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By Cort Reynolds

MT. BLANCHARD – The streaking Ada High School softball team broke a late tie and beat Blanchard Valley Conference foe Riverdale 7-5 on a warm Monday evening, April 28.

Ada improved to 15-2 overall and 6-2 in the BVC with their seventh straight victory. The Bulldog girls have outscored their opponents 69-6 during the win streak.

The Falcons dropped to 6-6 overall and 2-3 in BVC play after the loss.

“We hit the ball hard but a lot of them were right at the defense,” said Bulldog head coach Jeff Bassitt. “It was a good ballgame.”

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By Cort Reynolds

MT. BLANCHARD – The visiting Ada High School baseball team fell behind big early, then rallied late, but came up short 9-5 to new Blanchard Valley Conference rival Riverdale on Monday evening, April 28.

The Bulldogs tallied a run in the top of the first to take an early 1-0 lead. But the Falcons responded with three runs in the bottom of the first to gain the lead, and never trailed again.

The Falcons plated three runs in the third and added three scores in the fourth to build a 9-1 cushion. Ada tallied two runs in the fifth, plus single runs in the sixth and seventh, to cut the final deficit to four. 

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Junior High girls win invitational, boys place 2nd

April 24 Ada Bulldogs Facebook__Ada's Junior High Track team competed in the Ada JH Invitational with 13 teams on April 24.

1st-3rd Place Finishers:

Grant Smith - 3rd - Boys 200

Boys 4x100 - 1st - West, Arnett, Mosler, Smith

Boys 4x200 - 2nd - Mosler, Dunlap, Hefner, West

Boys 4x400 - 3rd - Buxton, Hefner, Fensler, Dunlap

Cash Hazelton - 2nd - Boys Pole Vault

Tristan Arnett - 3rd - Boys Long Jump

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By Cort Reynolds

ADA – The Ada High School boys tennis team was defeated by visiting local rival Bluffton 5-0 Monday, April 28 on a hot evening at War Memorial Park courts.

The Pirates improved to 8-2 with the victory, while the Bulldogs fell to 2-3 after the defeat.

“We lost a lot of decisive points, it wasn’t a complete blowout but not ideal,” said Ada head coach Carter Bivens.

Bluffton senior Branson Hilty and Ada senior Nathan Williams played a tough, long three-setter at first singles. Williams won the first set handily 6-2, but Hilty battled back to lead 6-5 in the second set. 

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WEST LAFAYETTE — Junior Marisa Alfes (Bellbrook) won Medalist honors to lead the Ohio Northern women's golf team to a second place finish at the 2025 Ohio Athletic Conference Championships on Sunday, April 27.

The Basics

Ohio Northern finished second of nine teams with a 322-326-344-330—1322.

Mount Union won the team title by two strokes with a 320-329-343-328—1320, Otterbein was third at 338-338-341-349—1366 and Heidelberg was fourth with a 337-349-345-345—1376.

The teams played the final 18 of the tournament's 72 holes on Sunday after playing 27 on Friday and Saturday.

ONU Season Record: 46-18.

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PHOTOS by Mark Andreasen, click to enlarge and view at your own pace

By Cort Reynolds

ADA – The streaking Ada High School softball team defeated plucky non-conference backyard rival Allen East 6-0 Thursday evening, April 23 to celebrate Senior Night.

Ada improved to 14-2 overall with their sixth straight victory, all at home. The Bulldog girls have outscored their opponents 62-1 during the win streak.

Outmanned AE battled hard but dropped to 2-10 overall after taking the rivalry loss.  

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