Did you escape from the room on Saturday? Ray Hadley (left) and Madi Reeves pirate it up for the Ada Family Center Escape Room, which took place during the Ada Harvest and Herb Festival. Hadley is the pastor for the center. (Ada Icon photo/Shane Tilton)
By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The Ada cross country team competed in the Bath Invitational meet Tuesday evening.
The Bulldog boys finished ninth in the nine-team meet, which featured 98 runners.
Shawnee came in first with 32 points, well ahead of second-place Ottoville (93). USV was fifth (115) and Kenton finished seventh (149), while Ada totaled 239 points.
By Cort Reynolds
CONVOY - The Ada volleyball team lost in straight sets at league-leading Crestview Thursday night in a Northwest Conference match.
The 25-11, 25-16, 25-11 loss dropped the Lady Bulldog record to 8-10 overall and 1-4 in NWC play. Crestview improved to 13-1 and 6-0 in the NWC with the victory.
Junior Megan Light led Ada with four blocks and six kills. Classmate Miranda Wills added two kills and 13 digs.
Junior Aubrey Madison passed out six assists and made seven digs. Senior Josie Poling compiled a pair of kills and six digs.
Senior libero Kendal Guagenti served one ace and came up with a dozen digs.
By Cort Reynolds
ARLINGTON - The Ada boys golf team ended its season by finishing 12th in the 13-team Div. III sectional tournament at Arlington's Sycamore Springs Golf Course Thursday.
The top three teams and top three individuals not from qualifying teams advanced to compete at the Div. III districts October 3.
Van Buren won the sectional event with 349 strokes, followed closely by Allen East (350) and Bluffton (357).
Zach Miller of Allen East was sectional champion with a score of 38-39=77. A.J. Overmyer of VB tied with Ethan Tanner of fourth-place Carey for tournament second medalist honors, with each posting rounds of 81.
All photos by Ken Collins –
Elements of a small town weekend festival:
• Close Main Street
• Watch a parade
• Lots of food
• Free pony rides
• Queen contestants
• and, most important, stop and shop at over 140 craft and community booths.
Ken Collins took a walk – actually several – up and down the midway of Saturday's Ada Area Chamber of Commerce Harvest and Herb Festival. He shares a dozen or so photos with viewers below.
Come on, you bought something! Ken Colllins took a walk down the midway of Saturday's Harvest and Herb Festival and shares lots of photos with Icon viewers. Click here to view those photos.
