ADA __The Ada High School girls basketball team lost to visiting rival Bluffton 49-30 in a Northwest Conference contest Thursday night, January 4.
Bluffton held the Bulldogs to just four points in the second period to build an 11-point halftime bulge. The Pirates then started the second half on a 9-1 spurt to seize complete command.
ADA__The host Ada High School boys basketball team outscored Arcadia 20-5 in the fourth quarter to pull away and post an impressive 60-40 non-league win Tuesday night, January 2.
A season-best four players scored in double figures for the balanced Bulldogs.
WAYNESFIELD__Waynesfield-Goshen rode a hot-shooting second period to a convincing 69-55 victory over the youthful Ada High School boys basketball team Thursday, December 28, in the nightcap of a girls-boys doubleheader.
WAYNESFIELD__The visiting Ada High School girls basketball team battled but came up just short at Waynesfield-Goshen 48-45 in a nailbiter that went down to the last second Thursday night, December 28.
Ada senior guard Olivia Burkhart poured in a career-high 28 points to keep the Bulldog girls close. Her last-second halfcourt heave could have forced overtime, but it narrowly missed to preserve the Waynesfield win.
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The Lady Bulldogs dropped to 4-6 with the non-conference defeat.
The Tiger girls improved to 3-4 after the hard-fought victory.
