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February 2022

Yu-Gi-Oh! Battle of Chaos Prerelease

Whatever Cards & Games, LLC, 113 N Main St., has announced Yu-Gi-Oh! Battle of Chaos Prerelease is February 7 with signups starting at 6:00 PM.

The $25 entry fee includes tournament and 6 packs of Battle of Chaos to use in your deck for the event and a field center.

Prizes include a Playmat and promo card for first Place, a promo card for second, and a Playmat for Door Prize, as well as Booster packs in the prize pool based in the number of players.

Ethel Hall worked for RG Dunn Cigar Factory

Ethel Hall, age 101, passed away on Saturday, February 5, 2022, at 11:49 a.m. at the Kenton Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. 

She was born on April 3, 1920, in Magoffin County, Kentucky to Butler and Eva (Spradlin) Dale who preceded her in death.  On March 25, 1961 Ethel married Woodrow Hall and he died on November 26, 1976.

Ethel retired from the RG Dunn Cigar Factory in Lima in June of 1977, after working for 26 years. 

She is survived by a grandson, Steve King; a nephew, Tony (Sue) VanHoose; and four stepchildren:  Dorothy, Bob, Kenny, and Eugene.

Maxine Isabel McBride worked for the Ada Schools

Maxine Isabel McBride, 89, formerly of Ada, Ohio, passed away on January 21, 2022 in Grant, Michigan.

She was born on January 13, 1933 to Thomas and Gertrude (Bullock) Deringer in Lima, OH. She graduated from Ada High School in 1951. On November 16, 1958 she married Howard McBride in Ada, Ohio and he preceded her in death in March 2002.

Bulldog boys to face St. Henry in sectional 1st round

Ada seeded 12th 

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School boys basketball team was seeded 12th out of 14 teams at the Wapakoneta Div. IV district draw held Sunday, February 6.

The Bulldog boys (4-15) will travel to Coldwater to take on eighth-seeded St. Henry (10-8) Tuesday, Feb. 22. Tip-off for the sectional first round matchup is set for 7 p.m. 

The winner advances to the sectional final round to face top seed New Bremen (14-3) in Coldwater Friday, Feb. 25 at 5:30 p.m. 

The four sectional winners from Coldwater and St. Marys advance to the Wapakoneta district March 1/4.

Rotary club and history class combined

On Tuesday, January 25 the Ada Rotary Club welcomed Russ Crawford, Professor of History at ONU, and 16 members of his local history class to the club's weekly meeting.

Club members learned about class content and had the opportunity to interact with the students.

In other Rotary Club news, the Ada chapter was awarded funds for registering how many members are vaccinated for COVID-19. The club, in turn, donated the funds to the following charitable concerns:

$500 to Beatitudes community center, 210 N. Main St.

$500 to Christmas Outreach program at Ada campus of Delphos First Assembly Church

$200 to District 6710 Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund

Kesler, Dean first-place finishers at Indiana Wesleyan Midwest Classic

By Wes Mayberry, onusports.com

The Ohio Northern University men's indoor track and field team scored first-place finishes in two events and second-place finishes in three others Saturday, February 5, at the Indiana Wesleyan Midwest Classic at Troyer Fieldhouse.

Marian (Ind.), Bethel (Ind.), St. Francis (Ind.), Huntington (Ind.), Goshen (Ind.), Indiana Wesleyan, Grace (Ind.) and Taylor (Ind.) also competed in Saturday's meet, which did not keep team scores.

The Polar Bears (9-0) were led by junior Hunter Kesler (Oakwood/Paulding) and freshman Jordan Dean (Euclid/Villa Angela Saint Joseph), who posted first-place finishes in the 200 meters and 400 meters, respectively.

Ada boys outpaced by Leipsic

By Cort Reynolds

Playing in Leipsic, the Ada High School boys basketball team was outscored by the hosting Vikings 92-54 in a Northwest Conference makeup game Saturday night, February 5.

Ada trailed 17-9 after the first quarter and 45-28 at halftime. Leipsic outscored the Bulldogs 47-26 after intermission.

Viking guard Mason Brandt fired in 41 points to pace the victors.

Senior Cayden Murphy led Ada with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Junior Carter Conley contributed a dozen points. Ethan Murphy tallied eight points, while Jaden Leal amassed seven points and seven rebounds.

Bulldogs host Ada wrestling Invite; McClain, Vieira take 2nd

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High Schoolwrestling team hosted the 19-team Ada Invitational Saturday, February 5, with two Bulldog grapplers taking second in their respective weight brackets. 

Marion Elgin won the team championship with 296 points. Fostoria took second with 183, while Bucyrus was third (178). Ada finished 12th with 58.5 points.

Bulldog sophomore Clayton McClain finished second in the 126 lbs. bracket with a 4-1 record. 

Ada freshman Liam Vieira took second in the 120 lbs. bracket, with classmate Aedyn Beckwith right behind him in third. 

Freshman Rowan West was the other Bulldog placer in sixth at 132 lbs.

Book Review: The Book of Magic

By Robert McCool

When I read for pure pleasure, I read Alice Hoffman. And nothing brings me more joy than her “Magic” books.

Beginning with Practical Magic from 1995, then enhanced by The Rules of Magic in 2017, also Magic Lessons in 2020, and now finishing with The Book of Magic (Simon and Schuster, ISBN: 978-9821-5148-5), Hoffman’s novels are masterworks of extraordinarily vivid magic-realism. These books are about books, family and love, in enchanting prose that opens your heart and mind to the possibilities that life has to offer.

Lady Bulldogs swamp USV in makeup game

By Cort Reynolds

Playing in McGuffey, the Ada High School girls basketball team ran out to a big early lead and went on to rout arch-rival Upper Scioto Valley 64-36 in a non-league makeup game Saturday afternoon, February 5.

Lady Bulldog junior guard Courtney Sumner poured in 15 of her game-high 24 points in the first half as Ada built a 39-20 halftime lead.

The Bulldog girls won the second half 25-16 as Sumner added nine more points and hit two of her five triples.

Sophomore backcourt mate Olivia Burkhart tallied 15 points with the aid of three treys.

The Lady Bulldogs improved to 7-13 with their second straight victory. The Lady Rams fell to 0-19 with the defeat.

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