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Grant McBride named second team all-NWC; Willeke, Sautter honorable mention

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Ada's Grant McBride, a senior, was named to the second team all-Northwest Conference in boys' basketball. Two Bulldog teammates were named honorable mention.

Columbus Grove senior Jace Darbyshire was chosen as the 2014-15 NWC Player of The Year by Northwest Conference boys’ basketball coaches at the annual selection meeting in late February. Darbyshire received 113 total points to edge out Connor Lautzenheiser (CV) and Trey Smith (DJ) in the coaches’ voting.

Darbyshire averaged 21.0 points per game along with 3.4 assists for the Bulldogs, while shooting 46 percent from the field and 87 percent from the free throw line this year.

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Here's where, who and what time the Bulldogs play this spring

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, March 9, 2015

Here's the Ada Junior High and High School spring sports schedule for all Bulldog sports.

Open the attachment at the bottom of this story for the schedules.

To also view the schedules by the month, The Icon now provides a sport calendar. Click here to view March sports events,

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Softball: Polar Bears 9-4 after spring break

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, March 8, 2015

By Tim Glon

The Ohio Northern softball team wrapped up its Spring Break trip with a 9-2 victory over North Park (Ill.) Sunday afternoon at Hancock Park.

The Polar Bears (9-4 overall) also dropped a 1-0 decision to Haverford (Pa.) on Sunday morning.

Against the Vikings (0-2), Northern sent 11 batters to the plate in an 8-run first inning.

Junior Amanda Lahti drilled her first home run of the season, a solo shot in the fourth, and went 2-for-3 with 2 RBi to lead ONU.

Senior Kelly Sheridan also went 3-for-4 as ONU collected xx hits in the game.

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Metzner breaks school record as the Women’s Indoor Track & Field team hosts Polar Bear Last Chance meet

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, March 8, 2015

By Aaron Tuck

Senior Gabrielle Metzner placed first in the 60-meter hurdles as the Ohio Northern women's indoor track and field team hosted the Polar Bear Last Chance meet at the Ohio Northern University Field House.

Metzner finished the race in 9.04 seconds, breaking the previous record of 9.08 seconds.

This meet was not scored.

Freshman Emily Richards placed second in the 800-meter run in 2:14.37, setting a new personal record. 

Sophomore Allison Gast also set a personal record as she placed third in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.33 seconds.

Metzner also placed fourth in the triple jump with a leap of 11.64m.

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Polar Bears exit spring break with 7-1 mark

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, March 8, 2015

By Tim Glon

The Ohio Northern baseball wrapped up their Spring Break trip with a 1-0, 6-2 double header sweep of Monmouth (Ill.) 1-0 Saturday in the Gene Cusic Classic at the Player Development Complex.

The Polar Bears move to 7-1, while the Scots are 0-2.

Freshman Braydon Focht hit a sac fly with one out in the bottom of the sixth to score senior Jack LaMarca and break a scoreless tie to record the game's only run.

Junior Nick Eltzroth (2-0) threw 6.2 scoreless innings to earn the win and freshman

Freshman Zach Foster got the final out to record his first career save.

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Tori Wyss named Northwest Conference girls' basketball Player of the Year

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, March 5, 2015

Ada senior Tori Wyss was selected as the 2014-15 NWC Player of The Year in voting by Northwest Conference girls basketball coaches.

In the vote Wyss received 117 of a possible 120 first place points to earn Player of the Year honors over Crestview senior, Lyndsey Motycka (113 points) and Crestview junior, Emily Bauer (101 points).

Wyss averaged 15.6 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game in leading the Bulldogs to a 7-1 conference record and second place in the NWC. In conference play, Wyss averaged 18.1 points per game helping the Bulldogs to improve upon last year’s sixth place conference finish.

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