The truck/tractor pull, called Hillbilly Sound, will be coming to Ada War Memorial Park again this year in early summer. Put this on your calendar: 7-11 p.m. on Friday, June 8. There is usually a pull in the early fall, as well.
By Monty Siekerman
The Ottawa-Glandorf side filled King Horn to the rafters on Tuesday evening ...and the crowd went home happy.
O-G defeated Liberty-Benton 48-37 in the regional to advance to the state Elite 8 in Division III girls basketball. During the season, L-B had a nearly perfect record, having lost only one game and that was to its nemesis O-G.
King Horn was a busy place Tuesday with Napoleon taking on Toledo Rogers later in the evening. Tonight (Wednesday, March 7) the boys Division II will play for the district title. Defiance takes on Shawnee at 6:15 p.m. while Wauseon and Van Wert look for a win in the 8 p.m. contest.
AUBURNDALE, Fla. — The Ohio Northern baseball team swept Wentworth (Mass.) 10-0, 7-4 on Wednesday afternoon in a twinbill during the RussMatt Invitational in Auburndale, Fla. The Polar Bears improve to 4-1.
Senior Jason Burkett (Maumee) led the way for Northern during the contests, going a combined 4-for-6 at the plate and adding a game-one pitching victory to his afternoon. Burkett also tallied four RBI and three runs scored.
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Ohio Northern rallied in the seventh inning to post a pair of come-from-behind softball victories over Lebanon Valley (Pa.) and Misericordia (Pa.) on Tuesday afternoon at the Sunkissed Games at Osceola Park.
The Polar Bears remain undefeated at 6-0 and off to their best start since the 2009 squad opened the season 13-0.
The Blanchard Pleasant Buckeye 4-H Club met Monday evening at the Hardin Northern School with 48 members, more than 20 guests, and 9 advisors present. The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Heidi Trachsel and the 4-H pledge led by Emori Criner. Roll call was answered by naming your favorite fast food place. New members received green folders to keep all the handout materials together.
