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Amherst (Mass.) defeated ONU's nemesis Christopher Newport (Va.), 66-51.

Tufts (Mass.) defeated St. Thomas (Fla.) 60-57.

Amherst defeated Tufts, 52-29, for the Championship. This was the lowest scoring championship basketball game in NCAA Division III history.

Also, attendance for the final game was the lowest ever with the two Massachusetts teams in the final being a long way from Grand Rapids

LIMA -- The Ohio Northern women's tennis team ran its winning streak to five matches with a 9-0 victory over Wittenberg Sunday night indoors at the Westwood Tennis and Fitness Center.

The Polar Bears improve to 13-2 overall, while the Tigers fall to 5-9.

Northern swept the doubles matches to take a quick 3-0 lead.

Junior Lynn Kelly (Mason) and sophomore Ashley Ochsenhirt (Birmingham, Ala./Briarwood Christian) won 8-1 at No. 1 and seniors Christina Corbean(Dayton/Oakwood) and Brittany Toney(Greenwood, Ind.) won 8-2 at No. 2.

CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky. — Sophomore Caleb Thomas (Strongsville) smashed a 3-run home run to lead the Ohio Northern baseball team to a 19-6 victory at Thomas More (Ky.) on Saturday at Thomas More Field.

The Polar Bears improve to 7-4 and the Saints fall to 4-2.

Thomas finished the day 3-for-3 with 5 RBI and four runs scored and junior Brandon Kasberg (Mentor) was 3-for-5 with an RBI and four runs scored.

Men's lacrosse wins 22-4

HOUGHTON, N.Y. — Sophomore Max Weese(Columbus/Hilliard Darby) scored a school record eight goals to lead the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team to a 22-4 victory at Houghton (N.Y.) on Saturday afternoon at Burke Field.

The Polar Bears improve to 3-3, while the Highlanders fall to 0-6.

Weese also had an assist and finished with a school record nine points.

Freshman Cameron Marous (Brecksville) scored two goals and had an assist and 12 other Ohio Northern players tallied a goal in the game.

Division II school defeats ONU in women's lacrosse

Men's track does well

NEW CONCORD — The Ohio Northern men's track and field team opened its 2017 outdoor season with a 6-1 record at the Muskie Duals at McConagha Stadium on Saturday.

Junior Conner Karg (West Liberty/West Liberty-Salem) led the Polar Bears by sweeping the 200 anWomen's track opens season with winsd 400 dash events.

He won the 200 dash in :22.69 and won the 400 dash in :49.54.

Senior Zane Augustine (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) won the hammer throw with a toss of 46.34 meters.

Senior Adam Smith (Rocky River) and freshman Chandler Holesovsky(Bedford/Cuyahoga Heights) finished 1-2 in the pole vault.

When did Warren G. Harding visit ONU?

Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse

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February 11, 1910 the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial Tablet was dedicated to the Ada Public Schools on behalf of E.W. Gilbert, of Los Angeles, California. It is a bronze and marble memorial tablet bearing the immortal words of Lincoln uttered at a dedication of the Gettysburg battlefield as a national cemetery

March 1910 Warren G. Harding of Marion addressed Ohio Northern University’s student body at the chapel service.

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