The Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team opened the Ohio Athletic Conference portion of its 2019 schedule with a record-setting performance in a 26-2 victory over Wilmington on Saturday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
The Polar Bears (7-1 overall, 1-0 OAC) set school records with their 26 goals and the 24-goal margin of victory, surpassing the previous records set in a 25-3 win in the 2018 season opener against Calvin (Mich.)
By Cort Reynolds
ARCADIA - Improbably, host Arcadia scored three two-out runs on back-to-back home runs in its final at bat to edge the Ada softball team 7-6 in a seesaw battle Tuesday evening.
The purple and gold dropped to 1-1 this season with the difficult defeat, while the Lady Redskins improved to 1-1 with the win.
Ada led 1-0 early but trailed 4-3 heading to the final inning. The Lady Bulldogs plated three runs in the top of the seventh to regain a 6-4 lead.
But Redskin Breana Reinhart hammered a two-run home run with two out to it up, 6-6.
By Cort Reynolds
INDIAN LAKE - The Ada girls track team won a triangular meet at Indian Lake with USV Tuesday evening, while the Bulldog boys came in second.
The Ada girls scored 80.75 points to win, followed by IL (68.25) and USV (5). The Lakers won the boys meet by scoring 98 points, with Ada in second (61), followed by USV (15).
Alex Morgan won two hurdle events to pace the Ada boys. Brenna Hissong also took first in two events for the Lady Bulldogs.
Top Ada girls finishes:
Girls 100 meters:
2nd, Tabitha Tidd 15.5
By Cort Reynolds
ARCADIA - The host Arcadia baseball team scored in every inning except the second to defeat Ada 12-2 Tuesday evening.
Ada fell to 2-2 with the non-league loss.
The Redskins jumped ahead with two runs in the bottom of the first frame. Arcadia extended the margin to 6-0 with four runs in the third.
The hosts led 9-0 going to the sixth when Ada plated its two runs. But Arcadia responded with three runs in the home half of the sixth to end it via the 10-run rule.
Bulldog sophomore leadoff hitter Zac Swaney collected two hits and scored a run. Senior Austin Amburgey singled, scored a run and drove in a run.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada softball team rallied behind a big fourth inning to defeat visiting county rival Hardin Northern 10-6 Monday evening at the park in the debut of new head coach Rebecca Dicke.
Ada improved to 1-0 this season with the home opening-win, while HN fell to 0-1 with the loss.
The Lady Bulldogs plated all 10 runs in their final three at bats to post the comeback victory.
"The girls worked out their first-game jitters and rallied to make things happen on the bases," said Dicke.
"I was pleased at how the underclass players stepped up on both offense and defense today."
By Cort Reynolds|
ADA - The host Ada baseball team beat county rival Hardin Northern 8-3 Monday evening to win its home opener handily.
Ada improved to 2-1 with the win, while HN fell to 0-1 with the loss.
Bulldog senior right-hander Connor Frazier hurled a complete game to secure the win, striking out eight and allowing just four hits in the process.
Senior first baseman Jaylin Burkhart led the Ada offense with three hits, two runs batted in and one run. Senior Ethan Hall contributed two hits and a pair of runs. Sophomore Brandon Hull added a hit and three RBI.
