By Cort Reynolds

COLUMBUS GROVE – The scrappy Ada High School girls basketball team had its season ended 80-24 at Northwest Conference champion Columbus Grove in sectional final action on February 15.

CG raced to a 23-3 lead after the first period and led the tournament battle of the Bulldogs 40-7 at halftime.

The Ada girls ended their season 4-19. Second seed CG improved to 21-2 with the victory, and advanced to the district semifinals.

“We showed a lot of growth and improvement in the second half of the season,” said Ada head coach Zach Ricker. “We did some good things that we can build on going into the off-season and next year.” 

CG’s Lauryn Auchmuty scored 15 of her game-high 28 points in the third period as Grove outscored Ada 21-10. The hosts won the fourth period, 19-7.

Ada junior Anna Conley scored six of her team-high eight points in the third stanza. 

Senior guard Lexi Poling canned two triples in her last game. 

“I want to thank Lexi for the four years she’s given the program,” said Ricker.

Sophomore Brooklynn Andreasen tallied all six of her markers in the second half. Soph guard Kenley Poling added four points.

Ada canned nine deuces and nailed two triples. The purple and gold Bulldogs did not shoot a single free throw.
CG connected on 27 two-pointers and drained eight treys. Grove converted  two of their four free throws (50 percent). 

The Ada girls ended up a respectable 4-8 on the road this season.

Ada 24 (4-19)
Lawrence 0 0-0 0, K. Poling 2 0-0 4, L. Poling 2 0-0 6, Hevlin 0 0-0 0, Conley 4 0-0 8, Andreasen 3 0-0 6.
Totals: 9-2/0-0/24. 3-pointers: L. Poling 2.

CG (21-2)
Totals: 27-8/2-4/80. 3-pointers: Auchmuty 4, Myers 1, Thompson 1, A. Schroeder 1.