The Ohio Northern women's track and field team jumped one spot to No. 15 in the third weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association power rankings.
This marks the highest that the Polar Bears (30-6 overall) have ever ranked nationally.
Northern returns to the track Saturday as they travel to Westerville to compete in the All-Ohio Championships.
The annual Community Health Professionals indoor garage sale will be held from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday at 1200 S. Main. Here, Mary Jackson, Deb Curlis, and JoNell Hanratty set up a table of merchandise to be sold. The room is filled with items for sale from sellers in Ada and surrounding towns. Check it out.
ADA - The visiting Fostoria girls basketball team rode a 19-0 spurt midway through a close contest to a 72-61 non-conference win over Ada Tuesday evening.
The purple and gold fell to 7-12, while the visitors improved to 6-12 with the defeat.
Ada senior Haley Wyss tallied a career-high 26 points, but the big Lady Red run bridging the middle periods spelled the difference. Fostoria outscored Ada 22-11 in the third period, including 13-0 at the outset.
James W. Johnson, age 88, died on Wednesday, February 8 at 3:00am at his residence in McGuffey, Ohio.
He was born on January 29, 1929 in McGuffey, Ohio to the late Glenn and Nona Lee (West) Johnson. On August 13, 1950 James married Katherine J. “Kack” Risner, they were married for 66 years, she survives in McGuffey.
The ONU wrestling team got a pair of pins and won four weight classes by forfeit in a 47-3 dual meet victory at Muskingum on Tuesday night at the Steele Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 11-3 overall and are 4-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Muskies fall to 3-9, 0-5.
The Polar Bears return to varsity action next Tuesday when they wrap up their regular season with an OAC dual with Heidelberg on Senior Night at the ONU Sports Center.
The adult book group met at the Ada Public Library on Tuesday. The group meets at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday of the month. "White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America" by Nancy Isenberg will be discussed at the March 7 meeting. (Monty Siekerman photo)
