The Ada High School marching band and color guard earned "Superior" ratings in every area: general effects, auxillary (color guard), music, percussion and visual effects, at the Revere Minutemen OMEA Marching Band competition in Richfield on Sept. 22.
This allows the group to participate in the state marching band finals at the end of October. Superior ratings reflect an outstanding performance with very few technical errors and exemplifying true musical expression. This rating is reserved for outstanding performances. Qualification for State Marching Band Finals is determined regardless of band size.
Story and photos by Monty Siekerman
The first-ever Military Appreciation Night was well-received. About 100 veterans from all of the services attended. They were honored prior to the Ada High School football game Friday night at the stadium, which is appropriately named War Memorial Park.
ADA - The host Ada girls soccer team played well but lost a squeaker to defending league champion Bluffton Saturday, 3-2.
The Lady Bulldogs fell to 3-7 overall and 1-2 in the Northwest Conference with the home defeat. Bluffton improved to 3-1-5 and 2-0-2 in NWC play with the win.
Ada scored first on a through ball from Timber Blankenship to Julia Kamatali, which she put into the net less than five minutes into the fray.
Bluffton's Reagan Mittendorf tied it 1-1 on a chip shot from 25 yards out that went in just under the crossbar.
MINSTER - The Ada volleyball team finished fifth at the tough six-team Minster Invitational Saturday.
The Lady Bulldog spike record is now 9-7.
The purple and gold lost to Russia and Marion Pleasant in preliminary pool play, then defeated Botkins in the fifth-place match.
In their first match vs. Russia, Ada lost 25-19, 25-12. Junior setter Sidney Gossard passed out five assists, hit three kills, made four digs and served two aces.
Sophomores Megan Light and Aubrey Madison each knocked down two kills and added a block.
Senior Rilan Conley connected on two kills and made three digs. Senior Morgan Swick mustered up eight digs.
VAN WERT - The Ada boys cross country team finished 14th of 15 teams at the Van Wert Invitational Saturday.
Bulldog senior Miguel Jordan captured 16th place in the 153-runner field to pace Ada. Jordan covered the 3.1-mile course in a season-best time of 17:47.1.
Ada junior Michael Crouse came in second for the Bulldogs at 66th in 19:58.7. Freshman Riley Ferguson finished in 102nd place with a time of 21:30.5.
Keegan Giddens came in 134th with a time of 24:09.4. Senior Brice Ferguson ended up 148th in 26:37.4.
