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By Cort Reynolds

The Ada girls tennis team earned its first girls tennis win of the young season Thursday at Fostoria by the score of 4-1.

The Lady Bulldogs improved to 1-1 with the win, while Fostoria dropped to 0-1.

Ada individual winners were seniors Meredith Marshall and Libbie Milks at first and second singles, respectively.

Marshall won easily 6-1, 6-0 while Milks recorded a three-set comeback victory by a 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 count.

The Ada first doubles team of Callee Young and Samantha Crawford also captured a three-set battle 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.

Bulldogs Paige Hopson and Melina Temple won at second doubles by forfeit.

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Shawnee girls' defeated Ada girls in tennis earlier this week by a 5-0 score.

Individual scores follow:

Singles
#1 Alotus Wei (S) def Meredith Marshall (A) 6-3,6-0
#2 Sanjana Rajasekaran (S) def Libbie Milks (A) 6-1, 6-1
#3 Whitney Baxter (S) def Shelby Higgins (A) 6-0,6-0

Doubles
#1 Rishika Avveri / Meghana Chanamolu (S) def Calle Young / Paige Hopson (A) 6-1,6-0
#2 Bree Barker / Rachel Brogee (S) def Samantha Crawford / Melina Temple (A) 6-0, 6-0

Records: Shawnee 2-0, Ada 0-1

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Ohio Northern University’s golf team entry in the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance Aug. 12 golf scramble finished first place low net.

Team members were Tom Simmons, Jeff Coleman, Chad Bucci and Gene Stechschulte posting a  score of 48.2.

This year’s scramble at Veterans memorial Park Golf Course, Kenton, had 30 teams and 120 golfers.

All winners follow:

• First place Low Gross - Valicor Environmental Services with Todd Pees, Scott Merideth, Tracy Temple and Travis Temple posting a score of 52.8.

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Ada High School athletic director, Ken Jochims, announced two game time changes:
• The start time for our week three varsity football game @at Lima Central Catholic has been changed from a 7 p.m. start to 4:30 p.m. (Saturday, Sept. 10)

• OurAug. 20 tri-match against Cory-Rawson and Waynesfield originally scheduled for home has been moved to Wayensfield. Still a 10 a.m. start.

 

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The Northwest Ohio Lunachix 18U fast pitch travel softball team will hold tryouts soon.

Tryouts are at 4 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 14, in the Bluffton village park on the County Line Road.

Persons wanting more information may contact Brad Prater, 419-234-1206 or e-mail [email protected] to set up a tryout.

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By Caleb Scott

The Ohio Northern football team was selected to finish third in both the coaches poll and media poll at the 2016 Ohio Athletic Conference Football Media Day on Tuesday afternoon at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

ONU received 67 points and one first place vote in the coaches poll to finish third and 244 points in the media poll to finish third.

Mount Union was tabbed as the preseason favorite by both the media and coaches, collecting all 30 first place media votes and nine first place votes from the coaches.

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