Season opener Aug. 16 at Tiffin Columbian; host Van Buren in league and home opener, September 4
By Cort Reynolds
The Ada High School boys soccer team put together a great turnaround season in 2024 by winning 14 games, the most in almost two decades for a Bulldog soccer squad.
Now the task for 2025 and beyond is to carry that momentum forward.
Along with returning talent, Bulldog alumnus Aaron Acheson engineered much of the season revival in his first year as head coach with high energy, positivity and soccer knowledge.
KENTON__The Ada High School golf team decisively defeated county rival Hardin Northern in a dual match at the Veterans Memorial Park Golf Course in Kenton on Friday, August 15.
The Bulldogs defeated the Polar Bears, 202-217. Ada evened its dual match record at 1-1 with the win.
“We continue to improve each match and while we’re still not scoring to our potential, we are starting to at least score closer to our average,” said head coach Tod Schmidt.
ADA__Coming off a second straight season where they set a program record for wins, the deep and talented Ada High School varsity girls soccer team is poised to take another step forward under fourth-year head coach Doug Dewese in 2025.
The 2024 Bulldog girls posted a 10-8 overall record to set a program record for single-season wins. The Bulldog girls also went 1-4 in the rugged NCOSA standings last fall.
LIMA – The Ada High School boys golf team competed in the rugged 14-team Bluffton Invitational tournament at Lima’s Hidden Creek Golf Club course on a hot Monday, August 11.
The young Bulldog linksters finished last in the tough field despite a few good individual rounds.
Liberty-Benton won the event with 312 strokes, just three shots ahead of second-place Bluffton (315). Wapakoneta finished third at 334, followed by Bath (336), Tiffin Calvert (341), Riverdale (347) and Ridgemont (350).
Van Buren came in eighth (363), followed closely by Bellefontaine (364), Arcadia (367) and Maumee Valley Country Day (369).
ADA __The improving Ada High School boys varsity golf team returns three lettermen from last year’s roster. They will play for first-year head coach Tod Schmidt, a former Bulldog linkster.
The six-player roster includes two seniors and three newcomers.
“We have a young team overall, which will get better as the year progresses,” said Schmidt, who played for Ada from 1977-80. “We are making progress all the time.
FINDLAY – The Ada High School boys golf team competed in the first of three Blanchard Valley Conference tournaments on Monday, August 4 at the Findlay Country Club.
The Bulldog linksters finished tied for eighth with McComb at the day-long, 10-team event, which was won by Van Buren with 313 strokes.
Monday was the first of three tournaments which will combine to determine the 2025 BVC boys golf champion. A mid-season tournament will be held Aug. 18 at Hidden Creek Golf Club, with the BVC finale on Sept. 19 at Kalida’s Moose Landing.
