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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.

Win came down to the fifth set at Columbus Grove

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By Cort Reynolds

COLUMBUS GROVE - Fittingly, the biggest match of the Ada volleyball regular season came down to a fifth set for the first time all season Tuesday night at Columbus Grove.

The visiting Ada squad ran away with a 15-7 win in the decisive final game to beat Grove and capture the Northwest Conference title outright to repeat as league champions.

With the see-saw triumph, the purple and gold Lady Bulldogs finish the regular season 16-6 overall and 8-0 in league play. Grove fell to 14-8 and 7-1    in the NWC with the showdown defeat.

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Ada dropped to fifth spot in Region 28, Division VII Ohio high school football computer ranking this week. Here is the entire Division VII by region.

Lady Bulldog spikers seeded 4th; boys’ soccer 8th; girls’ soccer 10th

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By Cort Reynolds

The Ada volleyball team was seeded fourth at the Ottawa-Glandorf district Div. IV drawings held Sunday.

Ada (15-6) will host sixth seed Pandora-Gilboa in first round tournament play Tuesday, October 18 at 6 p.m. 

The winner then visits third-seeded Hardin Northern, which received a first round bye, on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 6 p.m. in the district quarterfinals.

Ada did not play P-G this season, but lost 2-0 at county rival Hardin Northern September 3. McComb is the top seed in the 13-team O-G district, while Leipsic is seeded second.

The Bulldogs have won 12 of their last 13 matches since the loss to HN.

 

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