Katey Stuart: "We had a couple of season-best times tonight, so that was a great surprise. We're excited to see how the team will swim at the end of the season."
By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The Ada varsity swim teams competed in a four-team meet at the Lima YMCA Friday evening.
The Bulldog boys defeated Sidney-Lehman Catholic 28-17 to post the lone Ada win in the three boys and girls dual meets. The Lady Bulldogs lost three close dual meets despite some fine individual finishes.
"Overall, we were happy with how everyone swam," said Ada first-year head coach Katey Stuart. "This is usually the point in the season where we're most tired, so lifetime best times aren't expected.
By Cort Reynolds
DOLA - Host Hardin Northern reeled off 12 straight points in the final two minutes to rally past county foe Ada 41-33 in a tough non-conference boys basketball Saturday night showdown.
The Bulldogs held the lead for almost the entire final three periods, but lost their fourth close heartbreaker of the season due to the 12-0 HN closing rush.
HN junior Nevin Robson started the decisive finishing spurt with a baseline runner to inch the hosts within 33-31 as 1:31 remained to play. Luke Wilson then splashed a right side trifecta that put Northern on top 34-33 with 1:15 to play.
By Cort Reynolds
RAWSON - The visiting Ada girls basketball team rallied late but came up short at local foe Cory-Rawson 59-51 in a non-league contest Saturday afternoon.
The Lady Bulldogs fell behind 12-5 after the first period and trailed 31-21 at intermission.
Aided by early purple and gold turnovers, C-R extended its lead to 46-32 after three quarters.
Ada rallied to outscore the Hornets 19-11 in the final stanza as sophomore playmaker Courtney Sumner poured in 12 of her season-high 23 points.
The Bulldog girls record dropped to 3-9 overall with the defeat. Meanwhile, the Lady Hornets improved to 9-5 after the victory.
By Cort Reynolds
ROSSFORD - The Ada varsity wrestling team finished ninth out of 11 teams Saturday at the Jim McCumber Invitational hosted by Rossford.
Edison won the event with 339 points, far ahead of second-place Vermilion (182.5).
Ada tallied 48 points to beat Toledo Christian, Findlay and Sylvania Southview.
Bulldog senior Colton Biederman went 3-1 with two decisions and a pin. He won the third-place tournament bout with a shutout decision in the 120 lbs. weight bracket over Mickalos Takacs of Monroeville, 2-0.
By Tim Glon
First-year head women's basketball coach Mark Huelsman has been thrust into an unusual first season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the daily uncertainty surrounding practice and game schedules.
Huelsman does have some security in knowing that 11 of his 20 players return as letterwinners from last year's squad that went 20-7 overall and was third in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 13-5 league mark.
Sophomore Brynn Serbin (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) was named the OAC Freshman of the Year in 2020 and junior Lexi Jacobs (Wapakoneta) started all 27 games for the Polar Bears last season to lead the long list of returners.
By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The visiting Ada girls basketball team poured in 23 fourth-period points to rally past former league foe Lima Central Catholic 46-35 Thursday night.
The Lady Bulldogs led 9-4 after the first period and 14-12 at intermission after a low-scoring first half. LCC edged in front 24-23 heading to the fourth quarter.
But Ada dominated the final period 23-11 behind sophomore Courtney Sumner, who scored nine points, and seven markers from senior Miranda Wills.
The purple and sank nine of 14 foul shots in the final stanza as they doubled the output of their first three periods in the fourth quarter alone.
