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ADA — ONU senior Amelia Burger (Centerville) was named the OAC Women's Golfer Player of the Week for the week of April 1-7.

Burger was Co-Medalist with teammate Marisa Alfes (Bellbrook) with an 81-79—160 at the Jimmy Hanlin Golf Classic on Sunday and Monday.

She also finished second of 29 at the Heidelberg Invitational with a 78 on Friday.

This season, Burger shares the team lead with an 80.5 average for 14 rounds.

This is the second time this season and the fourth time in her career that Burger has won the award.

The Polar Bears will return to action Monday at the OAC Spring Preview at River Greens Golf Course in West Lafayette, Ohio.

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By Cort Reynolds

VANLUE – The visiting Ada High School softball team out-slugged Vanlue 23-10 to win their first Blanchard Valley Conference in a wild contest on a cold Monday evening, April 7.

Bulldog center fielder Tess Griffith smacked four doubles and drove in four runs to pace the onslaught. She added a single for a perfect 5-5 batting day, and tallied four runs.

Ada exploded for 22 combined runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings to rally and win big.

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By Cort Reynolds

VANLUE – The visiting Ada High School baseball team blanked Vanlue 12-0 to capture their first-ever Blanchard Valley Conference victory Monday, April 7.

Ada led 2-0 after the first inning, and then blew the game open with six runs in the second frame.  

The Bulldogs tacked on two runs in each of the third and fourth frames to invoke the 10-run mercy rule after five frames.

“It was a nice team win,” said Ada head coach Toby Smith. “We are improving each game.”

Ada improved to 2-3 overall and 1-1 in the BVC after the blowout league road victory. Vanlue dropped to 0-1 overall and 0-1 in BVC play with the defeat.

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By Cort Reynolds

ADA - The Ada High School track and field teams hosted and took second in their first meet of the season on a cold Monday, March 31 at War Memorial Stadium.

Upper Scioto Valley and Indian Lake also competed at the three-team meet. Indian Lake won both boys and girls meets. The Lakers finished first in the girls standings with 104 points, followed by Ada (45) and USV (17). The Lakers won the boys meet with 92 points, followed by the Bulldog boys (62) and the Rams (20).

Sophomore Grace Lawence won the 100 and 300-meter hurdle races to pace the Ada sprinters.

Ada senior Kennedy Jones took first in the shot put.

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From www.onusports.com/

TIFFIN - The Ohio Northern women's golf team opened its spring season on Friday with a fourth place finish at the Heidelberg Invitational.

The Basics

Ohio Northern finished fourth of four teams with a 60-over par 348 on the 5819-yard, par-72 course.

Bluffton won the team title with a 327, Tiffin's "B" team was second with a 341 and Heidelberg was third with a 345.

ONU Season Record: 29-14.

Venue: Mohawk C.C. - Tiffin.

ONU Individuals

Senior Amelia Burger (Centerville) led the Polar Bears by finishing second of 29 golfers with a 6-over par 78

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By Cort Reynolds

ADA – The Ada High School softball team bounced back from a loss by dominating Cory-Rawson 12-0 in the belated Bulldog home opener on Thursday, April 3.

Ada senior catcher Natilyn McClain launched two two-run home runs to pace the onslaught.

“Natilyn hit two nice homers,” said fourth-year Ada head coach Jeff Bassitt. “Cory-Rawson is much improved from last year. We got everyone in the game.  

“It is nice to get back on the winning track,” he added.

The Bulldogs out-hit the Hornet girls, 9-2.

Ada improved to 4-1 overall after the non-conference home victory. C-R dropped to 0-1 with the defeat.

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