Kellen Decker has been nominated for the Ohio National Guard JJ Huddle Ohio Football Player of the Week. This award is decided by an online vote. Ada Icon viewers may support Kellen and vote. Go to JJHuddle.com Homepage and click on the Player of the Week and Team of the Week graphics.
Breaking three records in a single game, Ada running back Kellen Decker was the man of the hour following the Bulldogs' latest outing against conference rival Bluffton - an outing that, for the second time in three weeks, was postponed to Saturday by officials on Friday night after lightning was sighted.
The Ohio Northern women's soccer team is ranked No. 19 in the fourth weekly 2012 Continental Tire/NSCAA Men's Division III poll and is No. 21 in the fourth weekly D3soccer.com poll, which were released on Tuesday.
In the NSCAA poll, the Polar Bears (5-0-3) were ranked No. 20 in the third and second polls, were ranked No. 18 in the first weekly poll, were ranked No. 12 in the 2012 preseason poll and were No. 13 in the final 2011 NSCAA poll.
Emory (Ga.) is ranked No. 1, Trinity (Tex.) is second and Messiah (Pa.) is third.
In the D3soccer.com poll, Ohio Northern received 113 points and were ranked No. 22 in last week's poll.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association released its weekly football computer ratings Tuesday, Sept. 25. The weekly computer ratings are released every Tuesday afternoon beginning after the fourth week of the season, leading up to the final report released on Sunday, Oct. 28. The top eight teams in each region will qualify for the regional quarterfinals.
Ratings are listed by division and region with record and average points. Log on to the football page at OHSAA.org for an explanation of how the ratings are calculated.
The No. 8 Ohio Northern men's soccer team won in dominating fashion 5-0 against the Thomas More Saints on Saturday afternoon at the ONU Soccer Field.
The Polar Bears improve to 8-2-0 on the season while the Saints suffer their first loss and fall to 4-1-3.
Senior Nate Bascom started the scoring for Ohio Northern in the 13th minute when he took a pass from junior Jeremy Barnes and beat the goalie while falling down.
This was Bascom's team-high 10th goal on the season.
