By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada softball team took two from local arch-rival USV in a non-league twinbill Saturday at the park.
The Lady Bulldogs won game one 14-5, then captured the nightcap 6-2. Sophomore hurler Leona Dalton pitched complete-game wins in both ends of the twinbill.
Ada improved to 7-7 with the doubleheader sweep, and the Rams fell to 3-6 with the defeats.
The purple and gold jumped ahead 7-4 in the first game.
Lexi Waugh beat out an infield hit in the home fourth to start another rally. One out later Sidney Gossard slapped a solid RBI single up the middle to score Kiersten Cortez.
By Cort Reynolds
MARION - The Ada tennis team defeated previously unbeaten Marion Harding 3-2 on the road Friday evening.
Ada improved to 9-3 with the big victory, while MH fell to 9-1 with its first loss.
The top three Bulldog singles players each won their matches in straight sets to pave the way to the win.
Ada senior Cade Mullins improved to 9-1 with his first singles victory, while junior Isaac Spar ran his mark to 8-2. Miranda Wills improved to 8-3 with the decisive match victory at third singles.
"What an exciting win for us today over a talented, unbeaten opponent in Marion Harding," said head coach Cody Hurley.
Individual wrestling state tournament will become a Friday-Saturday-Sunday event; girls basketball, the same weekend as wrestling, will leave the Schottenstein Center
The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced changes to the 2020 individual wrestling and girls basketball state tournaments. The wrestling state tournament will move to a Friday-Saturday-Sunday format (March 13-15) at the Schottenstein Center, while the girls basketball state tournament, which is the same weekend (March 12-14), will leave the Schottenstein Center.
The OHSAA has not yet finalized the location for the 2020 girls basketball state tournament. That is also the same weekend as the OHSAA’s ice hockey and Division I girls and boys bowling state tournaments.
I case you've missed it. A fish from a Dr. Seuss story suggests that reading can take place anywhere. Event with a fox, in a box, or with a mouse in a house. You'll find this message and art work in the Ada Public Library, which means, or course, you may also read in a library.
