Here are previews of the Ohio Northern University women’s tennis team and softball team.
By Tim Glon
Women’s tennis preview
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team is hoping to use a balanced approach in its quest for an Ohio Athletic Conference championship in 2021 under 20th-year head coach Scott Wills.
The Polar Bears feature a good blend balance of experience and youth - with three fifth-year seniors and six first or second year players.
Spring sports underway - recent game summaries here
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, March 8, 2021
By Tim Glon
MARIETTA — Ohio Northern fell at No. 6-ranked Marietta 100-49 in the championship game of the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament on Saturday night at at Ban Johnson Fieldhouse.
The fifth-seeded Polar Bears end their season at 6-8, while the top-seeded Pioneers end their season at 13-2.
The game marked the second time in the past four seasons that Ohio Northern reached the finals of the OAC Tournament.
Sophomores Grant Heileman (Millersport/Sheridan) and Landen Long (Mason) were named to the All-OAC Tournament Team.
After a stellar performance full of awards at St. Clairsville on Sunday, Ada Varsity Singers were named Grand Champion of their class in the Simmon Smackdown Virtual Competition. No audience to perform to. No cheerleaders rooting them on. No judges’ faces to entertain. Just a camera. Their performance was filmed before school recently. (From Ada Bulldogs Facebook)
With winter sports in the books Bulldogs focus on spring
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, March 8, 2021
By Cort Reynolds
TROY - Three Ada wrestlers competed in the Div. III district tournament at Troy's Hobart Arena Friday and Saturday to finish their season strongly, led by one Bulldog freshman placing sixth.
"We wrestled hard all weekend," said Ada head coach David Ames. "We fought hard and wrestled tough."
The double-elimination tournament format allows wrestlers who lose one match to still finish as high as third by making their way through the consolation draw.
After a promising start, Ada freshman Clayton McClain went 2-3 in the 113 lbs. division to finish sixth and narrowly miss state qualification.