Ada HS cross country runners competed in the Kyle Althauser Invitational at Kenton on Thursday. Here are five of the several Bulldog competitors. For individual results click here. (Cort Reynolds photos)
Ada school board will meet in its regular October meeting at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 14. The meeting is announced as a meeting and planning session.
Story and photos by Cort Reynolds
KENTON - The Ada cross country teams competed in the eighth annual Kyle Althauser Invitational Thursday evening at the Kenton middle school.
The Bulldogs finished seventh in the eight-team meet with 157 points, ahead of Riverdale by 12 points. St. Marys won the meet with 54 points, followed by Hardin Northern (75) and Kenton (83).
By Cort Reynolds
MT. BLANCHARD - North Central Ohio Soccer Association leader Riverdale defeated visiting Ada 9-0 in a boys soccer match Thursday night.
The defeat dropped the Bulldog record to 7-6 overall and 2-3 in NCOSA play. The Falcons improved to 12-2-1 overall and 5-0-1 in NCOSA action with the victory.
Ada plays at tough county rival Kenton (8-3-2) on Saturday, October 10 at 5 p.m. in a non-league bout.
By Cort Reynolds
SPENCERVILLE - The visiting Ada volleyball team swept Spencerville to win a Northwest Conference spike tilt Thursday night.
Ada won 25-16, 25-18, 25-20 to up the Lady Bulldog overall record to 8-10 overall and 2-5 in NWC play.
Spencerville fell to 2-15 and 0-7 in the NWC with the defeat.
Senior middle Megan Light led Ada with 14 kills, nine digs and three blocks. Versatile senior Miranda Wills amassed 12 digs, hit for seven kills and served three aces.
Junior setter Kirsten Poling passed out 23 assists and also came up with nine digs.
Soybean harvest has begun locally with farmers cutting their earliest planted beans with dry moisture content. Most early yield reports are ranging from 35-70 bushels per acre
By Mark Badertscher
Hardin County - During the month of September, Extension volunteer rainfall reporters received an average of 4.77 inches of rain.
The most rain for this month, 7.92 inches, fell in Taylor Creek Township, as measured by Silver Creek Supply.
The least rain reported during the month, 2.60 inches, was reported in Jackson Township by Rick Weber.
Liberty Township, reported by Phil Epley had 3 inches of rain and 17.40 for the growing season
During the same month last year, an average of 2.82 inches of rain fell. The rainfall recorded in September over the past 10 years averaged 3.53 inches.
