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By Cort Reynolds

SPENCERVILLE – The Ada High School track and field teams competed at the annual eight-team Spencerville Bearcat Relays Thursday, April 10.

The Ada boys finished fifth, while the Bulldog girls came in sixth.

Columbus Grove won the boys team title with 119 points, followed by Ft. Loramie (68) and Spencerville (67). 

Pandora-Gilboa came in fourth with 57 points. The Ada boys tied New Bremen for fifth with 48 points. Perry nudged out Delphos St. John’s by a half point for seventh place, 33.5-33.

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By Cort Reynolds

Bassitt earns seventh win of the season

SPENCERVILLE __ The visiting Ada High School softball team shut out former NWC rival Spencerville 10-0 with a run-rule shortened no-hitter on a cold Thursday evening, April 10.

Ada senior ace Jenna Bassitt fired a five-inning no-hitter to earn her seventh win of the season. She struck out eight Bearcats to record the win.

The Bulldogs scored seven runs in the second and third innings, and rolled to their fourth straight victory.

“It was nice to get another win and play solid defense,” said fourth-year Bulldog head coach Jeff Bassitt.  

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By Cort Reynolds

SPENCERVILLE __ The visiting Ada High School baseball team lost 10-1 at former Northwest Conference foe Spencerville on a chilly Thursday evening, April 10.

The Bearcats broke open a close 3-1 game with seven runs in the sixth inning to seal the verdict.

Ada’s overall record dropped to 2-4 after the loss. The hosts improved to 2-3 with the victory.

The Bulldogs led 1-0 after the first inning. Senior leadoff hitter Levi Green singled, stole second and scored on an RBI single off the bat of Brody Rister.

The Bearcats took the lead with three runs in the home third.

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By Cort Reynolds

McCOMB – The visiting Ada High School softball team decisively defeated Blanchard Valley Conference foe McComb 13-2 Wednesday evening, April 9.

The Bulldogs raced to a 10-0 lead after the top of the third inning and cruised to their third straight victory.

“It was nice to get another win,” said fourth-year Ada head coach Jeff Bassitt. “We played clean softball. We did all the small things.”  

Ada improved to 6-1 overall and 2-1 in the BVC after the one-sided conference road win. 

McComb dropped to 1-4 overall and 0-2 in BVC play with the lopsided loss.

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The following results are from April 2-8 of the Ohio Northern University 2025 athletics season:

Armstrong, Stechschulte each join 100-Hit Club as Baseball picks up 2 wins at Muskingum to stay unbeaten in OAC play

Christy wins Medalist honors, leads Men's Golf to victory at Heidelberg Invitational

Men's Golf finishes third of seven at Jimmy Hanlin Golf Classic

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ADA — ONU senior Amelia Burger (Centerville) was named the OAC Women's Golfer Player of the Week for the week of April 1-7.

Burger was Co-Medalist with teammate Marisa Alfes (Bellbrook) with an 81-79—160 at the Jimmy Hanlin Golf Classic on Sunday and Monday.

She also finished second of 29 at the Heidelberg Invitational with a 78 on Friday.

This season, Burger shares the team lead with an 80.5 average for 14 rounds.

This is the second time this season and the fourth time in her career that Burger has won the award.

The Polar Bears will return to action Monday at the OAC Spring Preview at River Greens Golf Course in West Lafayette, Ohio.

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