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ONU men advance to OAC finals

Women bow out in semi-final action
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, March 5, 2021

The Ohio Northern University men's basketball team advances  to OAC finals on Saturday. Meanwhile, the women's team bowed out in its semi-final contest. The recap of both games follow.

By Tim Glon
Sophomore Grant Heileman (Millersport/Sheridan) scored a career-high 21 points to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team to an 81-75 victory over Muskingum in the semifinals of the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament on Thursday night at the ONU Sports Center.

The fifth-seeded Polar Bears (5-6 overall) advance to the OAC Tournament finals on Saturday and will play at top-seeded and No. 6-ranked Marietta at 7 p.m. at Ban Johnson Fieldhouse.

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Let's play ball!

Sign up for Ada summer T-ball, softball, baseball ends March 7 • Team options available for youth ages 5 to 14
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, March 4, 2021

Ada Diamonds Baseball/Softball registration ends on Sunday, March 7. Sign-up in understand online for the following teams:
• T-ball, ages 5,6,7
• Slow pitch softball, ages 8,9,10
• Fast pitch softball, ages 11, 12,13
• Pee-Wee baseball, ages 8,9,10
• Little League baseball, ages 11,12,13
• Pony League baseball, ages 13, 14

In addition to play sign-up, the squads are looking for persons interested in coaching or helping umpire  for one game.

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ONU woman move on to semifinals

Ward pulls down 10 rebounds for 'Bears
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, March 4, 2021

Ohio Northern used another outstanding defensive effort and scored the first 12 points of the fourth quarter to pull away for a 61-44 victory at Otterbein in the quarterfinals of the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Tuesday night at the Rike Center.

The seventh-seeded Polar Bears improve to 7-7 on the season and advance to the semifinals on Thursday night at top-seeded and No. 12-ranked John Carroll (11-2).

The second-seeded Cardinals end their season at 8-5.

ONU led 42-36 after three periods and used the 12-0 run to take a commanding 54-36 advantage with 5:35 left in the game.

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Polar Bears advance to OAC semifinals

Landen Long scores career-high 25 points
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, March 4, 2021

Sophomore Landen Long (Mason) scored a career-high 25 points to lead Ohio Northern to an 80-79 victory at John Carroll in the quarterfinals of the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament on Tuesday night at the DeCarlo Center.

The fifth-seeded Polar Bears (4-6 overall) advance to the semifinals and will host sixth-seeded Muskingum on Thursday night at the ONU Cports Center.

The fourth-seeded Blue Streaks end their season at 4-4.

Sophomore Adam Scott (Wapakoneta) added a career-high 16 points and sophomore Grant Heileman (Millersport/Sheridan) tied a career-high with 15 points for Ohio Northern.

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Update on Polar Bear athletics

Men's basketball • Women's basketball • Men's lacrosse
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Here's an update on recent ONU athletic contests.

Sophomore C.J. Napier (Miamisburg/Bishop Fenwick) recorded his fifth double-double of the season as the Ohio Northern Men's Basketball team fell 90-77 against No.9 Marietta Friday night at the ONU Sports Center.

ONU drops to 3-5 overall and 3-5 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while MC improves to 8-1, 8-1.

The Polar Bears were led by Napier with 25 points and 11 rebounds. 

Sophomore Landen Long (Mason) added 13 points and freshman Carson Conley (Newark/Licking Valley) scored 11 points off the bench.

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Ada HS standout Chase Sumner named to All-OAC wrestling squad

Sumner is ranked No. 5 nationally at 149 pounds and finished the abbreviated 2021 season with a perfect 4-0 record
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Ada High School graduate Chase Sumner, an Ohio Northern sophomore, along with teammate Ben DePrest (Louisville, Ky./Saint Xavier) were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in wrestling for the 2020-21 season in voting conducted by the league's eight head coaches.

Sumner is ranked No. 5 nationally at 149 pounds and finished the abbreviated 2021 season with a perfect 4-0 record. He also had two pins and a tech fall in those four victories.

He is 41-6 with 13 pins and 4 tech falls in his two seasons as a Polar Bear.

DePrest had a breakout year in 2021, going 3-1 with one pin and a major decision at heavyweight after wrestling at 184 and 197 as a freshman a year ago.

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