FINDLAY - The Ada track and field teams competed at the Div. III northwest district meet Saturday at Findlay High School, with two individuals and one relay team making it to the regionals.
The Bulldog boys finished eighth out of 18 scoring teams in the district event with 30 points. The Lady Bulldogs tied with local rival Allen East for 15th place out of 17 sqauds with seven points.
Liberty-Benton won both the boys and girls team titles by wide margins.
BOWLING GREEN - Ada senior tennis ace Zach Beaschler rolled over four oppnents to win the Div. II district tournament in Bowling Green Saturday and Wednesday.
With the dominating victories, Beaschler also clinched one of the four top seeds and his third straight berth in the 16-player state tournament at Mason May 25-26.
Beaschler improved his season record to 24-0 with four straight-set wins at the district tournament. He won 48 of 57 games he played (8-0 in sets), and never lost more than three games in any set.
FINDLAY - The Ada track and field teams competed on day one of the Div. III district meet Thursday at Findlay High School.
The Bulldog boys are seventh of 15 teams after one day with 10 points. The Lady Bulldogs are 12th. Liberty-Benton is first in both the male and female team standings.
Ada senior Logan Williams took sixth in the long jump finals, while junior Noah Mattson came in seventh in the discus finals.
The Bulldog boys 4 x 800 relay quartet finished fourth in the finals to make it to the regionals.
The top four finishers in an event qualify to the Tiffin regionals May 23/25.
NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Seniors Matt Molinaro (Sterling Heights, Mich./DeLaSalle) and Samuel Boyd (Killbuck/West Holmes) each competed on day two of the Gregory Invitational hosted by North Central (Ill.) to lead the Ohio Northern men's outdoor track and field team on Thursday afternoon.
No team scores were kept in the meet.
Molinaro paced the duo, winning the 800-meter run in 1:50.91. The senior currently holds the fourth best time nationally following the completion of ONU's regular season.
NAPERVILLE, Ill. — The No. 9-ranked Ohio Northern women's outdoor track and field team capped its regular season with a strong showing at the North Central (Ill.) Gregory Invitational on Thursday afternoon.
No team scores were kept in the meet.
Senior Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) led the way with a second place finish in the 400-meter dash, finishing in a season-best :56.49 and moving into 19th place nationally in the event.
By Cort Reynolds
ELIDA - Ada jumped ahead of Wayne Trace and held off a late rally to win 4-2 in Div. IV softball district semifinal action at Elida Wednesday evening.
The second-seeded Lady Bulldogs improved to 16-8 with the victory, which broke the program single-season record for wins.
The victory sets up an all-Northwest Conference district final. Second-seeded Ada next will face Columbus Grove (18-4) with a berth in the regional semis at Findlay on the line.
