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Dancing in the street

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Vancrest loves parades. Last week the staff celebrated National Nursing Home Week using the theme “Together through the Seasons." Each department selected a different season and put together a holiday parade. Watch the parade video by clicking here.

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Graveside services May 22 for Jerry and Jud Dearth

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Graveside services for Jerry and Jud Dearth will be held at Woodlawn Cemetery at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 22, 2021.  Following the services, there will be a luncheon/open house to celebrate their lives at the Ada VFW from noon to 2 p.m.

Jerry Dearth obituary

Jud Dearth obituary

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Lady Bulldogs rally past Bearcats in season finale

Battery mates Waugh and Dalton will represent Ada at the inaugural northwest Ohio All-Star softball game May 28 in Vaughnsville
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, May 19, 2021

By Cort Reynolds
SPENCERVILLE - The visiting Ada softball team came from behind to surpass Spencerville 12-5 in the Northwest Conference and season finale Friday evening.

The Lady Bulldogs trailed by five runs early, but scored in each of their final four at bats to win convincingly.

With the win, the Ada season record finished at 13-12 overall and 2-6 in the NWC. The last-place Bearcat girls fell to 4-17 and 0-7 in league play with the defeat.

"We started out slow today, and then the light bulb went on and we decided we better swing the bats if we wanted to win the game," said Bulldog head coach Rebecca Dicke. 

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Ada girls 4th at NWC meet

Courtney Sumner won the conference long jump • teammate Olivia Green finished second
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, May 19, 2021

By Cort Reynolds
COLUMBUS GROVE - The Ada track and field teams competed in the Northwest Conference championship meet Thursday and Saturday at Columbus Grove.

Meet host Grove claimed both the boys and girls championships. 

CG captured the girls crown with 163 points, while Spencerville came in second at 141.

The Ada girls finished a solid fourth out of nine teams with 60 points, just edging fifth-place Bluffton (59) by a point. Delphos Jefferson and Lincolnview were right behind them in a tie for sixth with 58 points.

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Bulldogs eliminated by Indians in sectionals

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, May 19, 2021

By Cort Reynolds
FT. RECOVERY - The visiting Ada baseball team lost 17-1 at Ft. Recovery in Div. IV sectional semifinal action Tuesday evening.

The Bulldogs dropped to 7-14 overall following the defeat. 

FR improved to 9-16 with the win, and advances to the second round Thursday, May 20 at fifth seed Crestview (11-10). The Knights beat New Knoxville 11-1 in their sectional semifinal.

The game was called after five innings due to the 10-run rule.

Senior Jacob Morgan had a hit, was hit by a pitch and scored the only Ada run on an RBI hit by Kadin Phipps.

Classmates Jacob Poling, Cameron Bober and Trent Ennis each added a single.

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Softball: Pitcher/slugger Dalton leads All-NWC Ada selections

Baseball: Ada's Morgan voted 2nd team NWC honors
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, May 19, 2021

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Versatile Ada senior Leona Dalton was named first team All-Northwest Conference for softball in voting conducted by the league coaches Monday evening.

Dalton won 13 games and struck out a school single-season record 239 batters over 151 innings this spring. The workhorse hurler completed 23 games.

Dalton also led the team offensively. She compiled a .448 batting average by knocking out 35 hits. She scored 32 runs, led the team in slugging pct. and drove in 35 runs to lead Ada in all five categories.

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