The Ohio Northern women's cross country team finished second at the Bluffton 5k as junior Emily Richards defended her title and won the 5k for the second consecutive year.
The Polar Bears (5-1) placed three runners in the top-10.
Richards, who ran the fourth fastest 5k time in Polar Bear history, won the event in 18:22.82, sophomore Ashlie Baumann finished eighth in 19:40.80 and freshman Zoe Schilling finished tenth in 20:07.29.
Findlay won the race with 46 points, Northern finished second with 47 points and Heidelberg finished third with 73 points.
The Ada volleyball team lost a pair of straight-set matches at Hardin Northern Saturday.
The non-league losses dropped the Lady Bulldog record to 3-5.
Ada lost 25-17, 25-17 to tough Arlington. Junior Melina Woods led the Bulldogs with 10 kills, six digs, one block and one ace. Classmate Maddie Gossard passed out eight assists and served two aces.
Seniors Alyssa Vore and Haley Wyss each knocked down five kills. Junior libero Olivia Alexander came up with 10 digs, while junior Kaiti Newland added five digs.
In their next match, Ada fell to county foe HN 25-19, 27-25.
The Ada Kiwanis Club's Harvest & Herb bicycle raffle is set up. It will be held on Saturday, Sept. 17. Our booth will be in the same location as it was last year. A volunteer sign-up sheet was passed around.
In other club news:
• Joe Ferguson and Tom Kier recently mulched the north and south village entrance signs.
• O.N.U. Circle K had their first meeting last Tuesday. They had an ice cream social and the officers introduced themselves. and The club also did a service project of making bookmarks for children to be distributed at the Ada Public Library.
United Methodist Women, of Ada First UMC, will raffle off this quilt during the Harvest and Herb Festival.
The quilt is hanging from the balcony in the Front Porch. Named “Black, White, and Red All Over,” the quilt will be raffled off at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, during the Harvest and Herb Festival.
Raffle tickets are on sale now at $2 for one ticket or $5 for three tickets. If interested in a ticket, please see Cathy Smalley, Connie Fleming, or Myra Berger or can be purchased at the church.
