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Photo by Sue Mattson. Ada junior Phillip Coulson runs upfield after making one of his nine catches in the 30-16 Bulldog win over rival USV Friday in the  
season opener.

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - The Ada football team will host its second straight non-league foe Friday when they welcome Arlington to War Memorial Stadium in week two.

The Red Devils beat Riverdale 40-7 in their opener last Friday. Arlington led 14-7 at halftime and 21-7 late in the third quarter before blowing the Falcons away late.

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By Cort Reynolds

 

LIMA - The Ada golf team competed in a three-team Northwest Conference golf match Monday at Colonial Golf Course.

League leader Spencerville (8-0 NWC) won with 166 strokes, followed by Allen East (194) and Ada (226).

Alex Morgan paced the Bulldogs with a 51. Ethan Hull shot 52 while Brevin Sizemore shot 60 and Austin Amurgey added a 63.

Jake Colwell and Rob Allison each carded a score of 64.

Alex Gallman of the Bearcats was match medalist with a score of 39. The Harmon brothers of Spencerville were close behind at 40.

Carter Frey led AE (5-3 NWC) with a score of 42.

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By Cort Reynolds

 

ADA - The Ada girls soccer team kicked off its Northwest Conference slate with a tough 2-0 loss to visiting Spencerville Monday evening at the park.

Ada fell to 2-2 and 0-1 in the NWC with the defeat. The Lady Bearcats improved to 2-0-1 and 1-0-1 in the league with the win.

Spencerville scored early in the game to take a 1-0 lead. Bearcat Shaffer dribbled through the Bulldog defense to net the first goal.

"After that, we were able to keep the ball on our offensive end but only managed to get four shots on goal," said Ada head coach Doug Poling. "The second half started out the same with us controlling much of the possession."

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By Cort Reynolds

 

BELLEFONTAINE - The Ada volleyball team started well but lost at perennial power Ben Logan Monday evening in four sets.

The Lady Bulldog spikers are now 3-3 after the loss.

Ada lost by a 25-22, 25-4, 13-25, 25-16 count.

"We started off strong in the first set and were up 19-14 but couldn't finish," said new Ada head coach Kyleigh Tabor. "We got down on ourselves in the second set, but turned it around and played extremely well in the third set. But we couldn't carry it over to the fourth.  

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Part 1 of Cort Reynolds’ 3-part history week series on Celtics Holiday Hoops History has been published on SB Nation celticsblog.com as was his trivia quiz on the first season of the Boston Celtics in 1946-47. Check out:
https://www.celticsblog.com/2018/8/27/17780410/boston-celtics-history-we...

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Following a historic 2017 campaign, the Ohio Northern women's soccer program has set lofty goals as they begin their defense of the Ohio Athletic Conference regular season and tournament crowns under 15th-year head coach Mark Batman.

 

Their first matches are this weekend at the Illinois Wesleyan Invitational. The first home game in Ada will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8, against Case Western.

 

Last season, the Polar Bears sported an impressive 20-2-2 overall record with an undefeated 9-0-0 mark in conference action.

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