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By Cort Reynolds
MT. BLANCHARD – The Ada High School boys track and field team won the annual five-team Hardin County Invitational meet hosted by Riverdale on Wednesday, May 7.
The Bulldog boys scored 93.33 points to nose out Riverdale by four points for the tightly-contested title. Kenton was a close third at 85 points, four behind the host Falcons.
Ridgemont came in fourth (47.33), followed by Hardin Northern (37).
ADA – The Ada High School boys tennis team beat visiting Fostoria in a lengthy 3-2 match on a sunny evening Wednesday, May 7 at War Memorial Park.
The Bulldogs improved to 3-4 after the hard-fought victory.
“We were missing our number two singles, so Brandon was bumped up to two and Luke Archer was bumped up to third singles,” explained Ada head coach Carter Bivens.
The lineup changes did not deter the Bulldogs from victory.
Ada senior Nathan Williams dominated at first singles as he rolled to a 6-1, 6-0 win over Redman sophomore Landon Sherman.
“Nathan had a quick victory, decisive and clean,” said Givens.
ADA – The Ada High School baseball team battled but lost 5-0 to visiting non-conference foe Fort Jennings on Wednesday evening, May 7.
Ada had multiple runners on base in several innings but could not get the timely hit needed to break through with players in scoring position.
FJ busted open a scoreless game with three runs in the top of the fourth frame and held on for the win.
“The kids played a great game,” said Ada head coach Toby Smith. “We hit the ball hard, it just didn’t drop in for us. We just need to keep doing the things we are doing, and those hits will come.”
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team will host Aurora (Ill.) the first round of the 2025 NCAA III Tournament on Wednesday afternoon at 4 pm at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
The two winners will play in the second round on Saturday at No. 3-ranked RIT (N.Y.) at Noon.
The Polar Bears (15-4 overall) are making their first NCAA Tournament appearance in program history.
Ohio Northern earned the Ohio Athletic Conference's automatic bid with a thrilling 10-9 victory at Baldwin Wallace in the OAC Tournament finals on Saturday.
