By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada volleyball team played an inspired match but still lost to visiting Northwest Conference power Lincolnview Tuesday on Volley for the Cure night in the Bulldog home season finale.
Ada battled hard but lost 25-14, 25-22, 25-13 to drop the Lady Bulldog overall record to 8-11 overall. They finished 2-6 in NWC play.
First-place Lincolnview improved to 17-2 and 7-0 in the NWC with the three-set victory.
Erin Robinson, mother of Ada freshman spiker Daicy Robinson, was recognized as she endures her ongoing battle with breast cancer. A total of $3,822.26 was raised for the cause.
By Cort Reynolds
FINDLAY - Ada senior Brenna Hissong was named first team All-North Central Ohio Soccer Association in voting conducted by the league coaches this week.
The strong-legged center-back is a repeat selection on the first team.
Freshman center-midfielder Ella Marshall and junior wide midfielder Lauren Mullins earned honorable mention NCOSA honors.
Senior Alexis Rickenbacker of 5-0 league champion Liberty-Benton was voted NCOSA female Player of the Year.
The Ada girls finished 1-4 in league play, last in the six-team NCOSA standings.
The Ada Youth Wrestling Club will hold wrestling sign-ups on the following evenings:
Tuesday, Oct. 20 - 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 22 - 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 25 - 6:30 -8 p.m
Sign-up in is the Ada wrestling Bbuilding, located in brown building in front of school bus garage.
John McClain, head coach, provided addition details that follow:
This is for children in Kindergarten through 6th grade. All experience levels, from beginner to advanced, are welcome to participate The club accepts boys and girls from Ada and all surrounding communities.
Bulldog girls blank Jefferson By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS - The visiting Ada girls soccer team defeated Delphos Jefferson 1-0 in a defensive Northwest Conference battle Monday evening.
The Lady Bulldogs improved to 4-11 overall and 2-4 in the NWC with the regular-season ending win. The Lady Wildcats dropped to 4-9-1 (2-3-1 NWC) with the defeat.
Bulldog Ella Marshall scored the game's lone goal off a long throw-in during the first half. After the in-bounds pass came into play, the ball bounced around and Marshall tapped it into the goal off an assist from Kylie Shafer.
The Ohio Athletic Conference has announced its league schedules for baseball, softball and men's and women's lacrosse for the 2021 seasons.
League play for softball and women's lacrosse will begin competition on Saturday, March 20, 2021, with men's lacrosse and baseball opening on March 27.
Championships games for all of the sports will run over three weeks at the end of April and the first two weeks of May.
As of now, all teams are expected to add non-conference games to their schedules. Those will be added as they become available.
By Cort Reynolds
Division III soccer pairing were set on Sunday. Here's where Ada boys and girls teams are placed.
The Ada boys soccer team was seeded fourth at the 12-team Div. III sectional drawing. Ada (8-7) will host 12th seed Otsego Wednesday, October 21 in the tournament.
The winner will face Mansfield Christian Saturday, Oct. 24. The victor in that game will likely face unbeaten top seed Bluffton (12-0-2) Wednesday, Oct. 28 in the district semifinals.
