The Ohio Northern volleyball team will look to defend it Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season and Tournament titles in 2017 under the guidance of 27th-year head coach Kate Witte.
The Polar Bears finished the 2016 season 27-4 overall, including a perfect 9-0 record in conference play.
Witte and her staff welcome back 11 letterwinners in 2017 and six newcomers.
ADA - The Ada volleyball team lost in three straight close sets to visiting power St. Henry Monday evening in a non-league bout between regional powers.
The Bulldogs (2-1) fell to the hard-hitting Redskins 25-13, 25-20, 25-21. SH improved to 3-1 with the victory.
Ada led 10-6 in set two and by 16-14 in the third game before losing both contests to late Redskin closing runs of 11-4 and 11-5, respectively.
Senior Melina Woods led Ada with 16 kills and 17 digs, but SH had too many weapons for the Bulldogs to contend with.
The Freed Center on the Ohio Northern University campus has lined up an impressive selection of performances for the 2017-18 school year.
Here’s a capsule of the first two headliners, both appearing in September. Tickets are available through the Freed Center ticket office or by clicking here
Catapult and the ONU Dance Company
Homecoming - Saturday, Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m.
Biggs Theatre
Former Ada resident Mary Howard sent the Icon this photo of yesterday's solar eclipse with the following explanation: I live in Worland, Wyoming, but am originally from Ada. I watched the eclipse at Gooseberry Badlands between Worland and Meeteetse, Wyoming. Buddy (my dog) and I sat up in the parking lot of the Badland's scenic area. The traffic was crazy to try and go anywhere else. The starlings came out and the crickets started chirping as I was sitting there.
Ada Icon sports writer, Cort Reynolds, recently had seven articles accepted for posting on national sports websites. They follow with links to each story:
• Part 1 of a weeklong series on the dream 1980 NBA finals matchup between rookies Larry Bird and Earvin Johnson
