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By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School tennis team defeated visiting Upper Sandusky 3-2 Monday, April 9, on a warm, sunny evening at the park courts.

The Bulldogs improved their record to 4-4 with the victory in the regular season finale. 

Ada swept all three singles matches to register the win.

Ada senior Dexter Woods utilized a solid ground game and good serving to post a convincing 6-1, 6-3 win at first singles.

Junior Brendan Jameson triumphed in a three-setter at second singles.

Heady Ada junior Amelia Alexander also won handily 6-1, 6-2 at third singles by keeping the ball in play and rarely making errors.

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By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School varsity softball team utilized good pitching, solid defense and a bunting offense to eliminate visiting Arlington 6-4 in the Div. IV sectional semifinals Monday evening, May 9.

The sixth-seeded Lady Bulldogs improved to 4-12 after the win. The eighth seed Red Devil girls fell to 3-13 with the defeat. 

Ada plays at third-seeded Leipsic (13-4) Thursday, May 12 in the sectional finals. The Viking girls won at Ada 13-3 May 2.

"Small ball helped our offense, and our defense was pretty good," said Bulldog head coach Jeff Bassitt.  

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The top-seeded Ohio Northern softball team won the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament championship on Sunday, May 8, defeating No. 3 seed Mount Union 4-3 at the ONU softball field to cap an unbeaten run through the tournament.

This marks the second straight OAC Tournament title for the Polar Bears (24-9 overall) and their seventh in program history, and it earns them the league's automatic bid to the NCAA III Tournament.

ONU will find out its NCAA Tournament destination and first-round opponent on Monday.

Mount Union, which ends its season at 23-18-1 overall, eliminated No. 2 seed Muskingum earlier in the day with a 3-0 victory to advance to play ONU.

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By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School varsity baseball team was seeded 10th at the 13-team Coldwater district Div. IV sectional drawing Sunday, May 8.

The Bulldogs (5-10) will host 11th-seeded league foe Spencerville (5-13) Tuesday, May 17 at 5 p.m. in the sectional first round.

The winner advances to visit top seed Lincolnview (12-4) Thursday, May 19 in the sectional finals at 5 p.m.

Ada (0-5 NWC) is also scheduled to entertain Spencerville (4-2 NWC) in a league makeup game Wednesday, May 11.

The district semifinals and finals will be hosted by Coldwater May 25/27.

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By Cort Reynolds

Playing in Bryan, the Ada tennis squad finished a solid third at the six-team Northern Buckeye Tennis League tournament Saturday, May 7.

Bulldog junior Brendan Jameson finished second in the second singles flight to post the best Ada finish.

Bulldog senior southpaw Dexter Woods came in third in the first singles flight. He beat Wauseon's Gavin Van Dellen 8-1 in the third-place match.

Ada junior Amelia Alexander also finished third in the third singles bracket. She defeated Zeb Siefker of Wauseon 8-1 in her third-place match.

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By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School track and field teams hosted their annual 16-team Invitational meet Saturday, May 7 at War Memorial Stadium.

Van Wert won the boys team crown over Bluffton, while Ada came in 10th. Spencerville captured the girls team title with Kenton second. The Bulldog girls finished 10th as well.

Julian Grose came in second in the boys 300 meter hurdles to post the top Bulldog finish.

Ada junior Courtney Sumner ended up third in the long jump to register the best Lady Bulldog showing.

 

Scoring Ada finishers:

Boys 300 Meter Hurdles

2 Grose, Julian 10 Ada 43.89

 

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