FINDLAY__The visiting Ada High School baseball team lost 12-1 at Blanchard Valley Conference rival Liberty-Benton in a makeup game on a warm Thursday, April 16.
L-B raced in front with a seven-run first inning and never trailed. Ada plated its lone run in the top of the third frame, but the Eagles answered with three scores in the home half of the third.
Two more Eagle runs in the fourth inning eventually invoked the 10-run mercy rule after 4.5 frames.
The Bulldogs were out-hit 11-2 by L-B. Ada committed four errors, leading to five unearned runs.
Ada dropped to 6-4 overall and 2-3 in the BVC with the road loss.
FROM FACEBOOK__The Liberty Conservation Club, 1552 OH-235, has announced the annual Fishing Derby will take place on Sunday, May 17. Gates open at 9:00 a.m. for early setup.
Kids fishing (12 and under) - 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Open Fishing: 2:00-5:00 p.m.
To particiapte, membership is required. Cost $25/family per year. Membership covers parents and kids under 18.
FROM FACEBOOK__Back-to-back-to-back! For the third year in a row, the Ohio Northern University Robotics Team has secured the Collegiate Robotic Football Conference national championship, becoming the first in conference history to win it three years in a row!
Our engineers worked tirelessly to keep the trophy in Ada!
ARLINGTON __The visiting Ada High School baseball team defeated Blanchard Valley Conference foe Arlington 6-1 on a warm Wednesday, April 15.
A triple play, timely hitting and strong relief pitching helped the Bulldogs earn the victory. The rarest of defensive plays, the way Ada turned three was also extremely unusual.
“It was a good win,” said Ada head coach Toby Smith. “We made a bunch of nice plays in the field, and turned a triple play as well. Shanks and Wibley’s pitching kept them at bay.”
ARLINGTON__The visiting Ada High School softball team soundly defeated Arlington 15-0 in a Blanchard Valley Conference blowout on Wednesday, April 15.
The Bulldog girls tallied seven runs in the top of the first inning and cruised to victory. Ada scored three runs in the third, and then tacked on five more in the fifth frame to enact the 10-run mercy rule.
Ada improved to 11-1 overall and 3-1 in the BVC with their second road win in two tries. The Bulldogs are 9-1 at home.
Arlington fell to 1-7 and 1-2 in BVC play after the lopsided five-inning loss.
By Alyson Pickryl, Student Pharmacist and Karen Kier, Pharmacist
On behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
During the mid-19th century around the 1840s, the idiom “full of beans” was noted. The idiom referred to a high-energy state in horses after they were fed beans. This was a common practice to feed horses beans in Europe and the United Kingdom to add stamina to the diet of working horses. The idiom was then used to describe people with a lot of energy. During the 20th century, the term in the United States evolved to describe someone who was talking nonsense or lying. They were just full of beans!
