By Monty Siekerman
The Ada High School quiz bowl team won the 40-team Western Ohio Branch Campus Scholastic Bowl held Tuesday at Wright State-Celina. Ada not only won its own small school division but also easily out distanced all schools regardless of size.
The Ada Varsity A team finished with 137 points while runner-up Coldwater finished with 117 points while capturing the large school division.
The competition consisted of eight 25-minute rounds on the topics of social studies, science, language, business, math, popular culture, fine arts and inventions/technology. Four teams competed simultaneously in each match.
The Ada Junior High Winter Guard earned first place in the Scholastic Regional A class beating out 12 other High School Winter Guards Saturday, Feb. 24, at the Mid-East Performance Association (MEPA) competition held at the Nutter Center in Dayton.
Team members are (from left) Olivia Thomas, Alaina Robirds, Olivia Green, Tessa Long and, holding the certificate, Mitchell Frazier. Ada has a Junior Winter Guard for 8th and 9th graders and a Senior Winter Guard for students in grades 9-12.
They compete by dancing and tossing flags. Harry Potter is this year’s theme. The groups next compete on March 4 in Columbus.
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.
