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By Cort Reynolds
McGUFFEY - The Ada girls track and field team finished a strong second at the 12-team Ram Invitational in McGuffey Thursday.
Riverdale won the girls meet with 171 points, followed by Ada in second with 107.5 points.
The boys meet was won by Allen East with 146 points. The Bulldogs finished sixth of 11 teams with 53 points.
Senior Brenna Hissong (400 meters) and sophomore Antonio Pettit (110 high hurdles) both posted frst-place finishes for Ada.
Top Ada girls finishers:
Event, Place, Athlete, Time/distance
Girls 400 Meter Dash
1 Hissong, Brenna Ada 1:04.6
Girls 200 Meter Dash
2 Hissong, Brenna Ada 28.5
5 Sumner, Courtney Ada 29.5
Girls 3200 Meter Run
2 Phillips, Josie Ada 14:18.7
5 Hazelton, Jilli Ada 16:41.3
Girls 100 Meter Dash
3 Cooper-Bolden, Kayleiann Ada 14.1
6 Burkhart, Olivia Ada 14.4
Girls 1 Mile Run
3 Phillips, Josie Ada 6:34.9
7 Hazelton, Jilli Ada 7:15.2
Girls Long Jump
4 Sumner, Courtney Ada 14-0.5
6 Green, Olivia Ada 13-7
Girls 800 Meter Run
4 Marshall, Ella Ada 2:55.1
Girls Shot Put
4 Akyeampong, Kesewa Ada 29-4
Girls Pole Vault
4 Mullins, Lauren Ada J6-6
Girls Discus Throw
5 Akyeampong, Kesewa Ada 88-6
Girls 300 Meter Hurdles
6 Green, Olivia Ada 55.1
Girls 4x400 Meter Relay
1 Ada 'A' 4:29.0
1) Burkhart, Olivia 2) Sumner, Courtney 3) Green, Olivia 4) Hissong, Brenna
Girls 4x200 Meter Relay
2 Ada 'A' 1:55.30
1) Hissong, Brenna 2) Sumner, Courtney 3) Cooper-Bolden, Kayleianna 4) Burkhart, Olivia
Girls 4x800 Meter Relay
2 Ada 'A' 12:12.0
1) Phillips, Josie 2) Marshall, Ella 3) Hazelton, Jilli 4) Mullins, Lauren
Girls team scores:
1) Riverdale 171
2) Ada 107.5
3) Delphos Jefferson 68
4) Temple Christian 49
5) Hardin Northern 44
6) Allen East 43.5
7) Cory-Rawson 38
8) Ridgemont 35.5
9) Ridgedale 32
10) McComb 30
11) Upper Scioto Valley 13.5
12) Bellefontaine 6
Top Ada boys finishers:
Event, Place, Athlete, Time/distance
Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
1 Petitt, Antonio Ada 17.8
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
3 Petitt, Antonio Ada 46.6
7 Williams, Isaac Ada 51.4
Boys 400 Meter Dash
4 Thompson, Danny Ada 58.1
7 Caldwell, Chase Ada 58.9
Boys 800 Meter Run
6 Selover, Mason Ada 2:20.5
Boys Pole Vault
7 Petitt, Antonio Ada 7-6
Boys Shot Put
7 Nelson, Carter Ada 36-8
Boys Discus Throw
7 Frazier, Mathew Ada 104-1
Boys 3200 Meter Run
8 Ferguson, Riley Ada 12:00.3
Boys 4x200 Meter Relay
4 Ada 'A' 1:43.50
1) Thompson, Danny 2) Grose, Julian 3) Swaney, Seth 4) Brown, Jackson
Boys 4x400 Meter Relay
4 Ada 'A' 3:56.40
1) Caldwell, Chase 2) Waters, Robby 3) Thompson, Danny 4) Selover, Mason
Boys 4x800 Meter Relay
4 Ada 'A' 9:52.50
1) Selover, Mason 2) Waters, Robby 3) Hunsicker, Brayden 4) Ferguson, Riley
Boys team scores:
1) Allen East 146
2) Riverdale 107.5
3) McComb 65.5
4) Hardin Northern 63.5
5) Upper Scioto Valley 61
6) Ada 53
7) Ridgemont 49
8) Jefferson 42.5
9) Bellefontaine 23.5
10) Ridgedale 23
11) Cory-Rawson 13.5
Ada competes in the Hardin County meet at Kenton Tuesday, May 4. The Bulldogs then host the annual Ada Invitational Saturday, May 8.
Ada girls blanked at VB
VAN BUREN - The visiting Ada softball team lost 10-0 in a run-rule shortened, five-inning game at powerhouse Van Buren Friday evening.
Sophomore southpaw Kayla Wince started her second game of the season and took the loss with a four-inning complete game outing. Her other start came in a brief outing at USV.
The Lady Bulldog record dropped to 9-9 with the defeat. The BVC- leading Black Knight girls improved to 18-2 with the victory.
"We walked about eight or 10 batters," reported Ada head coach Rebecca Dicke. Ada senior outfielder Tori Green and freshman Daicy Robinson each hit singles to provide the only two Bulldog hits.
Senior hurler Leona Dalton was unable to pitch for the first time this season with a reported illness.
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Ada 0
VB 10
LP-Wince (0-1)
The Lady Bulldogs entertain county rival Kenton (3-10) Saturday at noon.
Bulldog boys felled by Arlington
ADA - The host Ada baseball team lost 5-1 to Arlington Friday night under the lights in a chilly non-league contest.
The Bulldogs dropped to 5-9 with the defeat, while the Red Devils improved to 7-6 with the victory.
Ada senior Jacob Morgan collected two hits and scored a run to pace the Bulldog offense.
Sophomores Roman Snyder and Spencer Wall added the other Bulldog hits.
Pitcher Kadin Phipps drove home Morgan with the Ada run in the bottom of the third inning. He pitched six innings and struck out five Devils.
Both team mustered four hits and committed two errors.
Arlington plated two runs in the top of the first frame, and added three more scores in the third to build a 5-0 lead.
Devil pitcher Zavier Thornton struck out 15 Bulldogs to account for 71 percent of the 21 outs Arlington recorded.
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Ada entertains Hardin County WBL rival Kenton (3-10) Saturday at noon. The scheduled Wildcat game vs. Van Wert Friday night was postponed to May 7.
