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Heavenly view of Ada

Posted by Paula Scott on Monday, April 25, 2022

Ohio Northern Football marked Earth Day with this Google Earth and drone view of Dial Roberson Stadium. View the video HERE. The caption on Twitter: "Happy Earth Day from a beautiful corner of this planet...... Ada, Ohio."

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Honigford's 2nd round 77 keeps ONU in the hunt for OAC Championship

Posted by Staff on Sunday, April 24, 2022

By Tim Glon, www.onusports.com

Playing West Lafayette, IN, ONU sophomore Grace Honigford (West Chester/Lakota East) fired a 5-over par 77 to lead Ohio Northern on the second day of the 2022 Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Golf Tournament on Saturday at River Greens Golf Course.

The Polar Bears (68-13 overall) entered the day trailing Otterbein by five strokes after carding a 327 on the first day of the three-day event on Friday.

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Ada High School netters beat Celina

Posted by Staff on Sunday, April 24, 2022

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School tennis team earned its first win of the spring with a 4-1 victory over visiting Celina Saturday morning, April 23, at War Memorial Park courts in Ada.

Ada improved to 1-3 with the victory.

"I am super proud of my team and the way they handled the match today," said Ada co-coach Tyler Christoff. 

Ada swept all three singles matches as senior Dexter Woods (first singles), junior Brendan Jameson (second singles) and junior Amelia Alexander (third singles) each won.

The second doubles tandem of senior Riley Ferguson and Nathan Williams also captured their match.

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Bulldog track teams 4th at HN Invite; Grose wins hurdles

Posted by Staff on Sunday, April 24, 2022

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School track and field teams both put together solid showings at the annual 11-team Hardin Northern Invitational meet Saturday April 23 in Dola.

Leipsic won the boys team title with 120 points, while Ada came in fourth with 80. Riverdale captured the girls team crown with 147.5 points, and the Bulldog girls finished fourth with 66.

Julian Grose won the boys 300 meter hurdles race to post the top Bulldog finish.

 

Top Ada finishers:

BOYS Varsity 300m Hurdles

1 GROSE, JULIAN M 10 Ada 43.46

3 BROWN, JACKSON M 10 Ada 46.07

 

GIRLS Varsity 4x400m Relay

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Weekend Doctor: Handwashing

Posted by Staff on Sunday, April 24, 2022

By Mike Patrick, MD, Medical Director for Interactive Media, Nationwide Children’s Hospital

The year was 1846. Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis was working in the Vienna General Hospital when he noticed a perplexing problem. Women giving birth in the doctor-run maternity ward developed fever and died more often than women in the midwife-run maternity ward. Doctors tended to visit their wards after performing autopsies, while the midwives did not. Dr. Semmelweis wondered if “cadaverous particles” might remain on their hands. He imposed a new rule, urging doctors to wash their hands before entering the ward. Sure enough, fever and death in the doctor-run ward decreased significantly.

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Ada hosts big junior high track meet

Posted by Staff on Sunday, April 24, 2022

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada Schools track and field program hosted its 10-team junior high invitational meet on a sunny Thursday, April 21, at War Memorial Stadium.

Findlay Donnell won both the boys and girls team titles. The Bulldog girls finished third, while the Ada boys came in fourth.

Jordynn Smith and Anna Conley captured first places for Ada.

 

Top Ada finishers:

Girls 400 Meter Dash

1 1:07.66 Smith, Jordyn 

3 1:09.55 Madison, Alyssa 

 

Girls Shot Put

1 31-10.5 Conley, Anna

 

Girls 100 Meter Dash

2 14.39 Smith, Jordyn 

 

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