ADA__The Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team kicked off its 2026–27 campaign in dominant fashion on Saturday afternoon, posting a 160-39 victory over Ohio Athletic Conference foe Heidelberg at the ONU Sports Center Natatorium.
The Polar Bears (1-0 overall, 1-0 OAC) won 10 of the 11 events to post the victory over the Student Princes (0-1, 0-1).
Junior Chase McCluskey led ONU with 3 wins on the night.
He won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:48.73, the 200 backstroke in 2:01.15 and was the butterfly leg of the winning 400 medley relay in 3:35.84.
Senior Nathan Herbert won the 500 free in 5:10.70 and the 1000 free in 10:50.52.
MILLER CITY – The visiting Ada High School girls soccer team almost handed unbeaten Miller City their first defeat but ended up tied 2-2 in their North Central Ohio Soccer Association finale battle on Saturday, Oct. 17.
The Bulldog girls led 2-0 at halftime, but MC rallied to score two goals in the final 17 minutes to avoid their first defeat.
Ada ran its record to 12-2-3 to finish their best regular season ever. They ended up 2-1-2 in the rugged NCOSA, good for a second-place tie with Riverdale.
MT BLANCHARD__The visiting Ada High School football team rode a big third quarter to blow out Blanchard Valley Conference foe Riverdale 42-7 on a wet and chilly Friday, Oct. 16.
The Bulldogs jumped ahead 14-0 and put the game away with two touchdown passes from Blake Zoladz to Aidin Brown in the third stanza.
Ada rushed for a season-best 365 yards to pave the way to victory. Quarterback Zoladz accounted for 369 total yards and five touchdowns.
The Bulldogs improved to 6-3 overall and 4-3 in BVC play with the decisive road victory. The struggling Falcons fell to 1-8 overall and 0-7 in the BVC after the lopsided home loss.
Pink Out Night fundraiser and regular season finale
By Cort Reynolds
ADA__The Ada High School boys soccer team defeated visiting Lincolnview 5-0 in a record-setting regular season finale under the lights on Thursday, Oct. 15.
Ada senior Andrew Allen set the program record for career goals at 81 by netting four scores in the victory. He broke the record previously held by Andrew Fetter.
The Bulldogs improved to 9-7-1 overall with the home non-league shutout.
The Lancers dropped to 2-12-1 after the road loss.
ADA__The Ada High School girls soccer team played hard but lost to visiting Woodmore 2-0 in a non-league battle on Tuesday night, Oct. 13 at War Memorial Stadium.
The Wildcats took a 2-0 lead at halftime and held on during a scoreless second half. The match marked the first time all season the Bulldogs have been out-shot, 17-11.
Ada fell to 12-2-2 with the home defeat that snapped a five-game win streak.
