By Cort Reynolds
VAN WERT - The Ada cross country team competed in the Van Wert Invitational meet Saturday.
The Bulldog boys finished 12th in the 12-team meet. Ottawa-Glandorf (61 points) nosed out Shawnee (65) for the team title.
Lincolnview finished third with 79 points, followed by Parkway (119), Van Wert (123), Crestview (147), Elida (178), Ottoville (213), Bluffton (217), Paulding (251), Allen East (274) and Ada (350).
Bulldog senior Hunter Wells ended up 77th in a field of 150 runners to register the top Ada finish. Sophomore Seth Swaney came in 87th to finish second for the Bulldogs.
By Cort Reynolds
KENTON - The visiting Ada volleyball team swept Hardin County foe Kenton in a non-league match Monday evening to post their fourth win in the last five matches.
The Lady Bulldogs evened their record at 8-8 with the 26-24, 25-18, 25-20 victory. Kenton fell to 1-8 with the defeat.
"Kirsten Poling went down with a knee injury in the second set so Courtney Sumner went in and helped the team work hard for the win," said Ada head coach Kyleigh Tabor.
Ohio Northern rallied from a 35-17 third quarter deficit, but Wilmington scored with 28 seconds left to post a 42-38 football victory on a warm Saturday afternoon at Williams Stadium.
The Polar Bears (1-2 overall, 1-1 Ohio Athletic Conference) scored 21 unanswered points to go ahead 38-35 with 7:35 to play.
Northern's defense got a stop and took over at its own 35, but punted the ball after a 3-and-out back to the Quakers (1-2, 1-1) with 2:12 left in the game.
Wilmington took over at its 11-yard line and marched 89 yards in 1:44 to score the go-ahead touchdown with 28 seconds left to take a 42-38 lead.
Ada loves a parade and the Harvest and Herb Festival parade gets better each year.
Ken Collins shares these photos of Saturday's parade with Icon viewers. It's complete with flags, bands, fire trucks, queen candidates, church groups, cheerleaders, civic clubs, pets, sports teams, clowns and politicans.
Watch the Icon all week as we share Ken's photos of one of Ada's favorite Saturday's of the year.
What a festival! The weather was perfect and the crowd was enormous. Ken Collins took this photo of Main Street at the height of Saturday's fall festival. More photos on the way.
By Tim Glon
The Ohio Northern volleyball team retired the No. 9 jersey of former standout and three-time All-American middle hitter Liz Schnelle in a ceremony on Saturday afternoon.
Ten years removed from the court, she remains ONU's all-time career kills leader with 2,222 and hitting percentage leader at .367 from 2006-09.
Schnelle was named First Team All-America and in both her junior and seniors seasons and was a Third Team All-American as a sophomore.
She was four-time All-OAC honoree and was named the OAC Player of the Year twice.
