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A section of County Road 44 will close Aug 19-23 for paving

The office of the Hardin County Engineer has announced that County Road 44 between Ada and County Road 65 will be closed Friday, August 19-Tuesday, August 23 for road paving.

Bulldog golfers nipped by Ridgemont

By Cort Reynolds

Looking for their first win, the Ada High School golf team came close but dropped a dual match vs. Hardin County rival Ridgemont at Memorial Golf Course in Kenton Wednesday evening, Agust 17.

The Gophers defeated the Bulldogs by 14 strokes, 220-234.

Senior Geddes Klingler topped Ada with a round of 50 to finish second overall in the match. 

Bulldog junior Jack Baumgartner recorded a score of 56. Senior Dale Hoyt carded a season-low 58. Freshman Jayden Shaffer shot 70, while classmate Sam Crawford added a round of 71.

Ridgemont's Hayden Oats was match medalist with a 47.

Bulldog boys knot Wildcats in soccer lid-lifter

By Cort Reynolds

Ada tied visiting Bath 3-3 in an exciting non-league boys soccer opener on a warm Wednesday evening on the synthetic turf at War Memorial Stadium.

Ada senior Carter Conley tallied the game's first goal. 

The Wildcats tied it 1-1 on a long free kick that sailed into the corner of the goal with 44 seconds to go in the first half.

But Bulldog junior Carson Gossard untied it by booting a left-footed shot into the net with just seven ticks remaining in the half to give Ada the lead back.

The Bulldogs led 2-1 at halftime, but Bath took their first lead with two goals. 

Ball of Confusion

By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

The Temptations released the song, “A Ball of Confusion” on the Motown label in 1970.  The song was featured on their Puzzle People album and was written by the team of Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong. The song was a political statement on the chaos and disorder with the pervading times.  The lyrics are still relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic.  The lyrics, “ball of confusion, oh yeah, that’s what the world is today” can certainly be applied to the SARS-CoV-2 mutations, the spread of monkeypox, and the new cases of polio.

It's that time of year

At 8:00 a.m. on August 17, a delicate fog adorned the landscape along old Route 30. With school starting on August 18 and temperatures dipping into the 50s at night, it's time to keep an eye out for fog delays.

New ONU assistant director of athletics introduced

By Wes Mayberry
www.onusports.com

Ohio Northern has named Kourtney Wilson as its new assistant director of athletics.

"I am very excited to have Kourtney join our athletics family and university community," ONU director of athletics Tom Simmons said. "We are looking forward to taking advantage of her experience in athletics for the benefit of our student-athletes."

Wilson fills the position vacated by Michele Durand, who is now the head women's basketball coach at the University of Findlay.

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