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It sounds like a basketball score

However, it's football: Blufton 70 Ada 50

Bluffton High School's football team won an offensive battle, stopping Ada 70 to 50 at Ada.

Bluffton's Tucker Neff set a new single game rushing record of  316 yard, eclipsing Josh Falk's record of 309 yards, also against Ada in 2006.

The box score is attached. Watch the Icon for the complete story this weekend.

Premier Lacrosse League championship game has ONU connection

Ohio Northern head men's lacrosse coach Nat St. Laurent will guide his Redwoods team against the Whipsnakes in the inaugural Premier Lacrosse League Championship Game on Saturday at 2:30 pm.

The game will be played at Talon Energy Stadium in Philadelphia and will be shown live on NBC.

St. Laurent has served as head coach of Redwoods LC in the first season of the PLL, guiding the team to a 5-5 regular season record and two playoff victories.

Fans can watch the game live on NBC or via live stream through any of the NBC Sports platforms.

Lady Bulldogs blanked by Hornets

Ada hosts Van Buren Wednesday

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada girls soccer team lost 4-0 to Cory-Rawson Wednesday evening.

The Lady Bulldogs fell to 2-7-1 with the defeat.

C-R took an early 1-0 lead but Ada nearly tied it when a Bulldog shot caromed away off the crossbar. The game went to intermission 1-0 with the Hornets ahead.

Cory scored early in half two to double their lead and didn't look back, adding two more goals before the final minutes elapsed.

C-R out-shot the Bulldogs, 18-8. Sidney Gossard made 14 saves in goal.

Bulldogs boys whip Hornets, win 7th straight

Senior Isaac Spar scored a goal and dished out two assists to lead the winners

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada boys soccer team beat visiting Cory-Rawson 5-0 in a
match Thursday evening.

The Bulldogs improved to 7-2-1 with their seventh consecutive victory.

Senior Isaac Spar scored a goal and dished out two assists to lead the winners.

Jacob Poling, Kyler Stoll, Ian Dellifield and Skyler Williams each netted one goal. Wyatt Rettig added one assist.

Grant Preston made four saves in goal for Ada.

First-place Ada (3-0 NWC) hosts NWC power Bluffton (8-1-1, 3-0 NWC) Tuesday, September 24 in a showdown of league co-leaders.

Sizemore, Morgan earn All-NWC golf honors

At NWC meet Sizemore led Ada with a 47-48=95 day

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Ada golf team finished  seventh in the eight-team Northwest Conference championship meet Thursday at the Bluffton Golf Course.

Bluffton, which went 14-0 in regular season league play, took first with an 18-hole team total of 340 strokes. The first-place tournament finish also clinched the overall 2019 conference golf championship for the Pirates.

Delphos Jefferson (358) finished second in the tournament with Allen East (366) finishing third. Paulding finished fourth (372), Columbus Grove fifth (374), Lincolnview sixth (395), Ada seventh (404) and Crestview last (414).

Lady Bulldogs rally to down Wildcats

Megan Light led the Bulldogs with 22 kills, 17 digs, three blocks and one ace

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The host Ada volleyball team won its first Northwest Conference match in four tough sets over Delphos Jefferson Thursday evening.

The Lady Bulldogs improved to 5-7 and 1-3 in the NWC with the come-from-behind 18-25, 25-20, 25-20, 25-19 victory. DJ fell to 4-8 and 1-2 in NWC play with the defeat.

"I am proud that we finished off the match strong," said Bulldog second-year head coach Kyleigh Tabor. "We stressed eliminating errors after the first set."

DJ took set one 25-18 as low-energy Ada committed 13 errors.

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