By Tim Glon
The Ohio Northern women's basketball team went ice-cold in the third quarter and had a 4:20 scoring drought in the fourth quarter, yet still had a chance to win late in a 61-59 season-opening loss to Wilmington at the ONU Sports Center.
"I'm so proud of the way we kept fighting all night," first-year ONU head coach Mark Huelsman said after his first game at the helm of the Polar Bears. "We have not played a basketball game in more than 300 days. We looked good at times and rusty at other times, but we kept battling and playing hard and had a chance at the end."
By Cort Reynolds
CONVOY - With host Crestview coming off two close defeats - the second on a last-second triple - undermanned Ada was no match for the vengeful Knights as they lost 72-31 in a Northwest Conference boys basketball game Friday night.
Ohio State signee Kalen Etzler poured in 13 first-period points to shoot Crestview into a 29-9 lead.
Knight teammate J.J. Ward also knocked down a pair of trifectas in the opening stanza.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Full-court pressing Crestview reeled off the first 14 points of the game and went on to post a convincing 77-34 win over host Ada in Northwest Conference girls basketball play Thursday evening.
Bulldog sophomore playmaker Courtney Sumner topped both teams with 21 points, 18 of which came in the second half after the outcome was decided.
"We didn't have any answers for them," said Ada third-year head coach Morgan Bass. "They dictated a lot of what we did. Athletically, we didn't match up five-on-five, so we went zone. They ran the floor well and out-rebounded us."
Senior Tristan Conley led the Bulldogs with a season-high 16 points on the strength of 4 triples. Junior Cayden Murphy contributed 15, while Micah Cook added 9
By Cort Reynolds
ARLINGTON - Arlington senior guard Zavier Thornton drained nine three-point baskets to lead the homestanding Red Devils to a 66-50 victory over spunky Ada in a non-league boys basketball contest Tuesday night.
Thornton tossed in a game-high 31 points to keep the upset-minded Bulldogs at bay. Arlington knocked down 11 triples and pumped in 42 second-half points to pull away from what was a close contest at intermission.
Bad starts to each half dug Ada holes that were too deep to climb out of.
Polar Bears welcome back 17 letterwinners from its 2020 squad that went 48-21 and finished fifth in the Ohio Athletic Conference indoors last season before the outdoor campaign was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
By Tim Glon
The Ohio Northern women's track and field team will go with the youth movement in 2021 under 12th-year head coach Jason Maus.
The Polar Bears welcome back 17 letterwinners from its 2020 squad that went 48-21 and finished fifth in the Ohio Athletic Conference indoors last season before the outdoor campaign was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Freshmen make up 17 of the Polar Bears' 35-woman roster, but ONU welcomes back 41 of the team's 59 points scored in the OAC Indoor Championships a year ago.
By Tim Glon
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's basketball team ended its 2019-20 season on a three-game winning streak.
Fifth-year head coach Rich Bensman hopes to use that momentum as his young and talented squad hits the floor in a 12-game, covid-19 shortened 2021 campaign this January.
Bensman welcomes back three starters and nine lettermen back from last year's squad that went 9-16 overall and was 5-13 in the Ohio Athletic Conference.
Northern returns its top three scorers and its top rebounder, but with no seniors and only one junior it will be a young and experienced group on the floor.
