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Ada Bulldog volleyball is  4th in sectional draw, faces HN in 1st round

By Cort Reynolds

ADA – The Ada High School volleyball team was seeded fourth at the nine-team Shawnee Div. VII sectional tournament draw Sunday, October 6.

Ada (10-10) will play fifth-seeded county rival Hardin Northern (10-6) at New Knoxville Thursday, October 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the first round of tournament action.

The Bulldogs took the first set but lost to the Polar Bears 19-25, 25-23, 25-21 at Arlington on Saturday, August 31.

Bulldog girls soccer seeded 5th in tough sectional

By Cort Reynolds

ADA – The Ada High School girls soccer team was seeded fifth at the brutally difficult eight-team Bluffton Div. V sectional drawing Sunday, October 6.

The Ada girls face a tall first round task as they will play at unbeaten Northwest Conference leader Columbus Grove (12-0-2) Tuesday, October 15 at 6 p.m.

Columbus Grove is seeded second, and undefeated Mansfield Christian (11-0-2) is third in the top half of the loaded draw. North Central Ohio Soccer Association co-champion Riverdale was seeded first. 

Ada (10-6) has won a program-record 10 games in the regular season this fall despite a youthful roster.

Bulldog volleyball downed by Rockets

By Cort Reynolds

PANDORA - The Ada High School volleyball team concluded its first Blanchard Valley Conference season with a three-set loss at tough Pandora-Gilboa Monday night, October 6.

P-G swept Ada 25-19, 25-12, 25-11.

With the loss, the Bulldogs fell to 10-11 overall and finished 3-7 in the BVC to end up eighth in the 11-team league standings.

P-G improved to 15-5 overall and 8-1 in BVC play with the sweep to stay tied for second place with Liberty-Benton. Leipsic leads the BVC at 9-0.

Ada senior Tess Griffith led the way with nine kills and seven digs.

Powderpuff Football sets a festive tone for AHS Homecoming Week

Above) Photos of 2024 AHS Powderpuff Football fundraiser; additional photos below.

By Paula Pyzik Scott

Ada High School kicked off Homecoming Week with the traditional powderpuff game that gives the girls an opportunity to to show off their love of football.

Bulldog girls soccer defeats Kenton, wins 10th

Team sets new single season Bulldog record

By Cort Reynolds

ADA – Playing at home, the Ada High School girls soccer team built a lead, then held off a late charge by Hardin County rival Kenton to win a chippy 2-1 battle. The October 5 match was the final home game of the regular season at War Memorial Stadium.

Bulldog football win vs. Falcons; three BVC teams are 4-1

By Cort Reynolds

MT. BLANCHARD __ The visiting Ada High School football team decisively defeated Blanchard Valley Conference rival Riverdale 35-7 Friday night, October 4, to earn their fourth consecutive victory.

Ada scored 22 points in the first period to seize control and never was seriously threatened.

The Bulldogs improved to 6-1 overall with the convincing victory. Ada is tied with Leipsic and Pandora-Gilboa for second place in the BVC at 4-1.

Ada plays both of those tough teams in their final two regular season games.

The Falcons fell to 2-5 overall and 1-4 in the BVC with the loss.

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