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Youth football camp at Memorial Park

By Monty Siekerman
If you wondered where the youth of Ada were on Monday morning, you would have found many at Ada War Memorial Park for the beginning of Youth Football Camp.

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Camp Director Shawn Christopher said this year's camp is the biggest camp ever with 51 third through eighth graders and 42 high school assistants participating.

The youngsters are learning skills through drills prior to regular practice which will be at the park for Midget Football and at the school for Junior High Football.

Trip includes a Rhine River cruise

The Ohio Northern women's soccer team is set to depart for Europe on Friday, July 21, where it will compete in four countries during an 11-day preseason trip.

Northern will take on two teams in the first six days, before entering a 7-game tournament on the final day.

After arriving in Zurich, Switzerland, Northern will travel to Salzburg, Austria where the team will tour the city and visit the birthplace of Mozart.

Northern will cap the day off with its first contest as it takes on FC Bergheim at 3:30 pm.

The fourth day of the trip will feature a tour of Munich, Germany and a tour of Allianz Stadium, home of 1860 Munich and Bayern Munich Fussball Clubs.

Team ahead of Shawnee, Kenton, Van Wert and Sherwood

Ada swim team finished fourth place in the July 14-15 Western Ohio Aquatics League meet in Kenton.

The boys’ team finished four and girls’ teams finished fifth.

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Final team results
1 – Wapakoneta Waves 3,139.5 points
2 – Westside 3,127.5 points
3 – Bluffton Sardines, 1,939 points
4 – Ada ‘Gators, 1,465.5
5 – Shawnee, 1,105
6 – Kenton, 1,028
7 – Van Wert 867
8 – Sherwood, 574

Three Ohio Northern athletes were named All-American Scholars for 2016-17 by the Women's Golf Coaches Association.

Seniors Jennifer Hipskind (Fort Wayne, Ind./Dwenger) and Ariana Tomasula (Rocky River/Lutheran West) and sophomore Caitlin Silva (Hilliard/Bradley) all earned the honor.

The Polar Bears posted a third place finish at the OAC Championships and a 26-27 overall record under fourth-year head coach Chad Bucci.

The Ada swim team, known as The Gators, have their last meet of the season at the Kenton pool Friday and Saturday.

Swimmers from the eight league teams will vie for championship status from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. those two days.

So far this year, the Ada Gators are 50-50 against league foes.

High school girls interested in playing tennis this fall meet in media center Thursday (7/13) @ 6 pm. Email Mr. Jochims if can't attend.
(Ohio Alerts)

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