VAN BUREN - Five members of the Ada varsity wrestling team competed at the two-day, 30-team Van Buren Invitational meet Friday and Saturday.
Ada finished 26th with nine points. Eastwood won the team title with 210 points, followed in second by Allen East with 150 points.
Five teams had to withdraw Saturday due to the very inclement weather conditions.
Bulldog senior Noah Arnett went 2-2 in the heavyweight division to lead Ada.
"Noah Arnett has improved tremendously over the course of this year," said Ada first-year head coach Eric Perkins. "He was the only (Ada) wrestler who made it to the second day this weekend.
Ohio Northern junior Nolan Huey (Fort Collins, Colo./Fossil Ridge) has been tabbed the Ohio Athletic Conference Swimmer of the Week for the fourth time in his career.
The Fort Collins, Colorado native recorded four event titles and guided the Polar Bears to a 155-144 victory over conference foe Mount Union inside Hammond Natatorium on Saturday afternoon. The junior swimmer took home three individual event crowns in the 100 back (54.32), 200 back (1:58.32), and 200 individual medley (1:58.53) events and teamed up with seniors Anthony Ferrell and Justin Chapman and sophomore Zach Ayres to capture the 200 medley relay in 1:38.18.
Otterbein defeated ONU men’s and women’s basketball teams this week. Both stories follow:
Men’s game
Senior Daniel Donner (Bellville/Northmor) had a career-high 23 points and senior All-American Ryan Bruns (Chickasaw/Marion Local) flirted with a triple-double, but Otterbein made 18 3-pointers en route to a 92-78 victory over the Ohio Northern men's basketball team on Wednesday evening at the Rike Center.
The Polar Bears fall to 4-12 overall and are 0-9 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Cardinals are now 5-11, 2-7.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Visiting Crestview ran out to a 15-2 lead and went on to defeat Ada 51-17 in Northwest Conference girls basketball action Thursday night.
The purple and gold girls fell to 1-14 and 0-4 in the NWC with the loss, while the Lady Knights improved to 8-5 and 3-2 in league play after the win.
Utilizing a fullcourt press, Crestview outscored Ada 15-2 in each of the first two periods to build an insurmountable lead.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Seventeen days after their first meeting, the final result was similar between backyard rivals Upper Scioto Valley and Ada in a Monday night makeup contest.
The visiting Rams shot the lights out again to win their annual non-league boys hoop grudge match convincingly, 72-37. The game was originally slated for Jan. 12 before being snowed out.
Red-hot USV raced to a 26-9 margin after one period and stretched the advantage to 45-21 by intermission. The Rams led by as many as 40 points before Ada closed the game on a 7-2 run.
