NORTH ROBINSON - The Ada girls and boys swim teams both posted strong showings at the second annual North Central Ohio Swim League championship meet hosted by Colonel Crawford at the William Ferrell Natatorium this past Saturday.
The Lady Bulldog swimmers came in third out of eight teams, while the Ada boys finished a solid fourth.
Ada senior Zach Beaschler led the Bulldog boys with a pair of first-place finishes. Beaschler took first in both the 100 and 200-yard freestyle races.
Ada sophomore Klava Katayama came in second in the 100 butterfly and finished third in the 100 free to pace the Lady Bulldogs.
KENTON - Host Kenton blew open a close game with a 19-3 second period and rolled to a 73-41 win over Hardin County rival Ada in non-conference boys basketball play Saturday night.
The purple and gold drop to 3-14 with the defeat, while the Wildcats improve to 9-5 after the victory.
Ada trailed by only two late in a high-scoring first period. But then Kenton reeled off 16 unanswered points to take control, and the hosts were never threatened again.
The Ohio Northern indoor track and field team scattered across the Midwest on Saturday, competing successfully in three separate meets.
The Polar Bears had athletes at the Indiana Relays, hosted by Big 10 member Indiana, the Findlay Open, hosted by NCAA Divison II foe Findlay, and the SPIRE Midwest Open, a meet in Geneva consisting primarily of NCAA Division II and III schools.
Junior Maddy Reed (Piketon) had an impressive performance against Division I competition, tying for third in the pole vault at the Indiana Relays at Gladstein Fieldhouse Bloomington, Ind.
The No. 8-ranked Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team had outstanding performances at the SPIRE Midwest Open in Geneva and the Findlay Open in Findlay on Saturday.
The Polar Bears had athletes at the Findlay Open, hosted by NCAA Division II foe Findlay, and the SPIRE Midwest Open, a meet in Geneva consisting primarily of NCAA Division II and III schools.
Senior All-American Matt Molinaro (Sterling Heights, Mich./De LaSalle) won the the 800-meter run at the SPIRE Midwest Open.
Molinaro finished first out of 83 runners in the event in 4:14.16.
Junior Ian McVey (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) finished seventh in the 3,000-meter run in 8:31.32.
The Ohio Northern men's basketball team turned in a stellar defensive performance in an 82-60 Ohio Athletic Conference victory over Capital on Saturday at the ONU Sports Center.
Ryan Bruns, a junior, was honored in a ceremony before the game for breaking ONU's all-time career blocked shots record and for reaching the 1,000-point plateau for his career. ONU All-American Stan Mories, who blocked 171 shots from 1979-82, presented Bruns with plaque for breaking his record that had stood for 36 years.
