VAN BUREN__The visiting Ada High School softball team rallied in the late innings to defeat Van Buren 5-4 in the tight conclusion of a suspended Blanchard Valley Conference contest on Thursday, May 14.
The game had been stopped by heavy rain just after starting the top of the first inning on April 22.
The Bulldog girls trailed 4-1 after four innings, and it appeared their six-game win streak was in jeopardy.
Ada scored a run in the fifth inning to edge within two. They then plated three two-out runs in the top of the sixth with the aid of two errors, and held on to win with strong relief pitching and defense 5-4.
Andreasen and St. Laurent win tough doubles 3-setter
By Cort Reynolds
LIMA __The Ada High School tennis team competed hard at the Div. III tennis sectional tournament hosted by UNOH.
Seven Bulldogs, including three singles players and two doubles teams, participated in the first day of tournament play.
“We got a lot of experience at the tournament,” said first-year Bulldog head coach Shelleigh Alexander. “Many of our players are right at the cusp of reaching the next level.
”I think the kids all played their best today, and that is what you want at the end of the season,” she noted.
COLUMBUS GROVE__The visiting Ada High School baseball team lost 10-0 at non-league rival Columbus Grove in their annual battle of the Bulldogs on Thursday, May 14.
CG hurler Alex Meyer pitched a five-inning no-hitter to earn the win. He struck out three and walked two in the shutout win. He threw just 51 pitches, 32 of which were for strikes or were put in play, and faced 17 batters.
Meyer also doubled and scored a run.
The host Bulldogs scored the game’s first run in the second. CG plated three runs in the third inning to surge ahead, 4-0. Grove then fashioned a five-run fourth frame to build a commanding 9-0 lead.
MEDIA RELEASE__A new policy brief released this week by researchers Jessica Swanson, Ph.D., Curtis Ware, and Gabriel Mott provides a comprehensive analysis of Ohio’s ongoing “unofficial moratorium” on executions, highlighting the growing complexities and consequences of the state’s prolonged pause on capital punishment.
Delphos Jefferson defeated Upper Scioto Valley 13-3 Thursday night in nonconference action. The team is back in action on Saturday at 1 p.m. for a suspended game against Ridgemont.
