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By Cort Reynolds

The Ada cross country teams competed at the annual Northwest Conference title meet Saturday in Columbus Grove.

Freshman standout Abbie James led the Ada girls to fourth place out of five full teams at the event. Meanwhile, the Bulldog boys came in seventh out of eight, nosing out Allen East.

Lincolnview won the boys team title with 35 points, followed by Crestview with 65. Ada tallied 195 to beat out AE, which totaled 207.

Host Columbus Grove swept to the girls team title with 22 points to easily out-pace second-place Crestview, which totaled 60. Ada scored 117 points to beat out last-place Paulding (116).

Bulldogs set sights on Delphos Jefferson

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By Dusty Donley
In a game dominated by their defense, the Bulldog offense would leave their mark, scoring 21 unanswered points in the third quarter, sealing a big NWC road victory in Bluffton, beating the Pirates 38-14.

The Bulldog defense pitched a shutout over the final two quarters, helping to extend their winning streak to four games. The victory moves Ada to 6-2 on the season and 4-1 in the Northwest Conference.

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Knights blank Ada
By Cort Reynolds

VAN BUREN - Host Van Buren shut out Ada 8-0 in a North Central Ohio Soccer
Association boys soccer match Thursday evening.

Ada keeper Ace Gamble was credited with seven saves in goal.

The Bulldogs fell to 7-7-1 overall, and finished 3-4 in NCOSA play with
the loss.

Ada hosts Lima Senior in a non-league match Saturday at 1 p.m. to finish
its regular season.

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ONU faces Jon Carroll at 6 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 15, in  Dial-Roberson Stadium.,

Here's a game preview:

Saturday's Contest: Saturday's game is the sixth game of the season and the second home contest of the year for Ohio Northern. It is also the third night game in Dial-Roberson Stadium history.

ONU Head Coach Dean Paul: Paul in his 13th season at ONU with an 86-43 record. He is 126-55 in 17 seasons overall and is 8-4 against JCU.

JCU Head Coach Tom Arth: Arth is in his fourth season at JCU with a 32-7 record. He is 3-1 against ONU.

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By Cort Reynolds

HARROD - Backyard rivals Ada and Allen East battled to a 2-2 tie in Northwest Conference boys soccer action Tuesday night.

Brendan Sheridan and Jon Allen scored the Bulldog goals, while keeper Ace Gamble made two saves in goal.

The tie runs the Ada record to 7-6-1 overall and 2-2-1 in NWC play.

The Bulldogs visit Van Buren October 13.

Several PR's set by Bulldog runners

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By Cort Reynolds

The Ada cross country team competed at the five-school Hardin County Invitational at Kenton Monday evening.

The Ada boys came in third out of four full squads. The Lady Bulldogs finished fourth out of four full teams, with five represented.

Many new personal records were set by several Ada team members including Brayden Cheney, Nora Dellifield, Olivia Ennis, Dani Waugh and Jil Wolber.

"This is a great way to lead into our conference championship meet this Saturday at Columbus Grove," said first-year head coach Josh Klein.

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