The Ada High School football team battled hard but came up short against unbeaten Leipsic in a 55-24 shootout Friday night, September 15, at War Memorial Stadium in an entertaining Northwest Conference matchup featuring several big offensive plays.
The Bulldogs hung tough early and had visions of a possible upset after seizing a 10-7 lead early in the second quarter. But the Vikings responded with two long touchdown drives to regain control and take a 21-10 lead into the halftime break.
Spunky Ada fought back with two third-period touchdowns, but speedy Leipsic answered with three long scoring drives of its own in a seesaw third quarter.
The Bulldogs ran out of gas in the fourth quarter as the weather cooled considerably, but Ada stayed close for 36 minutes. After Ada scrapped back within 28-24, the speedy Vikings reeled off 27 unanswered points to pull away and win.
The Northwest Conference and its member schools have announced that Lima Central Catholic High School has accepted an invitation to become a member of the conference in all sports beginning with the 2024-25 school year. Member schools met Wednesday and voted unanimously to extend an invitation to Lima Central Catholic.
This will give the conference 8 full-time members with the pending departures of Ada and Leipsic in 2024-25.
Coming off a road loss in the league opener, the Ada High School football team returns home to face undefeated Leipsic in a key Northwest Conference week five contest Friday, September 15.
It will be the first home game for the Bulldogs since beating USV 24-22 in the season-opener.
The Ada High School boys soccer team tied visiting Liberty-Benton 1-1 Thursday evening, September 14, in a North Central Ohio Soccer Association match under the lights at War Memorial Stadium.
The Bulldog record moves to 2-4-3 overall and 0-0-2 in NCOSA action after their second straight league tie.
The visiting Ada High School girls soccer team lost 11-0 at North Central Ohio Soccer Association powerhouse Liberty-Benton Wednesday evening, September 13.
With the road loss, Ada’s overall record dropped to 4-2-2, and their NCOSA mark fell to 0-1-1.
