Sophomore Lucas Penningto tied a career-high with 22 points to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team in a 79-70 loss to Otterbein Wednesday evening at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears fall to 6-5 overall and are 2-2 in Ohio Athletic Conference play, while the Cardinals improve to 5-4, 2-2.
Pennington nailed four 3-pointers and added two assists and three steals to go with his game-high 22 points.
Junior Branden Rushton added 16 points and junior Dominique Royal added 13 points for ONU.
Otterbein was led by Andy Yazrombek with 21 points and C.J. Julian with 14 points.
Four Ohio Northern women's soccer players were named All-Ohio and four were named Academic All-Ohio in voting conducted by the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association.
Senior Tara Tokar and sophomore Kristina Klusek were named First Team All-Ohio.
Senior defender Paige Garber and juniorAbby Vargo were both named Second Team All-Ohio.
Head coach Mark Batman was also named Coach of the Year.
Garber and Tokar were named First Team Academic All-Ohio, while junior Abbie Schauble was named Second Team Academic All-Ohio and junior Lauren Brown was named Third Team Academic All-Ohio.
Tokar, a pharmacy major, was named to the NSCAA Scholar All-Region team.
The Ohio Northern women's basketball team rose two spots in both the D3hoops.com poll and the USA Today Sports Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll.
The Polar Bear are ranked No. 15 in the D3hoops.com poll and No. 19 in the USA Today Sports Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll.
In the D3hoops.com poll, ONU received 217 points.
DePauw (Ind.) remained in the top sport with 623 points, fellow OAC foe Mount Union is second with 583 points and Calvin (Mich.) remains No. 3 with 523 points.
The Polar Bears were ranked No. 24 in the first weekly poll, No. 20 in the second poll and No. 17 in the third poll.
Five Ohio Northern men's soccer players were named All-Ohio and four were named Academic All-Ohio in voting done by the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association.
Seniors Nate Bascom, Mac Church,Cameron Johnson and Austin Windsorwere all named First Team All-Ohio.
In addition, senior Chris Matejka and freshman Keegan Ross were both named Second Team All-Ohio and head coach Brent Ridenour was named Coach of the Year.
Bascom, Church, Johnson and Windsor were also named First Team Academic All-Ohio, while junior Matt Fleming was named Second Team Academic All-Ohio.
Bascom earns his second straight First Team All-Ohio First Team Academic All-Ohio selection.
The Community Economic Development Center (CEDC) at Ohio Northern University will hold six noncredit certification classes beginning in January. Classes are free and open to the public, and all events begin at 6:30 p.m.
Classes range in length from one to six weeks, and each class focuses on general topics relating to the development of a business. The classes range from exploring self-employment to computer literacy.
Ohio Northern University’s multidisciplinary “Healthy Campus” wellness program has produced a more healthy campus, and its results are being nationally recognized.
ONU’s Healthy Campus initiative is a joint effort between the ONU Office of Human Resources and ONU HealthWise, which presented their results at the American Public Health Association meeting in October.
Hattie Castle died at 8:36 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima.
She was born March 17, 1937 in Breathitt County, Ky., to Will and Junnie (Brown) McIntosh. On March 5, 1955 she married Willard Castle and he survives in Ada.
Also surviving are three sons, Roger Lee (Donna) Castle of Ada, William Brian (Julie) Castle of McGuffey and Raymond Glenn (Cherie) Castle of Ada; two sisters, Revel (Bert) Conley of Ada and Norma Jean (Hazard) Moore of Alger; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by three sisters, Bonnie Eversole, Wanda Lee Stevens and Myrtle Dunson.
