The Ada High School wrestling program hosted a 17-team invitational meet Saturday, February 4.
Bulldog junior Clayton McClain captured second in the 144 lbs. weight bracket. Ada freshman Silas Riblet also finished a strong second at 106 lbs. Bulldog sophomore Liam Vieira ended up a solid fourth in the 132 lbs. class.
Elgin won the event with 297 points, well ahead of Bucyrus in a distant second with 190.5. Ada took 10th with 83 points.
One purple and gold team was guaranteed to win when the Ada boys basketball team hosted Leipsic in a seesaw Northwest Conference battle Friday night, February 3.
In the end, Leipsic authored a clinching 12-2 run late in the fourth quarter of the back and forth contest to pull out a 67-61 victory.
NOTE: The February 4 Joe Banks Invitational track and field event at ONU has been canceled.
Men’s Basketball falls 53-50 in tight battle at Capital
February 3--The Ohio Northern men's basketball team fell 53-50 to Capital in a tightly contested game Friday night at the Capital Center.
The Comets improve to 11-10 overall and 7-7 in the OAC while dropping the Polar Bears to 9-12, 5-9.
OTTAWA–The Ada High School swim team competed well in a four-team meet at the Putnam County YMCA Thursday evening, February 2.
It was the final regular season swim meet for Ada, and the Bulldog boy and girl squads each won two of their three dual meets. Bluffton went 3-0 on the night.
The Ada girls lost a close meet with Bluffton, 43-36. They drowned Fostoria 48-14 and blanked McComb 49-0.
The visiting Ada High School girls basketball team started slowly and lost 51-15 at league leader Leipsic in Northwest Conference play Thursday, February 2.
Ada fell to 10-10 overall and 0-7 in the NWC with the defeat. Meanwhile, first-place Leipsic improved to 18-1 and 7-0 in the NWC after the win.
Leipsic ran out to a 13-0 lead after the first period and never trailed. The 11th-ranked Vikings led 34-6 at halftime and 44-1 after three quarters.
Senior guard Courtney Sumner led Ada with eight points. Olivia Burkhart sank the lone Bulldog trifecta.
