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Bulldogs eliminated by Indians in sectionals

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, May 19, 2021

By Cort Reynolds
FT. RECOVERY - The visiting Ada baseball team lost 17-1 at Ft. Recovery in Div. IV sectional semifinal action Tuesday evening.

The Bulldogs dropped to 7-14 overall following the defeat. 

FR improved to 9-16 with the win, and advances to the second round Thursday, May 20 at fifth seed Crestview (11-10). The Knights beat New Knoxville 11-1 in their sectional semifinal.

The game was called after five innings due to the 10-run rule.

Senior Jacob Morgan had a hit, was hit by a pitch and scored the only Ada run on an RBI hit by Kadin Phipps.

Classmates Jacob Poling, Cameron Bober and Trent Ennis each added a single.

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Softball: Pitcher/slugger Dalton leads All-NWC Ada selections

Baseball: Ada's Morgan voted 2nd team NWC honors
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, May 19, 2021

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Versatile Ada senior Leona Dalton was named first team All-Northwest Conference for softball in voting conducted by the league coaches Monday evening.

Dalton won 13 games and struck out a school single-season record 239 batters over 151 innings this spring. The workhorse hurler completed 23 games.

Dalton also led the team offensively. She compiled a .448 batting average by knocking out 35 hits. She scored 32 runs, led the team in slugging pct. and drove in 35 runs to lead Ada in all five categories.

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ONU softball team withdrawn from DIII tourney

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, May 19, 2021

The Ohio Northern softball team has withdrawn from the NCAA Division III Tournament due to COVID-19 protocol issues.

ONU was scheduled to travel to the Marshall, Tex., Regional and play No. 12-ranked Salisbury (Md.) in the First Round on Friday.

The Polar Bears will finish their 2021 season with a 24-18-1 overall record.

Northern was fourth in the OAC Regular Season standings with a 19-16 mark and won the OAC Tournament this year under fourth-year head coach Jackie Price.

 

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Ada Youth Football sign-up now open

• K to 2nd grade flag football • 3rd to 6th grade football
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, May 18, 2021

­­­Ada Youth Football sign-ups are open online for Kindergarten to sixth graders starting today (May 18) and continuing to June 10. To register open the following link:

https://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=adayouthfootballk6

According to Meagan Zoladz, “If you are new to Ada Youth Football, you need to create an account before registering. Please enter the grade your child will be in for the 2021-2022 school year.”

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Ada's Courtney Sumner wins NWC long jump on 1st day

League meet underway at Columbus Grove
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, May 14, 2021

By Cort Reynolds
COLUMBUS GROVE - The Ada track and field teams competed in the first day of the Northwest Conference championship meet Thursday at Columbus Grove.

Host Grove holds substantial leads in the boys and girls standings after the first day, with five field events and one relay completed. 

The Ada girls are fifth out of nine teams, and the Bulldog boys eighth after day one.

Ada sophomore Courtney Sumner won the long jump for the Lady Bulldogs. Junior teammate Olivia Green finished second in the long jump.

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Tennis season ends at Lima

Tough draw for third-seeded Ada
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, May 14, 2021

By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The Ada tennis team competed hard at the Div. II sectional tournament hosted by UNOH Thursday.

No Bulldogs advanced to the second day of semifinal competition Saturday despite a good run by the top doubles tandem.

After doing very well in singles competition all season, senior Miranda Wills and junior southpaw Dexter Woods III combined forces to play in the 23-team doubles tournament. 

Seeded third, the Bulldog pairing received a first round bye into the round of 16. In their first match, the Ada duo defeated Hayden Bader and Ali Braglia of LCC 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals.

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