Sophomore Stella DeWitt (Weston/Cardinal Stritch) won the long jump and the triple jump while junior Maggie Krause (Chagrin Falls/Kenston) captured the pole vault title to guide the Ohio Northern women's track and field team to a second-place finish at the annual Joe Banks Invitational, held Saturday inside the ONU Sports Center Fieldhouse.
Otterbein won the meet with 203 points, Ohio Northern was second with 177 points, and Hanover (Ind.) was third with 86 points.
The Ohio Northern women's soccer program will open its 2019 campaign at the Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) Tartan Cup in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania under 16th-year head coach Mark Batman.
The Polar Bears will face off against Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) on Friday, August 30 and battle tournament host Carnegie Mellon Saturday, August 31 to start the season.
ONU raises the curtain on an eight-match home schedule with back-to-back contests against Wheaton (Ill.) and Hope (Mich.) on September 6 and 7, respectively. Both matches are slated for 3 p.m. starts.
The Ada HS girls' varsity basketball game Monday, Feb. 4, vs. Ridgemont is postponed. The varsity boys' game at Arlington is Tuesday, Feb 5, at 7:30 p.m. (no JV game).
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Host Ada outscored Spencerville 16-9 in the fourth quarter, then held off a last-ditch Bearcat effort to pull out an exciting 50-48 Northwest Conference boys basketball victory Friday night.
Spencerville had a chance to tie or win in the final seconds, but Ada sophomore guard Zac Swaney stole the ball from Dalton Prichard with five ticks left to preserve the comeback win.
The Bulldogs improved to 3-13 and 2-3 in the NWC with the victory, while the Bearcats fell to 1-13 and 0-5 in the NWC with their 10th straight defeat.
Ohio Northern men's basketball team dropped a 79-70 decision to Baldwin Wallace on Thursday night at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears (4-16 overall, 0-13 Ohio Athletic Conference) got 20 points and nine rebounds from senior Daniel Donner (Bellville/Northmor).
Senior All-American Ryan Bruns (Chickasaw/Marion Local) added 12 points, junior Caleb Bryan (Pittsburgh, Pa./Montour) had 10 points and nine rebounds and sophomore Colton Bachman (Piqua) chipped in 10 points in the contest for ONU.
The Yellow Jackets (14-6, 8-5) were led by Jay Battle with 17 points.
By Cort Reynolds
KENTON - The Ada swim teams lost a dual meet at local rival Kenton in the Hardin County YMCA Tuesday night.
"We had a lot of good swims, and performed very well at the meet," noted first-year Bulldog head coach Stephanie Steiner.
The purple and gold girls lost a close meet to Kenton 80-71, while the Bulldog boys lost to the Wildcats, 102-46. Kenton won the combined event, 182-117.
Ada junior ace Klava Katayama captured first in the 200 freestyle and 100-yard butterfly races.
