Ada High School sophomore Lily Baumgartner finished third in the 100 butterfly finals and fifth in the 100 backstroke finals at the OHSAA Division II state meet in Canton’s C.T. Branin Natatorium on Friday night, February 24.
Baumgartner completed the 100 butterfly in 55.87, bettering her state preliminary heat time of Thursday night by .79.
CANTON–Two Ada High School swimmers competed well in the preliminary heats of the Division II state meet at the C.T. Branin Natatorium Thursday night, February 23.
Ada sophomore Lily Baumgartner advanced to two top-eight A Finals races Friday evening, qualifying in both the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke.
Senior Brynn Serbin (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) made two free throws with five seconds left to send the No. 18 Ohio Northern women's basketball team to a 52-51 victory over Otterbein in the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals at the ONU Sports Center, February 23.
With the win, the top-seeded Polar Bears (22-4) advance to the OAC Tournament finals to face No. 2 seed Marietta (20-6), which defeated third-seeded Baldwin Wallace 71-65 in Thursday's other semifinal.
Northern will host Marietta in Saturday's championship game at 2 p.m. This marks ONU's first OAC Tournament finals appearance since the 2018-19 season.
ST. MARYS–The Ada High School boys basketball team stifled Hardin County foe Ridgemont 58-38 in Div. IV sectional semifinal action Tuesday night, February 21, at St. Marys.
Ada improved to 10-13 with the decisive win. Ridgemont ended up 7-16 after the season-ending loss.
Ada led 16-11 after the first period and stretched the margin to 27-16 at halftime. The Bulldogs built a comfortable 41-22 margin after three periods.
The Gophers were not able to reduce their deficit under double digits in the second half.
The Bulldogs extended their lead to 44-22 early in the fourth period, and won handily by 20.
