HARROD__The host Allen East High School girls basketball team used withering second period defense to defeat upset-minded Coldwater 56-47 in the Div. III sectional finals Saturday night in Harrod, authoring their 13th straight victory in the process.
VANLUE__On February 24, the Ada High School boys basketball team dominated the middle periods to defeat winless Vanlue 61-46 in a non-league game and finish the regular season on a positive note.
The Bulldogs trailed 14-9 after the first period. But a 15-5 second stanza turned things around and gave Ada a 24-19 lead at halftime.
The purple and gold then seized control with a 21-11 third quarter run to build a 45-30 cushion heading to the final quarter.
The Bulldogs won the decisive middle quarters by a combined score of 36-16.
Ada ended its regular season 5-17 after the road victory, and won two of its last three games heading to the tournament.
HARROD__Two Allen East girl hoop standouts were voted second team All-District 8 in basketball for the 2023-24 season by the D8 Coaches Association recently.
ADA__The Ada High School boys basketball team lost 54-43 to Lincolnview in their last Northwest Conference contest and home season finale Friday, February 23.
CANTON__Ada High School junior Lily Baumgartner fared well in both of her A Finals races at the Ohio state Div. II swim meet Friday evening in the C.T. Branin Natatorium at Canton.
CANTON__Ada High School junior Lily Baumgartner qualified for the finals at the Ohio state Div. II meet with good preliminary showings Thursday, February 22, in both the 100-yard backstroke and 100 freestyle races.
