The Ohio Northern football team will open its 123rd year of competition on Sept. 1 with a night game against Adrian (Mich.) at Dial-Roberson Stadium under 15th-year head coach Dean Paul.
The Polar Bears will open the season with three consecutive home games.
After the game with Adrian, ONU will host Muskingum on Sept. 8 and Wilmington on Sept. 15 before playing back-to-back road games at Otterbein and Marietta to close out the month of September.
Northern will have its bye week on Oct. 6 and will host John Carroll on Oct. 13, travel to Capital on Oct. 20 and host Mount Union on Oct. 27 on Homecoming Weekend.
Those who know Olwin know that this is rare, especially in a football context. But the former Ada head coach, who just announced his retirement last week, was asked a question.
“Did Aaron Everhart ever get tired?”
Chuckles came in thick and heavy through the phone, and the response was delayed: “Sometimes.”
The Ohio Northern women's basketball team posted its ninth consecutive winning season and claimed the Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season crown in 2017-18 for the fourth consecutive season on its way to another successful campaign in 2017-18 under the guidance of 17th-year head coach Michele Durand.
After being ranked No. 7 in the preseason D3Hoops.com poll, the Polar Bears climbed as high as No. 10 in the D3Hoops.comregular season rankings.
Northern finished with an impressive 23-5 record, and claimed the OAC Regular Season title with a 15-3 mark in conference play.
By Grant Pepper
Ada head football coach Bob Olwin told the Icon on Monday night that he will be retiring from coaching, following an illustrious 39-year career that ended with five years in Ada. He will be retiring from teaching physical education at the end of the school year as well.
Ada High School posted a job opening for the head varsity football coaching position on the OHSAA’s website on Monday.
Ohio Northern junior Ryan Bruns (Chickasaw/Marion Local) was named 2nd Team All-America in men's basketball for 2018 in voting conducted by the National Association of Basketball Coaches and D3hoops.com.
Bruns was also named the OAC Men's Basketball Player of the Year and First Team All-Great Lakes Region this season.
He was second on the team, third in the OAC and 12th nationally in scoring at 24.0 ppg this year.
CRESTVIEW HILL, Ky. — The Ohio Northern baseball team extended its winning streak to six games as it swept Thomas More (Ky.) 2-1, 13-7 on Sunday afternoon at Thomas More Field.
The Polar Bears improve to 10-3 overall, while the Saints fall to 2-7.
ONU swept the 3-game series at Thomas More after defeating the Saints 10-9 in extra innings on Thursday afternoon.
