For the second time this season, the duo of seniors Matt Molinaro (Sterling Heights, Mich./DeLaSalle) and Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) swept the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Great Lakes Region Track Athlete of the Year awards.
Molinaro and Richards each won the honor during their 2018 indoor campaigns.
TIFFIN - An Ada boys relay team competed in day one of the Div. III track and field regional meet at Tiffin Wednesday evening.
The Bulldog 4 x 800 relay foursome of Michael Crouse, Reece Evans, Carson Hissong and Miguel Jordan finished 13th out of 16 quartets in the finals with a time of 8:48.98.
Liberty Center won the boys regional 4 x 800 relay race in a time of 8:08.03.
Ada junior Noah Mattson has the second-best district qualifying toss (50-1) among the 16-man regional field in the shot put, which will be held Friday.
By Cort Reynolds
FINDLAY - Defiance Tinora scored on the only extra-base hit of an extra-inning pitcher's duel with two outs in the eighth to win the Div. IV regional softball semifinals 3-2 over a valiant Ada squad on a warm Wednesday evening at Marathon Diamonds in Findlay.
With two out in the bottom of the eighth, Tinora junior outfielder Aubrey Reineke lofted a long drive to right field for a triple that scored pinch runner Lexi Miles with the winning run.
The Lady Bulldogs ended their season 17-9 with the heartbreaking loss. Meanwhile, Tinora improved to 16-6 and advanced to the state quarterfinals with the win.
Ohio Northern sophomore Josh Mohr (Oregon/Clay) and junior Luke Klinehoffer(Zanesville/John Glenn) have been earned American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-Mideast Region honors for the 2018 season.
The Polar Bears finished the season with a 27-15 record and advanced to the OAC Tournament for the first time in 18 years under seventh-year head coach Gene Stechschulte.
Mohr was named Second Team All-Mideast Region, while Klinehoffer was named Third Team All-Mideast Region.
A school-record 10 Ohio Northern players were named Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference in men's lacrosse for 2018.
The Polar Bears finished the 2018 season with a school-record 14-3 record, won a share of the OAC Regular Season title with a 7-1 record and advanced to the OAC Tournament under third-year head coach Nat St. Laurent.
The Ohio Northern women's outdoor track and field team remained in the top-10 in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) pre-championship power rankings, released on Monday afternoon.
The Polar Bears are ranked in the top-10 for the seventh time in eight weekly editions of the rankings.
ONU received 91.16 points in the rankings, while Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.) is ranked No. 1 with 125.05 points, Williams (Mass.) was ranked second with 114.66 points and UMass Boston rounded out the top-3 with 112.95 points.
