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UPDATE The sectional game at Liberty-Benton will now be played at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 21.

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School boys soccer team scored two second-half goals, including the tiebreaker in the final minutes, to rally past upset-minded Pemberville Eastwood and win their intense sectional semifinal match 2-1 Wednesday evening, October 18, at War Memorial Stadium.

Bulldog junior Nathan Williams calmly buried a penalty kick goal into the upper right part of the net with 2:51 remaining to provide the final margin of victory.

Ada had earned the PK try on an accidental Eastwood hand ball in the box off a Williams right corner kick.

The Bulldog record improved to 4-7-6 after the exciting comeback win. Ada has won two in a row after a 12-match winless streak.

Ninth seed Ada now visits top-seeded Liberty-Benton (10-4-3) Saturday, October 21 at 10:00 a.m. in the sectional finals (new time).

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Bulldog Williams 1st team All-NWC; 6 Bulldog boys honored

By Cort Reynolds

Six Ada High School boys soccer players received All-Northwest Conference honors in voting conducted recently by the league coaches.

High-scoring Bulldog junior Logan Jolliff was named first team all-league. The speedy forward was the second-leading vote-getter on the All-NWC squad. Jolliff led Ada in goals scored.

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Poling nets 3 goals; new Bulldog program record set for wins, individual marks

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School girls soccer team netted three goals in the first five minutes and went on to post a 5-0 win over visiting Galion in sectional first round play Tuesday evening, October 17, at War Memorial Stadium.

Ada broke the school record for wins in a season with their eighth victory, which improved their mark to 8-6-3 overall and clinched the second winning season in program annals.  

It is the first winning campaign for Bulldog girls soccer in over 20 years.

Galion finished 4-11-2 after the defeat.

The Bulldog girls advance to visit top seed Van Buren (11-3-2) Thursday, Oct. 19 at 5 p.m. Ada lost at home to the NCOSA runner-up Black Knights by a 3-0 score on Oct. 4.

“This win is a great way to celebrate this team and what they have done,” said Ada second-year head coach Doug Dewese. “It has been a long time since a tournament win for Ada, and we also got a shutout and set a bunch of program and individual records.

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By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School volleyball team placed three players on All-Northwest Conference squads in voting conducted Sunday, October 15,  by the league coaches.

Versatile senior setter Autumn Andreasen earned second team all-league notice. She led the team in assists (397) and aces (26), and was among the leaders in digs (209), kills (66) and blocks (16).

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Poling and Sizemore make 2nd team, 3 more HM

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School girls soccer team placed seven players on the All-Northwest Conference teams, led by two first teamers and one four-time selection, in voting conducted Sunday by the league coaches.

Bulldog senior scoring ace forward Ella Marshall repeated as first team All-NWC for the fourth straight season.

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MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. __Senior Grace Honigford led the Ohio Northern women's golf team in the October 15 first round of the three-day Golfweek NCAA Division III Fall Invitational. The Polar Bears currently sit in 15th place in the 24-team field.

The Basics

The Polar Bears shot a first-round score of 315.

ONU Record: 19-0

Venue: Baytowne Golf Club - Miramar Beach, Fla.

Results

Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) leads the tournament with a first-round score of 286.

Emory (Ga.) is second with a 302, Washington and Lee (Va.) is third with a 303, Illinois Wesleyan is fourth with a 304 and Grinnell (Iowa) is fifth with a 306.

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