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Competition Saturdays Sept. 21 through Nov. 16

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Ohio Northern University has joined the Great Lakes Esports Conference which will be starting its inaugural season this fall.

Ohio Northern joins nine other local schools in the conference: Aquinas (Mich.), Lourdes, Mount Union, Mount Vernon Nazarene, Muskingum, Northwood (Mich.), Tiffin, Trine (Ind.) and Marietta.

The Polar Bears will be playing League of Legends and Overwatch in the conference.

ONU's head esports Coach Troy Chiefari is excited to compete and to have a local conference to be a part of for Ohio Northern's first esports season.

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Hardin County Road 50 (Liberty Township Road 55-County Road 65) is now open, according to the Hardin County Engineer's office.

The road was previously closed due to bridge replacement.

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Ada students won't be in school on Monday, Sept. 16. According to Meri Skilliter, superintendent a staff professional development day is planned for the staff.

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The Ada Buyers Group would like to thank its members for participating in the 2019 Hardin County Junior Fair Sale, including:

Ada Kiwanis,
Ada Lions,
Ferguson Insurance,
Hays Insurance,
Charles VanDyne,

Hanson-Neely Funeral Home,
Spallinger Combine,
Hair Happenings Salon,
Alice Anspach,
William Bass Trucking,

BodyWorks Professional Therapeutic Massage,
Reicherts Clothing,
Everhart Trucking,
Wince Farms,
Norada Lanes,

Carol Slane Florists,
Associated Plastics,
Daft Erosion Control,
4 Season Drive-Thru,
D&J Golf Carts,

Hunter Wells finished just three seconds behind his personal-best mark set at Riverdale last year

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By Cort Reynolds
MT. BLANCHARD - The Ada cross country team finished 12th at the 13-team Riverdale Invitational Saturday.

The Bulldog boys scored 294 points while Hopewell-Loudon won with just 25 points. Van Buren was a distant second with 78 points, followed by USV in third (141).

Ada finishes and times:
31st Hunter Wells 19:54.78
69th Seth Swaney 22:23.03
73rd Riley Ferguson 22:39.98
88th Keegan Giddens 24:24.03
93rd Connor Daugherty 24:33.04
97th Xander Wells 25:13.8

Light led Ada with a career-high 25 kills; She also added seven digs and two aces

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By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Despite playing its fourth match in four nights, the visiting Bluffton volleyball team won a tough four-set match in a very steamy gym at feisty Northwest Conference rival Ada Thursday night.

The Lady Pirates prevailed 25-20, 25-21, 23-25, 25-23 to improve to 7-3 overall and 2-0 NWC after their third victory in a row. The spunky Lady Bulldogs fell to 4-6 and 0-3 in the NWC with their third consecutive loss to a tough opponent.

"I thought we had momentum heading into the fourth set, but we have to be able to finish," said Ada head coach Kyleigh Tabor. "We have to be able to side out."

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