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When the weather gets cold, a lot of people who have asthma notice that their symptoms get worse. Why does this happen, and how can you avoid it?
Here's what you need to know about cold-induced asthma.
What Is Cold-Induced Asthma?
Cold-induced asthma occurs as winter approaches and temperatures drop. People who have asthma may notice that they have more trouble breathing when outside, and exercising outdoors can become far more difficult.
Worsened symptoms can bring about an asthma attack, so it is important to understand what causes this condition.
The Ohio Athletic Conference has announced a shift for its regular season wrestling schedule, moving all contests from Saturdays to Sundays for the 2021 season.
Wrestling will determine its OAC champion with a round-robin schedule of meets held on Jan. 24 at Mount Union and Feb. 7 at Ohio Northern.
All eight schools will also compete at Baldwin Wallace on Jan. 31 in a schedule yet to be determined.
The NCAA Central Regional Championships on Feb. 26-27 at Alma, Mich., and the NCAA III Championships at LaCrosse, Wis., on March 12-13 remain unchanged.
John Joseph "Joe" Saltzman, Jr., age 79, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020, at 1:05 p.m. at Blanchard Valley Health System, Findlay.
He was born at home on July 3, 1941, to the late John Joseph and Priscilla (Miller) Saltzman, Sr. Joe married Patricia (Rose) Saltzman on May 29, 1965, and they were married for 55 years and she survives in Ada.
Joe graduated from Vanlue High School in 1959, The Ohio State University and received his master's degree from Bowling Green State University. He was a school teacher at Ada High School for seven years and Hardin Northern Schools for three years.
Toby Smith will continue to teach at Lima Senior the rest of this school year, then will teach and coach at Ada in the 2021-22 school year. He plans to implement workouts for the Ada program starting in mid-January
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada school board hired successful and experienced gridiron mentor Toby Smith as its new head varsity football coach last Thursday night at their regular December meeting.
"We are very happy to have a coach with a successful track record like his joining us," said Ada athletic director Eric Perkins.
"We think he will have a very positive impact on our student-athletes," he added.
A native of Connecticut, Smith is a 1993 graduate of Wittenberg University, where he received a bachelor's degree in health and physical education.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The host Ada boys basketball team lost a 38-36 overtime heartbreaker to local foe Cory-Rawson in non-league play Saturday night.
The Bulldogs led most of the game after holding the ice-cold Hornets without a field goal for the first 11:13 of the contest.
But C-R hung within striking distance, then put together a 13-0 second-half run to rally from a six-point deficit into a 27-20 lead.
Ada battled back to tie it 31-31 on back-to-back treys from seniors Trent Ennis and Tristan Conley with 2:22 left in regulation.
By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The Bluffton swim club and Ada varsity team faced off in the Bulldog season-opening dual meet Thursday evening at the Lima YMCA natatorium.
Bluffton captured the girls meet 48-31, and also won the boys meet by a 67-12 score.
Sophomore Carlie Oldfield and senior Paige Cole each won two races to pace the Ada girls. Sophomores Kaitlyn Bowden and Jack Baumgartner also recorded first-place finishes for the Bulldogs.
Sophomore Riley Verb won two individual events for Bluffton and also swam a leg for two relay race winners.
