By Cort Reynolds - photos at bottom of story
LIMA - Six members of the Ada varsity wrestling team competed in the 14-team Div. III sectionals at Lima Central Catholic Friday and Saturday.
Ada finished 12th and sent three wrestlers on to the district meet with strong individual performances. Dominating Allen East won the sectional crown easily by 98 points over second-place Wayne Trace (251 to 153). Coldwater came in third (143.5).
The Bulldogs compiled 52 points to finish ahead of Lincolnview and Pandora-Gilboa.
A top-four finish qualifies a wrestler to the next level of competition at the district competition in Troy.
By Cort Reynolds
Photos by Stephanie Frazier
BLUFFTON - Undefeated Columbus Grove raced to a big early lead and eliminated Ada 59-35 in the Div. IV boys sectional basketball finals at Bluffton University Friday night.
The previous weekend, Ada gave Grove all it could handle in the regular season finale before CG took over with a 20-7 closing run to win 56-46.
In the rematch seven days later, Grove jumped ahead 19-6 after one quarter and was never seriously threatened.
Stephanie Frazier captured this photo during the rematch between Ada and Columbus Grove in the Friday night sectional finals at Bluffton University. Grove won the game. Click here for the story from Cort Reynolds and more game photos.
Note: this article is provided by Ohio Northern University's HealthWise Pharmacy.
Across the United States, flu activity is high. And it's expected to continue for weeks.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that flu activity remains high in the U.S. The agency estimated that there had so far been at least 26 million flu illnesses, resulting in 250,000 hospitalizations and 14,000 deaths, this season.
Although the number of hospitalizations was comparable to this point in the season in previous years, the rates among children and young adults were higher.
By Christian Steiner, MD Psychiatric Center of Northwest Ohio
“Who sees a psychiatrist anyway?” This is a common question I have been asked by many different people outside of my office. Many times, this question is brought up to me in social situations where the topic of mental health arises in passing. I often forget that psychiatry has a stigma as every day I encounter people from all walks of life who are seeking professional help for an array of different issues.
