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Last Week at Ohio Northern:

   M. Basketball - Lost 81-86 at Wilminton; Lost 77-80 H v Baldwin Wallace
   #16 W. Basketball - Won 73-42 H v Wilmington; Won 67-63 at Baldwin Wallace
   Wrestling - at Wabash (Ind.) Duals; Won 29-15 v Millikin (Ill.); Lost 6-34 at #2 Wabash (Ind.); Won 40-7 v Calumet (Ind.)
   #30 M. Swimming & Diving - Won 179-51 at Oberlin; Won 174-125 H v Mt Union
   W. Swimming & Diving - Lost 82-159 at Oberlin; Lost 125-169 H v Mt Union

This Week's Schedule:

Bulldog on Polar Bear women's team

Tori Wyss of Ada cheers on her teammates during a women's basketball game in King-Horn on Wednesday. Tori is a 5-8 freshman on the Polar Bear squad, which is ranked 11th nationally with an undefeated season so far.

ONU women beat Heidelberg 61-51.

Tori, the daughter of Todd and Meg Wyss, is a pharmacy student.

The next home game for the women will be at 3 pm on Jan. 30 against John Carroll. (Monty Siekerman photo)

Dysert's circle complete: Miami Redhawks to Miami Dolphins

Attention Ada sports fans: Dump all your previous NFL sports gear and start purchasing items that say Miami Dolphins.

Dysert will be in Ada on Saturday, Jan. 30. His football jersey, number 12, will be retired. A ceremony takes place between the JV and varsity boys' basketball game between Ada and Hardin Northern.

Zac Dysert signed to the Dolphins yesterday. The move came about as the Dolphins chose former Denver assistant coach Adam Gase as its new head coach. Gase worked with Dysert in Denver.

ONU women's bball team moves up to 11th in national poll

By Ashley Birchmeier

The Ohio Northern women's basketball team moved up five spots to No. 11 in the sixth weekly D3hoops.com Top 25 poll.

The Polar Bears received 313 points in the poll, the most this season.

Thomas More (Ky.) reclaimed the top spot with 625 points and all 25 first place votes, followed by Amherst (Mass.) in second with 593 points and George Fox (Ore.) in third with 577 points.

Ohio Athletic Conference foe Capital moved up six spots, claiming the No. 17 spot with 197 points.

Northern returns to action Wednesday evening as they welcome Heidelberg to the ONU Sports Center, tip off set for 7:30 pm.

ONU's Price lone DIII player on NLFPA Collegiate Bowl roster

Ohio Northern senior All-American receiver/kick returner Devon Price will compete in the fifth-annual NFLPA Collegiate Bowl on Saturday at 6 p.m. in Carson, Calif.

The Collegiate Bowl, made up primarily of players from NCAA Division I schools, will air nationally on ESPN2.

In addition, American and National Team practices on Jan. 20 and 21 will be televised live on ESPNU. The game and practices will also be available via WatchESPN.

Price will play for the National squad, coached by former Saint Louis Rams head coach Mike Martz, and is slated to wear uniform No. 83.

The National team will practice from 12:30-3 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday.

ONU men's, women's lacrosse teams to open inaugural season Feb. 27 with double header

By Tim Glon

| 2016 Men's Lacrosse Schedule | 2016 Women's Lacrosse Schedule |

The Ohio Northern men's and women's lacrosse teams will open their inaugural seasons with a double header on Saturday, Feb. 27, at Dial-Roberson Stadium.

The Polar Bear men, under the guidance of Nat St. Laurent, will play the first-ever game in program history at 1 p.m. against Franciscan.

The Polar Bear women will follow with their first-ever contest at 4 p.m. against Olivet (Mich.) under head coach Beth Hemminger.

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