BLUFFTON__The Ada Gators summer swim team competed in a West Ohio Aquatic League triangular meet at Bluffton with Shawnee on Monday evening, June 30 to conclude the regular season.
The host Sardines won the boys meet. They dunked Shawnee 382-96 and beat the Ada boys 328-151. But the Gator males beat Shawnee, 243.5 to 144.5.
The Shawnee girls beat Ada 312-115.5, yet lost to Bluffton 293-211. The Sardine girls defeated the Gator females, 418-85.
The Gator boys finished their summer season with a 4-3 dual meet record. The Ada girls ended up 1-6.
JUNE 27 MEDIA RELEASE__More than 500 swimmers and their families will descend on Wapakoneta July 11-12, 2025, for the annual Western Ohio Aquatics League (WOAL) Swim Champs. WOAL is for swimmers aged 5-18 who are members of one of the league’s teams.
Wapakoneta Village pool is the host site for the 2025 Swim Champs and will host seven teams: Ada Gators, Bluffton Sardines, Findlay Frogs, Kenton Stingrays, Shawnee Tide, Wapakoneta Waves, Westside Wave and Van Wert Marlins. Teams will compete for the 2025 league title.
LIMA__The visiting Ada Gators summer swim team lost a West Ohio Aquatic League dual meet at the Westside Swim & Racquet Club on a hot Monday evening, June 23.
The Gator boys lost to Westside 284-124 to drop to 3-2 this summer. The Ada girls fell to the Waves 356-52 to lower their record to 1-4.
Westside thus won the boys-girls meet, 640-176. Ada is 1-4 this season in the combined meet category.
Adaite Lydia Demascio won two races in the girls 15-and-over age division to pace the Gator girls.
Ada’s Jacob Szippl also touched first in two events in the boys 15-and-over age group.
Above) OSU standout Reagan Milliken demonstrates the batting form that led her to a school record in home runs to Ada all-district infielder Reese Jordan.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA__Several members of the Bulldog softball program survived the mid-90s heat and sun to participate in the first-ever Ada softball camp Monday, June 23 at the War Memorial Park’s varsity diamond.
Recent Ohio State first team All-Big 10 selections Kami Kortokrax of Kalida and Reagan Milliken from Pittsburgh served as the main instructors at the camp.
Capping off a stellar career, Ada senior softball standout Jenna Bassitt was voted first team Div. VI All-Ohio in 2025 by the Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association (OHSFSCA).
She became the first Bulldog softball player ever to be named first team all-state. She made second team All-Ohio in 2024.
Ada third baseman Maddie Gossard and catcher Sydney Newland were previously named second team all-state from the 2018 district title squad.
CLICK gallery to enlarge and view at your own pace / PHOTOS by Cort Reynolds
SPELLING CORRECTION: It's the Harriger brothers, Luke and Lincoln.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA__The Ada Gators summer swim team lost a West Ohio Aquatic League dual meet to visiting Findlay on a sunny evening, Thursday, June 19 at the Ada municipal pool.
The Gator boys dual meet record fell to 3-1 after the 228-131 loss to the Frogs. The Ada girls lost 189-120 to drop to 1-3 this summer.
