Have the chalkboard quotes at the Mercantile on Main, 117 S Main St., made you smile? We have Gail Altstaetter to thank for that. He notes that he works hard to find quotes that are out of the ordinary.
UPPER SANDUSKY--The Ada girls soccer team battled to a halftime tie, but they eventually tired and lost 5-1 at Upper Sandusky on a cold Monday evening, October 17, in Div. III sectional first round tournament action.
Seeded ninth, the Bulldog girls finished with a 5-12 record after the season-ending defeat.
The seventh-seeded Lady Rams improved to 8-5-3 with the win, and advanced to the sectional finals.
"Cold weather and tired legs from our game Saturday night did us in," said Lady Bulldog first-year head coach Doug Dewese.
Ada lost a tough 2-0 makeup match to Allen East Saturday.
BLUFFTON — The Ohio Northern women's golf team won its third tournament in four tries this fall, posting a 676 at the Bluffton Beaver Fall Classic on Saturday and Sunday at the Bluffton Golf Course.
The Polar Bears (33-1 overall) defeated second-place Wooster by 19 strokes in the five-team tournament after holding an impressive 26-shot lead after the first round.
It marks ONU's third consecutive tournament victory after opening the season with a second place finish at the Olivet (Mich.) Fall Invitational Sept. 9-10.
Northern has since won tournaments at Heidelberg, Lourdes and now Bluffton.
