FOSTORIA__The Ada High School track and field team had two individual athletes and one relay team compete in four events on day one of the Div. V Northwest Regional Track and Field Meet on Thursday, May 28 at Fostoria Memorial Stadium.
Ada senior speedster Kayleb Hickman did well in two preliminary races.
Hickman finished a strong third out of 16 runners in the 400-meter preliminary heats with a time of 50.53 to qualify for the finals on Saturday.
Hickman also took 10th in a field of 16 sprinters in the 200-meter dash preliminary heats with a time of 23.12.
Ada already took out the Carey Blue Devils in the district semis, and now they face another Blue Devil squad in Danville at the round of 16.
Danville tied for the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference title at 13-1. They have won 11 of their last 12 games. The Blue Devils have made it to 14 straight district finals.
Senior Devil pitcher Addyson Bocock struck out 13 over five innings in their 19-0 district semifinal blowout vs. over-matched Mt. Gilead.
Seeded first in the Central 1 bracket, the Blue Devils and Bocock then shut out an 8-12 Cardington-Lincoln squad 3-0 on May 22 to win their district crown.
SHELBY__It took multiple days, but the determined Ada High School softball team staved off rain delays and a late rally to beat Colonel Crawford 11-10 in a wild Div. VI Northwest district final that finished on Monday, May 25.
The Bulldogs led 11-8 when the game was stopped by rain at a crucial point three days earlier, in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Eagles had the bases loaded with nobody out when play was halted.
ST. HENRY__The visiting Ada High School baseball team lost to top-seeded powerhouse St. Henry 21-0 in their Div. VI Northwest 1 sectional final game on Saturday evening, May 23.
Ranked second in the state, the hard-hitting Redskins built a 5-0 lead after two innings. They then put the game out of reach with an eight-run third.
SH plated eight more runs in the bottom of the fourth frame to invoke the mercy run rule after a scoreless top of the fifth.
The Redskins out-hit the Bulldogs 16-3 and took advantage of six Ada errors to score 12 unearned runs. SH smacked seven doubles and two home runs.
SHELBY__The Ada High School softball team led Colonel Crawford 11-8 in a seesaw Div. VI Northwest district semifinal showdown on Friday, May 22, when play was stopped by rain.
The game was postponed in the bottom of the sixth inning with Ada ahead 11-8. But the Eagles had the bases loaded with nobody out when play was paused.
UPDATE The game is rescheduled for Monday (5/25) at 11:00 a.m.
Ada fell behind 3-0 after one inning. But the Bulldogs rallied with eight runs in the second inning behind home runs from Reese Jordan and Tea Griffith.
