OLD FORT__The visiting Ada High School boys soccer team got back on track by defeating Old Fort 3-1 in a non-league match on Saturday morning, Sept. 19.
The Bulldogs improved to 5-5 and snapped a four-match losing skid with the convincing road win. Old Fort dropped to 0-8 with the loss.
“Saturday’s game was a step in the right direction for us,” said Ada head coach Aaron Acheson. “We were more physical, competed harder, and did a much better job of winning 50/50 balls. We played with a lot more fighting spirit than we have in some of our other games, and that was encouraging to see.“
OTTAWA__The Ada High School boys golf team finished a solid third at the third and final Blanchard Valley Conference tournament on Friday at a nice but waterlogged course at Moose Landing Country Club in Ottawa.
Van Buren won the league event decisively with 310 strokes, followed by Elmwood in second at 358, and Ada nine shots behind the Royals with 367. Riverdale came in fourth, a mere one stroke behind the Bulldogs (368). Leipsic (381) nosed out Arlington (382) for fifth place.
Arcadia took sixth at 390, followed by McComb (416) and Pandora-Gilboa (424).
CRIDERSVILLE__Initially trailing by 6, the visiting Ada High School football team responded with 42 unanswered points to shellack Perry 42-6 in a non-league game on Friday, Sept. 18.
The Bulldogs rallied with two scores in the second stanza to grab a 14-6 halftime lead over the Commodores.
Ada then scored 14 points in each of the third and fourth periods to win decisively. The balanced Bulldog offense hit paydirt on its last six possessions in a row.
Ada improved to 4-1 with the road win, while Perry fell to 2-3 after the home defeat.
COLUMBUS GROVE__Playing their third road game in four days, the visiting Ada High School girls soccer team dug deep to rally late and defeat powerful Columbus Grove 4-3 in a wet, seesaw “Battle of the Bulldogs” on Thursday evening, Sept. 18.
Junior Rose Baxter tallied a hat trick for Ada with three goals, including the final tiebreaker.
The purple and gold Bulldogs led 1-0 at the half, then each team netted three goals in a wild second half.
MT. BLANCHARD – The visiting Ada High School girls soccer team tied rival Riverdale 0-0 in a chippy North Central Ohio Soccer Association match on a rain-soaked Falcon Field on Wednesday night, Sept. 16.
Ada ran its record to 7-1-2 overall and 0-1-1 in NCOSA play with the result.
The Falcons are 3-4-3 and 0-0-2 in the NCOSA after their second league tie.
“Despite a tie being the outcome, I think we played as hard as can be expected,” said Ada head coach Doug Dewese. ”We had a weather delay, poor field conditions and a hostile crowd.
MT. BLANCHARD__The visiting Ada High School boys soccer team lost 1-0 to Riverdale in a defensive North Central Ohio Soccer Association battle on Wednesday, Sept. 16.
The game was scoreless for the first 75 minutes. Falcon Cameron Snook scored the lone goal with about five minutes left via an assist by Osvaldo Hernandez, and the hosts held on for the win.
Ada dropped to 4-5 overall and 0-3 in NCOSA play with the defeat.
The Falcons improved to 3-4-1 overall and 1-2 in the NCOSA after the clean sheet win.
