No. 18-ranked Ohio Northern got first period pins from senior Kyle Raber and junior Michael Pawlitz and posted a 42-4 Ohio Athletic Conference wrestling victory at John Carroll Tuesday night at the Don Shula Sports Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 13-2 overall and stay atop the OAC with a 2-0 record, while the Blue Streaks fall to 3-5, 0-2.
ONU won nine of the 10 weight classes and are now 18-2 in OAC dual meet action this year.
Raber won by fall in 1:08 at 184 pounds and Pawlitz followed with a pin in 52 seconds at 197 pounds.
Raber improves to 6-5 on the season and Pawlitz is now 21-4 with a team-best 11 pins.
Miami University's record-setting quarterback and Ada native Zac Dysert has been invited to play in the 2013 Senior Bowl, scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 26 (4 p.m. ET), at Mobile's Ladd-Peebles Stadium.
The game will be nationally televised by the NFL Network.
Dysert is the 15th Miami player and the first since 2005 to earn an invitation to the nation's most unique football game and football's premier senior showcase event. The Senior Bowl annually features the country's best senior collegiate football players and top NFL draft prospects on teams representing the North and South that will be coached by the coaching staffs of the Detroit Lions and the Oakland Raiders.
The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce held its celebration dinner on Jan. 16 and announced significant dates for 2013 and made Board of Director appointments for 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Board of Directors are as follows:
2013
Karen Garver, Justin Courtney and Dustin Brooks
2014
Elizabeth Abel, Becky Neville, and Jolene Bailey
2015
JoNell Hanratty, Linda Fleming and Ashley Lehman
Apollo Career Center will hold Apollopalooza on January 29, 2013, 5:30-7 p.m., to kick-off National Career and Technical Education Month, which runs through February according to Dana Dukes Norton, community relations liaison.
Apollopalooza will showcase both the high school and adult education programs. The event is free and open to the public.
