ADA — Ohio Northern junior Ian McVey (Stow/Munroe Falls) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week of Sept. 25-Oct. 1.
The junior earned the honor for the second time this season.
McVey posted a historic effort for the men's cross country team at the All-Ohio Championships last weekend.
For the first time in school history, Northern saw a men's cross country runner take the individual title at the All-Ohio Championships as McVey won the race in a season-low 25:14.
McVey led Northern to a first place finish as a team at the championships.
By Dusty Donley
Ada opened up a 14-0 first quarter lead last Friday and never trailed in the game, defeating the visiting Columbus Grove Bulldogs 37-0 on Homecoming night.
Senior Aaron Everhart had a big game, hauling in three touchdown receptions to go along with a 20-yard field goal. The shut-out conference victory moves Ada to 2-1 in the Northwest Conference, and 4-2 overall.
The potent Ada offense started the scoring early as Senior Aaron Everhart plunged in for a 2-yard touchdown on the Bulldog’s opening drive. His point after kick put Ada in front, 7-0 with 7:11 left in the opening quarter.
CEDARVILLE — The Ohio Northern women's cross country team posted a fifth place finish in the Division III race at the All-Ohio Championships on Friday afternoon at the King Cross Country Course.
The Polar Bears improve to 44-10 and were fifth of 17 teams with 178 points.
Junior Ashlie Baumann (Sterling Heights, Mich./Stevenson) led Northern across the finish line, finishing eighth of 139 runners 22:58 on the 6,000-meter course.
CEDARVILLE — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team had a historic afternoon at the All-Ohio Championships on Friday afternoon at the King Cross Country Course.
Junior Ian McVey (Stow/Munroe Falls) became the first Ohio Northern runner to win the All-Ohio individual crown, finishing first of 135 NCAA Division III runners in a season-low 25:14.
Northern (46-6 overall) won the 17-team NCAA Division III meet with 56 points. It marked the third time since 2011 that ONU won the team title in the DIII race.
ALLIANCE — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team withstood a furious rally, playing a man down the final 7:42, and held on for a 1-0 victory at Mount Union on Saturday night at Mount Union Stadium in the Ohio Athletic Conference opener for both teams.
The Polar Bears (8-2-1 overall, 1-0-0 Ohio Athletic Conference) got the match's only goal when junior Joseph Schulte (Copley) scored from outside the 18-yard box just 9:40 into the contest.
The Purple Raiders (4-5-0, 0-1-0) controlled play for the final 20 minutes, out-shooting ONU 6-0 after Northern led the shots battle 10-7 in the first 70 minutes.
