By Monty Siekerman
ONU faces Notre Dame in football Friday night under the lights, but it isn't what it seems.
The football contest features robots. The "lights" are inside King-Horn, a gymnasium, not turf.
And, ONU is out for revenge...no one today can recall the time Notre Dame skunked ONU 87 to naught, with a real pigskin...that was 102 years ago...in 1913.
Now there is a story behind the football drubbing that ONU took at the hands of the Irish more than a century ago.
Students from Ohio Northern University’s T.J. Smull College of Engineering have created a team of robotic football players to compete in the annual University of Notre Dame robotic football competition on Friday, April 10, at 7 p.m. in the Ohio Northern University King Horn Sports Center. The event is free and open to the public.
Ada Icon's newest feature is a sports calendar. The monthly calendar includes all Ohio Northern University and Ada High School and Junior High athletic contests.
The Icon welcomes soccer groups, swim team and all other sport teams to submit your season calendars to be added to the Icon calendar.
To access the calendar, place your cusor over "Calendar" on the black scroll bar directly under the Ada Icon masthead. That will bring a "Sports Calendar" drop down. Click on "Sports Calendar" and the Icon will open it.
Sophomore Dan Arkin has been named OAC Men's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week.
On Saturday, at the Cedarville Invitational, Arkin claimed a first place finish in the javelin with a throw of 181-0, setting a new school record and breaking the previous record of 179-7.
Ohio Northern won the Cedarville Invitational scoring 187 points.
ONU will return to competition on Saturday, when they compete at the Ohio Wesleyan Invitational.
Wrestling - t39th w.3 Pts. at NCAA III Championships at Hershey, Pa.
Women's Indoor Track & Field - No score at NCAA III Championships at Winston-Salem, N.C.
Baseball - Won 8-2 / 7-2 v Trine (Ind.)
Women's Tennis - Lost 2-7 H v #32 Oberlin
Ohio Northern women's swimming and diving team had seven swimmers named Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference in voting done by the leagues academic advisors.
Wheeler, a pharmacy major, earns her first Academic All-OAC honor. She has set personal records in 50-yard, 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle and earned 35 OAC championship points.
Zoeller earns her third Academic All-Conference accolade. The accounting major has been named All-OAC five times in her career.
