By Cort Reynolds
The Ada track and field teams each finished a strong second at the rainy, eight-team Upper Scioto Valley Invitational Thursday evening.
Four Bulldog boys and one Ada girl took individual firsts: Brenna Hissong (400), Miguel Jordan (800), Alex Morgan (300 hurdles), Michael Crouse (400) and Phillip Gautier (long jump).
The Bulldog boys and girl foursomes each won the 4x400 relay races.
Riverdale won the girls team crown with 186 points, while McComb captured the boys team title with 149.5. The Lady Bulldogs tallied 106 points to come in second, and the Bulldog boys scored 118 to also finish as runner-up.
By Cort Reynolds
The Ada softball team was seeded sixth out of 11 teams in the Div. IV Wapakoneta sectional/district drawings held Sunday. The Lady Bulldogs (8-10) begin defense of their 2018 district title when they host seventh seed Maron Local (5-11) Monday, May 6 at 5 p.m. in first round play.
The Ada/ML victor will then play at third seed Ft. Recovery Thursday, May 9 in the sectional finals at 5 p.m.
That winner will advance to the Wapak district semifinals May 14 at 6:30 p.m.
By Cort Reynolds
Visiting Kenton won a tense 3-2 pitcher's duel over county rival Ada in a non-conference softball game Wednesday evening.
The Lady Bulldogs dropped to 8-10 overall with the loss, while Kenton improved to 2-14 with the win.
Ada sophomore Leona Dalton hurled a two-hit complete game but was tagged with the tough loss. She struck out seven and walked three while giving up just two earned runs.
The Bulldogs scored in the bottom of the first to take the early lead. Raina England singled, stole a base and came in to score on a hit by Kiersten Cortez.
By Cort Reynolds
Visiting Kenton put together two seven-run innings to defeat the Ada baseball team 16-5 in a county rivalry battle Wednesday evening.
The Bulldogs fell to 8-9 with the non-league defeat, and the Wildcats improved to 4-9 with the win.
Kenton broke up a scoreless game with seven runs in the top of the third inning, then scored seven more in the seventh to put the game out of reach.
Ada plated two runs in the home fourth. Phillip Coulson stole two bases and came around to score the first Bulldog run. Connor Frazier looped a single to center field to cut the deficit to 7-2.
Senior jumps specialist Mallory Weininger (Upper Sandusky) has been named the final Ohio Athletic Conference Field Athlete of the Week in the 2019 season for women's outdoor track and field, the league office announced Monday afternoon.
On Saturday, Weininger claimed the high jump title at the 2019 AJ Cody Invitational held at Ohio Northern, helping guide the team to first place in the four-team field. The senior set a new outdoor career-best after clearing 1.60 meters (5' 3").
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Host Ada handily defeated Bluffton 5-0 in a tennis match Tuesday evening.
The Bulldog netters improved to 10-4 with the win while the Pirates fell to 2-7 wth the defeat.
Ada won the three singles matches easily, losing just one of 37 games in the process.
Bulldog senior Cade Mullins beat Drew Wilson 6-0, 6-0 at first singles. Junior Isaac Spar took down Mack Burner 6-1, 6-0 at second singles, and sophomore Miranda Wills swept Jordan Siefer 6-0, 6-0 at third singles.
The Ada tandem of Morgan Swick and Dexter Woods swept to a two-set win at first doubles over Eden Nygaard and Grant Klinger by a 6-1, 6-4 count.
