The Ada High School swim teams competed in a three-team meet at Oregon Clay Tuesday, January 26, led by freshman Lily Baumgartner.
Margaretta finished first in the combined team standings. They beat Clay 184-119, while Clay defeated Ada 136-85. Margaretta out-pointed Ada 205-76 in the boys/girls team score.
The Lady Bulldogs lost a pair of competitive meets. They fell to the Clay Eagles 74-60, and lost to Margaretta 93-55.
Head-to-head the Eagles beat the Bulldog boys 62-25, and the Polar Bears defeated the Ada males 112-21.
Ada frosh Baumgartner won the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke races to pace the Bulldog girls.
The visiting Ada High School boys basketball team fell to the three-point accuracy of Hardin County rival Kenton 78-45 in a non-league contest Saturday night, January 22.
The Wildcats drained 10 three-pointers and 12 Kenton players scored in the decisive win.
The Bulldogs trailed 39-25 at intermission, and Kenton put the game out of reach with a 20-6 third period.
"You have to defend in basketball and we didn't," said first-year Bulldog head coach Vince Halliday.
"I am at a loss," he added. "They certainly shot well, and we did not put up much resistance."
The Ada High School wrestling team battled rivals Allen East and Parkway in a meet featuring four teams at Coldwater on Tuesday night, January 18.
The Bulldog grapplers lost to the Mustangs 61-12, and were defeated by Parkway 60-21.
"Wrestling a good team like Allen East requires you to do all the little things right," said Ada head coach Eric Perkins. "They have some experienced guys who have been very successful in high school wrestling that are going to take advantage of every opportunity you give them."
The two Ada wins vs. powerhouse AE both came by forfeit at 126 lbs. for Rowan West, and at 132 lbs. for Trevor McGue.
The Ada High School boys basketball squad fell victim to a 28-0 first half run by the visiting Arlington team and lost 60-45 in a Tuesday night non-league game on January 18.
The Bulldogs tied the game 8-8 on a Cayden Murphy reverse layup, but then plunged into a long scoreless drought. Arlington authored 28 unanswered points bridging the first two quarters, and never trailed after being behind 6-3 early.
The Red Devils led 38-11 at intermission, capitalizing on 14 Bulldog turnovers to net many easy baskets. Ada played better in the second half, winning the final two quarters 34-22.
Ada Youth wrestler Langston McClain, a 6th grader, placed first in the Division 4 80lbs bracket at the OAC Grade School Marysville District Championships on Sunday, January 16.
McClain will wrestle at the OAC Grade School State Championships in Youngstown, Ohio in March.
He is a member of the Ada Youth Wrestling Club, which provides coaching for kindergarten through 6th grade wrestlers of all experience levels. The club is part of the Miami Valley Kids Wrestling Association, which includes more than 70 clubs participating in weekly tournaments from January through February/ Early March.
