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Ada Pony League registration underway

Ada Pony League registration takes placed twice this week. Pony League is a summer baseball league for 7th and 8th graders.

Registration is:
• Thursday, March 3 - Ada Park, 7-9 p.m.
• Sunday, March 6, Ada Park, 2-4 p.m.

Or persons may mail an application (attachment at the bottom of this story), to
Ada Diamonds Association
PO Box 320 
Ada, OH 45810

Postmark by Friday, March 11.

Adults interested in sponsoring a team, coaching or helping with Pony League may send your interest to [email protected].

Bluffton HS grad playing on ONU women's lacrosse squad

By Monty Siekerman
Kylee Barnett stands ready to play lacrosse Saturday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium, but she did not score, nor did any member of either team because the officials did not show up.

The game against Olivet was postponed to another day. This was to be the inaugural game for women's intercollegiate lacrosse at ONU. The next home game is scheduled for 1 p.m., March 6, against Keuka, N.Y.

ONU women face Denison in first round of DIII action

By Tim Glon

No. 10-ranked Ohio Northern will travel to Holland, Mich., and will face No. 23-ranked Denison in the First Round of the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament on Friday.

The Polar Bears (22-4 overall) are making their third NCAA Tournament appearance in the past four seasons and won the Ohio Athletic Conference regular season title with a 17-1 record.

The Big Red are 23-4 on the season and won the North Coast Athletic Conference regular season title with a 15-1 mark.

Both Ohio Northern and Denison received at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament.

ONU men's lacrosse defeats Franciscan 19-4 in first-ever varsity contest

By Tim Glon

Freshman Steven Slagle scored two goals and dished out six assists to lead the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team to a dominating 19-4 victory over Franciscan in ONU's inaugural varsity contest on Saturday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium.

The Polar Bears (1-0) also got four goals and two assists from freshman Max Weese.

The Barons (0-1) got two goals from Dan McCartney in their season opener.

Freshman Peter Hardt scored the first two goals in Ohio Northern history, finding the back of the net at the 12:10 and 10:57 marks of the first period. Fittingly, the first goal was assisted by Weese and the second goal by Slagle.

Hot shooting Baldwin Wallace upsets ONU in conference tourney

By Ashley Birchmeier

The no. 10-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team fell to Baldwin Wallace Thursday evening 65-58 in the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Semifinals hosted at the ONU Sports Center.

The Yellow Jackets (17-10 overall) advance to Saturday's Finals at Mount Union.

The Polar Bears fall to 22-4 overall on the season and will await the NCAA selection show Monday at 2:30 pm for a chance at an at large bid.

Sautter, Willeke named all-NWC

Two Ada High School boys' basketball players were named to all-Northwest Conference teams, announced earlier this week.

The players are:
• Brayden Sautter, senior
• Blake Willeke, senior

Ada's regular season in the NWC  was 2-6 and the team was 12-10 overall. For a list of all NWC players honored open the attachment to this story.

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