DELPHOS – The visiting Ada High School softball team lost 4-1 to former Northwest Conference foe Delphos Jefferson on a windy but warm Tuesday evening, April 29.
Ada fell to 15-3 after having their six-game win streak snapped.
The Wildcats improved to 12-6 after the win.
“We didn’t show up,” said Bulldog head coach Jeff Bassitt.
The Bulldog girls were out-hit by the Wildcats 7-6, and both teams played error-less defense.
DELPHOS__The visiting Ada High School baseball team lost 6-4 to ex-league rival Delphos Jefferson on a wind-swept Tuesday evening, April 29.
The Bulldogs tallied a run in the top of the first, but the Wildcats countered with two scores in the home half of the opening frame.
Both teams scored three times in the second as Ada went back on top briefly 4-2. But DJ wrested the advantage back for good 5-4 after two seesaw innings.
The Wildcats tacked on an insurance run in the fifth to lead 6-4, and held the Bulldogs scoreless over the final five frames.
BLOOMDALE – The Ada High School track and field teams competed well in a triangular meet at Elmwood with Arlington on Tuesday, April 29.
The Bulldog boys and girls teams each finished second at the three-team meet.
The Elmwood girls finished first with 84.5 points, followed by the Bulldogs (45) and Arlington (31.5).
The Red Devils won the boys tri-meet with 63 points, edging the Bulldog boys (57) by six points. Elmwood scored 44 points to finish third in the closely-bunched boys meet.
Ada senior speed merchant Logan Jolliff won the 100-meter and 200-meter dash races to pace the Bulldog boys.
April 29 Media Release from Ohio Division of Wildlife Offices
State Wildlife Officer Payton Phenicie, assigned to Wyandot County, received information regarding potential wildlife violations committed by a group of hunters. During the 2024 white-tailed deer gun hunting season, Officer Phenicie contacted the group and discovered multiple violations. Three individuals received summonses and pleaded guilty to taking more than one antlered deer per licensed year, possessing a shotgun or rifle loaded with more than three shells, and providing false game check information. Two antlered deer were seized as evidence and one individual paid $500 in restitution.
April 25 media release__New classifications by the Carnegie Foundation and the American Council on Education reinforce the value and return on investment of an Ohio Northern University (ONU) education.
Ohio Northern is recognized as a "Mixed Undergraduate/Graduate-Doctorate Small" institution and classified as "Lower Access, Higher Earnings” in the newly redesigned 2025 Carnegie Classifications.
For the 48th ONU Spring Band Festival on May 4 at 4 p.m. at the Freed Center for the Performing Arts, Internationally renowned composer and conductor Rossano Galante will serve as the guest conductor. He will work with almost 200 instrumentalists from the Ohio High School All-State Honors Band and the ONU Symphonic Band to create an afternoon of exciting music.
