The Ada girls soccer team played visiting Otsego to a 1-1 tie through one overtime in first round sectional tournament action before darkness suspended play at approximately 7:20 p.m. Monday evening.
Ada was seeded 10th in the sectional, while Otsego was 11th. The Lady Bulldog record remains 5-10-1. The game will be resumed starting with a second 15-minute overtime at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Ada.
Makayla Callahan scored the Ada goal with an assist from Ella Poling on the unseasonably warm evening. Shannon Weihl tallied the lone Otsego goal.
The Ada girls soccer team lost its regular season finale to visiting local rival Allen East 3-0 Saturday morning in a Northwest Conference contest.
The Lady Bulldogs fell to 5-10-1 overall and finished 3-3 in the NWC after the loss. An early-season Ada win over Spencerville did not count in the league standings.
AE improved to 5-1 in the NWC with the victory, good for second place in the league behind only Bluffton. The Lady Mustangs stand 12-4 overall.
Julia Meyer netted two goals to pace the Mustangs. Jade Meyer scored once and assisted on one goal as well.
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).
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.
