Indoor track and field athletes from 15 colleges and universities competed in the annual Joe Banks Invitational Saturday at the ONU Sports Center, drawing a large crowd seated in the bleachers and a full "infield" of competitors waiting for their event to be called.
Alexia Miller, a freshman on the ONU golf team, practices on a simulator at the ONU Sports Center. She didn't have to travel to Monterey, Calif., to play the course (and pay high fees) when a simulation of the course appeared on the screen. Where she hit the ball and how it arched showed up on the screen after her stroke. She got a little playtime in even though the cold temps in Ada on Saturday weren't conducive to outdoor practice.
DOLA - Visiting Ada held off a late rally and last-second shot to defeat county rival Hardin Northern 58-55 in a hard-fought boys basketball contest Saturday night.
The non-league victory upped the Bulldog record to 4-13, while the hard-luck Polar Bears fell to 2-15 with their 13th straight defeat. "We will take it," said Ada first-year head coach Dre White. "It definitely feels good to win. It was a big night for Hardin Northern, so we knew they would play hard. Give them credit, they shot well."
Her ticket was picked as the grand prize of the Made In Ada Wilson Football Festival on Saturday evening. She won an Ada-made Wilson LI Super Bowl football and a Yeti Cooler valued at $400.
She's here with her husband, Howard. He is a professor of law, and she is a member of the Ada village council. (Monty Siekerman photo)
It was the first-ever Made In Ada Wilson Football Festival.
A midnight Wison Football drop from the Ada depot, plus a Saturday afternoon and evening of Super Bowl previews, a free football movie, tailgating and a 51-football give-away brought hundreds of fans to downtown.
It packed Ada's restaurants and proclaimed to North America that it's really a small town named Ada that makes the foootball go 'round.
The Icon was there taking photos, videos and talking to people.
