Playing in Leipsic, the Ada High School boys basketball team was outscored by the hosting Vikings 92-54 in a Northwest Conference makeup game Saturday night, February 5.
Ada trailed 17-9 after the first quarter and 45-28 at halftime. Leipsic outscored the Bulldogs 47-26 after intermission.
Viking guard Mason Brandt fired in 41 points to pace the victors.
Senior Cayden Murphy led Ada with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Junior Carter Conley contributed a dozen points. Ethan Murphy tallied eight points, while Jaden Leal amassed seven points and seven rebounds.
The Ada High Schoolwrestling team hosted the 19-team Ada Invitational Saturday, February 5, with two Bulldog grapplers taking second in their respective weight brackets.
Marion Elgin won the team championship with 296 points. Fostoria took second with 183, while Bucyrus was third (178). Ada finished 12th with 58.5 points.
Bulldog sophomore Clayton McClain finished second in the 126 lbs. bracket with a 4-1 record.
Ada freshman Liam Vieira took second in the 120 lbs. bracket, with classmate Aedyn Beckwith right behind him in third.
Freshman Rowan West was the other Bulldog placer in sixth at 132 lbs.
Playing in McGuffey, the Ada High School girls basketball team ran out to a big early lead and went on to rout arch-rival Upper Scioto Valley 64-36 in a non-league makeup game Saturday afternoon, February 5.
Lady Bulldog junior guard Courtney Sumner poured in 15 of her game-high 24 points in the first half as Ada built a 39-20 halftime lead.
The Bulldog girls won the second half 25-16 as Sumner added nine more points and hit two of her five triples.
Sophomore backcourt mate Olivia Burkhart tallied 15 points with the aid of three treys.
The Lady Bulldogs improved to 7-13 with their second straight victory. The Lady Rams fell to 0-19 with the defeat.
The visiting Ada High School girls basketball team defeated Calvary Christian 40-29 in a non-conference contest Tuesday night, February 1.
The Ada girls improved to 6-13 with the victory. CC remained winless with the defeat.
"A win is a win and we will take it," said fourth-year Lady Bulldog head coach Morgan Bass.
The Bulldog girls led 15-8 after the first period behind guard Courtney Sumner's seven points.
Ada stayed ahead of the Lady Spartans 21-15 at halftime as playmaker Olivia Burkhart tallied four second-quarter points. The Bulldogs advanced the lead to 29-19 heading to the final stanza.
Playing on their home court, the Ada High School girls basketball team competed well but lost 45-36 to Leipsic in a hard-fought NWC battle Monday night, January 31.
The game was moved up from Thursday due to an impending snowstorm.
The Lady Bulldogs trimmed a 12-point deficit in half at 35-29 heading to the fourth quarter. Neither team scored during the first three-plus minutes of the final stanza.
Junior Leipsic guard Whitney Langhals then took off with a long defensive rebound and scored a key fast break layup with 4:49 remaining. The basket broke the ice and sparked a decisive 10-0 run that extended their lead to 45-29.
