ADA - Visiting Upper Scioto Valley used two big first-half runs to build an intermission cushion, and made it stand up in a 68-52 win over local arch-rival Ada in girls basketball action Tuesday night.
The Lady Bulldogs fell to 4-13 overall with the non-conference defeat, while the Lady Rams improved to 4-11 with the hard-fought win.
USV senior guard Kaycee Carroll poured in a game-high 26 points and classmate Haley Hunsicker contributed 16 markers to lead the hot-shooting Rams. USV knocked down eight three-point goals, all in the first 18 minutes.
Soprano Chelsie Cree of Toledo will present a vocal recital at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 4 in Presser Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.
Cree will present a lecture recital about Dame Ethel Smyth, an English composer and member of the women’s suffrage movement. The program will include works by Smyth, as well as composers Johannes Brahms and Richard Strauss. Nathan Leonard will accompany Cree on piano.
Cree earned her bachelor’s degree in music performance from Ohio Northern in 2015 and a master’s degree from the University of Toledo.
The Ohio Northern wrestling team swept all 10 weight classes to post an impressive 48-0 victory over Otterbein on Tuesday night at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 8-9 overall and get back to even in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 2-2 record.
The Cardinals fall to 6-5, 1-4.
Sophomore Aidan Pierobon (Rochester Hills, Mich./Stoney Creek), junior Clayton Davidson (Kirtland) and sophomore Nate Barcaskey (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) each registered falls to lead Ohio Northern.
Not every village in the U.S. gets a blown-featured in Sports Illustrated. Ada is more than just every village in the U.S. Especially this week, as the Super Bowl looms on the horizon. See what Sports Illustrated says about Ada in its feature story - click here to read.
Today, Bi the polar bear explores Ada. This is the second installment of a four-part series describing Bi, the visiting polar bear from the Arctic, and his travels in Ada to find his friend, Klondike, the ONU mascot.
Yesterday featured photos of Klondike, a little history about him, and how he is helpful in Ada/ONU, but can be down right scary at sports events.
