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Volleyball: Ada girls sting Hornets

Coach Tabor: "Our defense was solid. We kept them off balance, and our serve placement was smart."
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, August 22, 2019

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada volleyball team took down visiting Cory-Rawson in straight sets on a warm Wednesday night to record their first home win of the season.

The convincing 25-14, 25-23, 25-12 victory upped the Lady Bulldog record to 2-1.

"We played really well," said Bulldog second-year head coach Kyleigh Tabor. "They had a really good server going in the second set, but we came back strong in the third set."

A block kill by Megan Light and two Miranda Wills kills got Ada off to a good start in set one. An ace by Kendal Guagenti capped her 5-0 serving run and propelled the hosts to an 11-6 lead.

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HS soccer: Kenton shuts out Ada soccer teams

Girls Harding on Saturday; boys host Spencerville
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, August 22, 2019

By Cort Reynolds
KENTON - Hardin County rival Kenton blanked visiting Ada 8-0 in girls soccer play Wednesday night.

Ada fell to 0-2 after the defeat, while Kenton improved to 2-0 with the win.

The Lady Wildcats scored early and pushed the ball up the field the entire game, building a 5-0 lead by halftime. They added three more scores after intermission.

"Kenton is a strong team," said Ada head coach Doug Poling. "We played defensively for the majority of the match. We managed only four shots on goal."

Ada senior keeper Kenzie Long made 18 saves in goal, while classmate Sidney Gossard stopped 11 shots.

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Erica Bryan named ONU softball assistant coach

Posted by LizGH on Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Erica Bryan has been named an assistant coach for the Ohio Northern softball program.

She has previous coaching stints at Centre (Ky.) in 2017 and with current ONU head coach Jackie Price at Hiram in 2015-16.

Bryan was a four-year starter as a shortstop at Ohio Wesleyan from 2011-14. She finished her career as a .306 hitter with 139 base hits, 85 runs scored and 53 stolen bases in 148 games.

She received her bachelor's degree in sport management from OWU in 2014.

Bryan then earned her master's degree from Hiram in international studies in 2016.

She is a native of Wapakoneta, Ohio, and currently lives in Lima.

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Hunter Wells to lead Ada HS cross country team

Josh Klein in his fourth coaching season
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Story and photo by Cort Reynolds
ADA - A lone senior returns to pace the youthful Ada cross country team this fall.

Veteran Hunter Wells is back to run the grueling sport for fourth-year head coach Josh Klein, whose combined boys/girls roster boasts nine runners. There is only one female on the team.

"We are really young and inexperienced," admitted Klein. "But the most exciting part is working with a mostly young group that is new to cross country."

Ada lost eight runners from last season, mostly to graduation, including ace Miguel Jordan. Three lettermen return in 2019.

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Boys' soccer: Ada ties Miller City 3-3

Keeper Grant Preston was credited with 10 saves
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, August 20, 2019

By Cort Reynolds
MILLER CITY - The visiting Ada boys soccer team played to a 3-3 tie at Miller City Monday evening.

The Bulldogs (0-1-1) jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first half as Jacob Poling and Skylar Williams each scored for Ada.

MC then roared back with three unanswered goals to take a 3-2 lead to intermission.

But Poling tied it up with his second goal just over 10 minutes into the second half, and the game remained scoreless the rest of the way.

Isaac Spar dished out two assists and Williams added one assist for Ada. Keeper Grant Preston was credited with 10 saves in goal.

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Ada boys apparently lose controversial opener at Indian Lake

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 19, 2019

By Cort Reynolds
INDIAN LAKE - The Ada boys soccer team kicked off its season with a disputed 2-1 defeat at Indian Lake this past Friday evening under the lights.

Ada senior Michael Crouse appeared to tie the match 2-2 when he headed a Jacob Poling pass into the net with just 53 seconds left to play. But the tying goal was waved off by the officials.

"We have pictures of the goal going in but they can't change the call on the field," explained veteran Ada head coach Jason Okuly. "I never saw anything like it. Their players saw it go in.

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