The Ohio Northern men's tennis team cruised past Heidelberg 9-0 in its 2018-19 Ohio Athletic Conference opener Wednesday afternoon at the University Tennis Courts in Ada.
With the victory, the Polar Bears even their overall record at 6-6 and improve to 1-0 in league action. The Student Princes fall to 0-3 on the season and 0-2 against OAC opposition.
During Wednesday's match, all nine Ohio Northern players recorded at least one win, including two wins each from sophomore Joji Imatomi (Yokohama, Japan/Kamakura Gakuen) and freshmen Noah Elliott(Hilliard/Davidson) and Andrew Cochran (Wooster).
Several Ada Area Chamber of Commerce-related events are on the community calendar this month, according to Heather Cox, chamber board president.
These were announced at the April 3 chamber board meeting.
The chamber’s monthly breakfast meetings have out-grown their Vancrest meeting room. Meeting are now at the Ada Public Library. The next meeting is at 8 a.m., Wednesday, April 17. Breakfast will be provided. The meeting is open to anyone interested in joining the chamber.
Deb Curlis, chamber director, announced that the chamber now has 78 members and it continues to gain members.
Ada elementary principal, Ben Thaxton, says his favorite ice cream sundae is a banana split.
Too bad elementary students didn’t know that on Friday morning. They’d have somehow fit bananas into their “turn Mr. Thaxton into a sundae,” project.
This all came about when elementary math students raised funds for St. Jude’s Math-A-Thon. The students topped their goal of raising $5,000 by reaching $6,127.76. Fund were raised as students received pledges to work on math problems.
And, Mr. Thaxton promised to be turned into a sundae if the $5,000 goal was met.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada tennis team defeated Western Buckeye League foe Wapakoneta 4-1 at the Ohio Northern University Marmon Courts Thursday evening.
The Bulldog netters improved to 4-1 with their third win over a WBL squad this season. Wapak fell to 4-2 with the loss.
"I was very pleased with today's outcome," said Ada head coach Cody Hurley. "We played our most complete match from top to bottom as a team this season, and we picked up a great win as a result.
"Cade and Miranda were very impressive in singles, winning in straights sets. Isaac battled to the end and finished strong after 2.5 hours sweeping singles for us.
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The visiting Ada softball team lost an 11-3 decision at Bluffton in the Northwest Conference opener on a chilly Thursday evening.
The purple and gold dropped to 2-3 and 0-1 in the NWC with the defeat. Bluffton improved to 4-1 and 1-0 in league play with the victory.
The Pirates scored in all six frames they batted. They tallied two times in the first and three more in the second to take a 5-2 lead. Two runs in each of the third and fourth frames extended the margin to 9-2.
Ada plated two runs in the second inning, and one in the fifth.
