NORTH ROBINSON__The Ada High School swim teams competed on Saturday, January 24 at the eight-team North Central Ohio Swim League championships.
Meet host Colonel Crawford swept the boys and girls team titles. It was the 10th consecutive league crown for the Eagle girls, who rolled to the championship with 440 points. Bluffton finished a distant second at 202, while Upper Sandusky was third (168).
The Eagle boys scored 376 points to win the program's fourth NCOSL crown over the past six seasons. The Bluffton boys finished as league runner-up with 291 points, while Upper Sandusky was third at 204.
On Friday, January 23, the Ada High School boys' basketball team took a road trip to play McComb at Cleveland's Rocket Arena, which is home to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Icon photographer Mark Andreasen remarks, ‘It was an awesome opportunity for our Ada students to experience the familiarity of a game they have enjoyed playing for years, in a place where their heroes play on a nightly basis!
MEDIA RELEASE__The Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team improved to 7-0 on the season with a 181-118 victory over NCAA Division II Ashland on Saturday afternoon.
ADA__A big third quarter led the Ada High School girls basketball team to a 48-37 win over visiting non-conference foe Fort Jennings on Saturday, January 24.
Ada held a slim 17-14 lead at halftime. But a 19-6 third period outburst gave the hosts a 36-20 advantage. That lead held up despite a 17-12 Musketeer charge in the fourth quarter.
Ada senior Anna Conley scored seven of her season-high 22 points in the decisive third stanza.
The Bulldogs improved to 9-9 overall after the home victory.
VAN BUREN__The Ada High School wrestling team finished 25th out of 35 teams at the tough two-day Van Buren Invitational on Saturday, January 24.
The Bulldogs scored 32 points at the event, just one point behind Ottawa-Glandorf.
Woodmore won the tournament with 248 points. Delta edged Liberty Center for second place, 200.5-194. Allen East came in fifth with 130 points, while Bluffton ended up seventh at 128.
CLEVELAND__The Ada High School boys basketball team withstood a late rally to edge Blanchard Valley Conference foe McComb 56-54 at Rocket Arena in Cleveland on Friday afternoon, January 23.
It was the second trip for the Bulldog boys to play at the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
They played at the NBA venue, then known as Gund Arena, in coach Chris Sautter’s initial season as head Ada coach of 2002-03 during his first tenure, where they lost to county rival Kenton 48-44.
The Bulldogs held a slim 8-7 lead after the first quarter on Friday.
