The Ohio Northern men's cross country team is ranked No. 33 in the preseason United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division III poll on Wednesday.
The Polar Bears received 35 points in the voting after being unranked in the final 2015 poll.
ONU was ranked as high as No. 19 last season, in which they won the OAC Championships title and finished with a 138-9 record.
North Central (Ill.) in the top spot with 275 points and five first place votes, Geneseo State (N.Y.) is second with 270 points and the two first place votes and Williams (Mass.) is third with 268 points and the final first place vote.
OLD FORT - Seven different Bulldog boys scored goals as the visiting Ada soccer team hammered Old Fort 11-4 Thursday evening.
The Bulldogs improved to 4-1 overall and 1-0 in the North Central Ohio Soccer Association with the lopsided victory.
Logan Williams paced the explosive Ada offense with three goals and one assist. The Bulldogs have tallied nine or more goals in three of their five matches this year.
Terry Sheridan contributed one goal and four assists. Chris Reyes tallied two goals and passed out one assist while Nate Allen netted a pair of goals.
Dayton football coach Rick Chamberlin received a recruiting tip about a top linebacker at Ada High School a few years ago and drove to a practice to get a glimpse for himself.
But the prospect, Chris Beaschler, spent the day in the trenches at offensive guard, which wasn't a good sign. The kind of athletic ability needed to play linebacker at UD's level typically isn't found there.
Chamberlin was ready to write off the visit as a wasted trip, but the Ada coach intervened.
By Dusty Donley
The 2016 Ada football campaign started off with a bang as the high-octane Bulldog offense scored 38 unanswered points, propelling the Dogs to an easy 38-6 victory over the visiting Upper Scioto Valley Rams.
Returning Junior quarterback Seth Conley threw for 308 yards and 5 touchdowns in his first action since week four of last season.
