By Cort Reynolds
COLUMBUS GROVE - The visiting Ada softball team came up big late to win a surprisingly one-sided Northwest Conference finale 10-4 at rival Columbus Grove Thursday evening.
The Ada girls improved to 13-7 overall with the win, and finished 5-3 in the NWC. CG fell to 14-3 and 4-3 in the league after the defeat.
"We played well; we put a lot of pressure on their defense," said Ada head coach Troy Erickson. "Teara Coulson had a great day in the outfield defensively. She was all over the place. We played pretty mistake-free softball."
FT. JENNINGS - Visiting Ada lost 13-0 to Ft. Jennings Wednesday evening in a non-conference baseball game.
The Bulldogs fell to 4-14 with the defeat.
FJ scored four runs in the home first, then put the game out of reach with eight more in the bottom of the second frame.
Senior Colten Shaffer singled. drew two walks and and stole two bases for Ada. Senior Aaron Everhart also singled and stole a base. Sophomore Tyson Moore added the other Bulldog hit.
FJ out-hit Ada, 8-3. They also drew 10 walks and capitalized on five Ada errors to score five unearned runs.
Ohio Northern posted a strong showing in its first-ever Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Lacrosse Tournament appearance, but ultimately fell to Baldwin Wallace 8-6 on Wednesday night at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
The second-seeded Polar Bears end their season with a 14-3 record, while the third-seeded Yellow Jackets advance to Saturday'schampionship game with an 11-4 mark.
ONU won a share of the OAC Regular Season crown with a 7-1 league record in just the program's third year of existence.
LIMA - Host Lima Central Catholic scored seven runs in consecutive innings, leading to a 20-1 victory over Ada Tuesday evening in a non-conference baseball game.
The Bulldogs fell to 4-13 with the defeat.
LCC out-hit Ada, 15-2.
The game was scoreless until the bottom of the second inning, when the Thunderbirds erupted for seven runs. LCC plated seven more runs in the third inning, and six in the fourth.
LIMA - The visiting Ada softball team lost to Lima Central Catholic 10-7 in a non-conference road contest Tuesday evening.
The Lady Bulldogs dropped to 12-7 with the defeat.
Ada (9-5 away) finishes the NWC portion of their schedule at rival Columbus Grove (12-2, 4-2 NWC) Thursday, May 3.
Paulding, Grove and Crestview are all tied for second in the NWC at 4-2. Spencerville (6-0) is alone in first, with Ada (4-3) fifth in the bunched-up league standings.
