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Ada High School netters beat Celina

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.

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

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

Weekend Doctor: Handwashing

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.

Ada hosts big junior high track meet

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 

 

David L. Cole funeral announcement

David L. Cole, age 81, passed away on Saturday, April 23, 2022, at 9:19 a.m. at Hardin Hills Health Center.

He was born on January 17, 1941 in Alger, Ohio to the late Edward and Thelma (Mayfield) Cole.  On June 15, 1962 David married Clara E. Frasure and she preceded him in death in 2003.  He then married Violet Scott and she passed away in December of 2021.

David and Clara were foster parents for over 20 years.  He played many years of softball, had a great love of bluegrass, coon dogs and played a mean tambourine. He never knew a stranger, had a heart of gold and love for Jesus.

Bulldog boys nipped in last at bat by Devils

By Cort Reynolds

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.

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