Sports

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada boys basketball team lost 65-38 to hot-shooting Marion Local in the Div. IV sectional finals on Friday night, February 24, at St. Marys.

The Bulldogs finished 10-14 after the season-ending defeat. Seventh-ranked state power ML advanced to the district semifinals with a 19-4 record.

By Cort Reynolds

Ada High School sophomore Lily Baumgartner finished third in the 100 butterfly finals and fifth in the 100 backstroke finals at the OHSAA Division II state meet in Canton’s C.T. Branin Natatorium on Friday night, February 24.

Baumgartner completed the 100 butterfly in 55.87, bettering her state preliminary heat time of Thursday night by .79.

Oldfield swims in 50 free

By Cort Reynolds

CANTON–Two Ada High School swimmers competed well in the preliminary heats of the Division II state meet at the C.T. Branin Natatorium Thursday night, February 23.

Ada sophomore Lily Baumgartner advanced to two top-eight A Finals races Friday evening, qualifying in both the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke.

Senior Brynn Serbin (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) made two free throws with five seconds left to send the No. 18 Ohio Northern women's basketball team to a 52-51 victory over Otterbein in the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals at the ONU Sports Center, February 23.

With the win, the top-seeded Polar Bears (22-4) advance to the OAC Tournament finals to face No. 2 seed Marietta (20-6), which defeated third-seeded Baldwin Wallace 71-65 in Thursday's other semifinal.

Northern will host Marietta in Saturday's championship game at 2 p.m. This marks ONU's first OAC Tournament finals appearance since the 2018-19 season.

UPDATED February 22

Ada Diamonds Baseball/Softball is registering players now. Registration has been extended to March 3.

To register click HERE and create an account.

The Ada Diamond community group is on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1446061485427183

By Cort Reynolds

Ada High School senior forward Carter Conley was named honorable mention All-Northwest Conference in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.

Conley led Ada in scoring. The Bulldogs are 10-13 overall this season, and finished 0-8 in the NWC.

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