Sports

Kyle Neff can't imagine life without running

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By Bud Denega, ONU sports information
Kyle Neff still remembers the day, April 30, 2012. It was on this day where Neff, an eighth-grader at the time, had to have surgery to remove a Brodie abscess in his leg. 

It laymen's terms, Neff had a small chunk of infected matter in his femur. In order to remedy the situation, Neff needed it removed, and the recovery time was extensive. 

And, 1 Bulldog volleyball player repeats first team all-NWC

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This story covers Ada HS boys' and girls' soccer and Ada volleyball all-NWC selections -
By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS - Three Ada boys were named to the All-Northwest Conference soccer first team as voted by the league coaches recently in Delphos.

Bulldog seniors Isaac Spar and Skylar Williams, as well as junior leading scorer Jacob Poling, were all named first team all-league.

Bulldog senior Nicholas Kamatali was voted second team all-league.

Ada senior Wyatt Rettig and freshman keeper Grant Preston wwere each named honorable mention All-NWC.

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The Ohio Northern women's golf team wrapped up its fall schedule with a second place finish at the Lourdes Gray Wolf Invitational on Monday at the Sylvania Country Club.

The Polar Bears (22-10 overall) finished with a 352 on the par-72, 5804-yard course.

Denison won the team title with a 328, Northwestern Ohio was third with 369 and Lourdes was fourth with a 372.

Junior Lydia Cranmer (Farmington Hills, Mich./Ladywood) was fifth out of 46 golfers with an 11-over par 83.

Clinics, leagues and games, and travel tournaments

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­Boys’ youth basketball sign-ups start soon for Ada third through sixth graders. Here are all the details:

Elementary basketball has three phases:
• clinics
• leagues and games
• travel tournaments

Clinics are Saturday mornings from 10:30 a.m. to noon beginning Nov. 30. Clinics are Nov. 30, Dec. 7, Dec 14 and Dec. 21.

League games begin in January and continue on Saturdays through the end of February. Schedules will be released later.

Travel tournaments has each team guaranteed two tournaments in March. These two-day tourneys include multiple games each day.

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In midget football action at DeGraff on Sunday, Upper Scioto Valley defeated Riverside 13 - 6. Shown is USV defensive end Richard Moed tackling Riverside's ball carrier. USV now moves on to the playoffs. (Ken Collins photo)

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By Cort Reynolds
ASHLAND - The Ada girls soccer team ended its season with an 8-1 loss at powerhouse Ashland Crestview in Div. III sectional first round play Tuesday evening.

The defeat finished the Lady Bulldog season with a record of 3-13-1. Second-seeded AC improved to 15-1-1 with the victory.

The favored Lady Cougars advance to the sectional final round, where they will host 11th seed Willard Thursday, Oct. 17.

The 10th-seeded Bulldogs were able to hold potent AC scoreless for the first 20 minutes before the Cougars broke loose to build a 3-0 lead.

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