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Ada Soccer Association registration starts on Jan. 11

It's January, but it's also soccer season in Ada.

Ada Soccer Association spring sign-ups take place in January. According to Jennifer Miller, sign-ups are in Fellowship Hall of the Ada Presbterian Church, 201 S. Main St.

She said, "If your child is a new player bring a certified copy of a birth certificate. These area available at county health departments.

Five dates are set for sign-ups. At that time all forms, birth certificates and payment is required.

Sign-up dates follow:

ONU football team ranked 19th in nation in final 2015 DIII poll

By Tim Glon

The Ohio Northern football team finished the 2015 season ranked No. 19 in the final D3Football.com poll.

The Polar Bears (9-3 overall, 7-2 Ohio Athletic Conference) received 144 points in the voting after receiving 33 points in the 11th and final regular season poll.

Mount Union won the national title and was ranked first with 625 points and all 25 first place votes, national runner-up St. Thomas (Minn.) was second with 599 points and Linfield (Ore.) was third with 562 points.

The Polar Bears have now been mentioned in the D3football.com poll in 14 of the last 17 years.

BFR hosts Columbus Crew camp Feb. 15

Bluffton Family Recreation will hold a Columbus Crew SC winter camp for youth ages 6 to 18 on Monday, Feb. 15. The camp takes place at BFR, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton, from 2 to 5 p.m.

Joseph Beagle, BFR director, said, “Crew SC winter camps series focus on player development through a core foundation of soccer skills in a challenging and fun learning environment. Each camper is sure to walk away with a positive experience and high quality training from the only professional soccer club in the region.”

The Polar Bears - this week and last week

Last Week at Ohio Northern:

   M. Basketball - Lost 67-79 at Denison; Lost 72-78 H v Trine (Ind.)
   #23 W. Basketball - Won 72-51 H v Case Western Reserve; Won 80-43 at Ohio Wesleyan
   Wrestling - at U. of Chicago (Ill.) Duals; Won 22-15 at U. of Chicago (Ill.); Lost 20-24 at Dubuque (Iowa); Won 27-11 v Trine (ind.)
   #37 M. Swimming & Diving - Idle
   W. Swimming & Diving - Idle

This Week's Schedule:

Wednesday
   #23 Women's Basketball - at Mount Union, 7:30 pm

ONU's Devon Price second team All-American D3

 Ohio Northern senior Devon Price was named a member of the 2015 D3football.com All-America Team at the wide receiver position.

Price earned Second Team honors and earned his first All-America honor.

The senior is currently ONU's all-time career leader with 244 receptions and 3,201 yards. He also is top all-time at ONU with 76 kickoff returns for 1,868 yards and is second with 5,539 all-purpose yards.

He led the Ohio Athletic Conference this season with 89 receptions for 1,217 yards to go with six touchdowns.

Price helped guide the Polar Bears to a 9-3 record and an NCAA Tournament birth.

Recognition keeps coming to Christopher Beaschler - now he's a first team academic all-American

The recognition keeps coming for Ada High School grad and University of Dayton senior Christopher Beaschler.

This week, Beaschler, a senior linebacker on the Flyers football team, has been named a CoSIDA First Team Division Academic All-American.

Beaschler carries a 3.68 GPA in Mechanical Engineering. He is one of just two players who were named First Team All-PFL and First Team Academic All-PFL in both 2014 and 2015.

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