Ohio Northern University’s T.J. Smull College of Engineering is pleased to welcome to campus James F. “Jim” Dicke, III, president of Crown Equipment Corporation, as the featured speaker for the 2025 Spotts Lecture.
The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held Monday, February 24, 2025, at 7 p.m. in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts.
Dicke’s lecture is titled, “Every Innovation Matters: How Each Idea, Big or Small, Can Impact Corporate Success.”
On February 15, The Ada Varsity Singers won 1st Runner Up in their class at The Kenton Cup Competition and Ethan D’Souza won Best Performer. PHOTO from Ada Music Boosters Facebook.
Doors will now open at 3:00 p.m. and the event will begin at 4:00 p.m. today. If we should have to cancel, we will post that information by 2:30 p.m. today.
COLUMBUS GROVE – The scrappy Ada High School girls basketball team had its season ended 80-24 at Northwest Conference champion Columbus Grove in sectional final action on February 15.
CG raced to a 23-3 lead after the first period and led the tournament battle of the Bulldogs 40-7 at halftime.
The Ada girls ended their season 4-19. Second seed CG improved to 21-2 with the victory, and advanced to the district semifinals.
VAN BUREN – The Ada High School wrestling team gave a solid showing in their first Blanchard Valley Conference championship meet on February 15 at Van Buren.
Two Bulldog grapplers took individual titles as Ada finished sixth at the nine-team event.
Liberty-Benton captured the team crown by 16.5 points over second-place Elmwood. Cory-Rawson finished third. The Bulldogs tallied 82.5 points and ended up 15 points shy of fourth place.
Ada senior Landon Simon won the BVC crown at 215 lbs. Bulldog junior Silas Riblet was the league champion at 120 lbs.
Above) Ada's Zack Zimmerman and Temple Christian's Derek Shultz score in the final seconds.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA – Temple Christian junior ace Derek Shultz swished a 29-footer at the final buzzer to lift the Pioneers to a stunning 51-49 win at Ada in the regular season finale for the Ada High School boys basketball team, February 15.
The Bulldogs had taken a 49-48 lead with just seven seconds remaining. Junior Zack Zimmerman swished a clutch lane pull-up shot to give Ada a short-lived edge.
