The visiting Ada High Schoolbaseball team gave up a run in the bottom of the seventh to lose a 6-5 nailbiter to Arlington in a non-league battle Friday evening, April 22.
Ada dropped to 4-8 overall with the close loss. Arlington improved to 5-7 with the comeback win.
The Bulldogs tied it with two runs in the top of the third, and again knotted the score with a run in the fourth. Ada took a 5-4 lead with single runs in the fifth and sixth frames.
Arlington tied it again with a run in the home half of the sixth. They then won it by plating a run in the bottom of the seventh in their last at bat.
The Icon's editor likes to keep an eye out for "Big Red" on drives between the Ada Icon beat and the Bluffton Icon beat. This week a setting sun treated her to this equine outline.
The Cube Ice Arena in Findlay, Ohio will host the Hockey Helping Heroes initiative of the First Responder Face-Off Foundation to town on Friday, May 6. The event features a charity hockey game between the FOP 109 Warthogs vs. the Toledo Police Hockey team. Proceeds from the game benefit the family of Officer Dominic Francis of the Bluffton Police Department. Officer Francis was killed in the line of duty March 31, 2022 and was a member of the Fort Findlay FOP Lodge #20.
St. Mark Lutheran Church--located at the corner of Johnson and Lincoln in Ada--will again be hosting a free Community Meal on Wednesday, April 27 from 5-6:30.
The event is free and opened to the public. You may dine in, carry out or drive up for curb service.
This month's menu consist of Spaghetti and meatballs, bread stick, green beans, fruit and cookie. Last month the church served over 100 meals and even ran out of food.
Organizers note, "Don't let that happen to you. Hope to see you there."