By Cort Reynolds
COLUMBUS GROVE - The Ada cross country squad competed at the Columbus Grove Invitational Saturday morning.

The Bulldogs finished 20th in the 24-team small school division meet. Host CG won the boys event with 76 points. Botkins nosed out Minster for second place, 97-98.

Ada scored 571 points to finish ahead of Leipsic, Spencerville, North Central and Miller City, who did not have enough runners finish (five) to field a team score.

Noah Fisher of Defiance Ayersville won the race in 15:38.4. A total of 148 runners competed in the boys small school division race.

Ada results:
Senior Hunter Wells finished 101st in 20:47.006
Sophomore Riley Ferguson came in 108th in 21:24.818.
Sophomore Seth Swaney     ended up 116th in 22:22.325.
Freshman Connor Daugherty was 119th in a time of 22:40.306.
Sophomore Keegan Giddens finished 127th in 24:13.974
Freshman Xander Wells came in 129th in 24:29.009.
Freshman Robby Waters was 130th in 24:31.716.

Boys Small Division Standings:
Place  Score   Team     
  1      76    COLUMBUS GROVE    
  2      97    BOTKINS    
  3      98    MINSTER    
  4     107    HOPEWELL-LOUDON    
  5     145    LINCOLNVIEW    
  6     195    FAYETTE    
  7     223    EDGERTON    
  8     269    CRESTVIEW    
  9     280    PATRICK HENRY    
 10     292    OTTOVILLE    
 11     317    AYERSVILLE    
 12     345    MAPLETON    
 13     358    KALIDA    
 14     378    ANTWERP    
 15     384    ELMWOOD    
 16     401    RIVERDALE    
 17     401    HICKSVILLE    
 18     420    CAREY    
 19     490    MCCOMB    
 20     571    ADA    
DNF: Leipsic, North Central, Spencerville, Miller City.

Grove also won the girls team title with 49 point, well ahead of second-place Carey (92).

The Bulldogs run at the Spencerville Invitational Saturday morning, August 6.