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Ada girls soccer seeded eighth 

By Cort Reynolds
Posted by Paula Scott on Monday, October 11, 2021

The Ada girls soccer team will play at Cory-Rawson Tuesday, October 19 at 5 p.m. in sectional first round action.

The Lady Bulldogs (2-8-1) were seeded eighth and the Hornet girls (4-8-1) were seeded ninth in the Div. III Bluffton sectional/district.

The Ada/C-R victor will play at top seed Liberty-Benton (9-4-2) Oct. 21 at 5 p.m. The winner advances to the district semifinals at Bluffton Oct. 26 against the Ashland Crestview/Van Buren (8-4-1) winner. 

Mansfield Christian was seeded second and Bluffton third in the 10-team bracket.

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Ada spikers to play Grove in sectionals

By Cort Reynolds
Posted by Paula Scott on Monday, October 11, 2021

The Ada volleyball team was seeded 11th in the 12-team Div. IV Elida sectional drawing held Sunday, October 10.

Ada (2-17) will visit league rival and fellow Bulldog Columbus Grove (7-12) in the sectional semifinals Tuesday, October 19 at 5 p.m. 

Ada lost 3-0 at Grove September 16.

The Bulldog battle survivor will play at fourth seed Pandora-Gilboa (12-7) October 21 at 6:30 p.m. The winner advances to the district semifinals Oct. 26 at Elida. 

Sixth seed Hardin Northern (12-8) hosts number 10 seed USV (4-12) in the other first round matchup in the lower half of the bracket. The winner plays at second seed New Knoxville (18-1) Oct. 21.

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Ada gridders fall to undefeated Grove

By Cort Reynolds
Posted by Paula Scott on Saturday, October 9, 2021

Visiting league-leader Columbus Grove raced to a 42-0 halftime lead and beat Ada 58-7 in a Northwest Conference game on a rainy Homecoming Friday night.

The game was delayed at the start for an hour by strong rain and lightning.

Grove senior running back Colin Metzger tallied five first half touchdowns to pace the victors.

The purple and gold Bulldogs fell to 1-7 and 0-5 in the NWC with the defeat.

League leader Grove improved to 8-0 and 5-0 in league play with the convincing win.

"We are in the same boat with kids trying hard and doing the best they can," said first-year Ada head coach Toby Smith. "We were in position a lot but didn't make plays.

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State power Leipsic beats Ada spikers

By Cort Reynolds
Posted by Paula Scott on Friday, October 8, 2021

Purple and gold was pitted against purple and gold when visiting Leipsic swept Ada in a Northwest Conference volleyball match Thursday night, October 7.

The Lady Vikings, ranked sixth in the Ohio Div. IV poll, improved to 18-1 overall and finished 7-1 in NWC play with the win. 

The Lady Bulldogs fell to 2-17 overall and 0-7 in the NWC with the 25-9, 25-12, 25-14 loss. 

Leipsic needs a loss by Lincolnview (7-0 NWC) in their league finale at arch-rival Crestview (6-1 NWC) next Tuesday to force a three-way tie for the title. The Vikings can finish no worse than second.

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Bulldog boys blanked by Riverdale

By Cort Reynolds
Posted by Paula Scott on Friday, October 8, 2021

Visiting Riverdale blanked the Ada boys soccer team 9-0 in a North Central Ohio Soccer Association match under the lights Thursday night, October 7, at War Memorial Stadium.

The Bulldogs fell to 4-7-3 overall and 1-4 in NCOSA action with the defeat. 

The Falcons improved to 5-6-3 and 3-1 in NCOSA play after the decisive win.

Ada plays next at non-league foe LCC (4-8) in Spartan Stadium Monday, Oct. 11.

The Bulldog boys then play at Marion Harding Oct. 14.

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Ada harriers run at Kenton Invite

By Cort Reynolds
Posted by Paula Scott on Friday, October 8, 2021

Three Ada cross country runners participated in the annual Kyle Althauser Memorial Invitational meet Thursday evening in Kenton.

Bulldog senior Riley Ferguson finished 36th in a time of 21:37.5 as the lone Ada male runner.

Hunter Sidle of Allen East finished first in the 68-runner boys race in 17:00.5.

Marion Pleasant won the seven-team boys team title with 30 points. St. Marys was a distant second with 58 points. Kenton was third (105), Allen East fourth and Hardin Northern fifth (110).

Ada sophomore Jillian Hazelton crossed the line 22nd in the 43-runner girls race with a time of 27:22.6.

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