Playing at home, the Ada boys soccer team defeated local rival Cory-Rawson 4-1 in North Central Ohio Soccer Association action on a cool, rainy Wednesday, September 22, at War Memorial Stadium.
The Bulldogs improved to 3-4-3 overall and 1-2 in NCOSA action with the decisive win. The Hornets fell to 6-3-1 and 0-3 in NCOSA play after the defeat.
Junior Carter Conley and freshman Logan Jolliff each netted two goals to pace Ada.
Abdellah Al-Olimat passed out a pair of assists.
Sophomore keeper Colton Long was credited with two saves in goal.
Plagued by illness, host team Ada was swept by local rival Bluffton in a Northwest Conference volleyball match Tuesday evening.
The Lady Bulldogs dropped to 1-10 overall and 0-3 in the NWC with the 25-16, 25-12, 25-12 defeat.
The Lady Pirates improved to 9-2 and 2-0 in league play with their seventh consecutive win.
"I am really proud of how hard we played," said Ada head coach Kyleigh Woodruff. "I was glad to see the underclassmen get a chance to play, and they played hard. Bluffton is a really good team."
Pirate senior setter Skyler Scoles recorded her 2,000th career assist in game two and got a nice ovation from the crowd during abrief stoppage of play.
Injury-plagued Ada lost 13-1 to visiting Columbus Grove in girls Northwest Conference soccer play Monday evening, September 20, at War Memorial Stadium.
The Ada girls record dropped to 2-6-1 overall after the loss, while their NWC ledger fell to 0-2-1.
The CG girls improved to 6-1 overall and 3-0 in NWC play with the one-sided victory in the battle of the Bulldogs.
CG led 6-1 at the half. Senior Julia Kamatali scored the lone Bulldog goal. Grove tacked on seven more goals after intermission.
A truncated Ada cross country team ran at the Waynesfield-Goshen Night Invite race on a warm Saturday evening, September 18.
The two participating Ada girls harriers came home back-to-back just three seconds apart.
Bulldog sophomore Jillian Hazelton crossed the tape in 18th place with a time of 27:18.
Ada sophomore Elsie Allen finished right behind her in 19th with a time of 27:21.
"The girls did amazing and this is the hardest I have seen them push themselves," said Ada head coach Josh Klein. "The girls were within 40 seconds of their personal-best records, and this was a hilly course.
