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Cameron Marous, Sydney Leshnak ONU's Lamb winners

Two outstanding Polar Bear Athletes

 Seniors Cameron Marous (Brecksville/Brecksville-Broadview Heights) and Sydney Leshnak (Cincinnati/Mount Notre Dame) were named to the NCAA Ohio Northern's Clyde Lamb Award winners for 2020-21.

Cameron Marous
Marous is a 4-time All-OAC honoree as an attacker on the men's lacrosse team, earning First Team kudos in 2016 and Second Team honors in 2018, 2019 and 2021.

He led ONU with 22 goals, 24 assists and 46 points this season.

Marous is ONU's all-time career leader with 140 goals, 110 assists and 250 points in 71 career games. He also ranks fourth-all time with 130 ground balls.

Ada tennis program has a great future

There was a good turnout for a free Ada tennis clinic Saturday despite the unseasonable heat at the park. The Ada Tennis Association sponsored the event while the Bulldog varsity players and coaches taught. Free balls and racquets were given out. 

Ada senior to play tennis at ONU

Miranda Wills will play for her father's program

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - It's official: willful Ada senior Miranda Wills is set to attend Ohio Northern University and play tennis for her father's program.

She continues a family tradition of playing tennis at ONU, following in the forehand footsteps of her father and older sister.

Miranda signed with ONU Tuesday morning at the high school varsity gym. Her father Scott Wills has been the head women's coach at ONU for two decades, posting a 389-104 record while winning all nine league regular season titles in program history.

Miranda enjoyed a fine senior campaign playing number one singles for the Bulldog boys team.

Ada boys lose baseball finale

Bulldogs finish season at 7-15

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - In a late addition to the schedule, the Ada baseball team lost 11-3 to Pandora-Gilboa on an unseasonably hot Saturday night.

The Bulldogs finished the 2021 campaign 7-15 after the non-league loss. The Rockets ended up 11-13 with the win.

P-G never trailed and plated five runs in the sixth inning to put the game out of reach and secure the season-ending victory.

The Rockets blasted ahead with two runs in the first inning, then added three more runs in the third frame to advance their lead to 5-0. 

The Bulldogs plated two runs in the home fourth inning on a single by Tyler Jameson, closing the gap to three.

5 Polar Bears All-Great Lakes Region

Women's and men's outdoor track and field

Three Ohio Northern student/athletes were named All-Great Lakes Region in women's outdoor track and field for 2021 by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Senior Stella DeWitt (Weston/Cardinal Stritch, junior Kayla Silva (Westerville/South) and sophomore Anna Schatzle (Brookville, Ind./Franklin County) all earned the honor.

DeWitt was named All-Region in the long jump, where she is ranked fourth in the region and 27th nationally with a season-best distance of 5.60 meters.

Silva earned the honor in both the 100 and 200-meter dashes.

Bulldog track qualifies two from district meet  

Ada's top individual finishes were a pair of fourths by senior Brenna Hissong (400 meters) and sophomore Courtney Sumner (long jump)

By Cort Reynolds
FINDLAY - The Ada track and field teams competed in the 16-team Div. III district meet finals Friday at Liberty-Benton.

Columbus Grove captured the boys and girls team titles. 

The Ada girls finished 11th out of 16 teams, while the purple and gold boys squad came in 13th. 

Ada's top individual finishes were a pair of fourths by senior Brenna Hissong (400 meters) and sophomore Courtney Sumner (long jump). 

A top four finish in a district final event qualifies an individual or relay team to regionals at Tiffin next week.

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