Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 6, 2020
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The host Ada girls soccer team soundly defeated Spencerville 4-1 in a Northwest Conference bout Monday evening at the park.
Ada improved to 3-8 overall and 1-4 in NWC action with their first conference victory. The Lady Bearcats fell to 1-9 and 0-4 in the NWC with the loss.
"I am incredibly proud of how we played tonight," said first-year head coach A. J. Wahlie. "Four goals by four different scorers is the balance that we wanted.
Senior Jacob Morgan paced the Bulldog boys by finishing 56th out of 144 runners
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 5, 2020
By Cort Reynolds
KALIDA - The Ada cross country teams competed at the Kalida Wildcat Invitational Saturday morning.
Van Wert won the 24-team boys title with 81 points. Ottawa-Glandorf was second with 108 points, followed by Elyria Catholic (120) in third.
Ada finished 20th with 521 points, ahead of McComb, Ottoville, LCC and Miller City. It was the first meet this season the Bulldog boys were able to field a full five-man squad needed to post a team score.
Senior Jacob Morgan paced the Bulldog boys by finishing 56th out of 144 runners. He covered the 3.1-mile course in 18:27.9.
By Cort Reynolds Ada individual sectional scoring
1 - Jacob Morgan 62 50 112
2 - Dexter Woods 57 51 108
3 - Andrew Rush 56 60 116
4 - Geddes Klingler 57 61 118
5 - Jack Baumgartner 68 66 134
ARLINGTON - The Allen East golf team won the 12-team Div. III sectionals at Sycamore Springs Golf Course Thursday.
AE won with 340 strokes, with Pandora-Gilboa nine shots behind (349). Van Buren was third (360). Only the top three teams and top three individuals not on a qualifying team made it to districts October 8.
Poling scores 21st goal of season • Ethan Murphy also scores for Ada •16 saves for Grant Preston
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, October 2, 2020
By Cort Reynolds
VAN BUREN - The Ada boys soccer team lost at Van Buren 7-2 in a North Central Ohio Soccer Association match Thursday night.
The Bulldogs fell to 6-5 overall and 1-3 in NCOSA play with the defeat. VB improved to 4-6 and 3-1 in NCOSA action with the victory.
Van Buren led just 1-0 in a defensive first half, but the teams combined for eight goals after intermission.
Jonah Frederick scored three goals, including one in the game's second minute, to pace the victors. He and Black Knight Jordan Frederick tallied two second half goals apiece, while Chance Conley and Aiden Haley added the other Knight post-intermission scores.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The host Ada volleyball team ran into streaking juggernaut Crestview and lost to the Northwest Conference leader in straight sets Thursday night.
Crestview improved to 10-4 and stayed atop the NWC at 6-0 with their ninth consecutive victory. All of the Knight losses were to MAC powers.
The 25-16, 25-15, 25-6 defeat dropped the Lady Bulldog overall record to 7-9 overall and 1-5 in NWC play. It was their seventh match in 12 days.