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By Cort Reynolds

ADA – The Ada High School tennis team battled through a close match to defeat visiting Wapakoneta 3-2 on a windy but warm Monday, May 4 at War Memorial Park.

The inexperienced Bulldog netters improved to 1-6 after capturing their first win.

The win was a rematch. The Redskins (5-10) beat Ada 4-1 in the first Bulldog match of the season, and improving Ada avenged that loss on Monday.

MEDIA RELEASE__Cory-Rawson defeated Upper Scioto Valley 8-7 in eight innings Monday night in a Northwest Central Conference baseball game. Upper Scioto Valley will be back in action tomorrow night versus Waynesfield-Goshen.

May 4, 2026

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
USV 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 8 14 5
Cory-Rawson 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 1 9 8 3

WP: Mason Fruth LP: Caiden Lowery.
Top Pitchers
USV C-R
Lowery 31⁄3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K Shyler Ludwig 7 IP, 13 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
Beau Sanders 4 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 6 BB, 2 K Fruth 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K

District passes drill with Nationwide Children’s Hospital 

MAY 4 MEDIA RELEASE__Ada Exempted Village Schools is proud to announce its efforts to earn the Heart Safe School Designation through Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Over the past several months, the district has worked diligently to complete the Heart Safe School Program Checklist, which focuses on cardiac emergency preparedness, staff training and establishing a practiced response plan.

By Liz Gordon-Hancock

The following five land transfers took place in the Ada Exempted Village School District in April 2026 as reported on the website of the Hardin County, Ohio auditor Michael T. Bacon  and Hancock County, Ohio auditor Charity Rauschenberg.

ADDRESS - SALE DATE - SALE PRICE - LAND USE - FROM… TO…

Agricultural

Hello, Adaites! Here are AdaIcon.com's top stories from the week that was, April 27 - May 3. For a chronological look at all Icon content, visit AdaIcon.com/archive

APRIL 27

Community engagement shines at ONU student-led Touch-A-Truck event

APRIL 28

Ada hosts winless Perry in tourney opener

By Cort Reynolds

ADA__The highly successful Ada High School softball team was seeded first in their seven-team Northwest 5 Div. VI tournament draw Sunday.

Ada (17-3) will host winless Perry (0-9) on Tuesday, May 12 at 5 p.m. in the first round of tournament play. The Commodores are last in the Northwest Central Conference at 0-5.

The Bulldog/Commodore winner will play the survivor between second seed Carey (8-10) and number seven LCC (3-10) on Tuesday, May 19 at Bath.

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