The No. 21-ranked Ohio Northern women's soccer team improved to 6-0-0 in Ohio Athletic Conference action after defeating Heidelberg 3-1 at Kerscher Stadium on Tuesday night.
ONU (12-2-2 overall, 6-0-0 OAC) won its eighth consecutive match.
Junior Abigail Mathews (Liberty Township/Lakota East) provided the match's first goal in the 15th minute on a blast from 22 yards out. Senior Rose Nienaber (Cincinnati/Oak Hills) earned the corner and an assist in the sequence.
The Ohio Northern wrestling team was picked to finish fifth in the 2019-20 Ohio Athletic Conference Coaches poll in voting conducted by the league's eight head coaches.
The Polar Bears, under 32nd-year head coach Ron Beaschler, received 24 points in the poll.
Mount Union was picked to finish first with 49 points and seven first place votes, Baldwin Wallace was picked second with 42 points and John Carroll was third with 38 points and one first place vote.
ONU returns seven starters and 11 lettermen from last year's squad that went 6-9 overall and was 1-5 in the OAC.
Ohio Northern will open its 2019-20 campaign on Nov. 9 at the Mount Union Invitational.
Ada schools invite families and community members to the Guinness World Record Football Toss event taking place at 2 p.m. on Friday at War Memorial Stadium.
According to school officials, it is possible that volunteers are needed from the stands to participate on the field in the event.
Persons interested in being a volunteer should arrive at the field at 1:35 p.m.
Debbie Annette Allsup, 60, died on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, at 7:52 a.m. at her residence in Alger, Ohio.
She was born on Feb. 28, 1959, in Lima, Ohio, to the late Leon and Hazel (Wicker) Hicks. She married Wally Allsup, who preceded her in death on April 24, 2010.
Debbie worked for Wal-Mart in Findlay as an Educator. She attended Lima Senior High School and was a member of the Ada Full Gospel Pentecostal Church of God. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and friends; she enjoyed painting, gardening and her work at Wal-Mart.
Enjoy a meal at Viva Maria's next week and you will help the United Way of Hardin County.
The popular Ada restaurant will participated in the Hardin County "All Out for United Way" from 4 to 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 30, according to Phyllis Griffith of the United Way.
Viva Maria will give a portion of their proceeds that evening to United Way of Hardin County. Funds will benefit 22 partner agencies.
Earlier this month Enrique Cabrera, manager of El Campo Mexican Restaurant, Ada, welcomed patrons for the first “All Out “for this year’s campaign for United Way of Hardin County.
