The Ada Junior High Winter Guard earned first place in the Scholastic Regional A class beating out 12 other High School Winter Guards Saturday, February 24 at the Mid-East Performance Association (MEPA) competition held at the Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio. Team members are (from left) Olivia Thomas, Alaina Robirds, Olivia Green, Tessa Long and, holding the certificate, Mitchell Frazier. Click here for more details of the first place award.
COLDWATER - Ada got off to a big early lead but could not hold off Waynesfield-Goshen and fell 66-59 in boys Div. IV sectional semifinal action at Coldwater Tuesday night.
The Bulldogs end their season 4-19. Meanwhile, Waynesfield improves to 7-16 and advances to the sectional finals Friday.
Ada raced to a 15-2 advantage, but the Tigers inched within 17-8 by the end of the first period. W-G then heated up and outscored the Bulldogs 37-18 over the middle quarters to seize momentum and control of the game.
ONU sophomore Nate Barcaskey (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) and seniors Gavin Nelson (Oregon/Clay) and Seth Meyer (Defiance) and were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in wrestling for 2017-18 in voting conducted by the league's seven head coaches.
Barcaskey was a First Team honoree and Nelson and Meyer were Second Team selections.
Barcaskey, a heavyweight, is a repeat First Team All-OAC pick and is a perfect 12-0 in OAC regular season dual meet competition.
ONU freshman Hoang Do (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) has been named the Men's Tennis Ohio Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week for the week of Feb. 26.
The freshman posted a perfect 4-0 record in singles play during the week and was 2-2 in doubles play at No. 1 doubles on his way to earning his first career OAC Athlete of the Week nod.
Do was perfect against Albion (Mich.), Franciscan and Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) at No. 2 singles and won at No. 3 singles in Northern's contest against Olivet (Mich.).
