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Baseball story at the bottom of this story - By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Homestanding Ada was blindsided by an 11-run fourth inning en route to a 22-2 loss at the hands of Lima Central Catholic in non-conference softball action Thursday evening.
The Lady Bulldog record dropped to 8-6 with the defeat. The Thunderbirds improved to 7-6 with the lopsided victory.
By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The visiting Ada tennis team soundly defeated Lima Senior 4-1 indoors at the Westwood Tennis and Fitness Club Wednesday evening.
Unseasonable snow and cold forced the match to be moved from Lima Senior to Westwood.
The purple and gold netters improved to 4-5 with the convincing win over the Div. I Spartans.
All four Bulldog victories came in straight sets. Ada won 48 games to just 13 by LS in those four match wins.
Bulldog senior Miranda Wills improved to 5-4 this season at first singles with a straight-sets win over Spartan sophomore Keegan Halliday.
Ohio Northern clinched its first-ever Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Lacrosse Tournament bid with a 15-7 victory over Baldwin Wallace on a snowy, chilly Wednesday night at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
The Polar Bears finished their regular season with a 7-9 overall record (7-9 OAC) and will finish fifth in the 9-team OAC.
Northern will likely be either the No. 5 or No. 6 seed in next week's OAC Tournament and will play a First Round game on Tuesday.
The tournament pairings will be released by the league on Saturday night after regular season play concludes.
Freshman Grace Honigford (West Chester/Lakota East) was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Golf Player of the Week for the week of April 13-19.
Honigford won Medalist honors for the third consecutive tournament and the fifth time in 10 tournaments this season, posting a 9-over par 78-75—153. Her 153 is the third-lowest 36-hole total in ONU history.
She also led a record-setting Ohio Northern effort as the Polar Bears also won the team title.
By Cort Reynolds
COLUMBUS GROVE - The Ada boys and girls track and field teams competed at the annual 13-school Columbus Grove Invitational meet Friday.
Anna won the girls team title with 139 points, while host Columbus Grove took second with 94 points. The Ada girls finished tied for ninth with a dozen points.
Grove captured the boys crown with 178 points. Anna was a distant second with 77 points, while the Bulldog boys came in 12th with two points.
Ada senior Brenna Hissong posted the top purple and gold showing on the day by finishing second in the 400 meter dash.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The homestanding Ada baseball team crushed county rival Ridgemont 12-2 in a run-rule shortened, non-conference mismatch Friday evening.
Ada's record improved to 3-5 overall with the win. Ridgemont dropped to 3-5 with the defeat.
The Bulldogs led 2-1 after the opening frame. Ada tacked on five more runs to build their lead to 7-1 after four innings. Speedy senior Jacob Poling scored the seventh run after scoring from second base on an infield hit and error.
Ridgemont scored a run in the top of the fifth. With two out, an error, stolen base and a bloop single to left field brought home the second Gopher run.
