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Ada track runs at W-G Relays

Posted by Staff on Sunday, April 3, 2022

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School track and field squads competed at the eight-team Joe Rider Horn Tiger Relays hosted by Waynesfield-Goshen Saturday, April 2.

Indian Lake edged Spencerville to take won the girls team title, while Bath captured the boys team crown.

The Ada girls finished seventh at the event, while the Bulldog boys came in eighth.

Ada senior Lauren Mullins finished in a first-place tie as an individual in the pole vault. The Bulldog tandem of Mullins and Josie Phillips took first in the PV relay. 

The Ada boys shuttle relay quartet also came in first.

 

Top Ada finishers:

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Photo-story: Ada girls best USV, fall to MC

Posted by Staff on Sunday, April 3, 2022

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School girls softball team split a home twinbill vs. Upper Scioto Valley and Miller City on a chilly Saturday afternoon, April 2, at Ada War Memorial Park.

The Lady Bulldogs whipped the rival Rams 11-4 in the opener, but lost the nightcap 15-4 to MC to run their record to 1-2 this season.

"Against USV we kept it together and answered back," said new Lady Bulldog head coach Jeff Bassitt. "We shut them down the last four innings and Jenna settled down."

Ada jumped on top with two runs in the home first vs. USV. Jenna Bassitt and Aidra Preston opened the game with consecutive singles and came in to score.

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Ada baseball splits two with Rams

Posted by Staff on Sunday, April 3, 2022

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School baseball team split a doubleheader with arch-rival Upper Scioto Valley Saturday afternoon, April 2, at Ada War Memorial Park.

Ada held on to win the opener 3-2, but a big Ram rally early in the nightcap paved the way for a 16-2 win. The Bulldogs ran their record to 2-1 with the split. USV is now 2-2.

In the first game, Ada held onto a 2-1 lead for most of the game after scoring two runs in the second.

The Bulldogs tacked on a crucial run in the bottom of the sixth.

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APL has wealth of print and digital news

Posted by Paula Scott on Sunday, April 3, 2022

The Icon has been enjoying the Ada Public Library's weath of print and digital newspapers. Visit http://ada.advantage-preservation.com/ to see digitized Ada and Hardin County newspapers dating as far back as 1867.

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Photo-story: AHS seniors learn about medical emergency preparedness

Posted by Paula Scott on Sunday, April 3, 2022

Last week Ada High School seniors spent two class periods with Ada-Liberty EMS chief Tom Miller and Mercy Health EMS coordinator Brian Anderson learning about responding to medical emergencies. The sessions emphasized that as a friend, family member, teammate, coworker or bystander they may someday be in a position to save someone's life.

The students learned when to call 911, including if they suspect a heart attack or stroke. The instructors emphasized that minutes count in these instances and that some forms of treatment begin on location by EMS crews.

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First ONU college building

Posted by Staff on Sunday, April 3, 2022

David Devier, Ph.D., attended ONU, taught there for 15 years, and lived in and around Ada for 45 years. In the following column he provides an item of "town and gown" history that fits with the theme of Founders Day, celebrated this year on April 6.

By David Devier

This is a plate from the 1902 publication "Ada and the O.N.U. The New and the Old" photo book. This plate shows H. S. Lehr standing in front of the house at 122 West Monford St, which still stands (see photo attached), that served as his first college building.

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