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Ada netters rained out again

Posted by Staff on Thursday, April 21, 2022

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada tennis team's match against visiting Lima Senior Wednesday evening at the park courts was rained out.

The Spartan bus arrived to play but the hard courts were too wet and slick for safe play.

Ada is slated to host St. Marys on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

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Ada boys blanked at Grove

Posted by Staff on Thursday, April 21, 2022

By Cort Reynolds

Playing Columbus Grove, the Ada baseball team lost 10-0 in a run-rule shortened Northwest Conference game Wednesday evening, April 20.

Ada fell to 4-6 overall and 0-3 in the NWC with the five-inning makeup defeat. Meanwhile, CG improved to 7-2 overall and 2-1 in the NWC with the shutout win.

Levi Sousley pitched the first three innings for Ada, while junior Jacob Sutherly hurled the final two frames.

Grove broke open a scoreless game with two runs in the second inning, then added three in the third for a 5-0 lead. CG tacked on three runs in the fourth, and plated two more in the home fifth to invoke the 10-run rule.

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Purple and gold girls felled by big CG 4th frame

Posted by Staff on Thursday, April 21, 2022

By Cort Reynolds

Playing in Columbus Grove, the Ada High School varsity softball team lost to Northwest Conference rival Columbus Grove 12-1 Wednesday evening, April 21.

Ada scored its only run in the top of the fourth frame as Belah Price singled home Karley Wagner to tie the game at 1-1. 

Grove broke the contest open with a 10-run fourth inning outburst. The last eight runs all crossed home after two outs.

CG bunched together six hits, four walks and a hit batter in their explosive 10-run fourth.

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Bulldog boys capture Riverdale Invite

Posted by Staff on Wednesday, April 20, 2022

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada boys track and field team narrowly won the five-team Riverdale Invitational in Mt. Blanchard on Tuesday, April 19.

The Ada boys won the team title by a point over host Riverdale, which took first on the girls side. The Lady Bulldogs finished third out of five teams.

Junior Courtney Sumner won the long jump and 200 meter dash to pace the Lady Bulldogs.

Logan Jolliff, Julian Grose and Mathew Frazier won individual events to lead the Ada boys to victory.

 

Top Ada finishers:

Discus Throw Boys

 1 Frazier, Mathew Ada 117'06" 

 5 Dearth, Alex Ada 96'6"  

 

Long Jump Girls

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Ada girls lose thriller to late Tiger comeback

Posted by Staff on Wednesday, April 20, 2022

UPDATED: Photo captions corrected.

By Cort Reynolds

The young Ada High School softball squad led almost the entire game, but the visiting Waynesfield-Goshen team plated four runs in their final at bat to rally past the Lady Bulldogs 11-9  on a cold, windy Tuesday evening, April 19.

The Bulldog girls dropped to 2-7 after the difficult non-league defeat. The Lady Tigers improved to 2-3 with the seesaw, come-from-behind victory. 

Ada led 6-0 after the first two innings, but W-G methodically chipped away and grabbed a 7-6 edge behind four runs in the fifth frame.

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4th inning explosion powers Ada baseball past W-G

Posted by Staff on Wednesday, April 20, 2022

By Cort Reynolds

Playing at home, the Ada High School baseball team rode a 10-run fourth inning to run-rule visiting Waynesfield-Goshen 15-0 on a cold and windy Tuesday evening at the War Memorial Park diamond.

Ada improved to 4-5 with the lopsided five-inning win, their second victory in a row. Meanwhile, W-G dropped to 1-5 with the non-league defeat.

Bulldog senior hurler Kadin Phipps struck out six and allowed just three hits over five innings to earn his second win of the season.

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