DOLA - Ada senior Maddie Gossard sank a short bank shot as time expired to give the Lady Bulldog basketball team a 34-33 non-conference victory at county rival Hardin Northern Tuesday evening.
Winless HN scored a basket with 7.9 seconds left to regain the lead, 33-32. After a timeout, junior point guard Raina England broke Polar Bear pressure and passed to Teara Coulson, who dished to Gossard on the right side for her winning shot at the buzzer.
Ohio Northern senior linebacker Zach Schmerge (Wapakoneta) and sophomore running back Christiaan Williams (Sidney/Anna) were named Second Team All-North Region for 2017 by D3football.com.
Schmerge is now a 3-time All-Region honoree, earning Second Team honors in 2016 and Third Team in 2015.
He is also a 3-time First Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference honoree and has led the Polar Bears in tackles for each of the past three seasons.
This year, he led the team and was fourth in the OAC with 94 tackles.
Senior Chris Garbig (Wilder, Ky./Highlands) has been named a Second Team Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America for his efforts on the field and in the classroom during the 2017 season.
The senior earned his first career CoSIDA Academic All-America recognition.
Garbig, a senior Accounting major from Wilder, Ky., added to his impressive list of academic accomplishments.
Sophomore Nate Barcaskey (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Wrestler of the Week.
Barcaskey earned his second career OAC Wrestler of the Week nod and first this season.
The sophomore led the Polar Bears to a second place finish at the 37th Annual ONU Invitational on Saturday and had a solid performance in a dual meet with Baldwin Wallace on Tuesday evening
Barcaskey got a pair of third-period take downs to rally for a 4-2 victory over No. 8-ranked Gabe Mahaney at Heavyweight in Northern dual meet with BW.
Sophomore Nolan Huey (Fort Collins, Colo./Fossil Ridge) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Swimmer of the Week for the week of Nov. 27-Dec. 3.
Huey led the men's swimming and diving team to a fifth place finish at the Wooster Invitational this past weekend.
The sophomore re-broke his own school record in the 200 back to lead the way for ONU, finishing just over two seconds out of first place, breaking the school record in 1:52.98.
Huey earned his second career OAC Swimmer of the Week honor for his efforts.
