Ohio Northern moved up five spots to No. 15 in the third weekly American Volleyball Coaches Association poll. The Polar Bears are coming off a 3-1 week with victories over area-rival Bluffton, then-#17 Hope (Mich.) and Mary Washington (Va.) and a loss to No. 4 Wittenberg.
Junior middle hitter Chelsea Huppert was selected as the OAC Volleyball Athlete of the Week recipient.
Last week, Huppert spotlighted the ONU offensive attack, registering 49 kills with just six errors for an impressive .462 hitting percentage. Additionally, the junior posted 10 digs and five total blocks to aid the Northern defensive effort.
Her performance also helped her secure a spot on the Wittenberg Fall Classic All-Tournament Team.
Anabel Alexander was crowned 2018 queen of the Ada Harvest and Herb Fest on Saturday afternoon during ceremonies at the Depot Park. She was selected as AHS Homecoming queen on Friday.
From left are Lyric Jones, 2017 queen and now a student at Ohio University; Queen Anabel; Allison Dotson, who won the essay contest; Audrey Hazelton, and Kama Arn. The queen candidates are AHS seniors.
Three judges selected the queen based on interviews and the essay they wrote. (Monty Siekerman photo)
The leaves in the trees near McIntosh Center, the first building constructed on the West Campus, will soon turn fall colors. Autumn begins Saturday, Sept. 22. (Monty Siekerman photo)
By Monty Siekerman
Micah Barnes is earning his was through college with popcorn. He’s not growing it. He’s not detasseling it. But he’s popping it in a kettle to sell at festivals, like he did at Ada’s Harvest and Herb Fest on Saturday.
His kettle corn trailer, located in front of McDonald’s, did a brisk business, selling bags of kettle corn for up to $7 each. This young man (he’s a junior at Ohio Northern) knows his kettle corn. He began with one trailer when he was a freshman in high school. Then, with his profits, he bought two more trailers to service fairs, festivals, and sports contests in the Ashtabula County area where he grew up.
The grades are based upon a formula weighing 20 percent for achievement, 20 percent for progress and 15 percent each for closing gaps, graduation rates, kindergarten through third-grade literacy and prepared for success measures.
