Last Friday night, the Ada Bulldogs faced what many considered to be their first challenge of the season against the playoff bid hopeful Crestview Knights in a Homecoming game hampered by nasty weather and less than ideal field conditions.
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Nonetheless, the Bulldogs were able to pull away with a glorious 26-21 victory in the closing minutes of the thrilling barn burner, putting the Bulldogs at 7-0 (5-0 NWC) and the Knights at 3-4 (1-4 NWC).
The No. 9 Ohio Northern men's soccer team remained undefeated in the OAC with a 2-0 victory over the Otterbein Cardinals Wednesday afternoon at the ONU Soccer Field.
The Polar Bears are now 13-2-0 overall and sit in first place in the OAC at 4-0, while the Cardinals fall to 4-7-1, 0-3-1.
The Polar Bears quickly got on the board in eighth minute when senior Nate Bascom passed the ball to fellow senior Cameron Johnson who fired a shot in the box to beat the goalie.
Sophomore Allison Fye fired an 89 to lead the Ohio Northern women's golf team in a tri-match with Northwestern Ohio and Notre Dame (Ohio) on a cold and blustery Wednesday afternoon at Colonial Golfers Club.
The Polar Bears (12-15) finished third with 381 strokes. Notre Dame won the team title with a 365 and Northwestern Ohio was second with a 371.
Fye finished second of 15 golfers for ONU with her 89 on the par 72, 5876-yard course.
Sophomore Megan Conley tied for sixth with a 91, freshman Alex Manno was 11th with a 99 and freshman Courtney Knippen was 12th with a 102 for ONU.
Sophomore Kristina Klusek scored in the 54th minute, but Otterbein scored two first half goals and held on for a 2-1 victory over the Ohio Northern women's soccer team Tuesday afternoon at Ohio Northern soccer field.
The Polar Bears drop to 6-3-3 overall and 1-3-0 in the OAC, while the Cardinals move to 9-4-0, 4-0-0.
Lindsay Henderson scored on a penalty kick with 6:43 gone in the match. Morgan Hendrickson was taken down in the box on a breakaway, setting up a penalty kick.
Otterbein added to its lead in the 42nd minute when Jessica Yaney put the ball in the net on a cross from Molly Kroger.
The Ohio High School Athletic Association released its weekly football computer ratings Tuesday, Oct. 9. The weekly computer ratings are released every Tuesday afternoon beginning after the fourth week of the season, leading up to the final report released on Sunday, Oct. 28. The top eight teams in each region will qualify for the regional quarterfinals.
