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A team of Ohio Northern business students—including students from Ada and Alger—won the best practices competition at the Beta Alpha Psi regional conference for the presentation “Branding your chapter.” The students then went on to represent ONU at the Beta Alpha Psi annual conference in Washington, D.C.

 

Members of ONU’s team were Ledondrick Chapman of Cleveland; Jack Ellerhorst of Cincinnati; Alexis Jordan of Alger; Alexander Klouvas of Fort Wayne, Ind.; Benjamin Neville of Ada; Zachary Padden of Cambridge; Martrina Parks of Worthington; and Victoria Volpe of Fostoria.

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By Cort Reynolds

The Ada golf team won a fifth-man tiebreaker to beat Crestiew in a Northwest Conference tri-match Tuesday evening.

Columbus Grove won the match with a total of 175 strokes. Ada and the Knights tied at 208 strokes.

But Ada fifth man Rob Allison shot a 64 to nip the fifth Knight by a single stroke, providing the margin of victory. Will Sharpe and Scott Bowman each shot 65 to tie as fifth man on the Crestview squad.

Ethan Hull posted his career-low for the second straight day, shooting a 46 to pace Ada. Austin Amburgey and Alex Morgan each carded a 53. Brevin Sizemore shot a 56.

Owen Macke of Grove was match medalist with a score of 41.

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By Cort Reynolds

ADA - The Ada girls soccer team blew out visiting Northwest Conference foe Crestview 10-0 Tuesday evening.

Ada improved to 3-3 overall and 1-1 in NWC play with the lopsided win.

The Bulldogs raced to a 7-0 lead at halftime and rolled to the shutout win. Katie Butterfield scored three goals and Bella East added two to pace the attack.

Butterfield scored the first goal on a breakaway. East made it 2-0 moments later with a 30-yard blast into the net.

Butterfield made it 3-0 with a second goal off a Timberlyn Blankenship pass. East notched her second goal when she chipped in a shot over the Lady Knight keeper's head.

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By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON - The Ada volleyball squad opened defense of its Northwest Conference title with a sweep at local rival Bluffton Tuesday night.

The Lady Bulldog spikers improved to 6-4 and 1-0 in NWC play with a convincing 25-14, 25-19, 25-23 victory. The Pirates fell to 1-6 and 0-1 in league play with the defeat.

Three-time defending league champion Ada extended its NWC win streak to 17 matches as a result of the sweep.

"We played well and it was a good win to start conference play," said first-year Ada head coach Kyleigh Tabor.

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Bruce and Saundra (Louthan) Neely will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.

The couple was married on Sept. 14, 1968, in Medina, Ohio, at the Medina United Methodist Church.

They are long-time residents of Ada, Ohio, and have two children Chris (Laura) Neely of Galloway, Ohio, and Jennifer (Josh) Herndon of El Reno, Oklahoma.

They have 10 grandchildren: Jonas, Seth, Rebecca, Thaddeus, Matthew, David, Jasper, Noah, Neely Jo, and Kirsten.

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