Ada vs. Ft. Jennings game account below- By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The visiting Ridgemont boys basketball team rallied in the second half to nip county rival Ada 55-51 in a hard-fought Friday night season-opener.
Smooth Gopher sophomore Landon Newland tallied all 21 of his points in the second half, paving the way to victory via a 32-22 advantage after intermission.
Newland netted 11 points in the decisive third period as Ridgemont rallied from a 29-23 halftime deficit with a 17-9 quarter to grab a two-point lead heading to the final stanza.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The traditionally competitive Ada varsity wrestling program enters its third consecutive season under a new head coach this winter in former Bulldog assistant David Ames.
Eric Perkins, who served as Ada head coach last season, has moved up into the atheltic director's role this school year.
Ames served as an assistant for the highly-successful Allen East program over the past several years, but also previously assisted at Ada under the program's first head coach, Branden Nickles.
On Wednesday, Nov. 27, a deputy from the Hardin Co. Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop on US Rt 68 north of Kenton for a traffic violation.
Upon making contact with the male occupant/driver from Michigan the deputy observed signs of illegal narcotics in the vehicle.
The deputy conducted a roadside investigation and discovered over 30 pounds of marijuana along with hash, meth amphetamines and numerous edible marijuana products.
The driver was arrested and the vehicle impounded for further investigation. The driver was incarcerated at the Multi County Correctional Center in Marion and the investigation continues.
