In its third and last non-league game before Northwest Conference play begins, The Ada High School football team hosts county rival Hardin Northern Friday night, September 2.
The game also caps a rare three-game homestand to open the 2022 season for the Bulldogs. Ada has six home games this season after hosting only four contests last year.
Ada enters the fray 0-2, while HN is 1-1 with a 44-19 win at Arcadia in their opener. The Polar Bears lost a 35-34 home shootout to Riverdale last Friday.
League-leading Leipsic High School won a four-team Northwest Conference match at Pike Run Golf Club in Ottawa Wednesday evening, August 31.
The Vikings won with a total of 172 strokes. Delphos Jefferson was second with 187, followed by Allen East (191) and Ada (234).
Ada senior Geddes Klingler shot a personal-best round of 42 to pace the Bulldogs.
Junior Jack Baumgartner posted a 53. Senior Dale Hoyt carded a 69, while freshman Jayden Shaffer rounded out the Ada scorers with a 74.
Freshman Sam Crawford added an 80.
The Ada High School boys soccer team tied visiting Miller City 1-1 in a non-league match under the lights Wednesday evening, August 31, at War Memorial Park Stadium.
The Bulldogs ran their record to 4-0-2 overall with the tie. MC is now 2-1-2. "It was a hard-fought, physical game on both sides," said Ada head Jason Okuly.
MC netted the first goal, but Bulldog Carson Gossard scored the equalizer on an assist from senior Carter Conley. Both teams scored early and neither could tally again over the last 60 minutes of the defense-oriented contest.
On August 27, a Punt, Pass and Kick USA, Inc.-sanctioned competition at ONU’s Dial-Roberson Stadium brought out the best in young athletes and from the Ada community. The competition was part of the 2022 Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival. Some 130 children ages 6-15 were registered for the free event which will advance top scorers to a national competition.
The Ada High School golf team competed in a three-team Northwest Conference meet Tuesday evening, August 30, at Moose Landing Country Club in Ottawa.
League-leading Leipsic won with 173 strokes, followed by Columbus Grove (201) and Ada (245).
Brevin Brandt of Leipsic was match medalist with a round of 37.
The Bulldogs recorded their first win of the season last week over Lima Senior.
Ada dropped to 1-12 overall and 0-9 in the NWC with the losses. Leipsic is first in the NWC at 9-0 (11-2 overall). Grove moved to 3-6 overall and 3-4 in the NWC with the split.
The resurgent Ada High School volleyball team came from behind late to defeat visiting Perry in a seesaw five-set battle Tuesday evening, August 30.
The improved Lady Bulldogs captured the last two sets to rally for an impressive 25-21, 27-29, 14-25, 25-22, 15-8 victory.
The comeback win upped the Ada record to 3-1, while the previously-unbeaten Commodore girls fell to 4-1 with the non-league defeat. "We had the energy in game four and we kept fighting," said Ada head coach Kyleigh Woodruff. "We built more and more momentum, and the energy we had was unstoppable.
