Sports

Boys and girls results from Div. II meet, Feb. 14

By Cort Reynolds

LIMA – The Ada High School swim teams competed in the Div. II sectionals at the Lima YMCA on Saturday, February 14.

BOYS RESULTS
Junior Jacob Szippl touched third out of 32 swimmers in the boys 100-yard backstroke with a time of 51.1 to post the top Ada showing.

Szippl also finished a strong fifth among the 61-swimmer field in the 100 backstroke with a time of 57.89.

He qualified to the district meet at Bowling Green State University on Friday, Feb. 20 in both events.

By Cort Reynolds

McGUFFEY__The visiting Ada High School girls basketball team scored late and dodged a last-second shot to edge Upper Scioto Valley 44-42 in a non-conference grudge rematch at Alumni Fieldhouse on Saturday, February 14.

Ada freshman Tea Grffith sank two clutch, tie-breaking foul shots with 31.7 seconds left to put the visitors ahead for good, 44-42. 

Layla Hunsicker intercepted a long Bulldog pass with 8.1 seconds left, giving the Ram girls had a last chance to tie or win it after calling timeout.

By Cort Reynolds

LIMA__The hot-shooting Ada High School boys basketball team drubbed non-conference foe Lima Temple Christian 70-36 on the road Saturday, February 14.

The Bulldogs raced to a 21-4 lead after the first quarter and were never seriously threatened.

Bulldog senior Kayleb Hickman pumped in three first-period triples as he scored early 11 points to ignite the visitors.

Ada senior Zack Zimmerman fired in three treys and 13 points in the third quarter. He tallied a game-high 23 markers and drained four trifectas.

A 15-8 Bulldog second period extended their advantage to a commanding 36-12 at halftime.

The following results are from February 6-12 of the Ohio Northern University 2025-26 athletics season as reported on www.ONUSports.com:

FEBRUARY 6

By Cort Reynolds

ADA__The Ada High School boys basketball team lost 58-51 to visiting non-conference foe Fort Jennings in a makeup contest on Tuesday, February 10.

The Bulldogs trailed 18-13 after the first quarter, but Ada clawed back in front after a 13-7 second period to lead by one point at halftime.

Ada consolidated its lead with a 16-13 third stanza to stay ahead 42-38 heading into the decisive final period.

But FJ exploded for a 20-9 fourth quarter to win by seven. Musketeer senior guard Calvin Menke sank nine of his 10 foul shots in the final stanza and tallied a game-high 25 points to torpedo the Bulldogs.

By Cort Reynolds

ADA__The Ada High School girls basketball team was seeded fifth in the seven-team Div. VI Northwest 5 district in drawings held on Sunday, February 8.

The Bulldog girls (11-10) will play at third-seeded backyard rival Allen East (11-9) in the first round of tournament play on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 6 p.m. in Harrod.

Separated by about nine miles, the two former long-time league foes have not played in the last two regular seasons after Ada left the Northwest Conference to join the Blanchard Valley Conference.

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