LIMA – The Ada High School wrestling team finished eighth at the 15-team Div. III sectional tournament hosted Saturday by Lima Central Catholic.
Allen East won the sectional title with 163.5 points, while Coldwater finished a close second at 157. The Bulldogs scored 78.5 points to tie with Antwerp.
Bulldog senior Landon Simon finished second in the 215 lbs. bracket to make it to districts. Ada junior Silas Riblet also took second in the 126 lbs. division.
Junior Zaiden Denslow took third at 120 lbs. to become the third Bulldog district qualifier.
CANTON – Ada High School senior Lily Baumgartner finished on the podium at the state finals in two individual events to conclude her four-year run at the Ohio Div. II meet in Canton’s C.T. Branin Natatorium Friday evening.
Baumgartner finished third in the eight-girl, 100-yard backstroke A Finals Friday night in a time of 55.82.
Baumgartner also touched seventh at the 100 butterfly A Finals Friday evening in a time of 57.48.
“Lily did fantastic, and I am so proud of her,” said Ada head coach Ashley Robey. “She has put in a lot of work over the years to be able to podium every single year of her high school career, and it shows.
“She always keeps pushing,” she added. “She is a fighter.”
LIMA – The visiting Ada High School boys basketball team battled hard but lost a 45-42 overtime thriller at Lima Central Catholic in a taut Div. VI sectional final at Monsignor Herr Gymnasium on Friday, February 21.
Bulldog Zack Zimmerman forced overtime by splashing a clutch three-pointer near the end of regulation.
Ada fell behind by five late in the extra session yet rallied and had a triple try to tie it at the very end. But the shot came up short.
The Bulldogs finished the season 14-9 with the tough defeat.
Top-seeded LCC improved to 15-7 after the hard-fought win. They advance to the district semifinals at Elida vs. third seed Bluffton Wednesday, February 26 at 7:30 p.m.
CANTON – Ada senior Lily Baumgartner qualified to the state finals in two individual events with strong preliminary heat showings in the Ohio Div. II swimming meet at Canton’s C.T. Branin Natatorium Thursday evening, February 20.
Baumgartner took third amid a 32-girl field in the 100-yard backstroke preliminary heats Thursday evening. She swam a 56.10 to advance to the A Finals Friday.
Shaker Heights sophomore Josephine Piliang touched first in the 100 back prelims in 54.92.
Baumgartner took fifth out of 32 in the 100 butterfly prelims Thursday evening. She recorded a time of 56.75 to make it to the A Finals Friday.
