Four members of the Ohio Northern football team were named to the prestigious National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society team for the 2019 season.
• Seniors Ethan Hale (Galena/Big Walnut),
• Anthony McFadden (Chillicthe/Paint Valley),
• Brenden Medina (Oberlin) and
• Grant Nieszala (Lambertville, Mich./Bedford) all received the honor.
NFF Hampshire Honor Society, which is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who each maintained a cumulative 3.2 GPA or better throughout their college careers.
An impressive 1,471 players from 370 schools qualified for membership in the Society's 14th year.
Ada High School senior, Courtney “CoCo” McLaughlin, is the May Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative student of the month. The Icon chatted with her earlier this week. Here’s a portion of that conversation.
Icon: Tell us the classes that you are taking this spring.
CoCo: I’m taking Film and Lit, Economics, Spanish 4, Astronomy, Statistics and Varsity Singers.
Icon: What’s your favorite class this spring?
CoCo: I really like Film and Lit. We get to create different types of films and watch movies.
The Ohio Northern Esports will battle Cincinnati for the Ohio Championship of the National Esports Conference Tournament .
The Polar Bears reached the finals with a 3-1-1 victory over Ohio State in the semifinals on April 23 and a 3-0 sweep of Kent State in the quarterfinals on April 16.
The NEC is offering state tournaments for a handful of states and is currently one of the highest levels of collegiate Esports around the country.
All players on all teams are playing remotely to conform with the state social distancing guidelines.
In cooperation with Ada schools, the Ada Icon will post each of the Ada High School class of 2020 seniors in the spotlight. Sidney Gossard is today's senior in the spotlight.
Melba Puckett, 89, passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, at 1:10 p.m. at Vancrest of Ada.
She was born on Feb. 21, 1931, in Floyd County, Kentucky to the late Lonzo and Josie (Prater) Ousley. On Sept. 11, 1948, Melba married Carl Puckett and he survives in Ada.
Melba was a homemaker. She attended the Lonesome Valley United Baptist Church.
