Sophomore Landen Long (Mason) scored a career-high 25 points to lead Ohio Northern to an 80-79 victory at John Carroll in the quarterfinals of the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament on Tuesday night at the DeCarlo Center.
The fifth-seeded Polar Bears (4-6 overall) advance to the semifinals and will host sixth-seeded Muskingum on Thursday night at the ONU Cports Center.
The fourth-seeded Blue Streaks end their season at 4-4.
Sophomore Adam Scott (Wapakoneta) added a career-high 16 points and sophomore Grant Heileman (Millersport/Sheridan) tied a career-high with 15 points for Ohio Northern.
Beatitudes, 210 N. Main St., Ada, reopened for business today (Thursday, March 4) after an electrical manfunction resulted in a fire call to Ada, Kenton, LaFayette and Dunkirk. Click here for the story. It appears that no damage was done to the building.
Donald Waters, Ada High School senior, is the Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative Ada March student of the month.
He is active in several school organizations including:
• National Society of High School Scholars
• Ada HS National Honor Society
• The Wild Steelions (5 years)
• ONU Steel Band
• Pigasus Pictures, crew member of a high school film project
• Ada Eagle Scout
• Student of piano (10 years)
• Visited China, Eastern Europe, Ghana
• Accepted at ONU - will major in business and marketing
• Viva Maria's staff member (5 years)
Ada-Liberty Township fire department and departments from three area communities responded to a potential fire call at Beatitudes, 210 N. Main St. today. Click here for details.
Ada’s newest fire truck was called into action for the first time today as an apparent electrical malfunction in the Beatitudes building, 210 N. Main St., put a scare into Main Street.
Ada-Liberty Township fire department received the call at 1:03 p.m.
According to Deb Curlis, Beatitudes store manager, in the building at the time told The Icon, “There were no flames and no smoke coming out of the roof, but it appeared that some smoke was coming from some of the ceiling tiles inside the building.”
Curlis said that she along with one customer and three Beatitude volunteers were in the building at the time.
