Two Ada High School senior hitters topped the four Bulldog representatives named to the All-Blanchard Valley Conference volleyball teams in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.
Bulldog senior Brooklyn Andreasen was named first-team All-BVC. In the regular season, she knocked down 201 kills and made 26 blocks, 18 of which were solo stops. She hustled up 74 digs and served 29 aces.
Hard-hitting senior Dailah Preston was voted second-team All-BVC. She led the team in kills with 224, as well as in blocks with 36 solos and 12 assisted blocks.
PANDORA__The visiting Ada High School football team hung close early but lost 44-20 to Pandora-Gilboa in the Blanchard Valley Conference and regular season finale on Friday, Oct. 23.
The game was tied 14-14 early in the second period when P-G ran off 21 unanswered points to take command by halftime.
COLUMBUS GROVE__The Ada volleyball team defeated former league foe Delphos Jefferson in a tough four-set Div. VI Northwest sectional final match at Columbus Grove on Thursday, Oct. 22.
Ada improved to 17-5 with the 25-20, 18-25, 25-17, 25-14 victory.
Delphos Jefferson ended its season 12-11 after the defeat.
“Brook, Dailah and Tea did great things offensively to keep the momentum,” said first-year Bulldog head coach Kylie Murphy. “All of our hitters did a nice job playing the net tonight.
ASHLAND__The visiting Ada High School boys soccer team lost a 1-0 heartbreaker to Ashland Crestview in their defensive Div. V sectional final tournament battle Thursday night, Oct. 22.
Ada held the high-scoring Cougars to just one goal on their home field, but could not muster enough offense to win.
The Bulldogs end their season 9-8-1 after the tough road defeat. It was the last Ada game for their eight seniors.
The Cougars improved to 13-5 with the home victory.
ADA__Eight players from the second-place Ada High School girls soccer team received All-North Central Ohio Soccer Association honors in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.
Fourth-year Bulldog head coach Doug Dewese was named NCOSA Coach of the Year after leading Ada to a program season-record 13 wins and second place in the rugged NCOSA at 2-1-2.
Ada junior scoring ace Rose Baxter and senior defender Reese Jordan made first-team All-NCOSA. Baxter has poured in 18 goals this season and has passed out six assists for 42 points.
