By Cort Reynolds
The Ada girls soccer team crushed visiting Marion Harding 11-0 Saturday to win their home opener.
The win lifted the Lady Bulldog record to 1-2.
Ada senior Katie Butterfield set a program record for goals in a single game with five scores. Senior Ella Poling surpassed the school career assist record with three assists vs. MH to run her total to 17.
"We started very strong, scoring in the first two minutes," said Ada head coach Doug Poling. "We never looked back, scoring five more times before half."
By Cort Reynolds
The Ada cross country team ran its season-opening meet at the 12-team Ben Logan Early Bird Invitational last Tuesday.
"Overall, it was a pretty good meet," said Bulldog head coach Josh Klein. "The boys did not finish in the order I had anticipated - which is exciting, but also shows we have some more work to do over the next couple weeks to make sure we are getting ourselves in shape."
Ada senior Hunter Wells posted the best Bulldog finish. He came in 46th in the field of over 100 runners with a time of 21:56.7, which was three seconds faster than last year's first meet. "He is still working on getting his time down," said Klein.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Playing their fourth home match in seven days, the Ada volleyball team lost a three-set battle to visiting Ben Logan Monday night.
The 25-18, 25-9, 27-25 loss dropped the Lady Bulldog record to 2-3, while BL improved to 2-1 with the win.
"We wasted too much time getting going," said Bulldog second-year head coach Kyleigh Tabor. "We had a slow start, but finally found our momentum in the last set."
The teams fought evenly to an 18-18 tie in set one before BL rattled off the final seven points to pull out the win, 25-18.
"We just could not get a sideout when we needed it at the end," Tabor explained.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Junior Jacob Poling scored three goals to lead the Ada boys soccer team to a 7-2 win over visiting Paulding in a Northwest Conference match Monday evening.
The Bulldogs improved to 2-2-1 overall and 2-0 in the NWC with their second straight win. Paulding fell to 1-1 and 0-1 with the loss.
Senior Skylar Williams scored two goals, while seniors Nick Kamatali and Kyler Stoll each netted a goal. Poling, junior Ian Dellifield and senior Wyatt Rettig all passed out one assist as well.
Freshman Grant Preston made seven saves in goal for Ada.
The Bulldogs host Old Fort Thursday, August 29 at 5 p.m.
The American Red Cross North Central Ohio Chapter responded to a fire on South Davis Street in Forest on Sunday night.
The Red Cross provided assistance for the immediate needs of two adults and three children, such as temporary lodging, food and clothing as well as comfort kits of personal hygiene items and stuff animals for the children.
“We’re deeply saddened for those who were impacted by this fire,” said Todd James, Executive Director, North Central Ohio Chapter. “As we continue to help them, we urge everyone to take steps to minimize the risk of a fire occurring in their home.”
