ADA - The Ada High School volleyball team swept its belated home opener vs. visiting Blanchard Valley Conference foe Vanlue on Monday, September 8.
The Bulldog girls improved to 9-1 overall and 1-1 in the BVC with the league home win. Ada rolled to victory by a 25-15, 25-17, 25-18 count with a balanced hitting attack.
Vanlue stayed winless overall at 0-6 and is also 0-1 in BVC play after the loss.
Junior setter Jaylin St. Laurent served up five aces, made five digs and passed out 18 assists.
ADA__The Ada High School boys soccer team defeated visiting Spencerville 4-0 in a non-league match on Saturday, September 6.
The shutout win upped the Bulldog record to 3-2-1. Ada scored all four goals in the first half by a pair of juniors.
The Bearcats fell to 0-4-1 with the defeat.
“I’m really proud of the team’s performance today,” said Ada head coach Aaron Acheson. “We came out with intensity, controlled possession, and created a lot of chances. The fact that we had three different players providing assists shows how connected we are as a unit.”
ADA__The Ada High School girls soccer team defeated visiting Spencerville 3-0 in a non-league match at War Memorial Stadium on Saturday, September 6.
The Bulldog girls improved to 8-1 with the decisive win.
The Bearcats dropped to 0-4-1 after the defeat.
Ada junior Kenley Poling netted a hat trick to score all three goals in the game.
Emily Shanks passed out two assists, and Ashley Williams dished out one helper.
ARLINGTON __The visiting Ada football team was outscored 21-7 in the second half and lost 34-14 to Arlington in the Blanchard Valley Conference opener on Friday, September 5.
The Bulldogs fell to 2-1 overall and 0-1 in the BVC with the road defeat. Meanwhile, the Red Devils improved to 3-0 and 1-0 in league play after the home win.
The Bulldogs fell behind early and never caught up. Red Devil quarterback Josh Heacock tossed five touchdown passes to pace the victors.
Arlington tallied touchdowns on their first two possessions, and scored six-pointers on four of their first five drives to put the game out of reach.
