RAWSON__The youthful Ada High School boys basketball team went on the road and earned their first victory 53-40 at non-league local foe Cory-Rawson Saturday night, December 23.
The spunky Bulldogs improved to 1-6 with the big victory.
C-R dropped to 2-4 with the home defeat.
The Bulldogs led 7-6 after a low-scoring first period, then stretched the margin a bit to 17-12 at the half. Ada pulled further ahead by a 31-23 margin heading to the final stanza.
The Bulldogs won a high-scoring fourth quarter 22-17 to post the key win.
“We basically led wire-to-wire,” said Ada third-year head coach Vince Halliday. “The first half wasn’t pretty.
“Slade (Gossman) carried us in the first half with offensive rebounds and putbacks,” he continued. “We made some shots in the second half and got one!”
Women's Basketball win over Heidelberg
(December 6) ADA__Fifth-year senior Brynn Serbin (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) surpassed 1,000 career points Wednesday night to lead the Ohio Northern women's basketball team to a 66-47 victory over visiting Heidelberg in an Ohio Athletic Conference game.
VANLUE__The visiting Ada High School girls basketball team outscored Vanlue 14-9 in the fourth period to pull off a 53-49 non-conference victory Tuesday night, December 19.
The Bulldog girls snapped a four-game losing streak and improved to 4-5 with the win. The Wildcat girls dropped to 1-6 after the loss.
