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The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced the football region assignments for the upcoming 2021 season on Tuesday.
Ada will be in Division VII, Region 26. See map below -
The 10-week regular-season begins the week of August 16, with the top 16 schools in each region qualifying for the playoffs that begin October 29-30.
As previously announced, schools’ divisional assignments for the upcoming 2021-22 school year will remain the same as the 2020-21 school year in all sports.
Carlie Oldfield won 4 events in the girls 15-18 age bracket • Landry Harriger was first in 4 8-and-under boys races • Ada's Tea Griffith captured 3 1st-place finishes in the girls 9-10 division
Story and photos by Cort Reynolds Lots of photos and complete meet
results at bottom of story
ADA - The host Ada swim team lost a close meet to county and West Ohio Aquatic League rival Kenton Thursday night in the final Alligator home meet of the season.
The Stingrays edged Ada by just 23 points (371.5 to 348.5) in the combined boys/girls team score to drop the overall Alligator summer record to 2-4.
The Gator boys defeated Kenton 174.5-154.5, while the Ada girls lost to the Stingrays by a score of 217-174.
EUGENE, Ore. — Ohio Northern alumnus Emily Richards ran her third fastest time in the past three years on Thursday, finishing eighth in her heat and 32nd out of 42 overall in the first round of the US Olympic Trials Women's 800-Meter Run at the University of Oregon's Haywood Stadium.
Richards ran a 2:03.88 in her first ever US Olympic Trials competition - which is her second-fastest time this season and her third-fastest time since 2018.
The top two finishers in each of the five heats plus the next six best times advanced to the semifinals, which took an amazingly fast time of 2:01.42.
Alligator ace Carlie Oldfield won four races in the girls 15-1 age division. Gator Tea Griffith touched first during three events in the girls 9-10 bracket
By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The visiting Ada summer swim team lost to Westside in West Ohio Aquatic League action Monday night at the Westside Swim and Racquet Club in Lima.
Ada fell to the host Waves 524-247 in the combined boys/girls team score to lower their season record to 2-3.
The Alligator girls were defeated by Westside 266-114, while the Gator boys lost to the Waves by a score of 258-133.
Both the Ada boys and girls teams are now 2-3 in their respective dual meets this summer.
FROM BLUFFTON ICON - Alec Yoder, grandson of Alan and Diann Yoder of Bluffton, will compete this week for a spot on the U.S. men’s gymnastics team that will compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Dr. Alan Yoder is a retired Bluffton optometrist.
The 2019 Ohio State graduate is in St. Louis, Mo., for the U.S. Olympic Trials, which take place June 24 and June 26 at the America’s Center Convention Complex and The Dome at America’s Center.
There are five Olympic team positions available this week: four team and one individual. Yoder, a 2019 Ohio State graduate with a degree in sport industries, will be competing to make the team on pommel horse and parallel bars.
FROM BLUFFTON ICON - A little more than a week ago, Ashland University senior Trevor Bassitt couldn't go in any preliminary of the 2021 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships due to injury.
Bassitt rallied enough physically to help the Eagle men tie for fourth place nationally as a team, and anchor the winning 4x400-meter relay at Grand Valley State prior to Memorial Day.
