By Cort Reynolds

The Ada girls basketball team was seeded fifth out of 11 teams in their Div. IV sectional drawing Sunday.

After receiving a first round bye, the 10-9 Lady Bulldogs will play fourth seed New Bremen (10-10) in a sectional final Thursday, February 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Shawnee.

The Ada/NB winner advances to the Wapakoneta district semifinals, almost certainly against top seed Marion Local (17-2), on Tuesday, Feb. 23 at 6 p.m.

Eschewing a round one bye, ML plays winless 11th seed Ridgemont Feb. 16 in the first round. The winner takes on 10th seed New Knoxville (1-19) in one sectional final.

Ninth-seeded USV (4-15) plays third seed St. Henry (11-7) in a first round matchup at Spencerville Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. The winner faces seventh seed Perry (9-9) Feb. 18 at Spencerville.

SH passed on a bye, which Perry then received.

Hardin Northern (12-7) was seeded sixth and will play eighth seed Waynesfield (7-10) in Spencerville Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 6 p.m. in first round action. 

The victor advances to take on second seed Minster (10-8) at Spencerville Feb. 18.

The top four seeds are all MAC teams. The district finals are set for Thursday, Feb. 25 in Wapak at 6 p.m.

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