Bulldogs seeded 4th in tourney draw, 5th in league
By Cort Reynolds / Photos by Mark Andreasen
McCOMB – The visiting Ada High School volleyball team defeated Blanchard Valley Conference foe McComb in four sets to end the regular season on a high note Monday, Oct. 12.
The Bulldog girls improved their record to 16-5 overall with the 25-21, 15-25, 25-21, 25-22 road victory. Ada ended up 5-4 in the BVC after posting the victory that broke a tie in the standings with McComb.
Union workers at Ada's Wilson Sporting Goods football factory began staging informational picketing on Monday, October 12 in response to what union president Derek Gibson calls "offering us a very unfair contract."
The current contract is set to expire on Friday night, October 16. The workers are members of Local 1385 of the Chicago and Midwest Joint Board Workers United union.
Riding a five-match win streak, the Ada girls soccer team was seeded second in the Div. IV district drawing held on October 11.
The Bulldogs (12-1-2) will host Kalida (3-7-4) in the sectional finals Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 5 p.m.
The winner advances to take on the survivor between third seed Columbus Grove (8-3-2) and fifth seed Continental (9-4-2) in the district semifinals at Bluffton on Monday, Oct. 26 at Bluffton.
Undefeated Miller City is the top seed in the strong seven-team the bracket. MC will play the Bluffton (6-8-1) vs. Allen East (2-10-3) victor on Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. on the Pirate home pitch of Steinmetz Field.
On October 11, Lee Crouse invited the community to visit his private Ada museum on State Route 81. The museum's walls, ceiling and rows and rows of shelving display several decades of collecting. When asked, "When did the Ada history bug bite you?" Crouse points to a c. 1876 advertisement for the Star Clothing Store: A top hat is among the illustrations.
FROM FACEBOOK__Come cheer with the Ohio Northern University Cheerleaders on Saturday, October 17. The clinic will feature all participants during the ONU Football game that day. The cost is $35 per athlete, and further details are below. Registration closes on Wednesday, October 14.
Clinic Schedule:
9:00 AM — Check-In
9:30–11:00 AM — Cheer Clinic
12:00 PM — Cheer for the first quarter of the ONU Game!
