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Hunter Wells leads Ada cross country team at Kenton

Seth Swaney second, Riley Ferguson third
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, October 4, 2019

Ada runners at Kenton Invite
By Cort Reynolds
KENTON - The Ada boys cross country team finished sixth at the Kyle Althauser Memorial Invitational meet hosted by Kenton Thursday evening.

St. Marys won the team title with 31 points. Waynesfield-Goshen finished a distant second (65), followed closely by host Kenton (66).

Hardin Northern finished fourth (95), with Riverdale fifth (107) and Ada sixth (165). Lima Senior (no score) and Perry (no score) were each two runners short of the requisite five needed to total a team score.

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ONU linebacker named to D2football.com team of the week

Posted by LizGH on Friday, October 4, 2019

Ohio Northern senior linebacker Mark Niles (Miramar, Fla.) has been named to the D3football.com Team of the Week for his efforts in Ohio Northern's 45-35 victory over Otterbein.

Niles tied a career-high with 15 tackles, had two sacks, three TFL and a pass broken up in the contest.

He was also named the Ohio Athletic Conference Football Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.

Through four games this season, Niles leads the OAC with 47 tackles and four sacks and is second in the league with 6 TFL.

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Lady Bulldog kickers edge Wildcats

Sophomore Timber Blankenship sent a crossing pass that senior Katie Butterfield finished over her shoulder for a 1-0 lead
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, October 3, 2019

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The host Ada girls soccer team broke up a scoreless tie late and held off a last-minute Delphos Jefferson attempt to edge the Wildcats 1-0 in a defensive Northwest Conference match Wednesday evening.

The win stopped a six-match winless streak, upping the Lady Bulldog record to 3-9-1 overall and 2-3-1 in NWC play. DJ fell to 0-12 and 0-4 in league action with the loss.

The teams played to a scoreless tie in the first half and throughout most of the second half.

"We controlled the ball for almost all of the first half, but it ended up tied 0-0," said Bulldog head coach Doug Poling.

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Lady Bulldog spikers lose to Panthers

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, October 2, 2019

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The host Ada volleyball team battled but lost in four sets to scrappy Paulding in a Northwest Conference match on Volley for the Cure night Tuesday.

The Lady Bulldogs dropped to 8-11 overall and 1-5 in the NWC with the 25-22, 21-25, 25-23, 25-19 defeat. The Panthers improved to 11-8 and 4-3 in the NWC with the win on an unseasonably hot evening.

"I feel like Paulding played a cleaner game than us," offered Ada head coach Kyleigh Tabor. "Their back row was more solid. They just had more runs than us, and our defense was not as solid as usual."

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Preview: Ada visits defending NWC champs

A win would get Ada back in the playoff hunt
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 1, 2019

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - After running up 120 points in its last two games, the high-powered Ada football team travels to face tough and improving Spencerville Friday in week six.

The two-time defending NWC champion Bearcats defeated previously unbeaten Allen East 21-7 in week five at Harrod. They have won two in a row and are 3-2 overall (2-0 NWC).

Spencerville is 1-1 at home while the Bulldogs are 2-1 on the road. The Bearcats beat Perry 35-16 in their opener, then lost 21-6 to Parkway and at tough LCC 41-27. They then downed Paulding 44-20 in their league lidlifter.

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Ada boys compete at Wildcat Invite

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 30, 2019

By Cort Reynolds
KALIDA - The Ada cross country team ran at the Kalida Wildcat Invitational meet Saturday.

The Bulldog boys finished 20th in the 23-team meet. Ottawa-Glandorf (53 points) out-distanced Elyria Catholic (104) for the team title. St. Marys finished third with 127 points. Allen East ended up 17th.

Bulldog senior Hunter Wells ended up 136th in a field of 216  runners to register the top Ada finish.

The average Ada time over the 3.1-mile course was 23:23.4.

Matt Krese of Elyria Catholic won the individual race with a time of 16:53.4.

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