By Cort Reynolds
WAYNESFIELD - The Ada boys' and girls' basketball teams will compete in the inaugural "Border Battle" holiday basketball tournament Dec. 28-30 at Waynesfield-Goshen High School.
Local rivals Ada, Allen East, Upper Scioto Valley and host W-G will compete in the four-team tournaments, with eight games taking place over three days between the rival school's boys and girls varsity squads.
The event will culminate in the girls and boys title contests Saturday evening, Dec. 30.
ROCKFORD - Ada senior Chase Sumner won the 145-pound bracket and most valuable wrestler titles at the Parkway Invitational Saturday, leading the Bulldog grapplers to a solid third-place finish at the 12-team event Saturday.
Sumner went 4-0 to improve his record to 14-0 this season, and was voted by the coaches as tourney MVP. He also won the same honor at the Lincolnview Invite Dec. 9.
Parkway won the event with 199.5 points, followed by second-place Spencerville with 164 points. The Bulldogs took third with 150, followed by Delphos St. John's (122.5) and Hicksville (104).
Here's a selection of 2017 Ada Icon photos taken by Monty Siekerman, Ada Icon editor/writer/photographer. He chose one photo for each month because of its news worthiness or because he just liked the picture. January-June are shown today. Pictures from the last have of the year will be posted tomorrow.
Look familiar? It's an Ada-made Wilson Super Bowl football from last year. Wilson sells these for $129.99 on the Wilson website. Ada will celebrate this year's Super Bowl Eve on Saturday, Feb. 3. Click here for details.
Chad E. Mundy, age 37, died on Sunday, December 24, 2017 at 6:43 p.m. at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus.
He was born on March 23, 1980 in Findlay, Ohio to Rick Mundy and Jean Curtis. His father Rick Mundy and wife Linda survive in Alger. His mother Jean survives in Kenton.
Chad is also survived by his son, Caino Mundy of Alger and his mother, Jade Jones; his daughter, Ava Mundy of North Baltimore and her mother, Cheryl Kellar; a granddaughter, MaHailee Mundy; and two brothers: Kevin Mundy of Kenton and Jamie (Yvette) Mundy of Findlay.
It was his wish to be cremated. Memorial services will be held at a later date.
