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Soccer: Ada shut out by Miller City

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada boys soccer team lost 3-0 to visiting Miller City Wednesday evening.

The defeat dropped the Bulldog overall record to 2-3, while the Wildcats improved to 2-0-1 with the win.

MC put the game out of reach on a goal with 96 seconds remaining.

Ada sophomore keeper Grant Preston made 10 saves in goal.     

Ada (1-0 NWC) entertains Paulding (0-2, 0-0 NWC) in a Northwest Conference match Tuesday, Sept. 8.
 

Cort Reynolds has two articles published

Ada Icon sports writer, Cort Reynolds had two articles published recently on two different national hoop websites:
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Ada runs at Waynesfield tri-meet

Riley Ferguson paced boys with a 23:15 time; Jillian Hazelton led the girls with a time of 33:59

By Cort Reynolds
WAYNESFIELD - The Ada cross country team competed at the Waynesfield-Goshen triangular meet on a humid Tuesday evening.

"The kids ran really well and everyone took time off from last meet," said coach Josh Klein. "All of the girls took 2:40 to five minutes off of last week's meet.

"We also added Cole Anspach to the boys team, who ran a 26:12 in his first meet," he added. Anspach finished third out of the four Bulldog boys.

Junior Riley Ferguson paced the Ada boys with a 23:15 time, an improvement of 26 seconds from the first meet a week ago at Ben Logan. 

Bulldog golfers play NWC tri  

Dexter Woods carded a 52, Kamron Wilkerson right behind with a 53, Jacob Morgan shot a round of 54.

By Cort Reynolds
KALIDA - The Ada golf team competed in a three-team Northwest Conference match at Moose Landing Golf Course near Kalida Tuesday evening.

Paulding finished first in the event with 179 strokes, followed by Columbus Grove (186) and Ada (224).

The Bulldogs dropped to 1-20 overall and 0-9 in the NWC with the losses. Paulding improved to 12-6 (8-4 NWC) with the wins, while Grove ran its record to 10-9 (4-5 NWC).

Junior Dexter Woods carded a 52 to lead Ada, while classmate Kamron Wilkerson was right behind him with a 53. Senior Jacob Morgan shot a round of 54. 

Volleyball: Bulldogs spike Perry

Light led Ada with 7 kills, 8 digs and 2 blocks; Wills contributed 6 kills, 3 digs and 1 block 

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada volleyball team got back on the winning track with a convincing three-set sweep of visiting Perry Tuesday evening.

The 25-13, 25-13, 25-15 win sank the Commodores and upped the Lady Bulldog record to 3-2 this season. Perry dropped to 0-4 with the defeat.

"I think we played well and focused on our side of the net," said Ada head coach Kyleigh Tabor. "We eliminated the errors and kept our intensity up."

Ada jumped out an 8-3 lead in set one. Some Perry errors and a Courtney Sumner kill helped the Bulldogs build a lead of 14-8. Senior Megan Light then smacked a clean kill to extend the margin to 16-8. 

Ferguson to pace Ada runners; two other harriers pull double duty

Fifth-year head coach Josh Klein has four boys and four girls out for the squad this season

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Eight runners comprise the inexperienced and youthful Ada cross country roster this fall, with two busy runners playing a pair of sports this fall.

Fifth-year head coach Josh Klein has four boys and four girls out for the squad this season. 

"We are trying to develop the team and some longevity," said Klein. All four girls are new to the cross country team. Unfortunately the Bulldogs are one runner short of the five needed to post a team score for boys and girls. 

Ada lost four key runners from last season, but return three lettermen.

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