ADA – Ada junior Kayleb Hickman stole a long in-bounds pass, then dribbled downcourt and nailed a top of the key triple just before the buzzer to lift the Ada High School boys basketball team to a thrilling 56-55 overtime win over visiting Blanchard Valley Conference foe Arcadia on January 3.
VAN WERT – The visiting Ada High School boys basketball team lost 52-47 to former Northwest Conference foe Lincolnview on December 30 to end their six-game win streak.
The Bulldogs led 36-35 after three periods, but the Lancers outscored the visitors 17-11 in the fourth quarter to pull off the five-point win.
Ada committed six costly turnovers in the final stanza.
The road warrior Bulldogs fell to 8-3 overall with the defeat, their third away game in four days. Lincolnview improved to 3-5 after the home win.
“We didn’t guard well,” said Ada head coach Chris Sautter. “We had foul trouble, and turned the ball over way too much.
“Lincolnview was the aggressor, and had us on our heels,” he noted. “They were more physical than us in the paint.”
MARION – The visiting Ada High School boys basketball team stymied non-league foe Marion Elgin 56-25 Saturday, December 28, to capture their sixth straight victory.
MARION - The visiting Ada High School girls basketball team lost to non-conference foe Marion Elgin 49-26 Saturday evening, December 28.
The defeat dropped the Bulldog record to 1-8 overall. The Comet girls improved to 6-4 after the home victory.
The Bulldogs trailed 13-2 after the first period. Elgin posted a 12-7 second period to lead 25-9 at halftime.
A Comet 17-2 third period put the game well out of reach, 42-11. Ada rebounded to win the fourth stanza, 15-7.
Ada junior post Anna Conley scored all seven Bulldog points in the second stanza. She finished with nine markers.
Sophomore guard Kenley Poling tallied five points, and Ashley Hevlin added four. Grace Lawrence sank a fourth period triple for her first varsity points.
