Story and photos by Monty Siekerman
Ada’s little darling—Amelia—cheered on the Ada Schools volleyball teams Thursday at the school gym during a Volley for the Cure fundraiser.
Next month, six-year-old Amelia Griffin will have been in remission for two years after having been diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma cancer. For the past several years, the community has come together to give her and her family love, encouragement, and financial resources. Benefits have been held by Ada School and ONU groups, sports teams, businesses, nonprofits, civic organizations, and many individuals. They call themselves Team Amelia.
This Weekend's Championship: The Ohio Northern men's golf team will host the annual OAC Fall Championships ... All Nine OAC teams are expected to play in the 36-hole event, which begins with a 1 pm shotgun start on Friday ... Saturday's 8:30 am shotgun start will feature pairings determined by Friday's first round finish.
KENTON - The Ada cross country team competed in the sixth annual Kenton Kyle Althauser Memorial Invitational meet Thursday evening at the Hardin County Fairgrounds.
The Bulldog boys finished ninth at the 13-team event, which was won by Columbus Grove with 30 points. Bellefontaine was second (52), while Ada tallied 236 points.
Senior Miguel Jordan paced Ada by finishing a strong 11th amid the 130-runner field in a time of 18:11.56.
Junior Hunter Wells finished 59th overall and second for the Bulldogs in 20:23.18. Classmate Michael Crouse came in 68th with a time of 20:40.5.
ADA - The host Ada volleyball team lost a spirited four-set match to Lincolnview in a Northwest Conference battle on Volley for the Cure Night Thursday.
The Lady Bulldogs lost 25-16, 25-20, 13-25, 25-14 to drop to 11-10 overall and 4-3 in the NWC. Ada has one league match left at home vs. Columbus Grove.
Lincolnview improved to 15-5 and 5-2 in the NWC with the win.
Close to a thousand dollars were raised between donations, t-shirt sales, a bake sale and the 50/50 raffle winnings, which were donated by Jim Swick.
A BBQ pulled pork fundraising dinner for Porcelain Ministries will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Saturday at the Ada Church of Christ Disciples, 316 S. Main. Tickets are $8. Walk-ins welcome while supply lasts.
Porcelain Ministries provides pregnancy and parenting resources for any Hardin County area mom in a struggling situation while pregnant or with a new-born infant.
Volunteers help moms connect with ob/gyn and pregnancy resources and pediatrician and baby resources, as well as providing hands-on parent and baby care training, transportation assistance, and a personalized plan toward independence.
