The No. 9-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team stayed undefeated on the season with a 73-60 victory at Mount Union at The MAAC on Saturday afternoon. The Polar Bears extend their program-best start to a season to 17-0 overall and are 10-0 in Ohio Athletic Conference play, while the Purple Raiders fall to 9-8, 4-6.
RIDGEWAY - Host Ridgemont rode strong offensive rebounding and a big third period run to break open a close game and defeat Hardin County rival Ada 65-55 in a girls basketball battle Monday night.
The Lady Bulldogs fell to 6-9 overall with the defeat. Meanwhile, the board-banging Lady Golden Gophers improved to 13-5 by out-rebounding Ada 44-27 to post the win.
"We got killed on the glass," said Bulldog head coach Bill Taflinger. "That was the difference in the game, basically."
Ada junior Chase Sumner won the 138 lb. title and notched his 100th career win in the process at the 30-team Van Buren Invitational last weekend. Sumner recorded a 7-5 decision over Delphos Jefferson's Wyatt Place in the finals.
Swanton won the team title with 234 points. Ada finished 15th out of 30 squads with 59.5 points. Freshman Damien Cameron finished fourth at 113 lbs., losing to Collins of Gibsonburg by pin in the third-place match.
Visiting Delphos Jefferson shot its way to a big first half lead and made it stand up for a 60-45 victory over Ada in a Northwest Conference girls basketball contest Thursday night. The Lady Bulldogs fell to 6-8 and 0-5 in the NWC with the defeat. Meanwhile, the Lady Wildcats improved to 7-7 overall and 3-2 in the NWC with the win.
"We fell behind too far early, then had to play catch-up and pressure, which we are not built to do," said Ada head coach Bill Taflinger. "We played hard to the end, but Delphos shot well early and got us out of our junk zone."
ADA — Junior Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) has been named Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week for the week of Jan. 16-21.
Richards led the Polar Bears (3-1 overall) to a second place finish at the season-opening OAC North Split Meet this past weekend.
The junior set the school record in the 1,000-meter run and broke the facility record by nearly seven seconds.
Richards broke the previous school mark of 2:59.50, set by former Polar Bear Catie Huber with a mark of 2:52.42.
Richards time also broke the previous facility record of 2:58.31 set in 2003.
ADA — Sophomore Ian McVey (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) has been named the Men's Ohio Athletic Conference Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week for the week of Jan. 16-21.
McVey led the Polar Bears (3-1 overall) to a second place finish at the OAC North Split Meet on Saturdayafternoon.
The sophomore posted first place finishes in his only two events during the meet.
McVey won the 1-mile run in 4:23.34 and took first place in the 1,000-meter run in 2:36.67.
