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Lady Bulldogs felled by big Riverdale 1st inning

Posted by Staff on Wednesday, April 13, 2022

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School varsity softball team fell behind big early to non-league foe Riverdale and lost 25-2 Tuesday evening at War Memorial Park.

The Lady Bulldog record is now 2-4. The Lady Falcons improved to 4-1 after the win.

Riverdale scored a whopping 15 runs in the top of the first inning to put the game out of reach. The Falcon girls plated 12 runs before recording an out.

The Falcons scored four more runs in each of the second and fourth frames. They added one score apiece in the third and fifth innings.

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Bulldog baseball blanked by Falcons

Posted by Paula Scott on Wednesday, April 13, 2022

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High Schoolbaseball team lost 12-0 at Riverdale Tuesday evening, April 12. Ada was supposed to host the game, but the contest was moved to Riverdale due to wet fields.

The Bulldogs fell to 2-4 with the defeat. Undefeated Riverdale improved to 5-0 with the win.

Falcon hurler Gunner King pitched a one-hitter to post the victory.

Riverdale scored four runs over the first two innings to build a 4-0 lead. The Falcons pushed eight runs across the plate in the fifth frame to invoke the 10-run rule.

Bulldog junior Roman Snyder collected the lone Ada hit with a leadoff double in the fourth inning.

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Bulldogs sweep track quadrangular

Posted by Staff on Wednesday, April 13, 2022

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School boys and girls track and field teams each won a four-team home meet at War Memorial Stadium Tuesday evening, April 12.

The Lady Bulldogs easily out-pointed North Baltimore (95-43) to win the girls event. The Ada boys edged local rival Allen East (99.5-89) to capture first place.

Ada sophomore distance ace Josie Phillips won both the 1600 and 3200-meter runs to pace the victorious Bulldog girls.

 

Top Ada finishers:

Boys 4x800 Meter Relay

1 Ada A 10:04.14 

1) Sloan, Brady 2) Beckwith, Aedyn

3) Hunsicker, Brayden 4) Selover, Mason

 

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Apply by April 14 for Ada Junior Track Meet

Posted by Staff on Tuesday, April 12, 2022

May 1 is the 2nd annual Ada Junior Track Meet. All students in grades K-6 are encouraged to participate. Medals will be awarded to top places and every student will get a t-shirt.

The registration form is attached to this story and additional copies are available in the elementary office.

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Reed named d3wrestle.com Freshman of the Year.

Posted by Staff on Tuesday, April 12, 2022

ONU freshman Jacob Reed (Canal Winchester/Lancaster) has been named the 2022 d3wrestle.com Freshman of the Year.

Reed (43-5) placed third in the 141-pound weight class at the 2002 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships and was the highest finishing freshman in the tournament.

He is ONU's 19th All-American and his third place finish is the best in school history by a freshman, surpassing the fourth place finish by two-time national champion Kyle Kwiat in 2010.

The Polar Bears went 13-5 overall and were third in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 4-2 record under 32nd-year head coach Ron Beaschler.

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Neal Young hired as new ONU basketball coach

Posted by Staff on Sunday, April 10, 2022

Neal Young has been named the head men's basketball coach at Ohio Northern. Young comes to ONU after winning three USA South titles in five seasons as head coach at Covenant (Ga.) College.

"I would like to thank Dr. DiBiasio and Tom Simmons as well as the rest of the hiring committee for this incredible opportunity," Young said. "My family and I are excited to get to Ada and begin the process of integrating ourselves into this community and investing in Polar Bear basketball."

He guided the Scots to a 79-47 record (a winning percentage of .627) and USA South titles in 2019, 2020 and 2022.

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