3 Bulldogs 2nd team, 8 honorable mention

By Cort Reynolds

ADA__Ada High School junior scoring leader Andrew Allen was named first team All-North Central Ohio Soccer Association in boys soccer by the league coaches recently.

Allen has scored a team-high 25 goals and passed out five assists to pace the 11-4-2 Bulldogs with 55 points.

Junior goalkeeper Jacob Rush was one of three Ada players named second team all-conference. He has made 120 saves so far this season, a 7.1 average per match. Rush and the Ada defense have posted four shutouts this season.

Junior forward Carson Conley was named second team All-NCOSA. He has scored nine goals and dished out a team-high 11 assists for 29 points.

Senior defender Jacob Henson also was voted second team all-league.

Junior defender Wyatt Fisher (one goal) led a barrage of eight honorable mention picks from the Bulldogs. 

Senior midfielder Evan Miller (four assists), senior defender Jude Griffin, senior midfielder Joshua Thaxton (five goals, three assists), junior MF Tim Chrissobolis (four goals, three assists), junior MF Connor McKean (two assists), junior MF Chase Jarrett (three goals, one assist) and junior MF Bradyn Bowen all made HM all-league. 

Ada finished 3-2 in NCOSA play to end up in third place in the six-team league standings.

Liberty-Benton won the league title at 5-0, followed by Van Buren (4-1) in second. Upper Sandusky ended up fourth (2-3), with Riverdale fifth (1-4) and Cory-Rawson last (0-5).

Aiden Hatch of Liberty-Benton was voted NCOSA Player of the Year. Liberty-Benton mentor Aaron Troyer was named NCOSA Coach of the Year.

Mark Schwemer of Riverdale was voted NCOSA Assistant Coach of the Year.