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It's FFA Week at AHS

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Meri Skilliter, Ada school superintendent, helps celebrate National FFA Week with an FFA class who were high sellers. National FFA Week is Feb. 18-25, and raises  awareness about agriculture. Ada's chapter is participating with Business Meeting Day, Official Dress Day, Ag Foods Sharing, Carhartt and Plaid Day, and holding annual officer elections. (From Ada school website)

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All about an ONU pharmacy student's internship

Heather Shaffer: "It ignites my drive to help others"
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 22, 2017

FROM ONU WEBSITE - It’s repeating the answer to an elderly patient’s question one more time. It’s reassuring a nervous child before giving a flu shot. It’s teaching a patient how to use his epi-pen to possibly save his life one day. Pharmacy is all of these things, but most of all, it’s personal.

To many, interactions such as these may seem perfectly ordinary, but for fifth-year ONU pharmacy student Heather Shaffer, they are the reasons she wants to be a pharmacist.

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Ada Kiwanis Club will mark its 93rd anniversary

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, February 22, 2017

The Ada Kiwanis Club will mark its 93rd anniversary when it meets at noon onTuesday, Feb. 28, in McIntosh Center. Kiwanian Jon Umphress will present a program on the club's first year in 1924.

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HN upsets Lady Bulldogs in tourney

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, February 22, 2017

By Cort Reynolds

LIMA BATH - Polar Bears Ashton Dye and Holly Wilson combined to score 48 points and lead Hardin Northern past county rival Ada 60-49 in girls Div. IV first round sectional basketball action Tuesday evening at Bath.

Sophomore guard Dye scored 25 points and 5-11 senior Wilson contributed 23 markers as the duo nearly equaled the Ada output.

HN led by 11 at halftime, yet a 15-2 run by the Lady Bulldogs to start the third period put the outcome in doubt. But Northern reeled off 11 unanswered points to regain a 43-35 lead with 5:22 remaining to play. 

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ONU men's basketball loses 72-71 in OAC tourney

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Sophomore Ryan Bruns(Chickasaw/Marion Local) scored a career-high 29 points to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team in a tough 72-71 loss to Baldwin Wallace in the quarterfinals of the 2017 Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament on Tuesday night at the ONU Sports Center.

The third-seeded Polar Bears end their season with a 16-10 record, while the sixth-seeded Yellow Jackets improve to 14-12 and will host seventh-seeded Muskingum in the semifinals on Thursday.

Bruns had 29 and senior Aron Thress(Lancaster/Amanda Clearcreek) had 12 points to lead ONU.

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ONU women's basketball team plays at home 7:30 Thursday

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, February 22, 2017

The Ohio Northern women's basketball team remained at No. 5 in the D3Hoops.com poll, released Monday evening.

The Polar Bears completed their first ever undefeated regular season in school history with victories over Otterbein and Marietta last week.

ONU earned a double-bye in this week's OAC Tournament and will host a semifinal round at the ONU Sports Center on Thursday evening.

Northern (25-0 overall) is one of five unbeaten teams in the poll.

ONU awaits the first two rounds of the OAC Tournament to see who they host Thursday evening at the ONU Sports Center at 7:30 pm.

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