HARROD__The improved Ada High School boys golf team won a close quadrangular meet at Colonial Hills Golf Club in Harrod over Waynesfield-Goshen, Fort Jennings and McComb on Thursday, August 6.
Ada tied W-G for first at 175 strokes apiece in regulation play. But the Bulldogs won the fifth-player tiebreaker as freshman Brooklyn Rister shot a 49 to clinch the match sweep.
Fort Jennings totaled 192 strokes, while McComb tallied 202.
The Bulldog linksters improved to 17-2 with the three wins. Ada was led by senior Brody Rister, who shot a nine-hole score of 40 to tie for third place overall in the field of 24 golfers.
FINDLAY __The improved Ada High School boys golf team finished a strong second in the first Blanchard Valley Conference Shootout tournament at the Findlay Country Club on Monday, August 3.
The Bulldog linksters shot 379 to finish behind only BVC team champion Van Buren, which posted a 326 total. The powerhouse Black Knights boasted four of the top six individual scorers in the tourney.
Ada nosed out Elmwood (382) by three strokes to secure second place.
ARLINGTON__The Ada High School varsity golf team teed off its regular season with a strong second-place showing at the 10-team Arlington Invitational on the Sycamore Springs Golf Course Thursday, July 30.
The Bulldog linksters finished only three strokes behind first-place Arcadia, 377-380.
Ada senior Brody Rister took second overall individually with a solid 18-hole score of 43-40=83.
“Remarkably, 57 strokes were cut from last year’s results,” said second-year Ada head coach Tod Schmidt of the Bulldog team improvement at the same event in 2026.
FROM FACEBOOK__The 2026 Ada High School boys soccer alumni match will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 1 at War Memorial Park's turf field.
Organizers ask, "to ensure that we have enough alumni to have a team, please fill out this form with your plans for the match and please wear white shirts to play!"
The Ada Gators summer swim team celebrated the 2026 season wrap-up at the West Ohio Aquatic League championships on July 10-11 by honoring seniors Kaden Clum, Lydia Damasio, and Alyssa Nau. The Gators chose a superhero theme for the event parade, as modeled by Hailey Rigsby, Amelia Clemons, Claire Porter, and Lily Raines, as well as Coach David Lusk.
KENTON – The Ada Gators summer swim team finished sixth at the annual two-day, eight-team West Ohio Aquatic League championship meet in Kenton on Friday and Saturday, July 10-11.
The Gator boys finished in a solid fourth place, while the Ada girls ended up eighth following the second day of competition.
The Frogs of Findlay won the overall league championship with 2,674 points, followed by second-place Westside (2,593). The Gators compiled 940 combined points to finish just ahead of seventh-place Kenton by 17.5 points, with Van Wert a distant eighth (468).
