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Looks like another great year for ONU women's bball team

OAC coaches pick Polar Bears to win the conference
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, November 2, 2016

The No. 23-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team was picked to win the Ohio Athletic Conference regular season title in the OAC Preseason Poll, voted on by the leagues 10 coaches.

The Polar Bears recieved 79 points and seven first place votes.

Baldwin Wallace was picked to finish second with 74 points and three first place votes, while Wilmington was picked to round out the top three with 57 points.

Northern is looking for its third consecutive OAC Regular Season title after finishing 23-5 overall and 17-1 in the OAC a season ago and advancing to the second round of the NCAA III Tournament.

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Two Ada volleyball players honored by District 8

Melina Woods named Division IV player of the year; Haley Wyss will play in senior all-star game
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Two Ada volleyball players were recognized by the District 8 volleyball coaches.

Melina Woods was named Division IV District 8 East player of the year. The vote was announced by the District 8 volleyball coaches late last week.

The junior adds this honor to her "Player of the Year" in the Northwest Conference - a title she's earned for the second year in a row.

In addition, Haley Wyss, was named to the East team in the Division IV senior all-star match. That contest will be played at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 16, at Coldwater High School.

Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for students.

The attachment below lists all members of the all-star teams.

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Presale football playoff tickets on sale at Ada HS

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Presale tickets for Saturday night's Division VII Regional quarterfinal football game between Fort Recovery and Ada at War Memorial Park will be on sale in the high school office from 8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday.

Tickets $8 presale and $9 at the gate. Only OHSAA regional passes will be accepted. The game has a 7 p.m. starting time, according to Ken Jochims, Ada HS athletic director.

 

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Bulldogs in the playoffs - host Ft. Recovery on Saturday

Ticket information coming soon
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, October 30, 2016

Ada Bulldog football team is in the playoffs and its first game is in Ada on Saturday night against Ft. Recovery.

There were 716 schools that played varsity football this fall and now 224 are playoff qualifiers.

During the playoffs, Divisions I, II, IV and VI play on Fridays at 7:30 p.m., while Divisions III, V and VII play on Saturdays at 7 p.m.

The top four seeds in each region host regional quarterfinal playoff games. The OHSAA has seven divisions in football, with the largest 72 schools placed in Division I and the remaining schools placed in Divisions II through VII (approximately 108 schools in each division).
 

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Volleyball: Leipsic ends Ada spiker's run

Snaps 9-game Bulldog winning streak
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, October 26, 2016

By Cort Reynolds

OTTAWA - Second-seeded Leipsic defeated the Ada volleyball team in four sets during Div. IV district semifinal action at Ottawa-Glandorf Tuesday evening, ending the Lady Bulldog season.

The 25-11, 25-14, 21-25, 25-19 defeat snapped a nine-match Bulldog winning streak. The fourth seed in the district, Ada finished its season 18-7.

Leipsic (21-3) faces Blanchard Valley Conference foe and number one seed McComb (23-2) in the district finals Thursday evening at Ottawa for the right to advance to regional play.

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ONU men’s soccer team now 3rd in DIII national poll

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Tuesday, October 25, 2016

By Caleb Scott

The Ohio Northern men's soccer team moved up to No. 3 nationally in the seventh weekly National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll.

The Polar Bears (15-0-3) are also ranked No. 4 in the eighth weekly D3soccer.com poll.

In the NSCAA poll, Chicago (Ill.) is ranked No. 1, Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) is No. 2 and Amherst (Mass.) is No. 4.

In the D3soccer.com poll, Chicago (Ill.) remained at the No. 1 spot with 998 points and 20 first place votes, Messiah (Pa.) is No. 2 with 941 points and the remaining first place vote, Amherst (Mass.) is third with 883 points and ONU is fourth with 879 points.

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