At Monday's special meeting the Ada Board of Education approved Vince Halliday as the new head boys' basketball coach.
He replaces Jon Cook who was hired in October, 2020, as varsity boys' coach following the resignation of Drew White earlier in October. White coached at Ada for three seasons.
Halliday brings with him many years of basketball coaching experience. He has spent the past 14 seasons as the head coach of the girls' basketball program at Lima Senior, where he is a teacher. He leaves the Lady Spartans as the career leader in coaching wins.
"Halliday is a strong leader with much head coaching experience," said Eric Perkins, Ada athletic director.
Ada vs. Van Buren softball • Ada vs. Arlington baseball stories at bottom of this story By Cort Reynolds
McGUFFEY - The Ada girls track and field team finished a strong second at the 12-team Ram Invitational in McGuffey Thursday.
Riverdale won the girls meet with 171 points, followed by Ada in second with 107.5 points.
The boys meet was won by Allen East with 146 points. The Bulldogs finished sixth of 11 teams with 53 points.
Senior Brenna Hissong (400 meters) and sophomore Antonio Pettit (110 high hurdles) both posted frst-place finishes for Ada.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The homestanding Ada baseball team lost a 4-1 pitcher's duel to visiting Hardin County rival Kenton on a windy Saturday afternoon at the park diamond.
The Bulldogs fell to 5-10 following the loss. Kenton improved to 4-10 with the win.
The Wildcats scored three runs in the second inning, and tacked on one more in the fourth to build a 4-0 lead.
Ada was scoreless until the seventh. An RBI double by Jacob Morgan over the center fielder's head scored Spencer Wall. But Kenton recovered to finish the game without allowing another run.
Story and photo by Cort Reynolds
ADA - The host Ada softball team won a seesaw rivalry battle over county foe Kenton 9-8 Saturday afternoon in dramatic fashion.
In a hotly-contested game that featured seven lead changes and three ties, the Bulldogs got the last run in at the very end.
Senior Leona Dalton drilled a home run over the fence in left-center field leading off the bottom of the seventh to give Ada the exciting victory.
Her game-ending, line-drive shot on a 3-1 pitch from Jill Burd cut through the wind for the fourth Lady Bulldog homer of the day.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada girls softball team was seeded fifth at the 13-team Elida Div. IV district tournament drawing Sunday.
Ada (10-9) will host county rival Hardin Northern (1-15) Monday, May 10 at 5 p.m. in first round sectional action.
The Lady Bulldogs beat 11th seed HN in the season opener 15-5 at Dola March 29.
The Ada/HN winner will advance to the second round vs. the winner between third seed Wayne Trace and 13th seed Cory-Rawson. That game will be played at the higher remaining seed Thursday, May 13, with the winner moving onto the district semifinals.
Story and photos by Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada tennis team lost a hard-fought rematch to Bath 3-1 Wednesday on a windy, overcast evening that ended a bit prematurely due to untimely drizzle late in the match.
The Bulldog net record fell to 6-7 with the defeat. Meanwhile, the visiting Wildcats improved to 7-4 with the hard-earned victory.
"It was an interesting rematch with Lima Bath from exactly two weeks ago, with the three singles players for each team matching up as before," said Ada head coach Dexter Woods.
