Sports

By Cort Reynolds

TIFFIN - The visiting Ada boys soccer team convincingly defeated Tiffin Columbian Thursday evening, 5-2.

The Bulldogs improved to 5-1 overall and 2-0 in the North Central Ohio Soccer Association with their third consecutive victory.

Terry Sheridan scored two goals and dished out a pair of assists to pace the winners. Noah Pinkney and Chris Reyes each netted a goal and passed out one assist.

Logan Williams added the other Bulldog goal.

Keeper Ace Gamble was credited with four saves in goal.

Ada has outscored its opposition 39-14 so far in six matches this season.

By Tim Glon

The Ohio Northern women's tennis team opened its 2016-17 season with victories at Kean (N.J.) and Rutgers-Newark (N.J.) on Friday.

The Polar Bears (2-0) won 8-1 at Kean in the afternoon, then posted a 9-0 victory at Rutgers-Newark in the evening.

ONU went with the youth movement, as six freshmen won nine of the team's 11 courts on the day.

Freshmen Ashley Ochsenhirt and Ola Latala led the way for Ohio Northern.

Ochsenhirt went 2-0 at No. 1 singles, Latala went 2-0 at No. 2 singles and the pair posted a 2-0 record at No. 1 singles on the day.

By Caleb Scott

The Ohio Northern women's cross country team finished second at the Bluffton 5k as junior Emily Richards defended her title and won the 5k for the second consecutive year.

The Polar Bears (5-1) placed three runners in the top-10.

Richards, who ran the fourth fastest 5k time in Polar Bear history, won the event in 18:22.82, sophomore Ashlie Baumann finished eighth in 19:40.80 and freshman Zoe Schilling finished tenth in 20:07.29. 

Findlay won the race with 46 points, Northern finished second with 47 points and Heidelberg finished third with 73 points.

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada volleyball team lost a pair of straight-set matches at Hardin Northern Saturday.

The non-league losses dropped the Lady Bulldog record to 3-5.

Ada lost 25-17, 25-17 to tough Arlington. Junior Melina Woods led the Bulldogs with 10 kills, six digs, one block and one ace. Classmate Maddie Gossard passed out eight assists and served two aces.

Seniors Alyssa Vore and Haley Wyss each knocked down five kills. Junior libero Olivia Alexander came up with 10 digs, while junior Kaiti Newland added five digs.

In their next match, Ada fell to county foe HN 25-19, 27-25.

By Cort Reynolds

MT. BLANCHARD - Host Riverdale netted four second half goals to post a 6-0 girls soccer victory over Ada Wednesday evening.

The defeat dropped the Lady Bulldog record to 1-3-1 overall.

Six Lady Falcons each tallied a goal for the victors: Madi Weber, Brandi Borkosky, Gabi Rodriguez, Reygan Frey, Haley Beltz and Alex Rothlisberger.

Riverdale put 24 shots on goal compared to one by Ada. Bulldog keeper Rielyn Castle made 16 saves in goal.

Ada hosts Crestview Saturday in the NWC opener.

Ada's Favorite Son is still in the NFL.

The Arizona Cardinals signed quarterback Zac Dysert to its practice squad this week. Dysert was in training camp with the Miami Dolphins this year before being released in the final roster cuts earlier this month. The Cardinals are going with two quarterbacks on the active roster - Carson Palmer and Drew Stanton - after releasing Matt Barkley.

Here’s a summary of Dysert’s NFL career to date:

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