Sports

By Cort Reynolds

ADA__The Ada High School boys soccer team defeated visiting Spencerville 4-0 in a non-league match on Saturday, September 6.

The shutout win upped the Bulldog record to 3-2-1. Ada scored all four goals in the first half by a pair of juniors.

The Bearcats fell to 0-4-1 with the defeat. 

“I’m really proud of the team’s performance today,” said Ada head coach Aaron Acheson. “We came out with intensity, controlled possession, and created a lot of chances. The fact that we had three different players providing assists shows how connected we are as a unit.”

By Cort Reynolds

MT. CORY__The Ada High School volleyball team swept a tri-match at Cory-Rawson on Saturday, September 6.

The non-league wins improved the Bulldog girls record to 8-1.

Ada rallied to beat Delphos Jefferson 22-25, 25-14, 25-12. 

Junior setter Jaylin St. Laurent served three aces and dished out 17 assists.

Brooklynn Andreasen served up three aces, came up with three blocks and hit eight kills. 

Dailah Preston drilled six kills, dealt a pair of aces and made five blocks.

Anna Conley came up with three blocks.

By Cort Reynolds

ADA__The Ada High School girls soccer team defeated visiting Spencerville 3-0 in a non-league match at War Memorial Stadium on Saturday, September 6.

The Bulldog girls improved to 8-1 with the decisive win.

The Bearcats dropped to 0-4-1 after the defeat.

Ada junior Kenley Poling netted a hat trick to score all three goals in the game.
Emily Shanks passed out two assists, and Ashley Williams dished out one helper.

Ada keeper Emily Gibson made five saves in goal. 

By Cort Reynolds

ARLINGTON __The visiting Ada football team was outscored 21-7 in the second half and lost 34-14 to Arlington in the Blanchard Valley Conference opener on Friday, September 5.

The Bulldogs fell to 2-1 overall and 0-1 in the BVC with the road defeat. Meanwhile, the Red Devils improved to 3-0 and 1-0 in league play after the home win.

The Bulldogs fell behind early and never caught up. Red Devil quarterback Josh Heacock tossed five touchdown passes to pace the victors.

Arlington tallied touchdowns on their first two possessions, and scored six-pointers on four of their first five drives to put the game out of reach.

The following results are from the start of the Fall 2025 Ohio Northern University athletics season as reported on www.ONUSports.com.

AUGUST 29

By Cort Reynolds

ADA__The Ada High School boys soccer team lost a defensive battle 1-0 to visiting Van Buren in the North Central Ohio Soccer Association opener at War Memorial Stadium on Thursday night, September 4.

Ada fell to 2-2-1 overall and 0-1 in NCOSA play after the tough defeat.

VB improved to 3-3-1 and 1-0 in NCOSA action with the hard-fought win.

“A tough one-goal loss, decided on a free kick header,” lamented Ada head coach Aaron Acheson. “We created good chances early and defended well throughout.”

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