ADA - The Ada High School girls basketball team battled but fell 66-36 to non-conference foe Waynesfield-Goshen on Saturday, January 4.
The home defeat dropped the Bulldog record to 1-10 overall. Waynesfield-Goshen improved to 7-4 after the win.
Tiger senior six-footers Tatelyn Faraglia and Raegan Hutchison combined for 38 points. Sophomore guard Tarynn Vorhes netted a career-high 20 markers as W-G shot well despite a two-week layoff.
“I thought we played really hard, but they are such a tough matchup with their size and two bigs who can shoot,” said Ada third-year head coach Zach Ricker.
Waynesfield shot well despite a two-week layoff between games. The Tigers improved to 7-4 with the decisive win, while Ada fell to 1-10.
ADA – Ada junior Kayleb Hickman stole a long in-bounds pass, then dribbled downcourt and nailed a top of the key triple just before the buzzer to lift the Ada High School boys basketball team to a thrilling 56-55 overtime win over visiting Blanchard Valley Conference foe Arcadia on January 3.
VAN WERT – The visiting Ada High School boys basketball team lost 52-47 to former Northwest Conference foe Lincolnview on December 30 to end their six-game win streak.
The Bulldogs led 36-35 after three periods, but the Lancers outscored the visitors 17-11 in the fourth quarter to pull off the five-point win.
Ada committed six costly turnovers in the final stanza.
The road warrior Bulldogs fell to 8-3 overall with the defeat, their third away game in four days. Lincolnview improved to 3-5 after the home win.
“We didn’t guard well,” said Ada head coach Chris Sautter. “We had foul trouble, and turned the ball over way too much.
“Lincolnview was the aggressor, and had us on our heels,” he noted. “They were more physical than us in the paint.”
