BOTKINS__The visiting Allen East High School girls basketball team won its 10th straight game with a 50-27 dismantling of Botkins in a non-league contest Saturday, February 10.
LEIPSIC__The visiting Ada High School boys basketball team rallied in the second half only to come up just short 57-54 at Leipsic in a tight Northwest Conference contest on February 9.
The Ada, Ohio Soccer association has announced, "We are in need of 2-U8 boys coaches & 2 coaches for our U6 group. If interested, please reach out to Aftan Dewese."
ADA__The Ada High School girls basketball team jumped on top early and rolled over visiting Calvary Christian 54-23 in a non-league game on February 6 to celebrate Senior Night in style.
The Bulldogs led 20-5 at the end of the first period as seniors Mariah King and Olivia Burkhart combined for 13 points.
The Bulldog girls stretched the lead to 35-10 at halftime as the duo combined for 27 points by intermission. Ada won the second half, 19-13.
Southpaw King poured in 15 of her career-high 19 points in the first half. Burkhart netted 12 of her 15 markers before intermission.
Ada improved to 9-11 with the lopsided non-conference victory, their second win in a row. Meanwhile, CC fell to 14-3 after the defeat.
“We had a lot of energy, it was the most we have come out to start a game with all year,” said Bulldog head coach Zach Ricker. “We seemed relaxed.
ADA – On February 4, the Ada High School girls basketball team was seeded seventh in the Div. IV drawing for the 12-team Wapakoneta district.
The Bulldogs (8-11) will get a rematch against local foe Waynesfield-Goshen (9-10) Wednesday, February 21 at Ada in the first round of tournament play.
The victor will visit third seed St. Heny (12-5) in the sectional finals Saturday, Feb. 24. Ada lost a close game 48-45 at Waynesfield December 28.
Bulldog senior guard Olivia Burkhart scored a career-high 28 points in that nailbiter. Tiger junior Tatelyn Faraglia led W-G with 18 points. Waynesfield junior post Raegan Hutchison scored 13 points despite spraining her ankle in the first half and missing part of the contest.
“I am good with the draw,” said second-year Ada head coach Zach Ricker.
