BEXLEY — Sophomore Beelal Hasan (Westerville/Thomas) scored with 51 seconds gone in the second overtime period to lift the fifth-seeded Ohio Northern men's soccer team past top-seeded Capital 2-1 on Friday evening in the semifinals of the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament at Bernlohr Stadium.
The Polar Bears (13-7-1 overall) advance to the finals on Saturday night at 7 pm at John Carroll, while the Crusaders bow out of the tournament with a 14-4-0 record.
Senior William Velotta had five saves in goal for the Polar Bears but came up big in several key spots to keep Ohio Northern in the match.
Healther Schalk
Volunteer Coordinator
Blanchard Valley Hospital Auxiliary
Many of us consider our pets as family members. They are usually loving creatures who are great at lending an ear and keeping us company. But pets offer more benefits to our health than simply being good companions. Pets that are trained to be therapy animals have been scientifically proven to provide physical and mental benefits to owners and patients.
FROM BLUFFTON ICON - Sunday, Nov. 4, is your final opportunity to visit the rural Bluffton Suter Produce corn maze and to pick up some of this season’s cider.
Saturday and Sunday hours are 1 to 8 p.m. The final maze admission time is 7 p.m. The cider press and corn maze is located at 8250 Road R, Pandora.
Mrs. Smith invites Ada preschool classes to the library once a month for a story and activity. This month Mrs. Smith surprised both preschool classrooms with a book she is donating to the preschool rooms. (From Ada Bulldogs Facebook)
Troy Chiefari has been named the first head esports head coach at Ohio Northern University.
ONU plans to begin competition in League of Legends and Overwatch in the fall of 2019.
Chiefari comes to Ohio Northern with a tremendous amount of esports success as both a player and a coach.
He is a former professional player and has coached at both the professional and collegiate levels.
Chiefari played professionally Halo: CE from 2005-07.
He also served as the head coach of Tabula Rasa, which was a League of Legends semi-pro team from 2015-17 and was the competitive manager for the Esports Club at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville.
Three local issues - school renewal levy, fire additional levy and county 4-H renewal levy - are on the Ada and Liberty Township Tuesday, Nov. 6. ballot.
The 2018 mid-term election - actually, its outcome – will probably be the story of the year in the United States.
