ADA - Struggling Ada hopes to right the ship on their long trek to Paulding Friday to face an improved Panther squad as the Bulldogs kick off a season-ending three-game road swing.
Plagued by numerous injuries, Ada (2-5, 1-3 NWC) is 0-2 away from home this season, and has lost three straight games to top league opponents by a combined total of 141 points.
Paulding (2-5, 2-2 NWC) lost 50-20 at Allen East Friday night, snapping a two-game win streak after they suffered four losses to begin the season. The Panthers fell to Wayne Trace, Fairview, Antwerp and Columbus Grove by a combined score of 54-142 to start the year 0-4.
PAULDING - The visiting Ada boys soccer team won 3-0 at Paulding in a Northwest Conference match Saturday.
Ada improved to 7-5-1 overall and 2-1 in the NWC with the shutout victory by keeper Drew Hadley and the Bulldog defense. Paulding fell to 0-9 and 0-5 in the NWC with the defeat.
Ada hosts Upper Sandusky Thursday, October 11 in the regular season finale.
Drawing for sectional play will be held Sunday afternoon.
PAULDING - The visiting Ada girls soccer team crushed winless Paulding 8-0 behind a pair of hat tricks in a Northwest Conference mismatch Saturday.
The Lady Bulldogs improved to 4-9 overall and 2-4 in the Northwest Conference with the lopsided road win. Paulding dropped to 0-10 and 0-4 in league action with the defeat.
Ada scored seven goals before halftime to put the game well out of reach early.
Bulldog juniors Katie Butterfield and Bella East each netted three goals to post hat tricks before intermission.
The Ohio Northern women's soccer program earned its ninth consecutive victory Saturday afternoon as the Polar Bears routed Ohio Athletic Conference foe Muskingum 11-0 in the annual Friends of Jaclyn game in Ada
Northern, who now sits 9-2-0 overall and 3-0-0 in the OAC, received goals from eight different scorers in the conference clash. Meanwhile, the Muskies would drop to 5-7-0 overall and 0-3-0 in league play on the season.
Freshman Madi Ellis had 12 kills and five blocks and junior Chelsea Huppert added 11 kills and five blocks as No. 17-ranked Ohio Northern swept Muskingum 25-23, 25-18, 25-18 on Saturday afternoon in New Concord
The Polar Bears improve to 13-4 overall and are 2-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Muskies fall to 18-3, 2-1.
Junior Sydney Bapst added nine kills, sophomore Katie Wade dished out 28 assists and had 10 digs and junior McKenna Hostetler had 21 digs for ONU.
The Ohio Northern men's golf team finished sixth of nine teams at the Ohio Athletic Conference Fall Championships on Saturday at Colonial Golfers Club.
The Polar Bears (10-20 overall) posted a 314 for the 6886-yard, par-72 course, finishing just 11 shots behind the leader.
The championship was scheduled to be a 36-hole affair, but Friday's first round was canceled due to heavy rains in the area.
