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By Cort Reynolds

ADA – The Ada High School baseball team lost to visiting Blanchard Valley Conference power Van Buren 16-2 on a warm Wednesday evening, April 23.

The unbeaten Black Knights jumped ahead with five runs in the top of the first frame. VB tallied four more in the second, and pushed five runs across in the third to build a 14-2 lead. 

The Bulldogs plated single runs in the first and second innings.

Ada dropped to 3-9 overall and 2-4 in the BVC with the defeat. Van Buren improved to 9-0 overall and 4-0 in BVC play after the win.

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The following results are from April 16-22 of the Ohio Northern University 2025 athletics season:

Coach Stechschulte picks up 300th career win as Baseball splits a pair at Capital

Junior Robbie Reed joins the 100-Hit Club as Baseball posts 13-3 victory over Bluffton

Men's Golf wraps up regular season with third place finish at Otterbein Easter Leftover Tournament

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The Ada Gators Summer Swim Team is taking registrations for summer 2025 at https://linktr.ee/adasummerswim

Participants also need to attend one of the two parent meetings to finish the sign up process:

May 7 or May 12
6:00-7:00 p.m.
Ada First United Methodist Church.

Any questions, please contact Stephanie Emerick at 419-516-0620 or Amy Dennis at 419-302-5641.

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By Cort Reynolds

ADA – The Ada High School boys track and field team won a four-team meet Tuesday, April 22 on a sunny evening at War Memorial Stadium.

The Bulldog boys nosed out Botkins 88.5 points to 84. Allen East was third with 50 points, followed by Delphos Jefferson with 33.5.

Botkins won the girls team title with 95.5 points. The Lady Bulldogs were second with 69 points, followed by AE (47) and Jefferson (29.5).

Bulldog senior Logan Jolliff and junior Kayleb Hickman each won two events to pace the victors. 

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Note from editor Paula Pyzik Scott

On March 31, Ada Icon photographer Mark Andreasen found himself at the Ada High School home track tri-meet at War Memorial Stadium. 

The Icon now has a gallery format that does justice to his pictures, so we're taking a step back in time to share them. Click on the photos to enlarge and view at your own pace. 

Read coverage of the event by Cort Reynolds HERE.

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By Cort Reynolds

ELIDA – The Ada High School boys tennis team lost 5-0 at Elida in a battle of Bulldogs Monday, April 21.

Ada is now 2-2 this season. 

Bulldog senior southpaw Nathan Williams lost to Ben Osmon 6-1, 6-0 in his first singles match.

Jaden Neuman defeated Bulldog junior Justin Bowden 6-0, 6-0 at second singles.   

Eben Jackson swept Ada sophomore Brandon Prater 6-0, 6-0 at third singles.

Staley and Altenbach beat Ada duo Luke Archer and Lawson Klingler 6-0, 6-1 at first doubles. 

The Ada tandem of Mohamad Khalil and Sam Crawford lost to Layman and Dunahay at second doubles 6-0, 6-0.  

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