Sports

By Cort Reynolds

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The visiting Riverdale soccer team defeated the Ada girls 7-0 in a North Central Ohio Soccer Association match Wednesday evening, October 6, at War Memorial Stadium.

The Lady Bulldog record dropped to 2-8-1 overall and 0-3 in NCOSA action after the defeat.

The Falcon girls improved to 7-6-2 and stayed first in NCOSA play at 4-0-1 with the win.

Riverdale led 3-0 at the half, and tacked on four more goals after intermission.

Ada (0-3-1 NWC) hosts sixth-place Northwest Conference foe Delphos Jefferson (4-7-3, 1-3-1 NWC) Monday, October 11.

By Cort Reynolds

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Visiting Ada lost a three-set match to Crestview in Northwest Conference volleyball action Tuesday night.

The Lady Bulldogs fell to 2-16 overall and 0-6 in the NWC with the 25-10, 25-9, 25-13 loss. 

The Lady Knights improved to 13-6 and 6-1 in NWC play with the sweep.

Sophomore setter Autumn Andreasen passed out seven assists, hit for one kill and came up with 11 digs. 

Junior Courtney Sumner hit one kill, served three aces and mustered six digs for Ada.

Bulldog sophomore Daicy Robinson and junior Emilee Huffer each knocked down a pair of kills. 

By Cort Reynolds

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Bulldog boys double Spencerville score

Playing at home, the Ada boys soccer team defeated Spencerville 4-2 in Northwest Conference play Monday night, October 4, at War Memorial Stadium.

The Bulldogs improved to 4-6-3 overall and 1-2-1 in NWC action with the victory. 

The Bearcats fell to 7-5 and 1-2 in NWC action after the defeat. 

Bulldog junior Carter Conley authored a hat trick to pace the winning offense.

Senior Isaac Williams tallied one goal and dished out one assist.

Freshman Logan Jolliff contributed a pair of assists.

Bulldog sophomore goalkeeper Colton Long was credited with six saves in goal.  

By Cort Reynolds

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The Ada volleyball team lost a close four-set battle to visiting arch-rival Upper Scioto Valley Monday night.

The Lady Bulldogs fell to 2-15 with the 25-16, 22-25, 25-15, 25-22 non-conference defeat. 

USV improved to 4-12 with the hard-fought victory. 

"Our back row play was not as good as it is normally," said Ada head coach Kyleigh Woodruff. "They had a lot of tips that fell in. We were reaching for the ball instead of getting our body behind the ball. We were a step slow.

"Our serve receive also wasn't as solid as usual either," she added.

By Cort Reynolds

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Four Ada cross country runners competed in the Wildcat Invitational meet Saturday, October 2, at the Kalida Fish and Game Club.

Lady Bulldog sophomore Elsie Allen finished 87th in 26:20.5 to pace the Ada girls.    

Sophomore teammate Jillian Hazelton was close behind her in 90th place with a time of 26:59.9.

Senior Andrea Burgei of Kalida won the 117-runner girls race in a time of 19:16.5. Junior Taylor Spencer of Waynesfield-Goshen was second in 19:25.3.

Liberty-Benton won the girls team title with 58 points, Ottawa-Glandorf was second (81) and Van Buren third (86). Ada and 11 others did not have the five runners needed for a team score.

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The Ohio Northern men's cross country team raced to a 16th-place finish out of 42 teams at the Louisville Classic on Saturday afternoon at E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park.

In the Silver Race (Pre-Nationals), the Polar Bears (35-19 overall) scored 508 points and posted a total time of 2:12:41.40 and an average time of 26:32:28 on the 8,000-meter course.

Junior Billy Driemeyer (House Springs, Mo./Lindbergh) led the seven-man ONU contingent across the finish line, placing 49th overall out of 341 runners with a time of 25:37.9.

Junior Breydan Hann (Wooster) was the next Polar Bear to finish, placing 91st overall with a time of 26:21.4.

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