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Apollo Career Center, 3325 Shawnee Rd. Lima, will hold its sixth annual Apollopalooza on Thursday, April 12, from 5:30-7 p.m.

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Forty-five yearbooks ago, this photo was posted in the Ada High School yearbook. The school year is 1972-73. Is it the senior class?

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The Icon spotted this plate on the ONU campus. It's on a metalic blue Ford Fusion.

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By Cort Reynolds

 

WAPAKONETA - The Ada boys tennis team remained perfect on the season with a 5-0 shutout at Wapakoneta Thursday evening.

 

The Bulldogs improved to 3-0 with the convincing victory.

 

Senior Zach Beaschler won easily at first singles to improve to 3-0 this spring. Junior Cade Mullins also won handily at second singles to go to 3-0.

 

Freshman Miranda Wills won in a third-set tiebreaker 10-6 to also stay unbeaten at 3-0.

 

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By Cort Reynolds

 

ADA - The Ada baseball team lost to visiting rival Bluffton 9-4 in the Northwest Conference opener on a very chilly, damp Thursday evening.

 

The loss dropped the Bulldogs, playing for the first time in 10 days due to bad weather, to 1-1 overall and 0-1 in the NWC. The Pirates improved to 1-1 and 1-0 in the league after the win.

 

Ada led 3-1 after three innings, but Bluffton edged within 3-2 after four frames. The visitors broke it open with five runs in the fifth, and the Pirates added two more in the sixth for insurance.

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By Cort Reynolds

ADA - The host Ada softball team dominated its Northwest Conference opener against local rival Bluffton, winning 10-2 on a raw, cold Thursday evening.

Playing for the first time in six days due to consistently inclement weather, Ada improved to 2-1 and 1-0 in the NWC with the victory. The Pirates fell to 2-1 and 0-1 in the NWC with the defeat.

 

"Raina England had a great night at the plate," said coach Troy Erickson. "We got contributions from everybody up and down the lineup."

 

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