Ohio Northern clinched the No. 3 seed in next week's Ohio Athletic Conference Volleyball Tournament with a 25-8, 25-12, 23-25, 25-5 victory over Wilmington Tuesday night at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 22-5 overall and are 5-2 in OAC action, while the Quakers fall to 7-18, 0-8.
Fourteen different ONU players registered at least one kill, led by freshman Ellie Gillespie with eight.
Northern dominated Sets 1, 2 and 4, hitting an amazing .458 collectively in those sets.
ONU hit .529 in Set 1 on nine kills in 17 attempts. Northern rallied from an early 3-0 deficit to go on an 10-1 run to take a 10-4 lead.
The Ada High School football team moved into the number 1 spot in Division VI Region 24 in the Ohio High School Athletic Association's weekly football computer rankings. This is the first week of the season that the Bulldogs are ranked first. The top eight teams in each region will qualify for the regional quarterfinals. The OHSAA will release final computer ratings and regional quarterfinal pairings Sunday afternoon, Oct. 28.
Here are the top 12 teams in Region 24 with their computer points listed:
Football - Lost 23-28 at John Carroll
Volleyball - Won 3-2 H v Heidelberg; Won 3-1 at John Carroll
#8/#14 Men's Soccer - Won 5-0 at Heidelberg; Won 2-0 H v John Carroll
Women's Soccer - Won 2-0 at Heidelberg; Tied 1-1 H v John Carroll
#34 Women's XC - Idle
Men's XC - Idle
Senior quarterback Tate Humphrey has been named OAC Offensive Player of the Week for the week of October 22.
On Saturday, Humphrey completed 21-of-43 passes for a career-high 306 yards and a touchdown, as the Polar Bears fell to John Carroll by a score of 28-23. In addition, he also ran for 30 yards on 21 carries and also scored a touchdown.
This season, Humphrey has thrown for 988 yards and nine touchdowns. He has also rushed for 224 yards and a team leading four touchdowns. Northern stands at 2-5 on the season, with a 2-4 mark in OAC play.
Ohio Northern rallied from a 28-16 deficit, but were held scoreless on two trips inside the 5-yard line in the fourth quarter and fell 28-23 at John Carroll Saturday night at Don Shula Stadium.
The Polar Bears fall to 2-5 overall and 2-4 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Blue Streaks improve to 5-2, 4-2.
Senior Tate Humphrey completed 21-of-43 passes for a career-high 306 yards and a TD and ran 21 times for 30 yards and another score for ONU.
Last Friday, the Ada Bulldogs traveled down the road to play Allen East, finishing with a lopsided 42-14 victory over the Mustangs for the Bulldogs' eighth consecutive win of the season. The win puts Ada's record at 8-0 (6-0 NWC) and Allen East's at 1-7 (1-6 NWC).
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Ada was first to score on a 17 yard pass from senior quarterback Mason Acheson to junior receiver Matt Wilcox with 9:49 remaining in the first. Hunter Waller's PAT was good, making it 7-0, Ada.
