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Bulldog boys comeback falls to late Knight burst

Ada knotted the score with a 5-run rally in the bottom of the fifth

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The homestanding Ada baseball team rallied from a five-run deficit but lost 11-7 to Crestview in a seesaw Northwest Conference baseball contest Monday evening.

The Bulldog record fell to 5-8 (1-4 NWC) with the tough defeat. The Knights improved to 8-5 and 3-3 in NWC play with the win.

Crestview led 4-0 going to the bottom of the third inning. But the Bulldogs plated two runs in the home half of the third to cut the deficit in half. 

The Knights pulled back in front 7-2 before Ada knotted the score with a five-run rally in the bottom of the fifth.

Ada girls fall to NWC-leading Knights

Bulldog record dropped to 8-8 overall and 1-4 in the NWC

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The host Ada softball team lost 12-1 to league-leading Crestview in Northwest Conference play Monday evening.

The Lady Bulldog record dropped to 8-8 overall and 1-4 in the NWC after their fourth consecutive defeat. The first-place Knight girls improved to 15-4 overall (6-0 NWC) with the victory.

Crestview built a 6-0 lead behind three-run home runs from Kali Small and Laci McCoy in the second inning. 

Stratton Greenhouses, Roots by Stratton open house

Stratton Greenhouses, 9915 Lincoln Highway, and Roots by Strattons, 111 S. Main St., Bluffton, will hold a spring open house this weekend, according to Susie Stratton.

The event includes several drawings and giveaways.

Open house hours:
Stratton Greenhouses -
Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

Roots by Stratton's -
Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

www.strattongreenhouses.com

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ONU's Lombardo named OAC goalkeeper of the year

Here's the Polar Bear sports round up

Junior John Lombardo (Solon) was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Goalkeeper of the Year, leading a list of six Ohio Northern student/athletes were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in men's soccer for 2020-21 in voting conducted by the league's 10 head coaches.

Junior Levi King (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) joined Lombardo as a First Team selection.

Senior Zach Yoder (Goshen, Ind./Northridge) and junior Caiman Moore (Linden, Mich.) were named Second Team All-Conference.

Senior Seth Gundlach (Wilmington) and junior Matt Studenic (Wadsworth) were Honorable Mention all-OAC honorees.

A big weekend of Bulldog sports

Track, tennis, softball

All stories by Cort Reynolds

Track
DOLA - The Ada track and field teams fared well at the annual 10-team Hardin Northern Invitational Saturday.

The Lady Bulldogs came in third, while the Ada boys ended up seventh.

Jackson Brown and Antonio Pettit finished one-two in the boys 110-meter high hurdles to post the top Ada showing.

Leipsic captured the girls team title with 168.5 points, followed by Riverdale (146) and Ada (88.5).

Arlington won the boys crown by scoring 114 points, with Riverdale again second (108). The Bulldog boys tallied 48 points.

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