Sports

By Cort Reynolds

ADA__The Ada High School girls soccer team scored early and made it stand up in a 2-0 shutout win over visiting Coldwater in a non-league match on Tuesday night, August 18 at War Memorial Stadium.

The unbeaten Bulldog girls improved to 2-0 with their second straight home clean sheet win.

Coldwater dropped to 0-1 after the loss.

“This was a good statement win for us,” said Ada head coach Doug Dewese. “Coldwater is a very good soccer team, and we came out firing in the first half and dominated play.

By Cort Reynolds

FREMONT__The Ada High School boys golf team finished as runner-up in the second of three Blanchard Valley Conference tournaments on Monday, August 17 at Sycamore Hills Golf Club in Fremont.

The second BVC tournament was held in wet but playable conditions. The Bulldog linksters have come in second out of nine teams in both league tournaments.

Powerhouse Van Buren captured the second tourney decisively with a 306 total. The Black Knights also won the first tournament. The Bulldogs were 48 shots back at 354 strokes. 

Allen scores 4 of 6 goals

By Cort Reynolds / Photos by Mark Andreasen

ADA__The talented Ada High School boys soccer team kicked off its promising fall 2026 season with a 6-0 shutout win over visiting Tiffin Columbian on Saturday night, August 15 at War Memorial Stadium.

Senior scoring ace Andrew Allen pumped in four goals and dished out one assist to pace the Bulldog offense.

Senior Carson Conley contributed a goal and one assist to aid Allen.

By Cort Reynolds / Photos by Mark Andreasen

ADA__The talented and deep Ada High School girls soccer team kicked off its fall 2026 season with a 9-0 blowout win against an overmatched visiting Tiffin Columbian squad on a muggy Saturday night, August 15 at War Memorial Stadium.

The Bulldog girls raced to a 6-0 lead at halftime and tacked on three more scores by the 67th minute to win easily. Ada exploited a big edge in speed, depth, talent and skill to pull off the decisive victory.

By Cort Reynolds

DELPHOS__The red-hot Ada High School boys golf team swept a triangular match at the Delphos Country Club on a very wet and inclement Wednesday, August 12.

After being rained out of Monday’s Bluffton Invitational, extremely wet, soggy conditions persisted and plagued this non-conference match. 

The Bulldogs decisively beat Delphos Jefferson 185-229, and drubbed Fort Jennings 185-206. FJ beat DJ, 206-229.

Ada improved to 19-2 with the victories.

Bulldog senior Brody Rister earned match medalist honors by firing a round of 41.

Celtics’ 6th man Don Nelson passes on: 5-time champ retired as NBA all-time winningest and most innovative coach

By Professor Parquet for www.celticsblog.com
A.k.a. Cort Reynolds

“What is this garbage, man? You playin’ like Don Nelson, man. Like a chump.”

So go the very opening paragraphs of the seminal 1980 playground basketball bible, “The In-Your-Face Basketball Book,” written by Alexander Wolff and Chuck Wielgus.

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