By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Ada track and field team competed at an unscored triangular meet at Bluffton with Ft. Jennings Tuesday.
Ada's Alex Morgan won the pole vault and 300 hurdle events to help pace the Bulldogs. Junior Phillip Gautier also took first in two events, the long jump and the high jump.
Other Ada event winners were Nora Dellifield (pole vault), Brenna Hissong (400), Anabel Alexander (1600), Keegan Hull (100), Miguel Jordan (800) and Garrett Rettig (discus).
The Bulldogs also won three relay events. Ada individual 1st-place finishes:
Girls 1600 Meters:
Anabel Alexander 7:10
By Cort Reynolds
The Ada boys track and field team finished a solid third as four Bulldog males won events at the annual eight-team Hardin Northern Invitational Monday.
The meet was originally scheduled to be held Saturday but was postponed two days due to cold, rainy weather.
Ada junior Phillip Gautier won the boys long jump event, while senior Miguel Jordan captured the 800 meters. Junior Michael Crouse came in first in the 400 meters, and junior Alex Morgan won the 300 intermediate hurdles race.
Lady Bulldog junior Nora Dellifield took first in the pole vault.
The Bulldog boys 4 x 400 relay quartet also won their event.
By Cort Reynolds
The visiting Ada baseball team lost 5-0 at league-leading Paulding in Northwest Conference play Monday evening.
The Bulldogs fell to 8-8 and 1-4 in NWC play with the defeat. The Panthers improved to 10-5 and 6-0 in the NWC to stay in first place with the victory.
The Panthers scored singles runs in the second, fifth and sixth innings. Paulding plated two runs in the third.
Austin Amburgey singled twice to provide half of the Bulldog hits. Brandon Hull and Daniel Mattson each added a single.
By Cort Reynolds
The Ada softball team made the long trip to Paulding and did not get a hit in a five-inning 11-0 loss to the Lady Panthers in Northwest Conference action Monday.
Paulding hurler Haylee Dominique did not allow a hit or a walk to a Lady Bulldog. But she committed two of the team's three errors to cost her chance for a perfect game. She struck out six.
At the plate Dominique also stood out as she belted two home runs, drove in five runs and scored twice.
The contest was shortened to 4.5 innings by the 10-run rule.
The Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving program recorded its third successive runner-up finish at the 2018-19 Ohio Athletic Conference Championships at the University of Akron in February, headlining the Polar Bears' first season under head coach Austin Veltman.
"This year, our swimmers and divers competed hard all season long," Veltman noted. "The athletes definitely earned the success they had this season, and I am incredibly proud of their efforts."
This year, the Polar Bears recorded a 4-3 overall record for the program's 12th consecutive winning season. In addition, Northern posted a 3-1 conference mark to end second in the OAC Regular Season title race.
ONU men’s and women’s track and field teams celebrated Senior Day by dominating the A.J. Cody Invitational Friday and Saturday at Kerscher Stadium.
Women’s results
The Polar Bears (54-8 overall) won the meet with 186 points. Heidelberg was second with 119 points, Manchester (Ind.) was third with 47 points and Bluffton was fourth with 32 points.
Senior Tia Harris (Newton Falls) won the hammer throw (44.64 meters), the discus (35.13 meters) and the shot put (12.56 meters) to lead Ohio Northern
