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Judy Kipker wins First United Methodist Church quilt

2016 Harvest and Herb Festival Queen Libbie Milks drew the winning ticket for the Ada First United Methodist Women's quilt raffle held Sept. 17.  With her is the quilt raffle winner,  Judy Kipker.

Bulldog sports update

10 VB kills for Alyssa Vore; Mara Guyton, Jil Wolber, Dani Waugh post PRs in CC

By Cort Reynolds

CONVOY - The visiting Ada volleyball team swept Crestview Thursday night in a Northwest Conference contest.

The Lady Bulldogs beat Crestview 25-18, 25-17, 25-8 to complete a 3-0 week that saw them lift their overall record to 6-5 and 2-0 in league play. The Knights fell to 3-4 and 0-2 in the NWC with the defeat.

Junior Melina Woods led the victors with 23 kills, 19 digs, two aces and five blocks. Classmate Maddie Gossard dished up 23 assists, made one kill and seven digs while serving six aces.

First Ada Chat at Heterick

By Monty Siekerman

About 30 people attended the first Ada Chats program held at Heterick Memorial Library last Thursday.

Heterick and the Ada Public Library are jointly sponsoring a monthly chat series for the local community and university community.

Dr. Steve Martin, (pictured), pharmacy dean, and Dr. Joan Robbins, ONU dramaturge and lecturer of theatre arts spoke Thursday. The next program will be at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20.

Where in Ada might you find doors to "The Roar"?

By Monty Siekerman
Know where this exterior door is located?

Can't be the high school because Bulldogs don't roar; they bark, yelp, and growl.

Answer: Yes, give yourself a pat on the back if you guessed right because the door was recently painted to reflect Polar Bear Country, especially Klondike. He's sweet, but does he roar?

Yes, at all athletic events in the Sports Center. Go see!

ONU men's soccer team now 9th in the nation

By Tim Glon

The Ohio Northern men's soccer team moved up two spots to No. 7 in the third weekly d3soccer.com poll on Tuesday.

The Polar Bears (7-0-1 overall) received 699 points in the poll, 61 more points that last week when they were ranked No. 9.

ONU was No. 16 in the first weekly poll.

Northern has now been nationally-ranked for six consecutive years and 10 times in the last 11 seasons.

Rowan (N.J.) took over the top spot in the rankings with 966 points and nine first place votes, Kenyon is second with 960 points and nine first place votes and Amherst (Mass.) in third with 883 points and the remaining three first place votes.

ONU men’s lacrosse team set for February opener

By Caleb Scott

The Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team is set to open its 2017 campaign at Kenyon on Feb. 21 under second year head coach Nat St. Laurent.

The men's lacrosse program posted an 8-7 record in its inaugural season in 2016.

After opening the season at Kenyon on Feb. 21, the Polar Bears will open the home portion of the 2017 schedule as they host Calvin (Mich.) at Dial-Roberson Stadium on Feb. 25.

The schedule will also feature non-conference home matchups with Hanover (Ind.) on Mar. 11, and Adrian (Mich.) on Mar. 15. 

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