By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The Ada varsity swim teams competed in flight two of the Div. II sectionals at the Lima YMCA natatorium Saturday.
Three Lady Bulldog individuals and one relay squad qualified for the district meet Friday evening at Bowling Green State University.
"Weíre really happy with how everybody swam," noted Ada first-year head coach Katey Stuart. "We had some great time drops from the beginning of the season, and quite a few personal-best times."
Sophomore Carlie Oldfield won the 50-yard freestyle and 100 backstroke races to pace the Lady Bulldogs.
By Cort Reynolds
VAN BUREN - The Ada varsity wrestling team competed in the Van Buren Duals event Saturday.
Bryan, Ashland Crestview, Shawnee, Cory-Rawson, Riverdale, Ada and North Baltimore also participated in the event.
Ada individual records:
Clayton McClain 5-0
Colton Biederman 4-1
Antonio Pettit 2-2
Cameron Bober 3-2
Kyle Mattson 1-4
Jonathan McClain 2-3
"We wrestled solid, and it was great to get back onto the mat after coming out of a two-week hiatus because of quarantine," said Bulldog head coach David Ames.
By Tim Glon
The No. 19-ranked Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team finished second of 10 teams with 148 points at the OAC Elite Meet on Saturday at Otterbein and Capital.
The ONU women finished fourth - their results follow the men's story
The Polar Bears (15-3 overall) got a pair of victories from junior Nate Dean (Euclid/Villa Angela-Saint Joseph), who won the 200-meter dash in :22.47 and was on the winning 4x200 relay team.
By Tim Glon
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team was clinging to a 36-35 lead late in the third quarter against No. 8-ranked John Carroll.
The Polar Bears dominated the game the rest of the way, making 10 of their last 11 shots and outscoring the Blue Streaks 32-18 over the final 12:44 to post a convincing 68-53 victory on Saturday night at the ONU Sports Center.
ONU (4-4 overall, 4-4 Ohio Athletic Conference) got 12 points from senior Sydney Ward (Columbus/Upper Arlington) and junior Lexi Jacobs (Wapakoneta) in the biggest coaching victory for ONU's first-year head coach Mark Huelsman.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Lady Bulldog point guard Courtney Sumner fired in a game-high 26 points, including the final 11 markers, in the nailbiting Ada regular season finale Thurday night vs. visiting Lincolnview.
The talented sophomore knocked down three of her five three-point field goals in the final five minutes to keep the Bulldogs in contention.
But her desperation triple from the right wing at the buzzer just missed sending the game to overtime, and homestanding Ada lost a 54-51 Northwest Conference thriller in a battle for seventh place.
Ada played its best game of the season but came up agonizingly short.
By Cort Reynolds
KENTON - The Ada varsity swim teams competed in a makeup dual meet at county rival Kenton in the Hardin County YMCA natatorium to end the regular season Tuesday evening.
The Lady Bulldogs lost to Kenton in a close meet, 61-51.
The Bulldog boys were defeated by the Wildcats, 87-23. Kenton won the combined team meet by a score of 148-74.
Sophomore Carlie Oldfield won the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke races to lead the Ada girls. Senior Paige Cole also won two races (100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke).
Sophomore Kaitlyn Bowden touched the wall first in the 200 freestyle.
