RIDGEWAY__The visiting Ada High School softball team dominated Hardin County rival Ridgemont 11-1 in a non-conference contest on an unseasonably warm Friday, April 17.
The Bulldogs broke the game open with five runs in the third inning and put it away with four more runs in the seventh.
The Gophers tallied their lone run in the bottom of the first to tie it 1-1. Ada went ahead with a run in the second, and then seized control with the big third frame to build a 7-1 margin.
Ada improved to 12-2 overall with the road win. The Bulldogs are 3-1 in away games and are 9-1 at home.
FROM FACEBOOK__Summer youth swim with the Ada Gators has announced sign ups and parent meetings on April 20 and April 29 at the Ada First United Methodist Church 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Ada Gators is open to grades K–12. Cost: $65 first swimmer, $60 each additional. The Ada Gators Swim Team season runs approximately 6 weeks (June–July) with daily weekday practices.
DAYTON__The Ada High School baseball team led through four frames but lost 4-2 to non-conference rival Perry at Dayton’s Day Air Stadium on Friday, April 17.
The Bulldogs led 2-0 heading to the fifth inning after tallying single runs in the second and fourth.
Perry plated three runs in the bottom of the fifth, and then added a key insurance run in the sixth to pull off the comeback win.
FINDLAY__The visiting Ada High School softball team gave up four runs in the bottom of the seventh and lost a 9-6 heartbreaker to Liberty-Benton in a key Blanchard Valley Conference makeup game on Thursday, April 16.
The seesaw battle featured two grand slams and four home runs.
The Eagles jumped ahead 3-0 in the first inning, but the Ada girls tallied two runs in the fourth to inch within a run. The Bulldogs then seized a 6-3 lead with four runs in the sixth.
L-B won the game with a walk-off grand slam over the left field fence by Elise Brzezinski in the bottom of the seventh. Her circuit blast capped the comeback win.
