Ohio Northern won the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's All-Sports Trophy for the 2017-18 season. There are 10 teams in the OAC. The men finished a strong second.
This marks the third consecutive title and the 12th crown overall for the Polar Bear women's teams.
ONU edged Otterbein 80.50-78.50 on the strength of OAC titles in volleyball, soccer, basketball, outdoor track and field and softball.
Northern also finished second in tennis and indoor track and field.
In all, ONU posted upper-division finishes in nine of the 11 OAC sponsored sports in 2017-18.
ONU senior Lynn Kelly (Mason), junior Ashley Ochsenhirt (Birmingham, Ala.) and freshman Sabine Worthoff (West Chester) were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in women's tennis for 2018 in voting conducted by the league's nine head coaches.
Kelly and Ochsenhirt were First Team honorees and Worthoff named to the Second Team.
Kelly is now the seventh Polar Bear to be named All-Conference in women's tennis four times. She was a First Team pick the past three seasons and a Second team pick as a freshman in 2015.
Aaron Krepps of Ada has been promoted to head football coach of the Bluffton University Beavers. He was an assistant coach at ONU for two years before joining the Bluffton team a year ago. Aaron and his wife, Lauren, and infant daughter, Harlow, live in Ada.
He replaces Denny Dorrel who resigned after four season to become the Athletics Director at Franklin County High School, his alma mater, in Brookville, Ind. Krepps previously served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Beavers.
Meet Bear. He is a 4 year old border collie mix. Bear weighs 52 pounds. Can you give Bear his forever home?
To give a dog a forever home, contact the Hardin County dog shelter. It is located at 49 Jones Road on the west side of Kenton.
Hours: 9 am to 4 pm on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Phone: 419-674-2209.
Generally, about 20 to 25 dogs are available for viewing.
The shelter is also the place to contact for giving up a dog, if you find a lost or stray dog, or if you come in contact with a vicious dog. It costs $20 to surrender a dog, which pays for deworming and immunizations for when it is rescued.
ONU seniors Chris Garbig (Wilder, Ky./Highlands) and Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) were named Ohio Northern's Clyde Lamb Award winners for 2017-18.
The prestigious Clyde A. Lamb Scholar-Athlete Award is the highest honor given in the Ohio Athletic Conference each year and are presented annually to a single male and a single female from each of the league's 10 institutions.
