MARSHALL, Mich.⎯The Ohio Northern University women's golf team opened its 2022 fall season with a second place finish at the 16-team Olivet (Mich.) Kyle Campbell Memorial Invitational Friday and Saturday at The Medalist Golf Club.
The Ada High School football team lost at Leipsic 47-14 in the Northwest Conference opener on September 9⎯their first road game of the season. Ada dropped to 1-3 and 0-1 in the NWC with the loss. Meanwhile, the Vikings improved to 2-2 and 1-0 in the league with the win.
The Vikings tallied 20 first-period points and took that lead to intermission. Ada scored two third-quarter touchdowns, but Leipsic added 21 points of their own in the stanza to carry a 27-point cushion into the final stanza.
MT. BLANCHARD⎯The Ada High School boys soccer team suffered its first loss of the season at Riverdale 3-0 in the North Central Ohio Soccer Association opener Thursday evening, September 8.
The Bulldog record dropped to 4-1-2 overall and 0-1 in NCOSA action with the defeat. Riverdale improved to 1-3-1 and 1-0 in NCOSA play with the win. Ada plays at Liberty-Benton (4-3, 1-0 NCOSA) Thursday, September 15.
The Ada High School volleyball team defeated visiting underdog Lima Central Catholic in a tough four-set battle Thursday evening, September 8.
The 25-10, 21-25, 26-24, 25-23 non-league victory upped Ada's season record to 6-3 overall. LCC fell to 2-8 with the close loss.
"We had way too many errors after the first set," said Ada head coach Kyleigh Woodruff. "But I am proud of how we came back. We did a good job finishing at the end."
Ada scored the final three points in each of the last two sets to pull the surprisingly difficult victory out against a youthful Thunderbird squad.
MT. BLANCHARD⎯The Ada High School girls soccer team lost its first match of the season 7-0 at Riverdale Wednesday evening in the North Central Ohio Soccer Association opener.
The Lady Bulldogs fell to 4-1 this season overall and 0-1 in NCOSA play with the loss. The Falcon girls improved to 2-3-1 overall and 1-0 in NCOSA action with the win.
"We were without two junior starters (Kailey Wagner and Elsie Allen), so we had a complicated situation going into this game," said first-year Ada head coach Doug Dewese.
