By Cort Reynolds
OTTOVILLE - The visiting Ada boys basketball team battled hard but lost at tough Ottoville 68-51 Saturday night in a non-league contest.
The Big Green improved to 2-1 with the home victory, while the Bulldogs fell to 1-3 with the defeat.
"It was a great effort from our guys for 3.5 quarters," said Bulldog fourth-year head coach Dre White. "It was a single possession game in the fourth quarter, and then we ran out of gas."
By Cort Reynolds
CRIDERSVILLE - The Ada girls basketball team rallied late but came up just short in a 49-43 loss at Perry in a non-league battle Saturday afternoon.
The defeat dropped Ada to 1-3 overall, while the Lady Commodores earned their second victory.
Perry led 24-11 at halftime and extended the margin to 40-20 heading to the final quarter. A 23-point Ada outburst in the final period helped the Bulldog girls inch within four points late, but the rally was not quite enough.
Merle P. Cheney, 94, died on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019 at 6:12 a.m. at his residence in Ada.
He was born on Jan. 20, 1925, in Hardin County, Ohio to the late Harley L. and Opal E. (LaPort) Cheney. On June 18, 1948, Merle married Lucille Helser and she survives in Ada.
Merle retired from Wilson Sporting Goods of Ada after working for 38 years. He was a member of the Ada Church of Christ Disciples. He was a U.S. Army veteran who served during WWII from from July 6, 1943 to May 28, 1946.
Mercy Health welcomes Joel L Shanklin, MD, FACS, to the Mercy Health – Lima Reconstructive & Plastic Surgery department.
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It’s getting chilly out and, just like clockwork, you’re back sniffling again. But before you write off that stuffy nose as just another cold, you may want to consider that the culprit could actually be winter allergies.
Fortunately, there are steps you can take to tame your bothersome allergies.
