CONVOY - The visiting Ada softball team lost 8-2 at Crestview in a key Northwest Conference softball contest Thursday evening.
The first-place Lady Bulldogs fell to 8-3 this season and 3-1 in the tightly-contested NWC after initial league defeat. The Lady Knights improved to 6-7 and 2-2 in the NWC after knocking Ada from the unbeaten league ranks.
The Lady Bulldogs trailed Crestview 3-0 after the first inning. Ada rallied within 3-2 with a pair of scores in the top of the third.
By Grant Pepper
Tune into WONB 94.9 FM on Friday at 8:30 a.m. to hear Ada senior Chase Sumner talk about his commitment to wrestle and continue his education at the University of Pittsburgh next year.
On this week’s edition of ‘The Pep Talk’ with Grant Pepper, Sumner discussed why he chose Pitt, as he had offers from other Div. I schools like Buffalo to consider as well.
“They’re a young program so they can’t go anywhere but up. I love the coaching staff, I love the campus down there, just about everything,” Sumner said. “And my biggest thing was, how high is my ceiling? What’s my full potential? And I feel like I can reach that the most at Pitt.”
DOLA - The visiting Ada softball team rallied from an early deficit to blast county rival Hardin Northern 17-4 Wednesday evening in a non-league makeup game.
Ada improved to 8-2 this season with their seventh win in eight games.
The Lady Bulldogs trailed 3-0 after two innings. But Ada plated five in the third to take the lead for good, then added three scores in the fourth to build an 8-4 lead.
The Bulldogs then broke it open with two runs in the fifth frame and a whopping seven-run outburst in the sixth.
LIMA -- The Ohio Northern women's tennis team battled into the late hours of the evening before pulling out a come-from-behind 5-4 victory over Otterbein in a battle of league unbeatens Wednesday evening at the Westwood Tennis & Fitness Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 15-4 overall and move into first place in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 5-0 record, while the Cardinals fall to 13-4, 5-1.
The match was moved indoors due to inclement weather and was pushed back to an 8:15 pm start time due to court availability at ONU's indoor home courts in Lima.
By Cort Reynolds
Ada senior Chase Sumner signed a letter of intent to wrestle at the University of Pittsburgh Monday morning at the high school gym.
Sumner was a three-time state qualifier in the Div. III Ohio state wrestling meet in three different weight classes, finishing as high as fourth. He set the Bulldog mat program record for career wins with 151. He also holds the Ada records for pins, takedowns, near falls and total points.
