Grace Honigford OAC women's golf player of the week
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, April 22, 2021
Here's an update on ONU golf team.
Freshman Grace Honigford (West Chester/Lakota East) was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Golf Player of the Week for the week of April 13-19.
Honigford won Medalist honors for the third consecutive tournament and the fifth time in 10 tournaments this season, posting a 9-over par 78-75—153. Her 153 is the third-lowest 36-hole total in ONU history.
She also led a record-setting Ohio Northern effort as the Polar Bears also won the team title.
Hardin Northern Invitational next on Ada's schedule
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 20, 2021
By Cort Reynolds
COLUMBUS GROVE - The Ada boys and girls track and field teams competed at the annual 13-school Columbus Grove Invitational meet Friday.
Anna won the girls team title with 139 points, while host Columbus Grove took second with 94 points. The Ada girls finished tied for ninth with a dozen points.
Grove captured the boys crown with 178 points. Anna was a distant second with 77 points, while the Bulldog boys came in 12th with two points.
Ada senior Brenna Hissong posted the top purple and gold showing on the day by finishing second in the 400 meter dash.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The homestanding Ada baseball team crushed county rival Ridgemont 12-2 in a run-rule shortened, non-conference mismatch Friday evening.
Ada's record improved to 3-5 overall with the win. Ridgemont dropped to 3-5 with the defeat.
The Bulldogs led 2-1 after the opening frame. Ada tacked on five more runs to build their lead to 7-1 after four innings. Speedy senior Jacob Poling scored the seventh run after scoring from second base on an infield hit and error.
Ridgemont scored a run in the top of the fifth. With two out, an error, stolen base and a bloop single to left field brought home the second Gopher run.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Host Ada whipped Hardin County rival Ridgemont 10-0 in a non-conference softball game Friday evening.
The Lady Bulldogs improved to 6-4 overall with the victory. The Lady Gophers dropped to 6-2 with the five-inning, run-rule shortened defeat.
"Leona Dalton pitched well, she was throwing hard," said Ada head coach Rebecca Dicke. "We put the ball in play, moved runners, and put pressure on the defense. We took advantage of their errors and created chaos on the bases."
Dalton struck out 12 of the 15 Gophers she retired over five innings. She walked one and allowed no runs in the complete game shutout.
Geddes Klingler - on his birthday - and Brendan Kah presented the most inspiring match of the evening. They did not give up after being down, 1-5. They rallied to win 6 straight games.
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 20, 2021
By Cort Reynolds
ELIDA - The visiting Ada tennis team won all three singles matches over Elida to pave the way for a tight 3-2 victory on a windy Monday evening.
The purple and gold netters improved to 3-5 with the "Battle of the Bulldogs" win over their Western Buckeye League opponent. Elida fell to 1-6 with the defeat.
Ada senior Miranda Wills improved to 4-4 this season at first singles with a straight-sets triumph over her senior opponent.
Tyler Jameson drove in 3 runs, scored a run and collected 2 hits against USV
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, April 19, 2021
Look for Ada vs. Ridgemont report on Tuesday By Cort Reynolds
McGUFFEY - The visiting Ada baseball swept two games in a split non-conference doubleheader at McGuffey Saturday to run their win streak to three games.
Ada's record improved to .500 at 5-5 with the pair of wins. USV dropped to 2-7, and Botkins fell to 6-6 with the defeats to the Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs led 2-0 early against the rival Rams. A seven-run top of the fourth ining blew the game open, 9-0. Ada tacked on five more runs in the top of the sixth to build the margin to a commanding 14-0.