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Reminder: Ada Gators hold sign-ups April 25 and 28

Spirit wear shop is open

The Ada Gators swim team has issued a reminder that summer swim sign-ups are Monday, April 25 and Thursday, April 28 from 6:30-8:00 at the Ada First Methodist Church, 301 Main St.

Poco Loco will be there on Monday with swim suits to try on. We are also excited to announce that our Swim Spirit Wear store is open HERE.  All orders are due by May 20 so they can be ready for the first meet.

Honigford's 2nd round 77 keeps ONU in the hunt for OAC Championship

By Tim Glon, www.onusports.com

Playing West Lafayette, IN, ONU sophomore Grace Honigford (West Chester/Lakota East) fired a 5-over par 77 to lead Ohio Northern on the second day of the 2022 Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Golf Tournament on Saturday at River Greens Golf Course.

The Polar Bears (68-13 overall) entered the day trailing Otterbein by five strokes after carding a 327 on the first day of the three-day event on Friday.

Ada High School netters beat Celina

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School tennis team earned its first win of the spring with a 4-1 victory over visiting Celina Saturday morning, April 23, at War Memorial Park courts in Ada.

Ada improved to 1-3 with the victory.

"I am super proud of my team and the way they handled the match today," said Ada co-coach Tyler Christoff. 

Ada swept all three singles matches as senior Dexter Woods (first singles), junior Brendan Jameson (second singles) and junior Amelia Alexander (third singles) each won.

The second doubles tandem of senior Riley Ferguson and Nathan Williams also captured their match.

Bulldog track teams 4th at HN Invite; Grose wins hurdles

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School track and field teams both put together solid showings at the annual 11-team Hardin Northern Invitational meet Saturday April 23 in Dola.

Leipsic won the boys team title with 120 points, while Ada came in fourth with 80. Riverdale captured the girls team crown with 147.5 points, and the Bulldog girls finished fourth with 66.

Julian Grose won the boys 300 meter hurdles race to post the top Bulldog finish.

 

Top Ada finishers:

BOYS Varsity 300m Hurdles

1 GROSE, JULIAN M 10 Ada 43.46

3 BROWN, JACKSON M 10 Ada 46.07

 

GIRLS Varsity 4x400m Relay

Ada hosts big junior high track meet

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada Schools track and field program hosted its 10-team junior high invitational meet on a sunny Thursday, April 21, at War Memorial Stadium.

Findlay Donnell won both the boys and girls team titles. The Bulldog girls finished third, while the Ada boys came in fourth.

Jordynn Smith and Anna Conley captured first places for Ada.

 

Top Ada finishers:

Girls 400 Meter Dash

1 1:07.66 Smith, Jordyn 

3 1:09.55 Madison, Alyssa 

 

Girls Shot Put

1 31-10.5 Conley, Anna

 

Girls 100 Meter Dash

2 14.39 Smith, Jordyn 

 

Bulldog boys nipped in last at bat by Devils

By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Ada High Schoolbaseball team gave up a run in the bottom of the seventh to lose a 6-5 nailbiter to Arlington in a non-league battle Friday evening, April 22.

Ada dropped to 4-8 overall with the close loss. Arlington improved to 5-7 with the comeback win.

The Bulldogs tied it with two runs in the top of the third, and again knotted the score with a run in the fourth. Ada took a 5-4 lead with single runs in the fifth and sixth frames.

Arlington tied it again with a run in the home half of the sixth. They then won it by plating a run in the bottom of the seventh in their last at bat.

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