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Ohio Northern senior linebacker Zach Schmerge (Wapakoneta) was named Second Team Preseason All-America for the upcoming 2017 season by D3football.com.

Schmerge is a three-year starter and a two-time First Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference honoree at middle linebacker for the Polar Bears.

He was also named Second Team All-North Region by D3football.com last season and Third Team All-North Region in 2015.

Schmerge led the team and the OAC with 103 tackles as a junior in 2015 after being second in the league with 111 tackles as a sophomore in 2015.

Last year, he was named Preseason All-American by The Sporting News magazine.

It's all here from the Ohio HIgh School Athletic Association

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Summer conditioning programs and 10 days of coaching will conclude this weekend as the first official day of practice for OHSAA fall sports arrives next week. Football practice begins Monday, while all other fall sports may begin practice on Tuesday.
 
Schools are reminded of OHSAA heat regulations and the practice guidelines specific to football contact (please see below).
 
Please visit the specific sport pages at www.OHSAA.org for preseason manuals, news releases, regulations, bulletins, tournament information and state tournament coverage.
 

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Senior Tyler Davis (Liberty Center) and junior Zach Goodchild (Pickerington/North) were named Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars for 2017 by the Golf Coaches Association of America.

Davis is a Pharmacy major and earned the honor for the second time in his career. He is also a two-time Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference and a two-time All-OAC honoree.

The senior averaged 76.1 strokes per round and ranked second on the team in 2017.

Davis earned All-Conference honors after finishing second at the OAC Championships and firing a school-record 54-hole total of 72-73-73—218.

Den Paul: "We are pretty excited about where we are this year"

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The Ohio Northern football team was selected to finish third in the media poll and fourth in the coaches poll in the Ohio Athletic Conference at the 2017 OAC Football Media Day held at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton.

ONU received 54 points in the coaches poll to finish fourth and 265 points in the media poll to finish third.

Mount Union was tabbed as the preseason favorite by both the media and coaches, collecting 26 first place media votes and seven first place votes from the coaches.

John Carroll was picked to finish second in both the media poll and the coaches poll with 74 points in the coaches poll and 327 points in the media poll.

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ADA — Sophomore Jake Abbot (Kenton) has been named a Scholar Athlete by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association for the 2016-17 season.

Abbott, a pharmacy major, has already earned Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference this season..

He tied for second on the team with 12 singles victories and also posted double digit victories in doubles.

The Polar Bears went 11-11 in 2016-17 under first year head coach Mike Bonnell.

Here's the varsity; 3rd to 8th grade camp next in line

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By Monty Siekerman
Ada High School football coach Bob Olwin, now in his fifth year of local pigskin coaching, meets with team members on Tuesday morning following a two-day football camp for high school players.

Forty-three high schoolers are out for football this year.

The first game is against USV on Aug. 25 in McGuffey. The first home game pits the Bulldogs against LCC on Sept. 8. Game time is 7 p.m. for all games.

Immediately following the high school camp at War Memorial Par on Tuesday, another football camp took place for youth in 3rd to 8th grades. It's only July, but the park is a busy place as teams get ready for fall sports.

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