The Ohio Northern women's basketball program was picked to finish third among the 10 Ohio Athletic Conference schools during the 2018-19 season in the annual coaches poll. B-W and Cap were picked first and second.
Coach Michele Durand, now in her 18th year here, welcomes back nine previous letter-winners and two starters from a 2017-18 squad that went 23-5 overall and 15-3 in the OAC. ONU won the 4th consecutive OAC regular season title last year.
The Polar Bears first game will be Nov. 17 in a tourney in Allegheny, Pa.
Saturday's contest is the ninth game overall and the penultimate game of the 2018 season for Ohio Northern. ONU is 536-495-36 in 124 seasons of play, a winning percentage of .518. ONU is fifth in the 10-team OAC with a 4-3 league record, while Baldwin Wallace is tied for second in the OAC with a 6-1 mark.
It rained all day in Ada, but for Ada High School geology students it was a perfect day for a field trip. Students in the class taught by Mrs. Bowden visited the Ohio Caverns. (Photo from Ada Bulldogs Facebook)
By Monty Siekerman
After 56 years of dental practice in Ada, Dr. Mark Shull retired in August and today he is giving his dental chairs, instruments, and office equipment to Rotary, which will make them available to the people of Belize and Honduras.
The Ada Rotary Club is a member of District 6600, which has an arrangement with M.E.S.A. (Medical Equipment and Supplies Abroad) to collect medical and dental equipment for areas of the world in need.
On this rainy day, Dr. Shull’s equipment was loaded into trucks, taken to a warehouse in Fostoria, and soon will be shipped to Central America.
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Community Health Professionals (CHP) Home Care & Hospice of Ada has been named a Top Agency of the 2018 HomeCare Elite, recognition of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States.
HomeCare Elite identifies the top 25 percent of Medicare-certified agencies annually and highlights the top 100 and top 500 agencies overall.
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DELPHOS - Ada senior lineman Ethan Hall was voted second team All-Northwest Conference in balloting conducted by the league coaches at Delphos Monday evening.
The versatile Hall was also named honorable mention all-league on defense at linebacker.
Ada senior Noah Mattson made honorable mntion all-league on the defensive line.
Bulldog senior receiver Brad Clum and sophomore wideout Zac Swaney also received honorable mention notice on offense.
Ada junior linebacker Holden Purdy, junior defensive back Phillip Coulson and sophomore DB Daniel Mattson were named honorable mention all-conference on defense.
