Sports

By Cort Reynolds

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The Ada volleyball team battled hard but lost at conference rival Columbus Grove in Div. IV sectional first round tournament play Tuesday night, October 19.

The purple and gold Lady Bulldogs finished the season 2-19 after the 25-20, 25-18, 25-9 defeat.

Grove improved to 8-13 and advanced to the second round of the tournament with the win. Fifth-seeded CG will play at fourth seed Pandora-Gilboa Oct. 21.

Junior Courtney Sumner hit four kills, served one ace and came up with eight digs to lead Ada. Senior Lexi White hustled up a team-high 18 digs. 

Sophomore Daicy Robinson knocked down four kills. Senior Selena Jordan contributed three kills. 

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In voting by boys soccer coaches, five Ada High School players were selected for honors by the North Central Ohio Soccer Association (NCOSA).

Ada senior midfielder Isaac Williams and senior defender Tyler Jameson were voted second team All-NCOSA.

Bulldog junior defender Brendan Jameson, junior forward Carter Conley and junior midfielder Ethan Murphy all were named honorable mention All-NCOSA.

Jordan Fredrick of league champion Van Buren (5-0) was voted NCOSA boys Player of the Year.

Jeff Swaisgood was named boys NCOSA Coach of the Year. 

By Cort Reynolds

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Three girls on the Ada High School soccer team have been selected for honors in voting conducted by league coaches recently.

Ada sophomore center-midfielder Ella Marshall was named first team All-North Central Ohio Soccer Association.

Marshall earned honorable mention NCOSA notice in 2020 as a freshman.

Lady Bulldog sophomore striker Olivia Burkhart, who led the team in goals, was voted second team all-league.

Ada senior striker Julia Ksmatali was named honorable mention All-NCOSA.

Ada second-year mentor A.J. Wahlie shared NCOSA Coach of the Year honors with Ty Calvin and Scott Bash.

By Cort Reynolds

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Ada entertains backyard arch-rival Allen East Friday, October 22, in the season finale for the Bulldogs. 

AE (6-3, 4-2 NWC) lost at Leipsic in week nine, 26-14. The Mustangs are second in the Div. VI, Region 24 computer rankings, behind only unbeaten Mechanicsburg.

"Allen East is a very talented and well-coached team," said Ada head coach Toby Smith. "We will have to be on top of our game in order to slow them down.

"Offensively, we will need to take care of the football and execute well so that we can keep their explosive offense (32.3 ppg) off of the field.

By Cort Reynolds

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Four Ada cross country runners competed at the wet and chilly Northwest Conference championship meet Saturday morning, October 16, in Van Wert.

"It was a wet and cold meet, something we haven't seen this season," said Bulldog head coach Josh Klein.

Bulldog senior Riley Ferguson led the Ada boys by finishing 58th in a time of 22:02.986. 

Freshman Kaleb Couch crossed the finish line 68th in 24:14.317.

"Riley and Kaleb had a good race, but we added time for the other two," said Klein.

Junior Tristen Dalton ended up 75th with a time of 31:49.

Senior Hunter Sidle of Allen East finished first in the 76-runner boys race in 17:07.661.

By Cort Reynolds

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Visiting Ada fought Crestview but lost 38-7 in a Northwest Conference grid contest that was closer than the final score indicates Friday night, October 15.

The game was scoreless after one period of play, but then Crestview began to pull away from the pesky Bulldogs with 18 second-quarter points.

Ada also held Crestview scoreless for most of the third period before two touchdowns in the final 2:17 of the quarter blew the game open.

The Bulldogs fell to 1-8 and 0-6 in the NWC with the defeat.

Crestview improved to 6-3 and 3-3 in league play with the win.

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