The Ohio Northern men's tennis team opened the Ohio Athletic Conference portion of its schedule with a 9-0 sweep of Heidelberg on Saturday afternoon at the Westwood Tennis & Fitness Center in Lima. The Polar Bears improve to 7-4 overall and 1-0 in the OAC.
A record-setting performance by the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team paved the way for a 17-6 victory over Beloit (Wis.) on a chilly Saturday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
The Polar Bears continue the best start to a season in program history by improving to 7-1, while the Buccaneers fall to 4-3.
Sophomore Cameron Marous (Brecksville) set an ONU single-game record with 10 points on the day, scoring four goals and tying an ONU single-game record with six assists.
His 10 points breaks the previous record of eight set by Max Weese and Steven Slagle in 2016.
The Ohio Northern football team will open its 123rd year of competition on Sept. 1 with a night game against Adrian (Mich.) at Dial-Roberson Stadium under 15th-year head coach Dean Paul.
The Polar Bears will open the season with three consecutive home games.
After the game with Adrian, ONU will host Muskingum on Sept. 8 and Wilmington on Sept. 15 before playing back-to-back road games at Otterbein and Marietta to close out the month of September.
Northern will have its bye week on Oct. 6 and will host John Carroll on Oct. 13, travel to Capital on Oct. 20 and host Mount Union on Oct. 27 on Homecoming Weekend.
Those who know Olwin know that this is rare, especially in a football context. But the former Ada head coach, who just announced his retirement last week, was asked a question.
“Did Aaron Everhart ever get tired?”
Chuckles came in thick and heavy through the phone, and the response was delayed: “Sometimes.”
The Ohio Northern women's basketball team posted its ninth consecutive winning season and claimed the Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season crown in 2017-18 for the fourth consecutive season on its way to another successful campaign in 2017-18 under the guidance of 17th-year head coach Michele Durand.
After being ranked No. 7 in the preseason D3Hoops.com poll, the Polar Bears climbed as high as No. 10 in the D3Hoops.comregular season rankings.
Northern finished with an impressive 23-5 record, and claimed the OAC Regular Season title with a 15-3 mark in conference play.
By Grant Pepper
Ada head football coach Bob Olwin told the Icon on Monday night that he will be retiring from coaching, following an illustrious 39-year career that ended with five years in Ada. He will be retiring from teaching physical education at the end of the school year as well.
Ada High School posted a job opening for the head varsity football coaching position on the OHSAA’s website on Monday.
