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By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School boys soccer team earned a second seed in their section of the 25-team Div. V Northwest District draw meeting on Sunday, October 5.

Ada (9-4-2) will host the winner between struggling Riverdale (3-12) and Lincolnview (2-9-1) in a sectional final on Saturday, October 18. 

“We were excited to earn the number two seed,” said second-year Ada head coach Aaron Acheson. “We had to wait and see which spot Ottoville would choose and once they selected B6, we knew B1 was the pick for us.

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Hickman tallies two pick 6 returns

By Cort Reynolds

ADA__The Ada High School football team pulled away with a 30-0 second half to pound winless visiting Riverdale 51-10 in a Blanchard Valley Conference game on Homecoming night Friday, October 3 at War Memorial Stadium.

The Bulldogs led 21-10 at halftime, then took control with a 21-0 third period to win going away.

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By Cort Reynolds

ADA __The Ada High School boys soccer team soundly defeated visiting Cory-Rawson 7-0 in their North Central Ohio Soccer Association finale on Thursday, October 2.

Bulldog junior Andrew Allen netted the first four Ada goals to lead the onslaught, and added one assist.

The Bulldog record improved to 9-4-2 overall with the dominating victory. Ada finished a solid 3-2 in NCOSA play to place third in the rugged league. 

Liberty-Benton clinched the conference title at 5-0 with an 8-0 shellacking of Riverdale Thursday night. Van Buren finished 4-1 and second in the standings after beating Upper Sandusky 4-1 Thursday. 

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The following results are from September 26 - October 2 of the Ohio Northern University 2025 athletics season as reported on www.ONUSports.com:

SEPTEMBER 26

Women's Volleyball: Volleyball tops Mt. St. Joseph, falls to Transylvania (Ky.) on Friday night

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By Cort Reynolds

ARCADIA__The visiting Ada High School volleyball team defeated Blanchard Valley Conference foe Arcadia in four sets on Wednesday, October 1.

The Bulldog girls won the first two sets, narrowly dropped the third and then closed it out convincingly by taking a decisive fourth set. 

Winning a close second game in overtime set the purple and gold up to capture the match as they went up 2-0.

Ada improved to 14-6 overall and 3-4 in the BVC after the 25-9, 26-24, 23-25, 25-14 victory.

Arcadia dropped to 6-9 overall and 2-7 in BVC play with the defeat.

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By Cort Reynolds

KALIDA__ The visiting Ada High School boys soccer team lost 3-1 to Kalida in a non-league makeup match on Tuesday, September 30.

The Bulldog boys record fell to 8-4-2 with the defeat. Kalida improved to 8-2-4 after the victory.

The game was added to the schedule to replace the vacated Allen East contest from early in the season.

“Kalida did a great job of attacking through the wide channels, consistently putting pressure on our outside backs with one v. one duels,” said Ada second-year head coach Aaron Acheson. 

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