Sports

A truncated Ada cross country team ran at the Waynesfield-Goshen Night Invite race on a warm Saturday evening, September 18.

The two participating Ada girls harriers came home back-to-back just three seconds apart.

Bulldog sophomore Jillian Hazelton crossed the tape in 18th place with a time of 27:18.

Ada sophomore Elsie Allen finished right behind her in 19th with a time of 27:21.

"The girls did amazing and this is the hardest I have seen them push themselves," said Ada head coach Josh Klein. "The girls were within 40 seconds of their personal-best records, and this was a hilly course.

Host Ada could not contain the big-play rushing attack of traditional local rival Bluffton, and lost a 34-14 Northwest Conference clash on a warm Friday night, September 17,  at War Memorial Stadium.

The Pirates tallied touchdowns on two 64-yard runs and a 39-yarder, and added a 74-yard non-scoring rush as well.

The Bulldogs fell to 1-4 and 0-2 in the NWC with the defeat. 

Bluffton improved to 4-1 and 1-1 in league play with the win.

"Give Bluffton credit, they played hard and are a good team," said first-year Ada head coach Toby Smith. "We made too many mistakes in the first half.