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Ada pulls plug on football season

Head coach Christopher resigns
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, September 17, 2020

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - On Thursday afternoon, the Ada school district and athletic department made the difficult and unprecedented decision to cancel the rest of its 2020 football season after just three games.

"Safety concerns arising from a limited number of Ada players available for the game have forced this decision for the Ada district," wrote second-year Bulldog athletic director Eric Perkins in a brief press release.

Third-year head coach Shawn Christopher also announced his resignation Thursday, effective immediately.

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Ada girl kickers fall to Knights

Freshman Ella Marshall netted a goal for the hosts with just 17 seconds remaining. Ironically, her score came just 14 seconds after Marshall had a goal disallowed by an off-sides call
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, September 16, 2020

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada girls soccer team lost 4-2 to visiting league foe Crestview Tuesday evening at the park pitch.

The loss dropped the Lady Bulldog record to 2-5 overall and 0-2 in Northwest Conference play.

After a slow start, the Lady Knights scored four unanswered goals to win and improve to 4-2 and 1-1 in NWC play.

Ada led 1-0 after a goal from freshman forward Karmen Hall. But Crestview responded by scoring twice to grab a 2-1 lead at intermission.

The Knights extended the lead to 4-1 before freshman Ella Marshall netted a goal for the hosts with just 17 seconds remaining.

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Grove rally nips Ada spikers in league opener

Kylie Acheson contributed 4 kills and hustled up 20 digs, while serving up 2 aces
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, September 16, 2020

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada volleyball team built a two-set lead but fell to a late rally from visiting Columbus Grove in a seesaw five-set Northwest Conference thriller Tuesday night.

The 21-25, 25-27, 25-23, 25-21, 15-9 defeat snapped a three-match Ada win streak and dropped the purple and gold record to 5-3 (0-1 NWC). 

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Andrew Rush leads the Bulldogs with a nine-hole score of 55

4-tem NWC quad meet at Delphos
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 15, 2020

By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS - The Ada golf team played in a four-team Northwest Conference quadrangular Monday at the Delphos Country Club.

Lincolnview won with 185 strokes, followed by host Delphos Jefferson (192), Crestview (216) and Ada (237).

Junior Andrew Rush led the Bulldogs with a nine-hole score of 55. Senior Jacob Morgan was second for Ada with a 59, followed by sophomore Geddes Klingler's round of 61. Junior southpaw Dexter Woods posted a 62 as the fourth scorer.

Freshman Jack Baumgartner added a 68 to complete the Ada effort.

Jefferson's Logan Gallmeier was match medalist with a score of 37 on the par-35 course.

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Boys' soccer: Poling leads Bulldogs over Upper Sandusky

Ada has won four of its last five matches after an 0-2 start
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 15, 2020

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada boys soccer team edged visiting Upper Sandusky 4-3 Monday evening.

The victory upped the Bulldog boys record to 4-3 overall and 1-1 in NCOSA play. Ada has won four of its last five matches after an 0-2 start.

"It was a hard-fought battle," said Ada head coach Jason Okuly. "The guys never gave up and showed a lot of heart."

Bulldog senior Jacob Poling netted two goals and passed out a pair of assists, leading Ada to a 4-0 halftime cushion.

Senior Ian Dellifield tallied a goal and one assist. Sophomore Carter Conley added the other goal. 

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Bluffton nips Ada in shootout thriller

"Football is a game of momentum and we had it, then they had it, we had it, then they did," said Ada third-year head coach Shawn Christopher
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 14, 2020

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - In an exciting rollercoaster ride of a game, Bluffton got the last run in to edge Ada 48-46 in the finale to the Northwest Conference round robin Friday on an unseasonably cool night at War Memorial Stadium.

Bluffton rallied from a 10-point second half deficit with 20 unanswered points. But after an Ada touchdown cut the deficit to two points late, the Pirates had to dodge a last-second drive to hold on for the hard-hitting rivalry win.

Bluffton improved to 1-2 in the NWC East with the victory. Ada fell to 0-3 in the NWC East with the tough-luck defeat in their home opener on Senior Night. 

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