MEDIA RELEASE__The United Way of Hardin County invites the community to gather their Boo Crew and celebrate the season at the Black Flame Candle Bourbon Ball on Saturday, October 17, from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at The Varsity Venue in Kenton.
This Hocus Pocus-inspired evening promises live music, heavy hors d’oeuvres, free select beverages, allocated bourbon raffles, fortune-telling, and plenty of spooky fun—all while supporting a great cause.
Tickets are $30 per person, or guests can gather their friends and purchase a table of eight for $210. Halloween costumes are encouraged but not required; guests can come dressed in their best spooky, magical, or mysterious attire.
WITH SENIOR NAMES CORRECTED __The Ada High School boys soccer team shut out visiting Lima Central Catholic 4-0 in a non-league match to celebrate Senior Night Monday, Oct. 12 at War Memorial Stadium.
Four of the eight Bulldog seniors scored one goal apiece to punctuate the victory.
The Bulldogs improved to 8-7-1 with the home clean sheet triumph. LCC fell to 3-11-1 after the road defeat.
“We earned a great team win tonight against an LCC team that had won three of its last four games and came ready to play,” said Ada head coach Aaron Acheson.
Bulldogs seeded 4th in tourney draw, 5th in league
By Cort Reynolds / Photos by Mark Andreasen
McCOMB – The visiting Ada High School volleyball team defeated Blanchard Valley Conference foe McComb in four sets to end the regular season on a high note Monday, Oct. 12.
The Bulldog girls improved their record to 16-5 overall with the 25-21, 15-25, 25-21, 25-22 road victory. Ada ended up 5-4 in the BVC after posting the victory that broke a tie in the standings with McComb.
Union workers at Ada's Wilson Sporting Goods football factory began staging informational picketing on Monday, October 12 in response to what union president Derek Gibson calls "offering us a very unfair contract."
The current contract is set to expire on Friday night, October 16. The workers are members of Local 1385 of the Chicago and Midwest Joint Board Workers United union.
Riding a five-match win streak, the Ada girls soccer team was seeded second in the Div. IV district drawing held on October 11.
The Bulldogs (12-1-2) will host Kalida (3-7-4) in the sectional finals Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 5 p.m.
The winner advances to take on the survivor between third seed Columbus Grove (8-3-2) and fifth seed Continental (9-4-2) in the district semifinals at Bluffton on Monday, Oct. 26 at Bluffton.
Undefeated Miller City is the top seed in the strong seven-team the bracket. MC will play the Bluffton (6-8-1) vs. Allen East (2-10-3) victor on Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. on the Pirate home pitch of Steinmetz Field.
