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

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.

Bulldogs football team now ranked 6th in Region 28

Ada High School's football team dropped to 6th place in Region 28, Division VII computer rankings this week.

All Division VII rankings follow:

Football: Four-game win streak ends

as Delphos Jefferson blanks Bulldogs

By Dusty Donley
The Ada footballers saw their four-game winning streak come to an end Friday night, as the powerful Delphos Jefferson Wildcats came to town and blanked the Bulldogs, 44-0. 

The loss eliminates Ada from NWC title contention and drops the Dogs to 6-3 overall and 4-2 in the league.

The Wildcats racked up 38 first half points behind a menacing ground game powered by senior Hunter Binkley, enroute to the 44 point shutout.  DJ has beaten Ada in three straight, the last two by a combined score of 95-7.

The Bulldogs will attempt to start a new win streak this Friday night when they take the show on the road to Allen East. 

Ada harriers run at district event

By Cort Reynolds

FINDLAY - The Ada cross country teams competed in the Div. III district meet at Findlay Saturday afternoon.

The Ada boys ended up 12th out of 13 full squads. The Lady Bulldogs, missing injured top runner Abbie James, finished eighth out of eight full teams represented.

Ada senior Eric Armbrecht finished 51st in a field of 90 runners field to pace the Bulldog boys. Senior Larry Zembower came in 57th and classmate Andrew Ross ended up 64th.

Ada seniors Seth Evans and Keaton Kipker finished 77th and 81st, respectively.

L-B eliminates Ada girls' soccer team in tourney

By Cort Reynolds

FINDLAY - Top-seeded host Liberty-Benton knocked off the Ada girls soccer
team 7-0 in second round tournament action Saturday afternoon.

The district quarterfinal defeat ended the Lady Bulldog season at 6-11-1,
their best record in years.

Ada, seeded 10th, also won the first tournament game in program history
over Otsego after a double overtime tie necessitated a shootout.

"We didn't play particularly well," said Ada head coach Jeff Hunt of the
loss to L-B, which outscored the Bulldogs 15-1 in two wins this month.

Football: Nice way to finish a homecoming weekend

It's ONU 44 Muskingum 3

By Tim Glon

Ohio Northern celebrated its Homecoming Weekend with a 44-3 Ohio Athletic Conference football victory over Muskingum on Saturday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium.

The Polar Bears (3-4 overall, 3-3 OAC) dominated from the outset, leading 14-0 after the first period and 31-3 at halftime.

Senior tight end Logan Ray (Van Wert) caught eight passes for 86 yards and three touchdowns and sophomore kicker Joe French (Elgin, Ill./Saint Edward Central Catholic) set a school single-season record with 11 field goals on the year to lead Ohio Northern.

The Muskies fall to 3-4, 2-4.

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