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.
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.
The Ada High School girls track and field team finished a solid third at the six-team Hardin County Invitational meet on May 4, which was hosted by Upper Scioto Valley High School in McGuffey.
Kenton won the girls team crown narrowly over Riverdale, followed by Ada in third.
Kenton also captured the boys team title, followed closely by Hardin Northern. Meanwhile, the Bulldog boys came in sixth in the tightly-bunched male standings.
Julian Grose won the 300 hurdles to register the top Ada boys finish.
Bulldog sophomore Olivia Burkhart took first in the 400 meter dash.
