ADA — The Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team will host Aurora (Ill.) the first round of the 2025 NCAA III Tournament on Wednesday afternoon at 4 pm at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
The two winners will play in the second round on Saturday at No. 3-ranked RIT (N.Y.) at Noon.
The Polar Bears (15-4 overall) are making their first NCAA Tournament appearance in program history.
Ohio Northern earned the Ohio Athletic Conference's automatic bid with a thrilling 10-9 victory at Baldwin Wallace in the OAC Tournament finals on Saturday.
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ADA – The Ada High School baseball team defeated visiting Blanchard Valley Conference foe Pandora-Gilboa 9-2 on a cool Monday evening, May 5.
The game was slated to be played at Pandora, but was switched to Ada due to wet playing fields. The Rockets officially were the home team.
The Bulldogs plated five runs in the first inning and never trailed. They tacked on single runs in the second, fourth, fifth and sixth frames to win going away.
The Ada High School girls softball team was seeded first at the seven-team Div. VI Northwest 3 sectional drawing on Sunday, May 4.
The Bulldog girls (16-3) received a first round bye and will play the winner between seventh seed Perry (0-13) and sixth seed Columbus Grove (3-12) Tuesday, May 20 at 4 p.m. at Bath. Admission cost is eight dollars.
The higher seeds will host the sectionals Tuesday, May 13. The district semifinals are scheduled for Bath May 20, with the district finals also at Bath May 22.
Van Buren (10-6) was seeded second, and Riverdale (10-8) was third.
McGUFFEY – The Ada High School track and field teams each finished a strong second at the 10-team Ram Invitational on a wet Thursday, May 1 in McGuffey.
Cory-Rawson nosed out the Ada girls 113.5 points to 110 to win the girls team title. Riverdale came in a fairly close third (98.5).
Pandora-Gilboa captured the boys team crown with 141 points, followed by Ada with 121.5. McComb was a distant third (77.5).
Ada actually posted the most combined girls and boys points in the meet with 221.5. P-G was second with 202 combined points.
