OTTAWA - Second-seeded Leipsic defeated the Ada volleyball team in four sets during Div. IV district semifinal action at Ottawa-Glandorf Tuesday evening, ending the Lady Bulldog season.
The 25-11, 25-14, 21-25, 25-19 defeat snapped a nine-match Bulldog winning streak. The fourth seed in the district, Ada finished its season 18-7.
Leipsic (21-3) faces Blanchard Valley Conference foe and number one seed McComb (23-2) in the district finals Thursday evening at Ottawa for the right to advance to regional play.
The Ohio Northern men's soccer team moved up to No. 3 nationally in the seventh weekly National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll.
The Polar Bears (15-0-3) are also ranked No. 4 in the eighth weekly D3soccer.com poll.
In the NSCAA poll, Chicago (Ill.) is ranked No. 1, Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) is No. 2 and Amherst (Mass.) is No. 4.
In the D3soccer.com poll, Chicago (Ill.) remained at the No. 1 spot with 998 points and 20 first place votes, Messiah (Pa.) is No. 2 with 941 points and the remaining first place vote, Amherst (Mass.) is third with 883 points and ONU is fourth with 879 points.
By Dusty Donley
The Ada footballers saw their four-game winning streak come to an end Friday night, as the powerful Delphos Jefferson Wildcats came to town and blanked the Bulldogs, 44-0.
The loss eliminates Ada from NWC title contention and drops the Dogs to 6-3 overall and 4-2 in the league.
The Wildcats racked up 38 first half points behind a menacing ground game powered by senior Hunter Binkley, enroute to the 44 point shutout. DJ has beaten Ada in three straight, the last two by a combined score of 95-7.
The Bulldogs will attempt to start a new win streak this Friday night when they take the show on the road to Allen East.
FINDLAY - The Ada cross country teams competed in the Div. III district meet at Findlay Saturday afternoon.
The Ada boys ended up 12th out of 13 full squads. The Lady Bulldogs, missing injured top runner Abbie James, finished eighth out of eight full teams represented.
Ada senior Eric Armbrecht finished 51st in a field of 90 runners field to pace the Bulldog boys. Senior Larry Zembower came in 57th and classmate Andrew Ross ended up 64th.
Ada seniors Seth Evans and Keaton Kipker finished 77th and 81st, respectively.
