By Cort Reynolds

DEFIANCE - The Ada golf team finished fourth in a four-team Northwest Conference match at the Auglaize Golf Club Monday evening.

Paulding won the meet with 175 strokes, followed by Columbus Grove (184), Delphos Jefferson (186) and Ada (206).

Ethan Hull paced Ada with a career-best round of 48. Austin Amburgey posted a 51.

Teammate Alex Morgan posted a 53 while Brevin Sizemore registered a 54.

Rob Allison added a score of 59 while Jake Colwell shot 64.

Fletcher Cook of Paulding and Logan Gallmeier of DJ tied for match medalist honors in the event with scores of 41.

Ada is 4-19 overall and 1-11 in NWC play after the match.  Delphos Jefferson is now 7-16 (5-10 NWC), while Paulding improved to 13-6 (8-4 NWC) and Grove ran its record to 16-8 (7-7 NWC).