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Cort Reynolds' article recalls K.C. Jones

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Icon sports writer, Cort Reynolds, recently had an article publilshed on the Boston Celtics blog.

The article is about ex-Boston player and coach, K.C.Jones. He won eight titles as a Celtic defensive ace guard, and two more as Boston head coach in the mid-1980s. Jones died Christmas Day at age 88.

Click here to read the article.

 

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ONU scholar-athlete received Ohio Athletic Conference honor

Goes to senior Sam Krabacher
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Senior Sam Krabacher (Hamilton/Badin) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Month for January.

A middle distance runner by trade, Krabacher is one several student/athletes on the Ohio Northern track and field team that gives a full commitment to the cross country season as well.

He is highly successful in the middle distances on the track, earning five All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors in his career, including back-to-back top-3 finishes in the 800-meter dash at the OAC Indoor Championships.

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Enter the Icon holiday football

15 games in this contest • Entry deadline noon on Wednesday, Dec. 30
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 28, 2020

The 2020-21 Bluffton and Ada Icon football bowl contest is here.

This year's contest includes 15 bowl games played from Dec. 30 through Jan. 2.

Contest rules
Contestants may enter as many times as they wish, but each new entry must be in a different name. When more than one entry is submitted using the same name those entries will be disqualified.

In the contest pick the winner of each bowl game. There are two tie-breakers. In the event that a tie still exists after the second tie-breaker is counted the earliest entry will be declared the winner.

The entry deadline is noon on Wednesday, Dec. 30.

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OAC shifts wrestling schedule to Sundays

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 21, 2020

The Ohio Athletic Conference has announced a shift for its regular season wrestling schedule, moving all contests from Saturdays to Sundays for the 2021 season.

Wrestling will determine its OAC champion with a round-robin schedule of meets held on Jan. 24 at Mount Union and Feb. 7 at Ohio Northern.

All eight schools will also compete at Baldwin Wallace on Jan. 31 in a schedule yet to be determined.

The NCAA Central Regional Championships on Feb. 26-27 at Alma, Mich., and the NCAA III Championships at LaCrosse, Wis., on March 12-13 remain unchanged.

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Ada hires experienced new football coach

Toby Smith will continue to teach at Lima Senior the rest of this school year, then will teach and coach at Ada in the 2021-22 school year. He plans to implement workouts for the Ada program starting in mid-January
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 21, 2020

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada school board hired successful and experienced gridiron mentor Toby Smith as its new head varsity football coach last Thursday night at their regular December meeting.

"We are very happy to have a coach with a successful track record like his joining us," said Ada athletic director Eric Perkins.

"We think he will have a very positive impact on our student-athletes," he added.

A native of Connecticut, Smith is a 1993 graduate of Wittenberg University, where he received a bachelor's degree in health and physical education. 

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An evening of overtimes

Varsity nipped in OT; JV wins a wild double overtime contest
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 21, 2020

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The host Ada boys basketball team lost a 38-36 overtime heartbreaker to local foe Cory-Rawson in non-league play Saturday night.

The Bulldogs led most of the game after holding the ice-cold Hornets without a field goal for the first 11:13 of the contest.

But C-R hung within striking distance, then put together a 13-0 second-half run to rally from a six-point deficit into a 27-20 lead. 

Ada battled back to tie it 31-31 on back-to-back treys from seniors Trent Ennis and Tristan Conley with 2:22 left in regulation. 

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