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March 2017

Baseball team scores 19 runs

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, March 20, 2017

CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky. — Sophomore Caleb Thomas (Strongsville) smashed a 3-run home run to lead the Ohio Northern baseball team to a 19-6 victory at Thomas More (Ky.) on Saturday at Thomas More Field.

The Polar Bears improve to 7-4 and the Saints fall to 4-2.

Thomas finished the day 3-for-3 with 5 RBI and four runs scored and junior Brandon Kasberg (Mentor) was 3-for-5 with an RBI and four runs scored.

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ONU lacrosse updates

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, March 20, 2017

Men's lacrosse wins 22-4

HOUGHTON, N.Y. — Sophomore Max Weese(Columbus/Hilliard Darby) scored a school record eight goals to lead the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team to a 22-4 victory at Houghton (N.Y.) on Saturday afternoon at Burke Field.

The Polar Bears improve to 3-3, while the Highlanders fall to 0-6.

Weese also had an assist and finished with a school record nine points.

Freshman Cameron Marous (Brecksville) scored two goals and had an assist and 12 other Ohio Northern players tallied a goal in the game.

Division II school defeats ONU in women's lacrosse

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ONU men's and women's track

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, March 20, 2017

Men's track does well

NEW CONCORD — The Ohio Northern men's track and field team opened its 2017 outdoor season with a 6-1 record at the Muskie Duals at McConagha Stadium on Saturday.

Junior Conner Karg (West Liberty/West Liberty-Salem) led the Polar Bears by sweeping the 200 anWomen's track opens season with winsd 400 dash events.

He won the 200 dash in :22.69 and won the 400 dash in :49.54.

Senior Zane Augustine (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) won the hammer throw with a toss of 46.34 meters.

Senior Adam Smith (Rocky River) and freshman Chandler Holesovsky(Bedford/Cuyahoga Heights) finished 1-2 in the pole vault.

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Once upon a time in Ada

When did Warren G. Harding visit ONU?
Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, March 20, 2017

Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse

[email protected]

February 11, 1910 the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial Tablet was dedicated to the Ada Public Schools on behalf of E.W. Gilbert, of Los Angeles, California. It is a bronze and marble memorial tablet bearing the immortal words of Lincoln uttered at a dedication of the Gettysburg battlefield as a national cemetery

March 1910 Warren G. Harding of Marion addressed Ohio Northern University’s student body at the chapel service.

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Icon dog of the week - she's waiting to go home with you

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, March 20, 2017

Here's a very friendly shepherd mix, currently available for adopting at the Hardin County dog shelter as of Monday, 3-20-17.

To give a dog a forever home, contact the Hardin County dog shelter. It is located at 49 Jones Road on the west side of Kenton.

Hours: 9 am to 4 pm on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Phone: 419-674-2209.
Generally, about 20 to 25 dogs are available for viewing.

The shelter is also the place to contact for giving up a dog, if you find a lost or stray dog, or if you come in contact with a vicious dog. It costs $20 to surrender a dog, which pays for deworming and immunizations for when it is rescued.

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YUM!

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, March 20, 2017

Time to get your tastebuds in order. The Kiwanis Club annual Pancake and Sausage Day is just around the corner.

Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 8, from 7 a.m. until 1 p.m. In the Ada Schools cafeteria for the all-you-can-eat meal.

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Gospel Ensemble to celebrate 30 years with special concert

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, March 20, 2017

The ONU  Gospel Ensemble has proved that diversity and inclusion are themes that stand the test of time. The singing group, which was founded in fall 1987, will perform its 30-year anniversary concert at 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 2 in the McIntosh Center ballroom. The event is free and open to the public.

"The concert is intended to be a celebration of the values that make the Gospel Ensemble such a special group,” said Adriane Thompson-Bradshaw, Ph.D., the group’s founder and leader as well as vice president for student affairs at ONU.

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Work to impact I-75 traffic around Findlay begins this week

Will reconstruct and widen five miles
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, March 19, 2017

Ohio Department of Transportation released the following details of Interstate 75 construction around Findlay. The following impacts to traffic related to the reconstruction and widening of Interstate 75 through Findlay and Hancock County are scheduled to occur in the coming weeks:
 
Interstate 75 Findlay
 
Interstate 75 both northbound and southbound from the area of the Blanchard River near Findlay High School to county Road 99 will be restricted to one lane at times through the work zone during nighttime hours only beginning late in the week of March 20 or early the week of March 27.

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2 gain All-America honors in women's basketball

Britt Lauck first team, Amy Bullimore HM
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, March 19, 2017

Senior Britt Lauck (Lima Shawnee) and junior Amy Bullimore (Little Miami) were named All-America in women's basketball for 2016-17 by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.

Lauck was a First Team WBCA All-American and Bullimore was named to the Honorable Mention All-America team.

D3hoops.com also named Lauck Second Team All-America.

Lauck and Bullimore led the Polar Bears in scoring this season, averaging 14.1 ppg each.

Lauck was also named First Team All-Great Lakes Region and was the Ohio Athletic Conference Player of the Year from her point guard position.

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ONU near top in OAC poll

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Sunday, March 19, 2017

ONU men's and women's outdoor track and field teams were selected to finish second in the OAC coaches preseason poll, voted on by the leagues 10 head coaches. Mount Union was picked to win by the coaches in both polls.

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