Sports

Boys' face Otsego Oct. 21 • girls' play Mansfield Christian Oct. 24 • volleyball gets first-round bye

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By Cort Reynolds
Division III soccer pairing were set on Sunday. Here's where Ada boys and girls teams are placed. 

The Ada boys soccer team was seeded fourth at the 12-team Div. III sectional drawing. Ada (8-7) will host 12th seed Otsego Wednesday, October 21 in the tournament.         

The winner will face Mansfield Christian Saturday, Oct. 24. The victor in that game will likely face unbeaten top seed Bluffton (12-0-2) Wednesday, Oct. 28 in the district semifinals.    

Girls' travel to Delphos tonight • Boys face Tiffin Calvert Thursday

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By Cort Reynolds
KENTON - Kenton defeated visiting Hardin County rival Ada 5-2 in a non-league boys soccer match Saturday evening at Robinson Field.

The defeat dropped the Bulldog record to 8-7. The Wildcats improved to 9-3-2 with the non-league victory.

Senior Jacob Poling tallied his 24th goal for Ada. Bulldog Carter Conley netted the other purple and gold score.

Wildcat Kyle Kirk put the game out of reach 5-2 on an unassisted goal with 47 seconds left to play.

Bulldog senior Ian Dellifield made eight saves in goal. Ada freshman keeper Colton Long also was credited with eight stops.

Game in honor of Erin Robinson

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This year’s Ada volleyball game, drawing attention to “Fight for The Cure,” is in honor of the mother of one of the Bulldog players.

Erin Robinson, mother of Ada’s freshman volleyball player, Daicy Robinson, will be recognized at the game, scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 13.

Erin is currently winning her second battle with cancer. She has chosen the IBC Network Foundation, as recipient of the proceeds raised this year in coordination with this event. 

Proceeds will be raised through a t-shirt sale, gift baskets that will be raffled off at the game and other donations. 

 

 

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Story and photos by Cort Reynolds
KENTON - The Ada cross country teams competed in the eighth annual Kyle Althauser Invitational Thursday evening at the Kenton middle school.

The Bulldogs finished seventh in the eight-team meet with 157 points, ahead of Riverdale by 12 points. St. Marys won the meet with 54 points, followed by Hardin Northern (75) and Kenton (83).

Ada faces county rival Kenton on Saturday

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By Cort Reynolds
MT. BLANCHARD - North Central Ohio Soccer Association leader Riverdale defeated visiting Ada 9-0 in a boys soccer match Thursday night.

The defeat dropped the Bulldog record to 7-6 overall and 2-3 in NCOSA play. The Falcons improved to 12-2-1 overall and 5-0-1 in NCOSA action with the victory.

Ada plays at tough county rival Kenton (8-3-2) on Saturday, October 10 at 5 p.m. in a non-league bout.

Light has 14 kills, 9 digs, 3 blocks • Wills 12 digs, 7 kills, 3 aces • Poling 23 assists, 9 digs • Acheson 11 digs, 4 kills

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By Cort Reynolds
SPENCERVILLE - The visiting Ada volleyball team swept Spencerville to win a Northwest Conference spike tilt Thursday night.

Ada won 25-16, 25-18, 25-20 to up the Lady Bulldog overall record to 8-10 overall and 2-5 in NWC play.  

Spencerville fell to 2-15 and 0-7 in the NWC with the defeat.         
Senior middle Megan Light led Ada with 14 kills, nine digs and three blocks. Versatile senior Miranda Wills amassed 12 digs,  hit for seven kills and served three aces. 

Junior setter Kirsten Poling passed out 23 assists and also came up with nine digs.

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