The Ohio Northern men's soccer team continued moving upward in the D3Soccer.com poll as it jumped two spots to No. 4 in the national poll.
Northern (11-0-1) is coming off of a 2-0-0 week in which it posted consecutive shutouts over Defiance and Ohio Athletic Conference-foe Mount Union.
Chicago (Ill.) took over the top spot with 980 points and 12 first place votes, Trinity (Tex.) moved to No. 2 with 950 points and four first place votes, and Rowan (N.J.) fell to No. 3 with 920 points and three first place votes.
Northern has now been nationally-ranked for six consecutive years and 10 times in the last 11 seasons.
MIDDLE POINT - The Ada girls soccer team scored six first half goals en route to soundly defeating Lincolnview 8-0 in Northwest Conference play Monday evening.
The victory upped the Ada record to 4-8-1 overall and 3-2 in the NWC. The Lancers dropped to 2-10 overall and 2-3 in the NWC with the loss.
Makayla Callahan and Ruth Pfeiffer each netted a pair of goals for the Bulldogs. Ella Poling, Katie Butterfield, McKenzie Long and Gizem Tanriverdi all added a goal apiece.
Callahan, Butterfield, Long and Latifah Bagais each passed out one assist.
Story by Dusty Donley
Photos by Sue Mattson
A gutty defensive stop ended the game as the Bulldogs won a 27-26 Homecoming thriller over the visiting Crestview Knights.
Down by one with four seconds to play and the ball on the Ada two yard line, Crestview elected to keep their offense on the field. Knight quarterback Drew Kline took the snap and felt immediate pressure from Bulldog defender Ethan Swaney, forcing the sophomore quarterback to throw a wobbly pass into the end zone.
KALIDA - The Ada cross country team competed at the Wildcat Invitational Saturday morning, with five harriers posting personal-best times at the Kalida Fish and Game Club course.
The Lady Bulldogs finished ninth out of 11 teams while the Ada boys came in 17th out of 19 squads.
"The boys ran with four other conference schools; we fell a little behind Bluffton who took 14th place, while recently defeated Allen East did not have enough boys to place in order to compare our two teams," said Ada coach Josh Klein.
