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By Cort Reynolds / Photos by Aftan Dewese

ADA__Playing their first match in nine days, the Ada High School girls soccer team wasn’t rusty as they defeated visiting North Central Ohio Soccer Association foe Upper Sandusky 3-0 on Wednesday evening, Sept. 30.

Ada improved to 10-1-2 overall and 1-1-1 in the NCSA after the home victory.  US fell to 6-5-1 overall and 2-2-1 in NCOSA play with the road loss.

Junior Rose Baxter netted two goals, and sophomore Shay Smith netted one.

By Cort Reynolds

UPPER SANDUSKY__The visiting Ada High School boys soccer team battled hard but lost 1-0 to North Central Ohio Soccer Association power Upper Sandusky on Wednesday, Sept. 30.

Ada fell to 6-7-1 overall and 1-4 in the tough NCOSA after the road defeat.

US improved to 10-1-1 overall and 4-1-1 in NCOSA play with the home win. Miller City is first in the league standings at 4-0.

After a scoreless first half, Ram Caleb Arter scored the lone goal of the match with approximately 20 minutes left in the second half.

By Cort Reynolds / Photos by Mark Andreasen

BLOOMDALE __The visiting Ada High School volleyball team lost a close five-setter to Blanchard Valley Conference foe Elmwood on Wednesday, Sept. 30.

The Bulldogs won the first and fourth sets and extended the fifth game to overtime before falling in a tight battle.

Ada dropped to 14-4 and 3-3 in BVC play after the 24-26, 25-15, 25-21, 22-25, 19-17 defeat.

The Royals improved to 7-10 overall and 3-3 in the BVC with the win.

By Karen Kier, Pharmacist
On behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

In September of 1982, Billy Joel released his single titled Pressure. The song hit number 20 on the charts in the United States. The lyrics describe the pressure one applies when trying to write or create to support themselves. In Billy Joel’s career, he has been nominated for 23 Grammy Awards and has won 5. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 and received Kennedy Center Honors in 2013. 

Is there science behind using beets to help control blood pressure?

By Paula Pyzik Scott

My Mom’s apple pie is definitely among the top five Pyzik family recipes that I continue to make for both flavor and nostalgia. So when Bluffton’s America 250 committee announced an apple pie-making contest, I was all in.

But when was the last time I made Mom’s apple pie? It had been a while. I was relieved to put my hands on the old paper copy of the pie crust recipe and the baking instructions from my older edition of the Joy of Cooking. I have both cookbooks because my favorite brownie recipe isn’t in the later edition.

Pictured above, L-R) Hanley Wheeler, BSPh ’82; Angela Phares, BS ’08; Josh Barrickman, BSBA ’97, CFA; Dr. Karen Kier, BSPh ’82; Doug Leuthold, BSCE ’76, Judge William Zimmerman, BA ’75, JD ’79

FROM ONU.EDU/NEWS__Ohio Northern University celebrated six exceptional graduates during its 2026 Homecoming & Reunion Weekend, presenting them with Distinguished Alumni Awards in recognition of their outstanding professional achievements and dedicated service to their alma mater. The Alumni Service Award will be bestowed at a later date.

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