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By Cort Reynolds

KENTON – The Ada High School swim team faced county rival Kenton in a meet Tuesday, January 28, at the Hardin County YMCA on Senior Night.

The Bulldog girls lost a close dual bout to the hosts, 81-63. The Ada boys fell to the Wildcats, 84-35. 

Kenton won the combined boys/girls meet, 165-98. Ridgemont also had a few individuals compete as the Gophers totaled 15 points.

“What a great senior night,” said third-year Ada head coach Ashley Robey. “Excellent turnout from the community in support of them and the team.

“We had a lot of great races,” she added. “On to sectionals.”

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Regular registration for Ada Youth Spring Soccer will end on January 31. February 1-7 is the late registration window with a late fee.

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By Cort Reynolds

UPPER SANDUSKY – The Ada High School swim teams finished fourth at a five-team meet in Upper Sandusky on Saturday, January 25.

Lexington swept the combined, boys and girls team titles. The host Rams were second in the girls-boys standings.

Bluffton finished third overall, second in girls and third in boys.

Ada ended up fourth in all three standings. The Bulldogs tallied 39 points, 26 by the girls and 13 from the boys team.

Bulldog senior Lily Baumgartner touched first in the 100 butterfly and the 500 freestyle events. She won the 100 fly by a whopping 8.73 seconds. She also took the 500 free by 21.71 ticks.

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By Cort Reynolds

MARION – The Ada High School wrestling team competed at the rugged two-day Marion Pleasant Sally George Invitational tournament Friday and Saturday, January 14-25.

The Bulldogs finished 15th out of 21 teams with 50 points. Mechanicsburg edged Liberty Center 176-174 to win the team crown. Westland finished third with 166 points.

Ada senior Landon Simon finished second in the 215 lbs. weight class with a 3-1 record to post the top Bulldog showing. Seeded third, he had a first round bye and then won his initial match by pin in just 64 seconds.

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By Cort Reynolds

McCOMB – The visiting Ada High School boys basketball team used a big fourth quarter to defeat Blanchard Valley Conference foe McComb 67-57 Friday, January 24.

It was the 300th win in the 22-season career of head coach Chris Sautter at Ada and Columbus Grove, 185 of which have come with the purple and gold. 

The Bulldogs improved to 11-6 overall and 5-2 in the BVC with the road win. McComb dropped to 2-12 overall and 0-6 in BVC play after the home loss.

“Never easy, but it’s another win,” said Sautter, in his 15th season at the helm of the Ada program. “McComb played really hard. 

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Baumgartner breaks school mark in 200 free

By Cort Reynolds

OTTAWA- The Ada High School swim teams finished a solid third at a six-team meet in the Putnam County YMCA at Ottawa Thursday, January 23.

Bulldog senior Lily Baumgartner broke the school record in winning the 200 freestyle. The mark of 2:01.34 was previously held by Klava Katayama. Lily swam 2:00.81 to break the record by .53.

Baumgartner also won the girls 100 breaststroke race by an easy margin of 7.14 seconds.

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