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Proficient!

Ada FFA Proficiency award winners, from left are: Andy Rayl, Michaela Guyton,Hope Hazelton,Caleb Garmon, Jared Clum, Justin England and Alex Nichelson. The story on the home page lists all awards presented at this year's FFA banquet.

Ada HS FFA banquet honors award winners; new officers installed

By Chapter Reporter Michaela Guyton
The annual Ada FFA banquet was held in late March in the cafeteria at Ada High School. Vice President Caleb Garmon welcomed the guest to start the evening, this was followed by Chaplain Hope Hazelton giving the invocation before the guests and members ate dinner, catered by Sweet Caroline’s.          

Evan McKee named OAC men's track and field runner of the week

By Zaji Lieberman

Junior Evan McKee has been named Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Outdoor Track and Field Runner of the Week.

At the Marv Frye Invitational on Saturday, McKee won the 800-meter run with a time of 1:57.39 to lead Ohio Northern men's outdoor track & field team to a ninth place finish.

McKee is the second Polar Bear to receive the award during the outdoor season. Junior Mark Berton received the award in the week ending March 25.

Ohio Northern will return to action on Saturday when it heads back to Ohio Wesleyan for the All-Ohio Championships.

Can't file your taxes by April 15?

The Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers that quick and easy solutions are available if they can’t file their returns or pay their taxes on time, and they can even request relief online.

Either way, taxpayers will avoid stiff penalties if they file either a regular income tax return or a request for a tax-filing extension by this year’s April 15 deadline.

Taxpayers should file, even if they can’t pay the full amount due. Here are further details on the options available.

People who haven’t finished filling out their return can get an automatic six-month extension.

Softball sweeps Otterbein 7-5, 6-5 in OAC road twin-bill

By Tim Glon

The Ohio Northern softball team swept Otterbein in an Ohio Athletic Conference double header Saturday afternoon at Rike Field.

The Polar Bears improve to 3-9 overall and are 2-4 in OAC action, while the Cardinals fall to 10-8, 0-4.

Northern won the opener 7-5 and took the nightcap 6-5 in nine innings.

Freshman Anne Dreher went 4-for-8 with a double and two home runs in the two games to lead the ONU offense.

Dreher's 2-run home run keyed a 5-run fourth inning in Game 1, giving the Polar Bears a 5-1 lead.

Women's tennis defeats Albion (Mich.) 8-1 and Hope (Mich.) 6-3 at Michigan-Ohio Challenge

By Tim Glon

The Ohio Northern women's tennis team topped Albion (Mich.) 8-1 and regionally ranked Hope (Mich.) 6-3 at the Michigan-Ohio Challenge Saturday morning at the DeWitt Tennis Center at Hope College.

The Ohio-Michigan Tennis Challenge pits three Michigan teams (Albion, Hope, and Kalamazoo) against three Ohio teams (Kenyon, Oberlin, and Ohio Northern).

The Ohio teams finished 7-0 in the challenge.

The Polar Bears improve to 15-4 overall, while the Britons fall to 5-6.

Against Albion, freshman Rachael Miller teamed with junior Michelle Tuma to win 8-3 in a proset at No. 1 doubles.

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