The Alger Memorial Festival Committee is sponsoring a country-style breakfast on Saturday,March 3, from 7:00 to 11:00 a.m. Serving biscuits, sausage gravy, hash-browns, scrambled eggs, fried apples, sausage patties and beverage.
Suggested donation is $7.00. All-you-can-eat (on premises only). Carry out is available,
Can’t get there? Call 419- 679-8460 (not long distance) for free local delivery.
Located at the Alger Social Center at 210 N. Main St. in Alger. Call 419-757-3891 for more information.
LIMA - Host Lima Temple Christian pulled away from a tight halftime battle with a big second half to defeat Ada 56-46 in non-conference boys basketball action Saturday night.
The Bulldogs drop to 4-17 with the defeat. Meanwhile, the Pioneers improve to 11-10 after the victory.
Ada trailed 14-11 after one quarter and inched within two points by halftime at 24-22. The Bulldogs had four possessions late in the first half with a chance to tie or take the lead, yet were unable to capitalize.
LTC outscored the Bulldogs 32-24 after intermission, and led by as many as 15, en route to winning by 10.
AKRON — Sophomore Lauren Halle (Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton) won the 200 fly in convincing fashion, leading the Ohio Northern women on the third and final day of the 2018 Ohio Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championships on Saturday at the University of Akron's Ocasek Natatorium.
Halle won the 200 fly in 2:08.28, touching a full 3.43 seconds ahead of her nearest competitor for her second championships title of the meet.
The Ohio Northern coaching staff, led by 14th-year head coach Peggy Ewald, was named the Co-OAC Women's Coaching Staff of the Year.
GAMBIER — Senior Samuel Boyd (Killbuck/West Holmes) finished first in the 1,000-meter run to lead the Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team at the Kenyon Classic on Saturday afternoon.
Northern (26-15 overall) finished fourth of 10 teams with 63 points.
Boyd finished first in the event in a season-best 4:28.28 to lead the way for ONU.
Sophomore Cameron Marous (Brecksville) picked up where he left off a season ago, leading the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team to a convincing 25-3 victory over Calvin (Mich.) in its season-opener on Saturday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
The Polar Bears improve to 1-0 overall, while the Knights drop to 0-2.
Marous tallied a game-best four goals on a perfect 4-for-4 shooting evening and added a game-high five ground balls.
In total, 16 players scored for Northern in a balanced offensive attack.
