By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada boys basketball team tipped off its season with a convincing 53-35 victory over visiting Hardin County rival Ridgemont Friday night in the season opener.
The Bulldogs held youthful Ridgemont without a field goal over the final 8:44, and outscored the Gophers 17-5 in the fourth period to finalize the win.
"We did a much better job defending in the second half," said Ada second-year head coach Dre White. "We only allowed four two-point field goals the entire second half.
PHOTO AT BOTTOM: Rev. Dr. David MacDonald, ONU chaplain, leads off the Kappa Phi sing-a-thon on Saturday. His song says he wants a hippopotamus for Christmas...hint. Know where to buy one?
By Monty Siekerman
Kappa Phi has held a 24-hour sing-a-thon prior to Christmas for nearly 40 years, and this year the money raised will go to a foundation that assists with research for Reflux Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), a painful disorder.
Theresa Meli of Middleburg Heights, a senior forensics major and a member of Kappa Phi has RSD and received the honor of being the Polar Bear at the beginning of the fundraiser.
Kera-Ann N. Bollinger, age 21, died on Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. at Dublin Methodist Hospital, Dublin.
She was born on May 21, 1996 in Las Vegas, NV to Kenneth E. and Christine (Ayres) Bollinger and they survive in Ada.
Kera-Ann was a student at The Ohio State University. She was a 2015 graduate of Ada High School where she played soccer. She was an artist and a good friend to everyone.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Junior Ian McVey (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) shattered the school record in the men's 5,000-meter run indoors by 26.72 seconds at the Grand Valley State (Mich.) Holiday Open meet on Friday night at the Kelly Family Sports Center.
McVey ran a 14:32.11 in the 5k, topping the previous mark of 14:58.83 by Nate Rosenbaum in 2015. He finished 13th of 56 runners in the event, which was comprised primarily of NCAA Division I and II runners.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Senior 5-time National Champion Emily Richards(Delaware/Hayes) shattered the school record in the women's 3,000-meter run indoors by 40.62 seconds at the Grand Valley State (Mich.) Holiday Open meet on Friday night at the Kelly Family Sports Center.
Richards covered the 3,000 meters in 9:23.61, more than 40 seconds faster than the previous record of 10:04.23 set in 2013 by Allison (Steinbrunner) Kwiat.
