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By Cort Reynolds

The Ada boys golf team played in a quadrangular league match at the Bluffton Golf Course Thursday morning, August 12.

Bluffton won the event with a score of 173, followed closely by Columbus Grove (174). Crestview was third (210) with Ada fourth (218).

Senior Drew Rush led Ada with a nine-hole round of 50. Senior Dexter Woods, junior Geddes Klingler and sophomore Jack Baumgartner each shot 56.

Senior Kamron Wilkerson carded a 58, and freshman Wyatt Ferguson added a 73.

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Icon sports writer Cort Reynolds' latest SB Nation celticsblog.com article was recently published. 

The article reviews Game 4 of the 1985 NBA Finals between Boston and the Los Angeles Lakers.

Cort has received SB Nation Best of Day in the past.

Click here to view it:

https://www.celticsblog.com/2021/7/26/22593773/reliving-the-almost-perfe...

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By Cort Reynolds

Ada teenager Lily Baumgartner is set to compete at the national level for USA Swimming.

Lily has qualified for Team Ohio in the 100 butterfly event after swimming a time of 1:07.18 this past weekend in the Ohio Swimming Long Course Championships at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Lily will now compete for the State of Ohio at the USA Central Zone Championships in Elkhart, Indiana August 6-8, 2021. This is the highest level of competition for USA Swimming competitors age 14-and-under.

In order to qualify for this level of competition, swimmers must meet or best a national AAA motivational time in each event.

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By Cort Reynolds

The Ada swim team finished fifth overall in the combined boys/girls standings at the 39th annual Elks Invitational Western Ohio Aquatics League championship meet July 9-10 in Kenton.

The Ada boys came home a solid fourth, while the Alligator girls ended up sixth in the eight-team event.

Bluffton swept the boys, girls and combined team titles at the annual event.

Carlie Oldfield (girls 15-18), Kyleigh Nau (girls 6 and under), Chloe Kemmere (girls 11-12), Lily Baumgartner (girls 13-14) and Eli Esguerra (boys 11-12) each won one individual race for Ada in their respective age brackets.

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By Cort Reynolds
More than 450 swimmers and their families will descend on Kenton July 9-10 for the 39th annual Elks Invitational Swim Meet and Western Ohio Aquatics League championship.

The WOAL is for swimmers aged four to 18 who are members of one of the league’s teams.

The Kenton Municipal Swimming pool is the site for the 2021 Swim Championships and will host eight teams from Ada, Bluffton, Findlay, Kenton, Shawnee Country Club, Wapakoneta, Westside and Van Wert. Teams will compete for the 2021 league title.

Alligator boys team improves to 4-3 • girls squad ends 2-5 in dual meets

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By Cort Reynolds
VAN WERT - The Ada swim team won the overall and boys meets at Van Wert in the final West Ohio Aquatic League regular season dual event of the summer season Monday night.

Ada beat the Marlins 340-255 in the combined boys/girls team score to lift the overall Alligator summer record to 3-4.

The Gator boys defeated the Msrlin males 196-111, while the Ada girls were edged 161-144 by the hosts indoors at the Van Wert YMCA. 

The Alligator boys team improved to 4-3 with the victory, while the Ada girls squad ended up 2-5 in dual meets this summer.

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