ADA__Coming off a second straight season where they set a program record for wins, the deep and talented Ada High School varsity girls soccer team is poised to take another step forward under fourth-year head coach Doug Dewese in 2025.
The 2024 Bulldog girls posted a 10-8 overall record to set a program record for single-season wins. The Bulldog girls also went 1-4 in the rugged NCOSA standings last fall.
LIMA – The Ada High School boys golf team competed in the rugged 14-team Bluffton Invitational tournament at Lima’s Hidden Creek Golf Club course on a hot Monday, August 11.
The young Bulldog linksters finished last in the tough field despite a few good individual rounds.
Liberty-Benton won the event with 312 strokes, just three shots ahead of second-place Bluffton (315). Wapakoneta finished third at 334, followed by Bath (336), Tiffin Calvert (341), Riverdale (347) and Ridgemont (350).
Van Buren came in eighth (363), followed closely by Bellefontaine (364), Arcadia (367) and Maumee Valley Country Day (369).
ADA __The improving Ada High School boys varsity golf team returns three lettermen from last year’s roster. They will play for first-year head coach Tod Schmidt, a former Bulldog linkster.
The six-player roster includes two seniors and three newcomers.
“We have a young team overall, which will get better as the year progresses,” said Schmidt, who played for Ada from 1977-80. “We are making progress all the time.
FINDLAY – The Ada High School boys golf team competed in the first of three Blanchard Valley Conference tournaments on Monday, August 4 at the Findlay Country Club.
The Bulldog linksters finished tied for eighth with McComb at the day-long, 10-team event, which was won by Van Buren with 313 strokes.
Monday was the first of three tournaments which will combine to determine the 2025 BVC boys golf champion. A mid-season tournament will be held Aug. 18 at Hidden Creek Golf Club, with the BVC finale on Sept. 19 at Kalida’s Moose Landing.
DELPHOS__The Ada High School boys golf team lost a close dual match vs. Fort Jennings Tuesday, August 5, at the Delphos Country Club.
FJ nipped the Bulldogs, 201-207.
Ada junior ace Brody Rister tied for match medalist honors by carding a nine-hole score of 44 on the par-36 course. Musketeer Ryan Aldrich also shot a 44.
“We continue to show improvement, we cut strokes from our first two matches,” said Ada head coach Tod Schmidt. “We are moving in the right direction.”
Ada freshman Arden Shook and senior Sam Crawford each shot a 54. Junior Lawson Kingler carded a 55.
What's a local sportswriter to do during the short but arid period between spring and fall high school sports? Icon ace Cort Reynolds takes a thorough look at the St. Louis Cardinals' July slump.
By Cort Reynolds
A devastating July swoon has plummeted the once pleasantly-surprising St. Louis Cardinals from a solid wild card position to selling at the July 31 trade deadline after a disastrous 8-16 spell.
Following a sweep of Cleveland at the end of June, the Redbirds held a season-best mark of 47-38 as they went into Pittsburgh flying high.
