The visiting Ada boys basketball team led all the way in beating local rival Cory-Rawson 59-55 in a non-conference contest Saturday night, December 18.
"We had a solid effort at both ends," said first-year Ada head coach Vince Halliday. "We hit some big three's in the fourth quarter to keep them at bay."
The Bulldogs improved to 3-4 overall with the victory. With the win, they have already equaled last season's win total. C-R dropped to 2-7 with the defeat.
Ada got off to a good start as Carter Conley buried three three-pointers to give the Bulldogs an 18-7 lead after the opening period.
The visiting Ada boys basketball team was outscored big in the middle periods and lost 75-37 at Bluffton in a Northwest Conference contest Friday night, December 17.
Ada trailed just 18-17 after a high-scoring opening period, but the Pirates broke the game open with a 28-point second quarter barrage. Trenton Donley poured in nine of his game-high 21 points in the second stanza. Bluffton won the middle quarters, 48-12.
The Bulldogs dropped to 2-4 overall and 0-2 in the NWC with their third straight loss. Bluffton improved to 4-1 and 2-0 in NWC play with the victory.
On their home court, the Ada girls basketball team suffered through a long cold spell against local rival Bluffton and lost 42-22 in Northwest Conference play on Thursday, December 16.
The Lady Bulldogs scored the game's first basket, then went over 18 minutes without another field goal.
The Ada girls fell to 2-7 and 0-3 in NWC action with the defeat. The Lady Pirates improved to 5-3 and 1-1 in the NWC with the victory.
"We can't score," said Lady Bulldog head coach Morgan Bass. "If we could score it's a different scenario. When things aren't going our way, we crumble."
The visiting Ada girls basketball team trailed by just three points to Van Buren at intermission, but got outscored 34-18 in the second half to lose 58-39 in non-conference girls basketball play Tuesday night, December 14.
The Lady Bulldogs fell to 2-6 with the defeat. The Lady Black Knights improved to 5-1 with the victory.
The contest was tied 11-11 after one period of play, and VB inched ahead 24-21 at halftime. The Black Knights then took control with a 16-7 third period, and won the final stanza 18-11.
The visiting Perry boys basketball team put together a half-ending 17-0 run and rolled to a 72-29 win over Ada in non-conference play Saturday night, December 11.
The Bulldogs dropped to 2-3 overall with the loss. Perry improved to 5-1 with the victory.
"We were certainly more competitive than last night vs. Grove, but we just made too many turnovers," said first-year Ada head coach Vince Halliday.
"We have to be more under control," he added.
Ada led 2-0 on a layup by senior Cayden Murphy. A layin by Jaden Leal from Murphy, and a Spencer Wall 15-footer kept the Bulldogs in front, 6-4.
The Ada wrestling team participated at the 12-team Lincolnview Invitational Saturday, December 11, with one Bulldog winning a bracket title.
Spencerville captured the team championship, with Van Wert second.
Bulldog Liam Vieira won the 120 lbs. division title with a perfect 4-0 record on the day. He went 3-0 in pool play with a pin to reach the finals. He then won a 10-7 decision over Renson Spear of Van Wert.
"Liam wrestled a couple very competitive matches today, he worked through some difficult positions and finished his championship match strong after it was a one-point match nearly the entire time," said Ada head coach Eric Perkins.
