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By Cort Reynolds

VAN BUREN – The visiting Ada High School baseball team lost 4-2 to Blanchard Valley Conference rival Van Buren in a resumed game on Saturday, May 2.

The contest was suspended from April 22.

The Bulldogs plated two runs in the top of the second inning, but VB matched it with two scores in the home half of the second. 

The Black Knights tallied single runs in the fourth and fifth frames and held Ada scoreless over the final five innings to win.  

Ada dropped to 6-10 overall and 2-5 in the BVC after the defeat.

VB improved to 13-6 overall and 4-2 in BVC play with the win.

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Pandora-Gilboa defeated the Upper Scioto Valley baseball team 6-5 on Saturday, May 2, in a nonconference game. Upper Scioto Valley will be back in action on Monday when we travel to Cory-Rawson.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Pandora-Gilboa 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 6 5 1
USV 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 7 1

WP: Grady Kempf LP: Jesse Prater (1-3).

Top Pitchers
P-G USV
Kempf 7 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 9 K Prater 3 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
Wyatt Davis 3 1⁄3 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Beau Sanders 2⁄3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

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Hickman wins 2 races

By Cort Reynolds

McGUFFEY__The Ada High School boys and girls track and field teams each finished a solid fourth at the 10-team Upper Scioto Valley Ram Invitational meet on Thursday, April 30.

Pandora-Gilboa won the boys team title with 143 points, while Riverdale came in second (124.5). McComb edged out the Bulldog boys for second place, 89-87.

Riverdale easily captured the girls team crown with 171 points. Delphos Jefferson finished a distant second with 79.5 points, followed by P-G (66) and Ada (54).

The host USV boys finished ninth (21), while the Rams girls (22) came in 10th.

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The following results are from April 24-30 of the Ohio Northern University 2025-26 athletics season as reported on www.ONUSports.com:

APRIL 24

APRIL 25

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PHOTOS by Mark Andreasen / CLICK to enlarge

By Cort Reynolds

ADA__The Ada High School baseball team suffered one bad inning and lost 6-4 to visiting non-conference rival Delphos Jefferson on Tuesday, April 28.

The Wildcats scored five runs in the top of the third inning to break a scoreless tie. 

The Bulldogs crept back into contention with single runs in the fourth and fifth frames. DJ tacked on an insurance run in the sixth to lead 6-2.

Ada plated two runs in the bottom of the seventh, but their rally fell short.

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PHOTOS by Mark Andreasen / CLICK to enlarge

By Cort Reynolds

ADA__The Ada High School softball team rallied from a shaky start to soundly defeat visiting Delphos Jefferson 11-4 in their non-conference contest on Tuesday, April 28.

The Bulldogs fell behind 4-0 after Wildcat Claire Brinkman launched a three-run homer in the top of the first inning.

But Ada fought right back with four runs in the home half of the first to tie it up.

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