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FROM FACEBOOK__The 2026 Ada High School boys soccer alumni match will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 1 at War Memorial Park's turf field.

Organizers ask, "to ensure that we have enough alumni to have a team, please fill out this form with your plans for the match and please wear white shirts to play!"

BOYS SOCCER ALUMNI MATCH REGISTRATION

 

PHOTOS by Brandi Grant-Rigsby

The Ada Gators summer swim team celebrated the 2026 season wrap-up at the West Ohio Aquatic League championships on July 10-11 by honoring seniors Kaden Clum, Lydia Damasio, and Alyssa Nau. The Gators chose a superhero theme for the event parade, as modeled by Hailey Rigsby, Amelia Clemons, Claire Porter, and Lily Raines, as well as Coach David Lusk.

By Cort Reynolds

KENTON – The Ada Gators summer swim team finished sixth at the annual two-day, eight-team West Ohio Aquatic League championship meet in Kenton on Friday and Saturday, July 10-11.

The Gator boys finished in a solid fourth place, while the Ada girls ended up eighth following the second day of competition. 

The Frogs of Findlay won the overall league championship with 2,674 points, followed by second-place Westside (2,593). The Gators compiled 940 combined points to finish just ahead of seventh-place Kenton by 17.5 points, with Van Wert a distant eighth (468).

By Cort Reynolds

KENTON__The Ada summer swim team stands sixth after day one of the annual eight-team West Ohio Aquatic League championship meet in Kenton on Friday, July 10.

The Gator boys are in fourth place, while the Ada girls are eighth following the first day of competition. 

Findlay led the combined standings after day one with 1,316 points, followed by Westside. The Gators scored 435 combined boys/girls points on day one.

The Westside boys led with 797 points, with Findlay second at 601.5. The Ada boys tallied 342 points.

By Tim Glon 

The Ohio Northern men's and women's swimming and diving teams have been selected as Scholar All-America teams for the spring 2026 semester by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America.

The CSCAA selected 714 programs from 418 collegiate schools as Scholar All-America teams for the spring 2026 semester. Teams were selected on the basis of their spring 2026 team grade point averages.

For the spring 2026 semester, the ONU men had a 3.41 team GPA, and the ONU women had a 3.56 GPA.

In NCAA Division III, Colorado College held the highest team GPA of 3.87 among men's teams and 3.92 among the women's teams.

MEDIA RELEASE__Jesse Prater, a rising senior from Upper Scioto Valley High School, earned division VII First Team All-State honors at third base as voted on by the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association.

Prater was also on the First Team Northwest Central Conference and Prep Baseball Ohio First Team All-State.

On July 1, Prater represented Upper Scioto Valley by playing in the OHSBCA All-Ohio series at the VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe.

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