BLUFFTON __ The Ada High School boys track and field team finished fourth at the annual Northwest Conference championship meet in Bluffton University’s Salzman Stadium Saturday, May 11.
Columbus Grove captured the boys team crown with 162 points, followed by Bluffton (123) and Lincolnview (102). The Ada boys scored 71.5 points to beat Spencerville, Allen East, Crestview, Leipsic and Delphos Jefferson.
Grove won the girls team title with 173.5 points. Bluffton took second with 127 points, followed by Spencerville in third.
The Bulldog girls tallied 39.33 points to finish seventh, ahead of Crestview and Leipsic.
LIMA __Ada junior Nathan Williams won his first three singles matches in straight sets at the Div. II UNOH sectionals in Lima to qualify for the Port Clinton districts next week.
Seeded third in the 30-player singles flight, the southpaw defeated Bath’s Carter Deppe 6-1, 6-2 in his first match Thursday.
In the round of 16, he knocked out Elida’s Alex Dunahay 6-1, 6-3.
Then in the quarterfinals, Williams eliminated Noah White of St. Marys 6-3, 6-2. This clinched a spot in the final four and thus qualified him for district competition.
On Saturday in the semifinals, he lost to top seed Isaac Wibbeler of St. Marys 6-4, 6-2.
ADA __ The Ada High School softball team earned a measure of revenge by blanking visiting St. Henry 10-0 in the Div. IV sectional finals Friday evening, May 10.
COLUMBUS GROVE __ The visiting Ada baseball team lost 10-4 at Columbus Grove in a Northwest Conference battle of the Bulldogs Wednesday evening, May 9.
