ADA__The Ada Gators summer swim team dove into its season opener by splitting a dual meet with visiting Wapakoneta at the Ada Municipal Pool Thursday evening, June 5.
The Gator boys team beat the Waves, 145 points to 122. Wapakoneta won the girls meet 270-86 to capture the combined meet by a score of 392-231.
“I am so proud of the job our swimmers did in our first meet,” said Ada head coach Dave Lusk. “We had a number of swimmers in their first meet ever. We also had some (people) swimming events they had never swum before.
COLUMBUS – Ada senior speedster Logan Jolliff finished 11th out of 18 sprinters in the preliminary heats of the Div. III state track and field meet at Ohio State University’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus on Friday, June 6.
Jolliff finished with a time of 11.207 to cross the finish line sixth in heat number two.
The top nine preliminary heats finishers made it to the finals Saturday. Jolliff missed state qualification by two places and less than .04.
JUNE 3 FACEBOOK POST__Due to weather and facility issues being faced by other teams, [the Ada Gators] have had to make some adjustments to our meet schedule in the coming weeks.
The meet on June 9 has been rescheduled to a tri-meet on June 30. It will still be hosted at the Bluffton Pool.
The meet on June 26 against Shawnee will now be a home meet at the Ada Pool.
FOSTORIA__The Ada High School track and field team was down to one athlete at the Div. III northwest region 10 meet finals Friday, May 30, in Fostoria.
Ada senior speedster Logan Jolliff finished second in his 100-meter dash preliminary heat on May 28 with a time of 11.21 to qualify for the Friday evening finals.
Jolliff improved his time in the final by .17 to 11.04 and thus finished fourth to make it to the state meet in Columbus.
Sophomore Tripp Phoenix of Carey won the 100-meter finals in 10.95. McComb senior Haiden Ebright took second in 10.99. Evergreen sophomore Luke Woodring crossed the line third in 11.01.
FINDLAY – Gibsonburg broke open a tense scoreless duel with four runs in the top of the eighth inning, then held off a last-ditch rally by the Ada High School softball team to win their Div. VI regional final bout 4-0 in extra innings Friday evening, May 30, at Findlay High School.
The Golden Bears scored four runs in the top of the eighth inning behind a home run, two hits and two errors. The feisty Bulldog girls stayed alive by loading the bases with two out in the bottom of the eighth against tiring freshman hurler Alivia Wauford.
