The Ada High School girls soccer team convincingly defeated winless visiting Van Wert 9-1 Saturday morning, October 1, at War Memorial Park Stadium, setting some individual records in the process.
The Bulldog girls improved to 5-7 overall with the non-league win that snapped a seven-match losing streak.
The Cougar girls fell to 0-13 with the defeat.
Ada raced to a 6-0 lead at halftime and cruised to the lopsided win.
Sophomore standout Ella Marshall poured in four goals to tie a program single-season record with 14 this year. She also dished out two assists.
Ada rallied during a strong second half to defeat visiting Spencerville 33-28 in a hard-fought Northwest Conference contest on a chilly Friday night, September 30, at War Memorial Park Stadium.
The Bulldogs outscored the Bearcats 12-0 in the second half, and the defense came up with a key stop deep in its own territory early in the fourth period to preserve the win.
Ada improved to 2-5 overall and 1-3 in the NWC with the big victory. It was their first league triumph since beating Delphos Jefferson in 2019.
Meanwhile, the Bearcats fell to 1-6 overall and 0-4 in league play with a defeat that extended their losing skid to five games.
Shifty Ada sophomore quarterback Levi Green ran for a score, returned a kickoff for a touchdown and accounted for 369 yards in total offense to pace the victors.
The Ada High School golf team finished 10th at the 11-team Div. III northwest sectional tournament Thursday, September 29, at Sycamore Springs Golf Course in Arlington.
Carey nipped second-place Allen East (366-368) for the team sectional crown by two shots. Ada finished with 526 strokes.
Ada senior Geddes Klingler and junior Jack Baumgartner tied for team-best honors in 25th place. Klingler and Baumgartner each shot a 54-58=102 over 18 holes.
Freshman Sam Crawford came in 48th by carding a score of 77-75=152.
Ada freshman Jayden Shaffer finished 49th with a total of 88-82=170.
RAWSON—The visiting Ada High School boys soccer team lost a 2-1 battle at local rival Cory-Rawson in a North Central Ohio Soccer Association match at Spike Berry Field Thursday night.
The Bulldogs fell to 4-5-3 and 0-4 in NCOSA play with the defeat.
The Hornets improved to 4-5-4 overall and 2-0-2 in NCOSA action with the win.
Ada visits winless WBL foe Van Wert (0-10-1) Saturday, October 1, at 11 a.m.
The visiting Ada High School volleyball team lost a four-setter to Vanlue in non-conference play on Thursday night, September 29.
The Lady Bulldogs won the first set 25-23, but then dropped the last three 19-25, 13-25, 14-25 dropped the Ada season record to 9-9 overall. Vanlue improved to 7-7 with the win.
Ada senior libero Courtney Sumner came up with 28 digs.
Junior setter Autumn Andreasen doled out 24 assists, made a dozen digs, made two blocks and served an ace.
Junior Daicy Robinson hammered 10 kills and made two blocks to pace
