The Ohio Northern women's swimming and diving team opened its 2019-20 season with a fifth place finish at the Kenyon Relays on Saturday afternoon at the Steen Aquatic Center.
The Polar Bears finished with 36 points and were led by the 200-yard breast relay team of senior Katey Stuart(Ada), sophomore Lauren Shaw (Port Clinton), senior Libby Sartschev (Parma/Normandy) and junior Marisa Barton (Saint Charles, Mo./Duchesne). They finished fifth in 2:18.22.
Two other ONU teams posted top-10 finishes.
The 3x500-yard free relay team of junior Marissa Taylor (Granite Falls, N.C./South Caldwell), freshman Teagan Rasdall (Wooster) and Barton were ninth in 18:12.26.
By Cort Reynolds
CONVOY - The injury-ravaged Ada football team could not stop the run and lost 63-12 at Crestview in Northwest Conference play last Friday night.
The hosts raced to a 35-0 lead and cruised past the Bulldogs, who dressed only 20 players for the game.
The purple and gold fell to 2-6 overall and 1-4 in NWC play with their third straight defeat. The Knights improved to 4-4 and 3-2 in league action with the lopsided win.
"I was very impressed with Brandon (Hull); he fights and gives you everything he has got," said Ada head coach Shawn Christopher. "He has a lot of talent, but his competitiveness is amazing.
By Cort Reynolds
COLUMBUS GROVE - The Ada boys cross country team finished 10th in the 12-team Div. III district 2 meet at Columbus Grove Saturday morning.
Minster took first place with 40 points, with Parkway second (76) and Marion Local third (106). Allen East finished seventh (169), Hardin Northern eighth (184) and Ada 10th (272).
Spencerville and Lima Perry did not have the requisite five runners to field a team score.
Bulldog senior Hunter Wells finished 39th in the field of 72 runners with a season-best time of 19:46.9.
By Bud Denega, ONU sports information
Kyle Neff still remembers the day, April 30, 2012. It was on this day where Neff, an eighth-grader at the time, had to have surgery to remove a Brodie abscess in his leg.
It laymen's terms, Neff had a small chunk of infected matter in his femur. In order to remedy the situation, Neff needed it removed, and the recovery time was extensive.
This story covers Ada HS boys' and girls' soccer and Ada volleyball all-NWC selections - By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS - Three Ada boys were named to the All-Northwest Conference soccer first team as voted by the league coaches recently in Delphos.
Bulldog seniors Isaac Spar and Skylar Williams, as well as junior leading scorer Jacob Poling, were all named first team all-league.
Bulldog senior Nicholas Kamatali was voted second team all-league.
Ada senior Wyatt Rettig and freshman keeper Grant Preston wwere each named honorable mention All-NWC.
The Ohio Northern women's golf team wrapped up its fall schedule with a second place finish at the Lourdes Gray Wolf Invitational on Monday at the Sylvania Country Club.
The Polar Bears (22-10 overall) finished with a 352 on the par-72, 5804-yard course.
Denison won the team title with a 328, Northwestern Ohio was third with 369 and Lourdes was fourth with a 372.
Junior Lydia Cranmer (Farmington Hills, Mich./Ladywood) was fifth out of 46 golfers with an 11-over par 83.
