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Ada golfers set season bests in NWC tri-match

Senior Alex Morgan (43), junior Brevin Sizemore (43), sophomore Dexter Woods (50) and sophomore Kamron Wilkerson (50) all posted personal-best, nine-hole scores

By Cort Reynolds
DEFIANCE - With a season-low score and several personal-bests, the Ada golf team finished a strong third in a three-team Northwest Conference match Monday at Defiance.

Delphos Jefferson won with 170 strokes, followed by host Paulding (176) and Ada (186).

The 186 total was a season-best team score for the Bulldog linksters.

Senior Alex Morgan (43), junior Brevin Sizemore (43), sophomore Dexter Woods (50) and sophomore Kamron Wilkerson (50) all posted personal-best, nine-hole scores as the four Ada scorers.

Bulldog senior Ethan Hull shot a 56, and junior Jacob Morgan added a score of 69.

Girls' soccer: Lady Bulldog kickers lose to Upper Sandusky

Sidney Gossard made 15 saves in goal for the Bulldogs

By Cort Reynolds
UPPER SANDUSKY - The visiting Ada girls soccer team lost to Upper Sandusky 3-0 Monday evening.

The loss dropped the Lady Bulldog record to 2-5 this season.

"The game was played fairly even, but they were able to capitalize on through balls," said Ada head coach Doug Poling.

Upper Sandusky took the lead midway through the first half on a  breakaway goal. Another Ram goal just before halftime extended their lead to 2-0 at intermission.

US tallied the third goal early in the second half, and the game remained scoreless the rest of the way.

Boys' soccer: Ada boys blank Rams for 5th win in row

Freshman Grant Preston made 17 saves in goal for the Bulldogs

By Cort Reynolds
UPPER SANDUSKY - The visiting Ada boys soccer team shut out Upper Sandusky 2-0 Monday evening.

The Bulldogs improved to 5-2-1 with their fifth consecutive victory. Ada has outscored its opponents 21-4 during the win streak.

Junior scoring ace Jaob Poling netted both Bulldog goals. Senior Issac Spar and Wyatt Rettig each passed out one assist.

Freshman Grant Preston made 17 saves in goal for the Bulldogs.

Ada visits New Knoxville Sept. 17.

Football: ONU opens with a loss on the road

Mark Niles had 13 tackles and a fumble recovery, David Haseleu had 11 tackles to lead the ONU defense

By Tim Glon
GRANVILLE — The Ohio Northern football team opened its 2019 season with a 42-13 non-conference loss at Denison on a beautiful Saturday night at Piper Stadium.

The Polar Bears (0-1) opened the scoring on the second play of the second quarter when senior Anthony McFadden (Chillicothe/Paint Valley) hit sophomore Austin Eick (Rossford) on a 6-yard pass to go ahead 6-0.

The Big Red (1-0) answered with three touchdowns, including two in the final 3:04 of the half, to take a 21-6 lead into intermission.

Football: Red Devils stave off Ada

Costly penalties for well over 100 yards, and two untimely turnovers hurt the Bulldogs

By Cort Reynolds
ARLINGTON - Visiting Ada battled hard but came up short to Arlington 26-12 in a hard-fought contest at Castor Field Friday night.

The Bulldogs fell to 0-2 after the tough non-league loss, while Arlington improved to 2-0 with the victory.

Costly penalties for well over 100 yards, and two untimely turnovers hurt the Bulldogs. The Red Devil running game also rolled up 370 yards to help offset a career night by Ada junior quarterback Brandon Hull.

Wells paces Ada harriers at Spencerville

Seth Swaney with a 21:43 times comes in second for Ada

By Cort Reynolds
SPENCERVILLE - The Ada cross country team competed at the 43rd annual Spencerville Bearcat Invitational Saturday.

The Bulldog boys came in 13th out of 15 teams as Botkins won the title with 38 points. Ada scored 357 points to finish ahead of Ansonia (372) and Sidney-Lehman Catholic (388).

Ada finishes and times:
79th Hunter Wells 21:07
89th Seth Swaney 21:43
121st Connor Daugherty 23:44
127th Keegan Giddens 24:03
128th Xander Wells: 24:05
138th Robby Waters: 24:44

"Seth, Keegan and Xander all dropped time from last meet," said Ada head coach Josh Klein.

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