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By Cort Reynolds
The Ada tennis team won handily at Bellefontaine 4-1 Wednesday evening.

The Bulldogs improved to 7-2 with the win, while the hosts fell to 1-7 with the loss.

Ada swept the three singles matches easily, losing just one out of 37 games. Senior Cade Mullins, junior Isaac Spar and sophomore Miranda Wills each rolled to blowout wins in singles.

Senior Morgan Swick and freshman Dexter Woods combined to win a close two-set match at first doubles as well.

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Sophomore women's golfer Lydia Cranmer (Farmington Hills, Mich./Ladywood) has been tabbed the Ohio Athletic Conference Golfer of the Week for the April 1-8 voting period, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon.

Fits right in on the Ohio Northern men's tennis team

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Zach Beachler, Ada HS standout tennis player, continues winning as a member of the ONU men's tennnis team.

The team posted an 8-1 victory over Ohio Athletic Conference rival Baldwin Wallace Wednesday evening at Pop Collins Court in Berea, running its current win streak to three consecutive matches.

With the win, the Polar Bears improve to 8-6 overall and 2-0 in conference action this season. Meanwhile, BW falls to 11-3 overall and 0-2 in the OAC.

Dellifield sets record

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By Cort Reynolds
The Ada track and field teams swept a home triangular meet Tuesday at War Memorial Stadium.

The Ada boys won with 65 points, with Perry second (51) and Delphos Jefferson a close third (50). 

The Lady Bulldogs finished first with 77 points, followed by Jefferson (58) and Perry (20).

Bulldog junior Nora Dellifield broke her own school record in the pole vault by clearing 10 feet.

"Both the boys and girls worked extremely hard," said Ada head coach Tyler Craig. "Our effort was great and it paid off."

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By Cort Reynolds
Visiting Shawnee broke open a close game with seven late runs to post a 10-2 win over the Ada softball team in non-conference play Wednesday evening.  

The purple and gold fell to 5-6 with the loss, while the Lady Indians improved to 7-4 after the win. 

It was Ada's seventh game in seven days, the last six of which have been at home. The Bulldogs went 3-4 in that busy stretch.

Shawnee jumped in front with three runs in the top of the first inning. Ada edged within a run on two third inning runs.

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By Cort Reynolds
Ada sophomore Leona Dalton tossed a five-inning no-hitter to lead the Lady Bulldog softball team to a 13-1 win over visiting Waynesfield-Goshen in a non-conference contest Tuesday evening. The purple and gold evened their mark at 5-5 with the win, while the Lady Tigers dropped to 1-4 with the loss.

Dalton struck out 12 Tigers, walked one and allowed no earned runs in the run-rule shortened game to improve her mark to 5-4. Ada jumped in front with five runs in the bottom of the first inning.

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