KENTON - The Ada cross country team competed in the sixth annual Kenton Kyle Althauser Memorial Invitational meet Thursday evening at the Hardin County Fairgrounds.
The Bulldog boys finished ninth at the 13-team event, which was won by Columbus Grove with 30 points. Bellefontaine was second (52), while Ada tallied 236 points.
Senior Miguel Jordan paced Ada by finishing a strong 11th amid the 130-runner field in a time of 18:11.56.
Junior Hunter Wells finished 59th overall and second for the Bulldogs in 20:23.18. Classmate Michael Crouse came in 68th with a time of 20:40.5.
ADA - The host Ada volleyball team lost a spirited four-set match to Lincolnview in a Northwest Conference battle on Volley for the Cure Night Thursday.
The Lady Bulldogs lost 25-16, 25-20, 13-25, 25-14 to drop to 11-10 overall and 4-3 in the NWC. Ada has one league match left at home vs. Columbus Grove.
Lincolnview improved to 15-5 and 5-2 in the NWC with the win.
Close to a thousand dollars were raised between donations, t-shirt sales, a bake sale and the 50/50 raffle winnings, which were donated by Jim Swick.
DELPHOS - The visiting Ada girls soccer team lost to Delphos Jefferson 5-1 Wednesday evening in a Northwest Conference match.
Jefferson senior midfielder Maddie McConnahea scored four goals to lead the Wildcats to victory.
The Lady Bulldogs drop to 3-9 overall and 1-4 in the Northwest Conference with the road defeat. DJ improves to 6-7 and 4-2 in league action with the win.
Jefferson led 1-0 at intermission after a breakaway goal by McConnahea.
"We had a fairly evenly-matched first half," said Ada head coach Doug Poling. "
McConnahea netted two quick goals early in the second half on similar plays to build a 3-0 lead.
The Ohio Northern men's soccer team dropped a tight-knit 1-0 conference affair to OAC foe Baldwin Wallace Saturday evening in Berea.
The loss snaps a seven-match win streak and moves the Polar Bears to 8-3-1 overall and to 1-1-0 in Ohio Athletic Conference play. Meanwhile, the Yellow Jackets improve to 6-5-1 on the season with a similar 1-1-0 mark in league action.
The Ohio Northern women's soccer program picked up its eighth successive win Wednesday evening as the Polar Bears toppled the visiting Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets 5-1 in Ohio Athletic Conference play at Kerscher Stadium.
The victory moves Northern to 8-2-0 overall and 2-0-0 in the OAC this season. Meanwhile, Baldwin Wallace falls to 6-4-1 on the season, including a 0-2-0 mark in league play.
