Junior Anna Niemeyer led the No. 24-ranked Ohio Northern women's soccer team as it defeated Denison 1-0 Wednesday evening in Granville at Barclay-Thomsen Field.
The Polar Bears improve to 4-0-0 overall, while the Big Red fall to 2-3-1.
Niemeyer scored the lone goal for Northern in the seventh minute as she received a pass from freshman Rose Nienaber and beat the goalie from 12 yards out to give ONU the 1-0 lead.
The Polar Bear defense would stifle the Big Red offense for the remainder of the game to seal the 1-0 victory.
The ONU defense would allow only one shot on goal during the contest.
SPENCERVILLE - The Ada golf team competed in a three-team Northwest Conference event Wednesday.
Host Spencerville won with 165 strokes, followed by Columbus Grove (173) and Ada (252).
Senior Taylor Ramey led Ada with a score of 58, followed closely by sophomore Austin Amburgey with a 59. Nathan Hurtig posted a 66 while Jake Colwell contributed a score of 69.
Robbie Allison carded a 72 and Alex Morgan added a 79.
Gavin Harmon of Spencerville won match medalist with score of 38.
TIFFIN - Host Tiffin Columbian broke up a scoreless battle with two goals
in the second half to win a girls soccer match 2-0 over Ada Wednesday
evening.
The loss dropped the Lady Bulldog record to 2-4-1.
Jones and Zimmerman scored for TC at 37:72 and 5:35 of the second half.
Ada out-shot TC, 9-4. Bulldog keeper Rielyn Castle made two saves in goal.
Ada (1-0 NWC) plays at league foe Spencerville Saturday morning.
ADA - The Ada girls soccer team blew out visiting Crestview 12-0 in the Northwest Conference opener Tuesday evening at the park.
The Lady Bulldogs improved to 2-3-1 overall and 1-0 in the NWC with the lopsided win, while the Lady Knights fell to 0-4 and 0-3 in league play after the loss.
Ada scored four goals in the first half, then poured it on with eight after intermission.
Makayla Callahan, Katie Butterfield and Latifah Bagais each scored two goals to pace the explosive Bulldog offense. Kaitlyn Long, Caitlyn Stover, Ruth Pfeiffer, Gizem Tanriverdi, Allie Dotson and Hailey Callahan added a goal apiece.
Our new weekly feature “Poetic License” highlights interesting license plates in the Icon viewership area. This plate was photographed in the Ada school parking lot.
Several Ada High School students visited the interactive C-SPAN bus during its Wednesday stop in Ada. From right to left, Haley Wyss, Taryn Fullom and Jackson Secor. Click here for more details.
