Sports

OAC opener at Muskingum

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 Senior Anthony McFadden (Chillicothe/Paint Valley) threw four touchdown passes to sophomore Austin Eick (Rossford) to lead the Ohio Northern football team to a 39-10 victory at Muskingum in the Ohio Athletic Conference opener for both teams on Saturday afternoon at McConagha Stadium.

The Polar Bears improve to 1-1 overall and 1-0 in the OAC, while the Muskies fall to 1-1, 0-1.

Northern trailed 10-3 late in the first half, but the duo connected for four touchdowns in a span of 12:16 as ONU grabbed a 32-10 lead with 3:25 left in the third period.

Polar Bear men's CC team wins Ohio Wesleyan Invitational

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Here's the ONU sports roundup from the weekend.

Men's cross country
The Ohio Northern men's cross country team placed five runners in the top-17 en route to winning the Ohio Wesleyan Invitational on Saturday morning at Liberty Park.

"This was a really good team race for the men. We executed the race plan really well," 11-year head coach Jason Maus said.

ONU (13-0) was first with 51 points, Denison—which took the first and second individual places—was second with 75 points, and Wilmington was third with 92 points.

Northern was paced by junior Travis Sutter (Fort Recovery), who crossed fourth overall in 26:26.

Competition Saturdays Sept. 21 through Nov. 16

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Ohio Northern University has joined the Great Lakes Esports Conference which will be starting its inaugural season this fall.

Ohio Northern joins nine other local schools in the conference: Aquinas (Mich.), Lourdes, Mount Union, Mount Vernon Nazarene, Muskingum, Northwood (Mich.), Tiffin, Trine (Ind.) and Marietta.

The Polar Bears will be playing League of Legends and Overwatch in the conference.

ONU's head esports Coach Troy Chiefari is excited to compete and to have a local conference to be a part of for Ohio Northern's first esports season.

Hunter Wells finished just three seconds behind his personal-best mark set at Riverdale last year

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By Cort Reynolds
MT. BLANCHARD - The Ada cross country team finished 12th at the 13-team Riverdale Invitational Saturday.

The Bulldog boys scored 294 points while Hopewell-Loudon won with just 25 points. Van Buren was a distant second with 78 points, followed by USV in third (141).

Ada finishes and times:
31st Hunter Wells 19:54.78
69th Seth Swaney 22:23.03
73rd Riley Ferguson 22:39.98
88th Keegan Giddens 24:24.03
93rd Connor Daugherty 24:33.04
97th Xander Wells 25:13.8

Light led Ada with a career-high 25 kills; She also added seven digs and two aces

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By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Despite playing its fourth match in four nights, the visiting Bluffton volleyball team won a tough four-set match in a very steamy gym at feisty Northwest Conference rival Ada Thursday night.

The Lady Pirates prevailed 25-20, 25-21, 23-25, 25-23 to improve to 7-3 overall and 2-0 NWC after their third victory in a row. The spunky Lady Bulldogs fell to 4-6 and 0-3 in the NWC with their third consecutive loss to a tough opponent.

"I thought we had momentum heading into the fourth set, but we have to be able to finish," said Ada head coach Kyleigh Tabor. "We have to be able to side out."

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The Ada varsity football team, from left, front row: Bryce Paul, Dylan East, Kyle Zimmerly, Logan Conrad, Phillip Coulson, Landon Blankenship, Holden Purdy, Tyson Moore, Ty Miller.

Row 2: Danny Thompson, Cam Bober, Devon Cole, Zac Swaney, Luke Westover, Brandon Hull, Colton Beiderman, Daniel Mattson.

Row 3: Zach Neiswander, Colby Curtis, Garrett Rettig, Jeremy Cameron, Kadin Phipps, Cayden Murphy, Keagan Hull, Carter Nelson, Brandon Paul.

Row 4: Alex Dearth, Casen Jones, Spencer Wall, Alex Rockhill, Nick Zickefoose, Will McBride, Kyle Mattson, Ethan Murphy.

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