By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The visiting Ada volleyball team lost in straight sets at former league foe Lima Central Catholic Tuesday evening.
The Lady Bulldogs dropped to 8-9 with the 25-19, 25-22, 25-14 defeat.
Junior Megan Light led the Bulldogs with 10 kills, 11 digs and six blocks. Junior Miranda Wills drilled four kills, made seven digs and served two aces.
Senior libero Kendal Guagenti came up with 18 digs. Sophomore setter Kirsten Poling passed for a dozen assists and added seven digs.
The Lady Bulldog reserves also lost in straight sets, 2-0.
Ohio Northern junior Lydia Cranmer (Farmington Hills, Mich./Ladywood) was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Golfer of the Week for the week of Sept. 17-23.
Cranmer led the ONU women's golf team to the team at the Bluffton HCAC Fall Invitational last weekend.
She was seventh out of 76 golfers with a 20-over par 80-84—164 on the par-72, 5817-yard course.
This marks the sixth time in her career and the second time this season that Cranmer has been named OAC Women's Golfer of the Week.
The Polar Bears will return to action Saturday-Sunday at the OAC Fall Championships at River Greens Golf Course in West Lafayette.
By Cort Reynolds
VAN WERT - The Ada cross country team competed in the Van Wert Invitational meet Saturday.
The Bulldog boys finished 12th in the 12-team meet. Ottawa-Glandorf (61 points) nosed out Shawnee (65) for the team title.
Lincolnview finished third with 79 points, followed by Parkway (119), Van Wert (123), Crestview (147), Elida (178), Ottoville (213), Bluffton (217), Paulding (251), Allen East (274) and Ada (350).
Bulldog senior Hunter Wells ended up 77th in a field of 150 runners to register the top Ada finish. Sophomore Seth Swaney came in 87th to finish second for the Bulldogs.
By Cort Reynolds
KENTON - The visiting Ada volleyball team swept Hardin County foe Kenton in a non-league match Monday evening to post their fourth win in the last five matches.
The Lady Bulldogs evened their record at 8-8 with the 26-24, 25-18, 25-20 victory. Kenton fell to 1-8 with the defeat.
"Kirsten Poling went down with a knee injury in the second set so Courtney Sumner went in and helped the team work hard for the win," said Ada head coach Kyleigh Tabor.
Ohio Northern rallied from a 35-17 third quarter deficit, but Wilmington scored with 28 seconds left to post a 42-38 football victory on a warm Saturday afternoon at Williams Stadium.
The Polar Bears (1-2 overall, 1-1 Ohio Athletic Conference) scored 21 unanswered points to go ahead 38-35 with 7:35 to play.
Northern's defense got a stop and took over at its own 35, but punted the ball after a 3-and-out back to the Quakers (1-2, 1-1) with 2:12 left in the game.
Wilmington took over at its 11-yard line and marched 89 yards in 1:44 to score the go-ahead touchdown with 28 seconds left to take a 42-38 lead.