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November 2017

Historic season ends for women's soccer

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Sunday, November 19, 2017

GENEVA, N.Y. — The No. 14-ranked Ohio Northern women's soccer team saw its historic season come to an end in the quarterfinal round of the 2017 NCAA Div. III Women's Soccer Tournament as it fell to No. 5-ranked Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) 1-0 on Sunday afternoon at Boswell Field in Geneva, N.Y.

The Polar Bears conclude their season at 20-2-2 overall, while the Cowgirls improve to 23-0-0 overall and advance to the Final Four in Greensboro, N.C.

The 2017 season saw many firsts for the Polar Bears as they advanced to the Elite 8 of the NCAA Div. III Tournament for the first time in school history. 

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Need a poinsettia for Christmas? Or, two, or three?

Ada HS juniors selling the flowers as a prom fundraiser
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, November 19, 2017

Ada High School juniors are selling poinsettias this year to raise money for prom. The Christmas flowers come from New Leaf. The sale continues until Monday.

ATTENTION ADA STUDENTS: The Ada Academic Boosters will draw names to give away Visa Gift Cards for the amounts of $150, $100 and $50. To enter the drawing, Ada students need to bring Box Tops to Language Arts classrooms.  Fill out an entry slip for every 10 Box Tops brought in.  The boosters will draw three winners from middle school and three from high school.

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Wrestling starts with Findlay Open

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Sunday, November 19, 2017

FINDLAY — Junior Clayton Davidson (Kirtland) and sophomore Nate Barcaskey (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) each placed fourth to lead the Ohio Northern wrestling team at the non-scoring Findlay Open on Saturday at the Croy Gymnasium.

The open tournament featured 19 teams from NCAA Divisions I, II and III and NAIA schools. There were no team scores kept for the tournament.

Davidson (2-2 record) and Barcaskey (3-2 record) posted fourth place finishes in the 184 and 285 pound weight classes, respectively.

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ReStore free Thanksgiving meal is Tuesday

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Sunday, November 19, 2017

The annual free Thanksgiving meal will be held at ReStore Community Center on Tuesday. Doors open at 3:30 p.m. with serving beginning at 4 p.m. Last year, ReStore served 168 Thanksgiving meals. Following the dinner, the center will be closed the rest of the week.

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Historical Society to meet Monday

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Sunday, November 19, 2017

The Historical Society will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday at the Ada Public Library.  All are welcome.

The Society is in the organizational stage and all of those interested are encouraged to attend to help determine future projects, elect additional officers, discuss where and how historical materials are located and stored, etc.
There has been good interest in forming the Society with 13 people in attendance at the first three meetings. 

There is a good cross section of the community represented: older and young, men and women, from ONU and the community, long-time residents and newcomers

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Turkeys in disguise

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, November 18, 2017

This is how Ada Elementary second graders see turkeys in disguise. And why wouldn't the big, delicious birds want to wear a disguise this time of year?

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Emily Richards gains All-America honors

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, November 18, 2017

ELSAH, Ill. — Ohio Northern senior Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) earned All-America honors with a ninth place finish at the 2017 NCAA III Women's Cross Country Championships on a cold, wet and windy afternoon at the North Farm Cross Country Course.

Richards finished the 6,000-meter course in 21:02, good for ninth place in the 279-women field.

The top 40 runners earn All-America honors.

Her 21:02 time broke her personal best time by a full 45 seconds and was just two seconds off the school record of 21:00 by Alison (Steinbrunner) Kwiat in 2012.

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McVey earns All-America honors in NCAA championships

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, November 18, 2017

ELSAH, Ill. — Junior Ian McVey (Stow/Munroe Falls) earned All-America honors with a 10th place finish and led No. 26-ranked Ohio Northern to a 19th place finish at the 2017 NCAA III Men's Cross Country Championships on a cold, wet and windy afternoon at the North Farm Cross Country Course.

The Polar Bears (126-37 overall) finished with 456 points in the 32-team field.

McVey finished the 8,000-meter course in 24:37, good for ninth place in the 279-man field.

The top 40 runners earn All-America honors.

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Women's basketball wins big: 84-48

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, November 18, 2017

The No. 7-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team rebounded in its second contest of the young season, as it defeated St. Mary's (Ind.) 84-48 on Saturday afternoon on the final day of the North Park (Ill.) Invitational in Chicago, Ill.

The Polar Bears improve to 1-1 overall, while the Belles fall to 0-2.

The Polar Bears return to action on Tuesday evening as they travel to Defiance to take on the Yellow Jackets at 5:30 pm.

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Women's soccer now in Elite 8

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, November 18, 2017

GENEVA, N.Y. — Freshman Jenna Fuller (Countryside, Ill./Lyons Township) scored less than 30 seconds into the overtime period of the NCAA Div. III Tournament to help the No. 14-ranked Ohio Northern women's soccer team earn its first Elite 8 berth in school history as the Polar Bears took down No. 2-ranked William Smith (N.Y.) 1-0 on Saturday afternoon at Cozzens Field.

The Polar Bears improve to 20-1-2 overall, while the Herons end their season at 19-2-0.

The two defensive minded teams held true to their style of play as the first half saw a combined eight shots and ended in a 0-0 tie.

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