The Ada HIgh School girls basketball team saw their season come to an end as they lost to New Bremen 45-32 in the Div. IV sectional finals Saturday night, February 18, at Lima Shawnee.
BOWLING GREEN–Ada sophomore standout Lily Baumgartner punched a return ticket to the Div. II state swim meet at Canton in two events next week, headed by a record-setting performance at the district event in Bowling Green Friday.
The visiting Ada High School boys basketball team lost a 53-52 heartbreaker at Lincolnview Friday night, February 17, in the finale to the Northwest Conference season.
The Bulldogs were in front the entire game until the final seconds to fall in gut-wrenching fashion.
Ada led by 13 points heading to the final period. The Bulldogs were still ahead by four points with 20 seconds left. Lancer junior Cal Evans hit a three-pointer to inch the hosts with 52-51.
ONU opens its 2023 schedule on Saturday hosting Alma (Mich.) at 1 p.m.
The Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team was picked to finish third in the 2023 Ohio Athletic Conference Preseason Poll, as voted on by the league's head coaches.
Ada High School senior guard Courtney Sumner was named second team All-Northwest Conference for the second straight season in voting recently conducted by the league basketball coaches.
Sumner topped the Ada girls team in scoring, three-point goals and steals. The Bulldog girls finished the regular season 11-11 overall and 0-8 in the rugged NWC.
Shortages of referees in youth sports is news across the nation. Currently the Ada, Ohio Soccer Association is encouraging local supporters to consider becoming a Youth Soccer Referee and providing information on how to get involved.
Local officials also note, "you can recoup the cost of becoming certified fairly quickly and then everything after that is extra money in your pocket."
