By Cort Reynolds Results of Ada vs. Grove below -
ADA - Visiting Lima Temple Christian finished with a 12-4 flurry to nip Ada 43-42 in a dramstic end to the boys basketball regular season finale Saturday afternoon.
The Bulldogs had three shots to win the non-conference battle in the final seconds. A driving shot rimmed off, as did a close tip-in try. LTC then batted the rebound out toward midcourt as the clock ticked down.
Senior Micah Cook made a lunging backward save to classmate Trent Ennis for a last-gasp shot, but his 38-footer fell short at the buzzer.
Here's results from this past weekend's ONU men's and women's basketball games.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Sophomore Grant Heileman (Millersport/Sheridan) scored 14 points to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team in a 72-57 loss to No. 15 Heidelberg on Saturday night at Seiberling Gymnasium.
ONU drops to 3-4 overall and 3-4 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while HU improves to 7-2, 7-2.
Northern had two other players score in double figures as sophomores C.J. Napier (Miamisburg/Bishop Fenwick) scored 12 and Landen Long (Mason) added 11.
Junior Brandon Waugh (Columbus/Northland) had a career-high seven assists.
Here's the update on ONU athlete teams competing over the weekend.
WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
The Ohio Northern women's indoor track and field team won the Capital Rick Meindl Invitational on Sunday at the Capital Center.
The Polar Bears (13-8 overall) edged Wilmington 98-84 with Capital finishing third with 40 points.
Ohio Northern won six of the 12 events in the tri-meet.
Junior Taylor Ellerbrock (Columbus Grove) and sophomore Lexi Neff (Northfield/Walsh Jesuit) finished 1-2 in the 800 in 2:24.46 and 2:25.87, respectively.
Junior Kayla Silva (Westerville/South) won the 400-meter dash in 1:01.63.
By Cort Reynolds
BOWLING GREEN - Three Ada girls individuals and one relay quartet competed in the Div. II swim districts at the Bowling Green State University natatorium Friday.
Lady Bulldog sophomore Carlie Oldfield took fifth out of 32 swimmers in the 100 backstroke with a time that broke a 30-year old school record set by Tanya Nelson.
Oldfield's time of 61.36 shattered Nelson's 1991 Ada mark of 62.53 by 1.17 seconds. She shaved 1.39 off her sectional time as well.
Oldfield also swam the 50-yard freestyle at BG, and finished 11th out of 32 competitors.
By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS - Ada sophomore guard Courtney Sumner received All-Northwest Conference girls basketball honors from league coaches in voting conducted at their annual selection meeting held recently.
Sumner led the Lady Bulldogs in scoring, steals, assists and three-point goals to earn honorable mention all-league notice.
The Lady Bulldogs finished their regular season 5-14 overall and 1-7 in the NWC.
Sumner also was named honorable mention all-league last season as a freshman.
Spencerville senior Emma Leis was selected the 2020-21 NWC Player of the Year in voting by the league coaches.
The Ohio Northern men's and women's basketball teams have had schedule changes for this weekend's games.
Due to COVID-19 protocol issues with the Capital men's basketball team, the Polar Bear men's team will now have a hone-and-home series with Heidelberg.
ONU and HU will play at the ONU Sports Center on Friday at 7 pm and will play at Sieberling Gymnasium on Saturday at 6 pm.
To accommodate the men's home game on Friday, the Ohio Northern women will swap game sites with Capital this weekend, now playing at Capital on Friday at 7 pm and at home at the ONU Sports Center at 6 pm on Saturday.
