Sports

Ada junior Olivia Ennis finished sixth in the 300 meter hurdles at the
Div. III district track and field meet in Findlay Saturday.

Sue Mattson photo

Photo by Cort Reynolds

The Ada district champion varsity softball team, from left, front: Kaiti
Newland, Sydney Newland, Madison Preston, Olivia Alexander, Nikki Lehsten,
Teara Coulson, Maddie Gossard.

Middle: Brenna George, Sidney Gossard, Alexis Ennis, Raina England, Lexi
Waugh, Elizabeth Durkin, Kiersten Cortez.

Back: head coach Troy Erickson, Tori Green, Leona Dalton, Aubrey Madison,
Melina Temple.

Ada defeated rival Columbus Grove decisively 8-2 in Div. IV softball
district final action at Elida Saturday.

By Cort Reynolds

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.

 

By Cort Reynolds

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. 

 

By Cort Reynolds

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.

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