By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Visiting Upper Scioto Valley used strong inside play and better foul shooting to hold off spunky Ada 48-36 in a hard-fought backyard rivalry girls basketball game Tuesday night.
The Lady Bulldogs fell to 1-16 with the defeat, while the Lady Rams improved to 2-12 with the win.
USV ran out to a nine-point lead, but Ada clawed back within 20-16 at halftime. The Rams earned a little breathing room with a 14-8 third period and basically held on to a double-digit margin the rest of the way.
Anticipated temperatures of 15-below zero on Wednesday evening have forced the postponement of Ohio Northern's men's and women's basketball games with Baldwin Wallace to Thursday evening.
The Polar Bear men will now host the Yellow Jackets on Thursday evening at 7 p.m. at the ONU Sports Center and the Polar Bear women will travel to Berea for a 7 p.m. contest at Ursprung Gymnasium.
Check back to ONUSports.com for more details as they become available.
Both ONU men’s and women’s basketball teams lost to Mt. Union on Saturday. The men’s game follows and the women’s game is below the men’s.
Ohio Northern got 28 points, nine rebounds and four assists from senior All-American center Ryan Bruns(Chickasaw/Marion Local), but the ONU men's basketball team fell 79-71 at Mount Union on Saturday afternoon at the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex.
The Polar Bears fall to 4-15 overall and 0-12 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Purple Raiders improve to 15-4, 9-3.
Here’s an early weekend summary of ONU wrestling, men’s track and women’s track results as of Friday night:
Wrestling
No. 11-ranked senior Clayton Davidson (Kirtland) posted a 4-1 record at 174 pounds to lead the Ohio Northern wrestling team on the first day of the Pete Willson-Wheaton (Ill.) Invitational on Friday at King Arena.
The Polar Bears are 26th of 38 teams, 11 of which are ranked in the NCAA Division III top 25, with 17 points.
Davidson had a pin and three decisions and has reached the fourth round of the consolation bracket.
By Cort Reynolds
NORTH ROBINSON - The Ada swimmers posted several personal-bests at the North Central Ohio Swimming League championship meet hosted by Colonel Crawford Saturday.
Ada junior standout Klava Katayama captured first in the 50 freestyle and 100-yard butterfly races. She set league meet records in each event and scored 32 of the 82 Lady Bulldog points.
"Klava won both of her events and broke the (league) records for both as well," noted Ada head coach Stephanie Steiner. "We had more personal-records from Melina (Temple) and Bella (East) in both of their events at the meet as well."
By Cort Reynolds
MARION - The Ada varsity wrestling team competed at the two-day, Sally George Invitational meet hosted by Marion Pleasant Friday and Saturday.
Ada finished 20th out of 21 teams with 10 points. London won the team title with 195 points, followed in second by Liberty Center with 150 points.
Ada sophomore Colton Biederman finished 1-2 in the 113 lb. division, as did Bulldog junior Reece Evans at 160 lbs.
Ada individual results:
Colton Beiderman (113)
Lost Cameron Henneman (LC) Fall 1:01
Won Keith Harber (KE) Fall :23
Lost Tarren Riffle (NU) Fall :43
