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By Cort Reynolds

VAN BUREN __The visiting Ada High School football team fell behind early and lost to Van Buren 42-3 in a Blanchard Valley Conference game on Friday, October 10.

The Black Knights scored touchdowns on three of their first four possessions to build a 21-3 halftime lead. They outscored the Bulldogs 21-0 after intermission by scoring TDs on their final three drives.

Ada dropped to 5-3 overall and 3-3 in the BVC after the defeat. The Bulldogs tumbled three spots to sixth place in the league after Arlington beat McComb 21-14 in overtime Friday. 

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By Cort Reynolds

VAN WERT__The visiting Ada High School boys soccer team scored early and late to defeat non-league rival Lincolnview 5-2 on Thursday night, October 9.

Ada built a 3-0 lead, then had to stave off a second-half Lancer rally by scoring two late goals to post the win.

The Bulldogs finished the regular season 11-4-2 with the victory. The Lancers fell to 3-11-1 after the defeat.

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By Cort Reynolds

KENTON__Despite a 12-day layoff, the Ada High School girls soccer team defeated Hardin County rival Kenton 2-0 in a non-league match on Thursday, October 9 to make program history.

The historic win in the female version of the “309 Cup” game gave the Ada girls' program a single-season record 11 wins, breaking the mark set last year.

The Bulldog girls improved to 11-3-2 after the shutout win. Kenton dropped to 2-14-1 with the defeat.

Ada sophomore Avary Acheson scored both goals. Senior Kenley Poling and sophomore Ashley Williams each passed out one assist.

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The following results are from October 3-8 of the Ohio Northern University 2025 athletics season as reported on www.ONUSports.com:

OCTOBER 3

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PHOTOS by Mark Andreasen / CLICK gallery to enlarge and view at your own pace

By Cort Reynolds

ADA__The Ada High School volleyball team swept a three-setter over visiting traditional rival Upper Scioto Valley in their non-conference regular season finale on Tuesday, October 7. The evening was also celebrated as Senior Night.

Ada improved to 15-7 after the decisive 25-16, 25-17, 25-13 victory.

USV fell to 4-16 after the loss.

Junior Brooklynn Andreasen led Ada by nailing 11 kills and coming up with four digs.

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By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School volleyball team was seeded third in the eight-team, Div. VI Northwest 5 District drawing held on Sunday, October 5.

The Bulldog girls (14-7) will host fifth seed Lima Central Catholic (11-8) in the sectional finals on Thursday, October 16 at 6 p.m.

Fourth seed Columbus Grove (9-10) will play sixth seed Spencerville (8-14) in the other lower half sectional final at Ada on Oct. 16 in the second match at approximately 8 p.m.

The Ada/LCC and Grove/Spencerville winners will meet in the district semifinals at Wapakoneta on Tuesday, Oct. 21.

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