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You had to be there

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 29, 2018

If you attended Ada High School in the 1985-86 school year, you can probably name these students.

They are on the cover of the yearbook that school year and were waiting in the lunch line when this photo was taken. From left, Andrea Traster, Jill Davis, Stephanie Shull and Carla Willeke.

The yearbook theme was "You Had To Be There."

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Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 29, 2018

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52 BOOP

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 29, 2018

52  BOOP - The Icon spotted this Hardin County plate on a silver Lincoln MKZ in downtown Bluffton.

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Wildcats run past Bulldog boys

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, January 29, 2018

By Cort Reynolds

KENTON - Host Kenton blew open a close game with a 19-3 second period and rolled to a 73-41 win over Hardin County rival Ada in non-conference boys basketball play Saturday night.  

 

The purple and gold drop to 3-14 with the defeat, while the Wildcats improve to 9-5 after the victory.

 

Ada trailed by only two late in a high-scoring first period. But then Kenton reeled off 16 unanswered points to take control, and the hosts were never threatened again.

 

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Once upon a time in Ada

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, January 29, 2018

Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse
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Retired ONU prof a $24,168 winner

On Wheel of Fortune
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, January 28, 2018

By Monty Siekerman
Good fortune awaited Susan Putt who was a contestant on Wheel of Fortune, which was telecast Thursday evening. Susan, a retired ONU English professor, won a trip to Iceland and cash prizes that totaled $24,168.

She mentioned Ohio Northern as her former place of employment and cheerily said, “Go ‘Bears” when host Pat Sajak introduced her.

She acknowledged her husband Harold, a retired math prof, along with her sister Judy and friends Becky and Linda who were in the audience to root her on.

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Whiteout!

Cystic fibrosis fundraiser in memory of Angela and in honor of Kim
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, January 28, 2018

MORE PHOTOS BELOW -

By Monty Siekerman
It was a whiteout at King-Horn Saturday when the men’s basketball team played Capital and those attending opened their wallets and purses to give to cystic fibrosis research.

The appeal for funds hoped to raise about $2,000, bringing the total to near $50,000 since the CF fundraisers began at Northern. The whiteout included white shirts and towels for spectators.

The team was dressed in white except for a touch of orange. Even the polar bear was appropriately dressed in white, but Klondike always is.

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Women track stars do well throughout Midwest

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Sunday, January 28, 2018

The Ohio Northern indoor track and field team scattered across the Midwest on Saturday, competing successfully in three separate meets.

The Polar Bears had athletes at the Indiana Relays, hosted by Big 10 member Indiana, the Findlay Open, hosted by NCAA Divison II foe Findlay, and the SPIRE Midwest Open, a meet in Geneva consisting primarily of NCAA Division II and III schools.

Junior Maddy Reed (Piketon) had an impressive performance against Division I competition, tying for third in the pole vault at the Indiana Relays at Gladstein Fieldhouse Bloomington, Ind.

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Men’s track does well against bigger schools

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Sunday, January 28, 2018

The No. 8-ranked Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team had outstanding performances at the SPIRE Midwest Open in Geneva and the Findlay Open in Findlay on Saturday.

The Polar Bears had athletes at the Findlay Open, hosted by NCAA Division II foe Findlay, and the SPIRE Midwest Open, a meet in Geneva consisting primarily of NCAA Division II and III schools.

Senior All-American Matt Molinaro (Sterling Heights, Mich./De LaSalle) won the the 800-meter run at the SPIRE Midwest Open.

Molinaro finished first out of 83 runners in the event in 4:14.16.

Junior Ian McVey (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) finished seventh in the 3,000-meter run in 8:31.32.

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ONU 82, Capital 60; Bruns honored

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Sunday, January 28, 2018

The Ohio Northern men's basketball team turned in a stellar defensive performance in an 82-60 Ohio Athletic Conference victory over Capital on Saturday at the ONU Sports Center.

Ryan Bruns, a junior, was honored in a ceremony before the game for breaking ONU's all-time career blocked shots record and for reaching the 1,000-point plateau for his career. ONU All-American Stan Mories, who blocked 171 shots from 1979-82, presented Bruns with plaque for breaking his record that had stood for 36 years.

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