COLUMBUS GROVE - The Ada boys track team finished fifth and the purple and gold girls came in ninth at the annual 12-team Columbus Grove Bulldog Invitational Friday evening.
Juniors Noah Mattson and Miguel Jordan posted the best Ada showings by coming in second in the shot put and 800 meters, respectively.
Ada sophomore Alex Morgan also came in third in the pole vault, and he finished fifth in two hurdle races.
Bulldog sophomore Nora Dellifield (pole vault) and freshman Brenna Hissong (400 meters) each finished third to top the Ada girls.
ADA - The Ada boys tennis team swept visiting Marion Harding 5-0 in a battle of previously unbeaten teams on a warm and windy Friday evening.
The Bulldogs improved to 5-0 with the one-sided victory, while MH fell to 4-1 with the loss.
Senior ace Zach Beaschler won 12 games in a row at first singles to increase his record to 5-0 this spring. Speedy junior Cade Mullins dominated at second singles, dropping just one game as he also improved to 5-0.
Consistent-stroking freshman Miranda Wills handled the wind well and won without dropping a game at third singles to stay undefeated at 5-0.
McGUFFEY - The visiting Ada baseball team outslugged backyard arch-rival USV 20-16 in a game originally suspended by darkness in the seventh inning on an unseasonably warm Friday evening.
Ada improved to 3-4 with the big win over their winless non-league rival.
The Bulldogs trailed 6-3 after a wild first inning. Ada edged ahead 7-6 after scoring four runs in the second, then extended the lead to 15-6 with eight more scores in the top of the third.
McGUFFEY - The visiting Ada softball team held local arch-rival USV to one hit and rolled over the Rams 13-1 on a warm but windy Friday evening.
Ada improved to 7-2 with their sixth victory in the last seven games. The Rams fell to 0-4 with the defeat.
The purple and gold plated five runs in each of the first and second innings, then added one in the third to build an insurmountable 11-0 cushion.
Two more Bulldog runs in the top of the fourth frame extended the margin to 13-0. USV tallied an unearned run in the bottom of the fourth without a hit.
Barbara A. Hopson, age 77, died on Saturday, April 15, 2018 at 8:35 a.m. at Willow Ridge at Mennonite Home Community, Bluffton, Ohio.
She was born on July 25, 1940 in Lima, Ohio to the late Dewitt I. “Dig” and Maxine (Smith) Goodwin. On August 11, 1956 Barbara married Larry R. Hopson who preceded her in death on November 10, 1993.
All three courts at King-Horn Gym were filled with volleyball players and spectators on Saturday and Sunday for the Ohio Valley Region "Northern Challenge." Twenty teams of 14 and 15 year olds competed. Brian Hofman, assistant women's volleyball coach at ONU, has directed the tournament here for 23 years. About 600 people attended the two-day tournament, counting players, coaches, officials, and spectators. In the next photo - it's a place to ”crash” between volleyball matches. (Monty Siekerman photos)
