The Ada High School girls basketball team was seeded ninth on February 2 at the Van Wert district, and will play at a powerhouse former league foe in Div. VII sectional action.
The purple and gold Bulldogs (3-17) play at second seed Columbus Grove (19-2) Saturday, February 15 at 2 p.m. CG leads the Northwest Conference at 6-0, and is second to Ottoville in the PCL at 6-1.
The Ada/CG winner advances to the district semifinals at Van Wert Thursday, Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. The Bulldog battle victor will play against the survivor of the tough Feb. 15 sectional contest between fourth seed Wayne Trace (14-4) and fifth seed Riverdale (14-5).
Convoy Crestview (18-3) was seeded first and elected to play number eight Antwerp (7-13) in the first round. The winner of that game hosts seventh seed Delphos Jefferson (9-10) Feb. 15 in a sectional final.
ADA – The Ada High School wrestling team hosted its annual 17-team invitational meet on February 1. The Bulldogs finished a solid ninth with 100 points. Columbus Grove won the event with 167.5 points.
Ada senior Liam Vieira took second in the 144 lbs. weight division. Seeded third, he won three matches by pin to reach the title round.
In the championship bout, he lost by technical fall 17-1 to top-seeded Triad junior Garret Bollock.
Between games, the 1975-76 Ada boys district champion team that went 21-2 (10-0 NWC) was recognized, represented by then-coach Gene Fries. The Northwest Conference championship team will be inducted to the Hardin County Sports Hall of Fame this summer.
Ada assistant coach and former Kenton standout Darren Gilbert was also recognized as an inductee to the county sports Hall of Fame. A long-time coach and teacher in the area, he was a third team all-state selection as a senior in class AA.
ARLINGTON - The visiting Ada High School girls basketball team started well but went cold and lost 40-27 to Arlington in a defensive Blanchard Valley Conference battle Thursday, January 30.
Ada led 22-18 at halftime after authoring a 15-10 second period. But the Bulldogs mustered only five second-half points and got outscored 22-5 to lose by 13.
The Bulldog record dropped to 2-16 overall and 0-8 in the BVC after the road defeat. Arlington improved to 7-11 overall and 2-6 in BVC play with the victory.
“In the first half we scored quite a bit by breaking their press,” said Ada head coach Zach Ricker. “In the second half, they played halfcourt man defense and pressured the ball, and didn’t allow anything easy.”
