Sports

By Wes Mayberry

The No. 13 Ohio Northern men's soccer team celebrated Senior Night by securing the 2022 Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season championship Saturday with a 3-0 win over Marietta at Kerscher Stadium.

This marks ONU's ninth OAC Regular Season title in program history and first since 2015.

The Polar Bears (13-2-3 overall, 8-0-1 OAC) completed the fourth unbeaten conference season in program history and will host an OAC Tournament semifinal game on Thursday at 4 p.m.

Women's Golf, Men's Golf, Women's Soccer, Men's Soccer

Women's Golf at Berry Invitational

ROME, Ga. — The Ohio Northern women's golf team broke its 36-hole school record by a full 18 strokes and finished third of 12 teams at the Berry (Ga.) Chik-Fil-A Invitational Monday and Tuesday at the Coosa Country Club.

The Polar Bears (42-3 overall) carded a 310-311—621, which is 18 shots better than the previous record of 639 set twice in 2021.

By Wes Mayberry

Sean Swisher has been named the men's and women's tennis head coach at Ohio Northern.

He served as interim head coach for both sports in the fall, guiding the women to a 2-0 record and the men to a 1-1 mark.

Swisher filled the positions vacated by Mike Bonnell, who is now the women's tennis head coach at Bowling Green State.

By Cort Reynolds

Ada High School senior lineman Lester Amos was named first team All-Northwest Conference on defense in Fall 2022 voting recently conducted by the league football coaches.

Bulldog sophomore quarterback/return ace Levi Green was named second team All-Northwest Conference as a specialist. 

He was third in the NWC in rushing with 1,025 yards on 191 rushes, and he scored 10 touchdowns. He averaged 5.4 yards per carry and 102.5 yards per game.

Green also completed 63 of 132 passes for 831 yards and seven TDs with nine interceptions this season. He returned one kickoff for a touchdown and averaged 20.8 yards per return.

By Cort Reynolds

Ada High School senior libero Courtney Sumner was voted honorable mention Div. IV All-District 8 for volleyball recently by area coaches.

Sumner will play for the East team in the Div. IV district Senior All-Star Game. 

Ada fifth-year mentor Kyleigh Woodruff was also named as one of the two coaches for the East All-Star squad.

The acrobatic Sumner set the school career record for digs this past season. She made 489 digs this year (6.8 per set) and served 35 aces to help lead Ada to an 11-12 record (2-6 NWC).

The All-Star Games will be played at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 16 at Coldwater High School. 

Matches will be played in three sets to 25.

Football, Mens' Soccer, Women's Soccer, Volleyball

Football vs. Muskingum
Homecoming Weekend had beautiful weather and two dominant defensive efforts as Muskingum posted a 23-7 football victory over Ohio Northern on Saturday at Dial-Roberson Stadium.

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