Sports

By Cort Reynolds

CRIDERSVILLE__The visiting Ada High School volleyball team took down host Perry in straight sets on Tuesday, August 26 to stay unbeaten.

The Bulldog girls improved to 4-0 with the 25-15, 25-13, 25-8 sweep. 

Perry fell to 1-5 after the loss. 

Junior Alivia Gibson knocked down eight kills. Junior Dailah Preston also hammered eight kills and made two blocks. 

Senior Anna Conley drilled six kills.

Freshman Téa Griffith hit five kills, passed out 21 assists, hustled up seven digs and served six aces.

By Cort Reynolds

HARROD__The Ada High School golf team won a close dual match over visiting Pandora-Gilboa at the Colonial Hills Golf Course on Monday, August 25.

The Bulldog linksters defeated the Rockets, 204-210. Ada was led by junior Brody Rister, who earned match medalist honors with a nine-hole round of 39. 

Ada improved to 2-1 in dual match play with the win. Winless P-G fell to 0-4 after the defeat.

By Cort Reynolds

HARROD – The undefeated Ada High School girls soccer team blanked traditional foe Allen East 5-0 on Saturday morning, August 23 in Harrod.

The Bulldog girls improved to 4-0 with the non-league road victory. The Mustangs fell to 0-1-1 after the loss.

“Allen East is one of our NWC rivals that has stuck around after Ada left the league,” said fourth-year Bulldog girls head coach Doug Dewese.

“The girls get pretty fired up to play them, so it didn’t take much for us to come out firing from the start.

By Cort Reynolds

SPENCERVILLE __The visiting Ada High School volleyball team swept host Spencerville and Waynesfield in a non-league triangular match on Saturday, August 23.

The Bulldog girls improved to 3-0 with the sweep as both matches went the full three sets.

Ada defeated Waynesfield Goshen 25-14, 22-25, 25-11.

PHOTOS by Mark Andreasen / CLICK on gallery to enlarge and view at your own pace

By Cort Reynolds

ADA __The Ada High School football team kicked off its 2025 season with a methodically dominant 28-6 win over visiting arch-rival Upper Scioto Valley at War Memorial Stadium on a 75-degree night Friday, August 22.

Ada scored 28 unanswered points behind a fine passing attack to overcome a 6-0 second period deficit, and rolled to victory with a 21-0 second half.

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