ADA__The host Ada High School boys basketball team outscored Arcadia 20-5 in the fourth quarter to pull away and post an impressive 60-40 non-league win Tuesday night, January 2.
A season-best four players scored in double figures for the balanced Bulldogs.
WAYNESFIELD__Waynesfield-Goshen rode a hot-shooting second period to a convincing 69-55 victory over the youthful Ada High School boys basketball team Thursday, December 28, in the nightcap of a girls-boys doubleheader.
WAYNESFIELD__The visiting Ada High School girls basketball team battled but came up just short at Waynesfield-Goshen 48-45 in a nailbiter that went down to the last second Thursday night, December 28.
Ada senior guard Olivia Burkhart poured in a career-high 28 points to keep the Bulldog girls close. Her last-second halfcourt heave could have forced overtime, but it narrowly missed to preserve the Waynesfield win.
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The Lady Bulldogs dropped to 4-6 with the non-conference defeat.
The Tiger girls improved to 3-4 after the hard-fought victory.
RAWSON__The youthful Ada High School boys basketball team went on the road and earned their first victory 53-40 at non-league local foe Cory-Rawson Saturday night, December 23.
The spunky Bulldogs improved to 1-6 with the big victory.
C-R dropped to 2-4 with the home defeat.
The Bulldogs led 7-6 after a low-scoring first period, then stretched the margin a bit to 17-12 at the half. Ada pulled further ahead by a 31-23 margin heading to the final stanza.
The Bulldogs won a high-scoring fourth quarter 22-17 to post the key win.
“We basically led wire-to-wire,” said Ada third-year head coach Vince Halliday. “The first half wasn’t pretty.
“Slade (Gossman) carried us in the first half with offensive rebounds and putbacks,” he continued. “We made some shots in the second half and got one!”
