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By Cort Reynolds

OTTAWA - The Ada golf team competed in a three-team Northwest Conference match Tuesday at Country Acres Golf Club in Ottawa.

Paulding won the event with 179 strokes, with host Columbus Grove second (186) and Ada third (226).

Ada fell to 2-18 overall and 1-8 in NWC play after the meet. Paulding is 10-4 and 4-3 in the NWC, while Grove is 9-5 and 3-3 in league play.

Brevin Sizemore led the Bulldogs with a score of 51. Ethan Hull carded a 55 and Alex Morgan posted a 58. Austin Amburgey registered a 62.

Rob Allison shot 66 and Jake Colwell added an 87.

Part 2 of Cort Reynolds’ 3-part history week series on Celtics Holiday Hoops History has been published on SB Nation celticsblog.com as was his trivia quiz on the first season of the Boston Celtics in 1946-47. Ckeck it out:

https://www.celticsblog.com/2018/8/28/17760788/boston-celtics-history-we...

Lots more photos from Saturday's Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival

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Delaney Johnson, 2, checks out a made-in-Ada NFL football while perched on her dad, Steve Johnson's shoulders. There are many trick plays in football, and this is the first we've seen when a daughter carries the ball on her father's back.

Wilson employees creating footballs on site was among the most popular pieces of Saturday's Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival.

The day was filled with lots of football-related activities. Here's the Icon's continuing photo series of the event.

A Norman Rockwell moment? Ada police officer George Schlub shares some time on Main Street of Ada with two cowboys, just making sure "we ain't got no problems 'round these parts." (Photo from Ada Police Facebook)

It's what you do with a vintge bike you can't sell at a yard sale

By Monty Siekerman
What do you do with an old bike that you can’t get rid of in a yard sale?

Jill Klingler of 310 W. North Ave. turned a vintage bicycle into a showstopper flower garden. After trying to sell her bike for $10 and couldn’t, she decided to decorate it for her front yard, filling it with colorful annuals.

Soon, the wide-tired bike will be turned into a fall display with ornamental kale and other plants. She will add a few decorations, like scarecrows, to round out the autumn theme.

Photo by Sue Mattson. Ada junior Phillip Coulson runs upfield after making one of his nine catches in the 30-16 Bulldog win over rival USV Friday in the  
season opener.

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - The Ada football team will host its second straight non-league foe Friday when they welcome Arlington to War Memorial Stadium in week two.

The Red Devils beat Riverdale 40-7 in their opener last Friday. Arlington led 14-7 at halftime and 21-7 late in the third quarter before blowing the Falcons away late.

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