MARIA STEIN – The visiting Ada High School baseball team lost 9-0 to powerful Marion Local in their Div. VI sectional final battle Saturday afternoon, May 24.
The top-seeded Flyers jumped ahead with two runs in the bottom of the first and were never threatened. Marion Local added single runs in the third, fourth and fifth frames to build a 5-0 lead.
The hosts then put the game out of reach with a four-run sixth inning.
Eighth-seeded Ada ends its season with a 6-18 record after the defeat.
ML improves to 15-7 with the win, and advances to the district semifinals.
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Bulldogs clinch 2nd district crown in program history
By Cort Reynolds
BATH – The Ada High School softball team used strong defense, good pitching and timely hitting to defeat Carey 6-3 in a hard-fought Div. VI District 3 final on a cool Friday evening at Lima Bath.
The Ada girls improved to 21-4 with the big victory. It marks the second district crown in program history, and their first since 2018.
Eighty one Ohio Northern student-athletes were named Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference in the 10 spring sports for 2025.
Men's track and field and cross country led all teams with 16 honorees. Women's track and field and cross country had 15, baseball had 11, men's lacrosse had nine, softball and women's tennis had seven each, women's lacrosse and men's tennis had five each and men's and women's golf had three each.
The award winners must be a sophomore or higher in class standing, maintain varsity status and have a cumulative grade-point-average of at least 3.50.
ADA – Ada will host its first-ever softball camp on Monday, June 23 from 4-7 p.m. at War Memorial Park, 115 N. Park Drive.
The camp is open to those who will be in grades 7-12 during the 2025-26 school year. Cost of the camp is $60, to be submitted no later than June 16. Rain-out date is June 24.
Warm-ups will start at 3:45 p.m. Players should bring softball equipment to the camp, including their visor, glove, bat, sunglasses, sunblock and water.
Ohio State All-Big 10 first team selections Kami Kortokrax and Reagan Milliken will be on hand to instruct at the camp.
