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Cort Reynolds, Icon sports writer, has a new Boston Celtics historty post on the SB Nation celticsblog.com.

It's focus is on the best Boston teams NOT to win the championship.

Click here to read the column.

 

Ohio Lt. Governor Husted also announced that Phase II of the Responsible RestartOhio plan for sports activities will allow contact practice for all sports to resume on Monday, June 22. 

"This means football, lacrosse, and other contact sports can resume scrimmages and full training regiments as long as safety protocols are observed," said Lt. Governor Husted.

"Although June 22 is the day contact practice may begin, it will ultimately be up to local sports organizers and high school leaders on when is the best time to proceed."

Training guidance is available at coronavirus.ohio.gov.

Ohio Northern senior Gabby Stewart (Union, Ky./St. Henry) was named First Team Academic All-America in softball in voting conducted by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

Stewart, a catcher majoring in nursing, was hitting .393 with three home runs and nine RBI though 10 games this season before the campaign was stopped on March 12 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

She was named First Team Academic All-District 7, 2nd Team All-Central Region and 1st Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference as a junior and was named Second Team All-Conference and Academic All-Conference and was named to the All-OAC Tournament Team as a sophomore in 2018.

FROM ADA BULLDOGS FACEBOOK - Parents of any girl in grades 2-6 who is interested in playing basketball next year, please follow the team Instagram account @adagirlsbasketball.

In place of camp this summer players will hold a virtual challenge week where girls can have access to a different challenge each day and be entered in a drawing to win a prize.

 More details will be with the post on Instagram.

By CoSIDA in Women's Track & Field

Ohio Northern senior Maggie Krause (Chagrin Falls/Kenston) was named Academic All-District VII for Women's Track & Field for 2020 by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

Krause is a two-time All-American in the pole vault, finishing seventh at the 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships and eighth at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

She was also named an All-American in 2020 and is a five-time All-Region honoree by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association for her performances this winter.

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Ada senior baseballers Phillip Coulson and Bryce Paul were selected to play for Team Northwest Conference in a senior All-Star Game vs. the Putnam County League.

Coulson is a pitcher/shortstop, while Paul primarily played third base for the Bulldogs.

The NWC vs. PCL senior All-Star Game is slated for Saturday, June 6, at 7 p.m. in the Ottawa Memorial Park.

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