The Ada High School varsity softball team was one out from victory against local Northwest Conference rival Bluffton on a chilly, windy Thursday evening at War Memorial Park.
But behind 9-7 with two outs in the top of the seventh, Pirate senior Lauren Swartzlander slugged a two-run home run well over the center field fence to tie it 9-9.
The teams then battled into extra innings. In the top of the ninth, Bluffton sophomore Lauren Bassett smacked a home run to right field that proved to be the game-winner, 10-9.
The Ada High School varsity softball team fell behind big early to non-league foe Riverdale and lost 25-2 Tuesday evening at War Memorial Park.
The Lady Bulldog record is now 2-4. The Lady Falcons improved to 4-1 after the win.
Riverdale scored a whopping 15 runs in the top of the first inning to put the game out of reach. The Falcon girls plated 12 runs before recording an out.
The Falcons scored four more runs in each of the second and fourth frames. They added one score apiece in the third and fifth innings.
The Ada High Schoolbaseball team lost 12-0 at Riverdale Tuesday evening, April 12. Ada was supposed to host the game, but the contest was moved to Riverdale due to wet fields.
The Bulldogs fell to 2-4 with the defeat. Undefeated Riverdale improved to 5-0 with the win.
Falcon hurler Gunner King pitched a one-hitter to post the victory.
Riverdale scored four runs over the first two innings to build a 4-0 lead. The Falcons pushed eight runs across the plate in the fifth frame to invoke the 10-run rule.
Bulldog junior Roman Snyder collected the lone Ada hit with a leadoff double in the fourth inning.
The Ada High School boys and girls track and field teams each won a four-team home meet at War Memorial Stadium Tuesday evening, April 12.
The Lady Bulldogs easily out-pointed North Baltimore (95-43) to win the girls event. The Ada boys edged local rival Allen East (99.5-89) to capture first place.
Ada sophomore distance ace Josie Phillips won both the 1600 and 3200-meter runs to pace the victorious Bulldog girls.
May 1 is the 2nd annual Ada Junior Track Meet. All students in grades K-6 are encouraged to participate. Medals will be awarded to top places and every student will get a t-shirt.
The registration form is attached to this story and additional copies are available in the elementary office.
ONU freshman Jacob Reed (Canal Winchester/Lancaster) has been named the 2022 d3wrestle.com Freshman of the Year.
Reed (43-5) placed third in the 141-pound weight class at the 2002 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships and was the highest finishing freshman in the tournament.
He is ONU's 19th All-American and his third place finish is the best in school history by a freshman, surpassing the fourth place finish by two-time national champion Kyle Kwiat in 2010.
The Polar Bears went 13-5 overall and were third in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 4-2 record under 32nd-year head coach Ron Beaschler.
