WILMINGTON — Ohio Northern scored on its first six possessions and led 42-12 at halftime, then held off a furious rally to hang on for a 49-45 Ohio Athletic Conference football victory at Wilmington Saturday afternoon at Williams Stadium.
The Polar Bears (6-3 overall, 5-3 OAC) scored on its first six possessions in the first half, but the Quakers (2-7, 1-7) scored on its last six possessions to get within 49-45 with 1:21 to play in the game.
The No. 13-ranked Ohio Northern women's soccer team won its second Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament championship in school history on Saturday afternoon, and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Div. III Tournament as it defeated Capital 2-0 at Kerscher Stadium.
The No. 1-seeded Polar Bears improve to 17-1-2 overall, while the No. 2-seeded Crusaders fall to 10-8-1.
With the OAC Tournament championship match victory, the Polar Bears earn the conference's automatiuc bid to the NCAA III Tournament.
By Grant Pepper
Tonight, the Ada Bulldog football team will make their 11th OHSAA playoff appearance in 12 years, as they will face Findlay Liberty-Benton in the first round.
Ada (7-3) snuck into the playoffs with a win over Allen East last week and a little bit of luck (you can read Cort Reynolds’ explanation of their unconventional path to the playoffs here), earning the 8-seed in Division 6 Region 22. They will face a Liberty-Benton squad tonight that went 9-1 in the regular season and is the top seed in the region.
No. 18-ranked Ohio Northern swept Mount Union 25-19, 25-17, 25-22 in the semifinals of the Ohio Athletic Conference Volleyball Tournament Thursday evening at the ONU Sports Center.
The second-seeded Polar Bears (27-4 overall) were OAC Regular Season Co-Champions and will travel to top-seeded and OAC Co-Champion Otterbein in Saturday's finals at 2 pm.
The third-seeded Purple Raiders fall to 25-5.
Northern is gunning for its league-record 20th OAC Tournament title and is now an impressive 66-14 in OAC Tournament play.
LIMA - The Ada volleyball team won the first set but dropped the last three to lose to New Washington Buckeye Central in the Div. IV regional semifinals Thursday night at Elida.
The Lady Bulldogs had their 10-match win streak snapped to end their season at 18-8. NWBC (25-1) advances to the regional finals Saturday at 2 p.m. vs. Carey.
The Buckettes came from behind to defeat Ada 24-26, 25-14, 25-16, 25-16 and finish the longest tournament run in Bulldog volleyball program history.
FINDLAY - Ada senior forward Logan Williams and junior midfielder Chris Reyes were each named first team All-North Central Ohio Soccer Association in boys soccer recently by a vote of the league coaches.
Williams led the Bulldogs (12-6) in goals while Reyes was second. Williams authored a six-goal game against Tiffin Columbian. He and Reyes each tallied a hat trick vs. Spencerville.
Bulldog senior midfielder Noah Pinkney and senior defender Noah Garmon both were voted second team all-league.
Ada senior defender Johnathon Rettig was voted honorable mention all-conference.
