.
Presenting the checks in behalf of the league were Sherry Evans, president, and Bev Romick, special projects chair.
By Cort Reynolds
Host Ada was not able to get enough key hits with numerous runners on base and lost a 13-5 Northwest Conference softball makeup marathon to Columbus Grove on a cool, windy Tuesday evening.
The Lady Bulldogs fell to 9-12 overall and 1-6 in the NWC with the Senior Night defeat, while CG improved to 6-8 and 2-5 in league play after the win.
Ada stranded a season-high 18 baserunners and left the bases loaded multiple times.
CG scored five runs in the top of the first inning and added three more in the second to take a commanding 8-2 lead early.
Alger Public Library will hold a Young Mom Support Class over four Fridays in May. Each class is from 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. in the library.
The schedule follows:
• May 10 - Let's talk: Development
• May 17 - Let's talk: Stretching food dollars and nutritition
• May 24 - Let's talk: Health and safety
• May 31 - Let's talk: Money, money, money
These classes will cover budgeting, nutrition, development, health and safety, among other topics.
This program is for young mothers, from teenage up to 25 years old. To pre-register, please call 419-757-7755 or email [email protected].
FROM BLUFFTON ICON - The 48th annual Bluffton Arts and Crafts Festival on Saturday, May 11, is a family friendly, activity-packed event with two new features: a music tent and shopping passport.
The festival brings some 60 vendors with non-commercial arts and crafts to Bluffton’s Main Street from Vine to Franklin. This year, the event will also include a music tent on the lawn of Bluffton Presbyterian Church, 112 S. Main.
A shopping passport will feature 12 businesses that have contributed to a prize of $250 Bluffton Bucks.
Freshman right-handed pitcher Tom Pitko (Youngstown/Austintown-Fitch) earned his first career pitching victory Monday evening and led the Ohio Northern baseball program to a 3-2 win over nonconference foe Albion (Mich.) in its 2019 regular season finale at Wander Field.
With the win, the Polar Bears end the regular season with a 22-16 overall record. The Britons conclude their regular season slate with a 22-18 overall mark.
