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Five members of the Ada High School girls' soccer team received all-Northwest Conference honors at the end of the season. Ada finished in 4th place at 2-3-1 and 3-11-2 overall.

First team from Ada:
• Sidney Faine, senior
• Rielyn Castle, junior

Second team from Ada:
• Grace Nelson, junior
• Kaitlyn Long, junior

Honorable mention from Ada:
• Makenna Callahan, junior

The attachment at the bottom of this story lists all players recognized plus NWC final soccer standings.

Ada High School's football team is currently 7th in Division VII Region 26 Ohio computer rankings, with one regular season game to go.

The top 8 teams advance in the playoffs.

CLICK HERE for the entire state rankings.

Two Ada HS senior volleyball players will participate in the District 8 All-Star volleyball match held at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 18, at Bluffton University’s Sommer Center.

Ada players on the Division IV East all-star team include: Carlee Marshall and Megan Simon. Coaching the East team is Diana Inbody, Arlington, and Brent Newell, Leipsic.

The Division IV team includes players from Ada, Arlington, Arcadia, Hardin Northern, Leipsic, Lima Central Catholic, McComb and Pandora-Gilboa.

In addition, three Ada players received all-district honors. They are:
• Melina Wood, first team
• Carlee Marshall, second team
• Megan Simon, second team

More information about all of Ohio Northern's 23 varsity athletic programs can be found on the web at ONUSports.com.

Last Week at Ohio Northern:

   Football - Won 42-7 at Muskingum
   #22 Volleyball - Lost 0-3 at Heidelberg; Won 3-1 H v Muskingum
   #25 M. Soccer - Lost 0-2 at Heidelberg; Won 4-0 H v Muskingum
   W. Soccer - Won 5-1 H v Heidelberg; Won 6-0 at Muskingum
   M. Cross Country - Idle
   W. Cross Country - Idle
   M. Golf - t4th of 5 at Wayne State (Mich.) Inv.
   M. Swimming & Diving - Idle
   W. Swimming & Diving - Idle

This Week's Schedule:

By Dusty Donley

22 first quarter Delphos Jefferson points set the tone for the game as the Wildcats would go on to defeat the visiting Ada Bulldogs, 51-7.

The Bulldog defense couldn't stop the Jefferson running game as the Wildcat backs racked up 324 yards rushing on the night. The loss drops Ada to 5-4 overall and 3-3 in the Northwest Conference.

Ada sophomore Melina Woods was voted the 2015 Northwest Conference “Player of The Year” at a meeting of conference volleyball coaches in Delphos. 

Woods had also earned first team honors as a freshman in last year's balloting. Other Ada players recognized were Carlee Marshall, senior, first team, and Megan Simon, senior, second team.

Kevin King of Bluffton was voted NWC Coach of the Year by his peers.  Ada and Paulding finished the year as co-champs in the league with identical 7-1 records in league play.

More stats are below:

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