LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Ohio Northern used a late 13-0 run to post a 65-57 women's basketball victory over Carthage (Wis.) on the first day of the 9th annual D3hoops.com Classic on Thursday afternoon at the South Point Arena.
The Polar Bears (7-4 overall) were led by junior Abby Weeks (West Chester/Mount Notre Dame) with 15 points, sophomore Emily Brock (Akron/Revere) with 14 points and senior Alyssa Manley (Lima/Bath) with 10 points.
The Lady Reds (5-5 overall) got 22 points from Maggie Berigan.
FREMONT - Led by junior Klava Katayama, the Ada swim team competed well in the 16-team St. Joseph Invitational meet Saturday, December 15 at the Fremont Ross High School natatorium.
The purple and gold girls finished eighth out of 16 squads, while the Bulldog boys came in 11th out of 15 squads.
Upper Sandusky won both the boys and girls team titles.
"We had a lot of time improvements; the biggest one of the day was (that) Klava broke two of her previous records for the Fremont Invite in the 50 free and 100 fly," said Ada head coach Stephanie McMahon.
PARKWAY - The Ada varsity wrestling squad competed at the 15-team Parkway Holiday Invitational meet Saturday.
Ada finished 11th at the annual event with 56 points. Celina won the team title with 215 points, followed in second by host Parkway (200).
The Bulldogs were only able to have three wrestlers compete due to injuries. Ada senior Noah Arnett went 4-1 in the heavyweight division to finish a strong second.
"We were winning in six of the seven matches we lost when our wrestlers got pinned," explained Ada first-year head coach Eric Perkins. "Overall, we had 19 takedowns compared to our opponent's four."
The Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field program has been selected for a third-place finish among the Ohio Athletic Conference under 10th-year head coach Jason Maus in the annual OAC Coaches Preseason Poll.
The Polar Bears received 62 points from the conference's ten head coaches in the poll, which trailed the runner-up spot by just eight points.
ADA - Paced by junior Phillip Coulson's hot hand, host Ada rallied from a 12-point third period deficit to defeat Delphos Jefferson 47-45 in a nailbiting Northwest Conference boys basketball encounter Friday night.
The purple and gold improved to 1-7 and 1-1 in the NWC with their first victory, while the Wildcats fell to 0-7 and 0-1 in league play with the tough defeat.
Coulson led the late surge by scoring all 16 of his points in a row during the final nine minutes, including 13 straight in the decisive fourth period.
