This Friday, September 30, the Ada High School football team will host struggling but occasionally explosive Spencerville in week seven.
The Bearcats sport the identical records as Ada at 1-5 overall and 0-3 in the NWC. They have lost four in a row after being trounced by league leader Allen East (5-1, 3-0 NWC) last Friday by a 58-14 count.
MT. CORY--The Ada High School girls soccer team lost to Cory-Rawson 8-1 in a North Central Ohio Soccer Association match Wednesday evening, September 28.
The Bulldog girls fell to 4-7 overall and 0-4 in NCOSA action following the defeat.
The Hornet girls improved to 3-7-1 and 1-3 in NCOSA play with the win.
Ella Marshall netted the lone Ada goal on a penalty kick.
Ada keeper Lexi Poling was credited with seven saves in goal, while teammate Karmen Hall made six stops.
Ada tries to stop a seven-game losing streak when they host non-league foe Van Wert (0-14) Saturday at 10 a.m.
The Ada High School volleyball team lost a close four-setter at Delphos Jefferson in Northwest Conference action Tuesday night, September 27.
The 25-22, 11-25, 25-21, 25-19 defeat dropped the Bulldog season record to 9-8 overall and 1-5 in NWC play. DJ improved to 5-10 and 2-2 in the NWC with the minor upset win.
Ada senior libero Courtney Sumner came up with 39 digs and served a pair of aces.
Junior setter Autumn Andreasen doled out 32 assists, made 13 digs, hit five kills and served two aces.
TIFFIN—The Ohio Northern women's golf team shattered the school's 36-hole record by a full 10 strokes en route to a victory at the Heidelberg Fall Invitational on Friday and Saturday, September 16-17, at Mohawk Golf & Country Club.
The Polar Bears (21-1 overall) fired a 314-315—629 to break the previous record of 639 to win the 8-team tournament by 17 strokes.
Sophomore Rhianna Firmstone (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) won Medalist honors for the first time in her career with a 74-79—153 on the 5921-yard, par-72 course to finish first by three strokes in the 60-women field.
BLUFFTON--The Bluffton squad nipped visiting Ada High School boys soccer team 1-0 in a defense-oriented Northwest Conference match Monday, September 26, at Steinmetz Field.
The Bulldogs fell to 4-4-3 and 1-1-1 in the NWC with the defeat. The Pirates improved to 6-4-1 overall and 3-0 in the NWC with their fifth straight win and 37th consecutive league victory.
Neither team scored in the first half. Pirate Justin Good then converted a penalty kick goal at the 61:08 mark for the only score of the match,
Pirate goalkeeper Alek Davis made four saves, while Kyle Basil added two stops in goal.
The visiting Bluffton High School girls soccer team defeated league rival Ada 9-0 in a Northwest Conference match on a cool Monday, September 26, under the lights at War Memorial Park Stadium.
The Bulldog girls fell to 4-6 overall and 0-4 in NWC action following their sixth straight defeat.
The win upped the Pirate record to 10-2 overall and 5-0 in NWC play, keeping them in first place ahead of Columbus Grove (3-0 NWC).
"This was a Bluffton team with a bunchof seniors who have played together a long time, so a rough night was to be expected," said Ada head coach Doug Dewese.
