ADA - The host Ada girls soccer team took a second half lead and held off Delphos Jefferson 3-2 in a Northwest Conference match Wednesday evening.
The Lady Bulldog victory improved their record to 4-9 overall and 3-2 in NWC play, good for fourth in the nine-team league standings.
DJ fell to 5-7 and 3-3 in league action with the defeat.
Ada scored first, but the Wildcats tied it with a goal late in the first half. The Bulldogs netted two unanswered goals after intermission to build a 3-1 lead.
ADA - Ada travels to Crestview in a Northwest Conference showdown Friday that could go a long way toward deciding the league champion.
Ada (4-2, 2-1 NWC) whipped visiting Columbus Grove 37-0 in week six to climb back into the thick of the conference title chase.
Previously unbeaten Crestview (5-1, 2-1 NWC) was knocked off by visiting Spencerville 49-34 last Friday to create a five-way tie for first place in the league at 2-1.
During the past week soybean harvest has kicked into high gear. The extended dry period has allowed farmers an uncommon opportunity to harvest non-stop. In some fields they are having trouble staying ahead of the drying beans – grain moisture dropping as low as 10%, increasing the chance of shattering before harvest.
Soybeans generally are the first crop to be harvested, but even then it depends on the planting date of the corn and soybeans. Some years, the soybeans are planted late enough that both crops are ready to harvest about the same time. Corn harvest will begin in the next seven to ten days for many fields.
Sophomore Rose Nienaber (Cincinnatti/Oak Hills) and senior Anna Niemeyer(Loveland) each scored as the No. 17-ranked Ohio Northern women's soccer team defeated Otterbein 2-0 on Wednesday evening at Kerscher Stadium.
The Polar Bears move to 9-1-1 overall and 2-0-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Cardinals fall to 7-2-1, 0-2-0.
Northern has now won seven straight contests and posted its seventh shutout of the season
People are hurting all over the world: Las Vegas, hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the Mexican earthquake, and more, so this Sunday the Ada Family Center will have a special prayer and praise service for families, communities, and the nation and its leaders. The church meets at 10:30 a.m. In McIntosh Center with Ray Hadley as pastor. All are welcome.
