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He paced the Bulldogs with a round of 53-56=109 at Colonial in NWC meet

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By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The eight-team Northwest Conference golf championship tournament was held Thursday at Colonial Hills.

Tourney host and league regular season champion Allen East won the event with 323 strokes, with Paulding a distant second at 349.

Lincolnview was third (351), followed by Bluffton (361), Columbus Grove (373) and Delphos Jefferson (383).     

Ada tied for seventh with Crestview at 448 strokes, but won the fifth man playoff tiebreaker to finish one spot ahead of the Knights.

Tied for 7th in Ohio - all divisions

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By Cort Reynolds
ADA - High-scoring Ada senior forward Jacob Poling is tied for seventh in the state of Ohio in all divisions with 20 goals in just nine matches so far this season.

His 20 goals also leads all of northwest Ohio as well. 

Poling authored consecutive four-goal games for Ada in two wins last week.

Poling scored every Bulldog goal in victories over Lincolnview (4-0) on Tuesday, and at Cory-Rawson (4-2) Thursday.

Ada is 6-3 and has won six of its last seven matches. The Bulldogs lead the NWC at 3-0 and face undefeated defending champion Bluffton September 28 in a showdown for first place. 
 

Bulldog runners continue to cut times

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By Cort Reynolds
VAN WERT - The Ada cross country teams competed at the 16-team Van Wert Health Hospital Invitational Saturday.

"It was a great morning for a cool fall run," said Bulldog head coach Josh Klein. 

Junior Riley Ferguson was the top Ada runner on the day. He finished 82nd out of 113 runners in a time of 21:03.9.

Sophomore Robby Waters ran second for the Bulldogs. He crossed the finish line 97th in 22:49.4. Classmate Connor Daugherty was 102nd with a time of 24:29.7.

Senior Cole Anspaugh came in 108th with a time of 25:28.2.

Junior Hayden Schmidt of Anna won the individual race with a time of 16:17.7.

Sumner had a team-high 22 digs, White added 11 digs, Dalton served up 3 aces

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By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The host Ada volleyball team lost a tough four-setter to big-hitting Carey in a non-league match Saturday.

The 29-27, 23-25, 25-15, 25-9 defeat dropped the Lady Bulldog overall record to 7-7. Carey improved to 8-6 with the win.

"I thought we worked well together as a team," said Ada third-year head coach Kyleigh Tabor, whose team had to adjust its attack with versatile setter Kirsten Poling sidelined by illness.

Packed week of competition Monday to Saturday

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Ada school sports teams have a packed week of competition Monday through Saturday, Sept. 28 to Oct. 3. Here’s what’s on the Bulldog calendar:

Monday, Sept. 28
Junior high volleyball at Spencerville, 5 p.m.
Varsity girls’ soccer hosting Bluffton, 5 p.m.
Varsity boys’ soccer at Bluffton, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 29
Cross country at Bath Invitational, 5 p.m.
Volleyball hosting Lima Central Catholic, 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 30
Junior high volleyball hosting Columbus Grove, 5 p.m.
Varsity girls’ soccer at Van Buren, 5 p.m.

Kylie Acheson hustled up 13 digs and drilled 9 kills

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By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS - The visiting Ada volleyball team beat Delphos Jefferson to capture their first league match Thursday evening.

The 25-20, 25-27, 25-20, 26-24 win lifted the Lady Bulldog overall record to 7-6 and 1-3 in the Northwest Conference. DJ fell to 4-8 and 0-3 in the NWC with their eighth consecutive defeat.

"It was a hard fought game with a lot of heart and hustle from both sides," said Ada third-year head coach Kyleigh Tabor.

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