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Ada girls fall to Shawnee

By Cort Reynolds
Visiting Shawnee broke open a close game with seven late runs to post a 10-2 win over the Ada softball team in non-conference play Wednesday evening.  

The purple and gold fell to 5-6 with the loss, while the Lady Indians improved to 7-4 after the win. 

It was Ada's seventh game in seven days, the last six of which have been at home. The Bulldogs went 3-4 in that busy stretch.

Shawnee jumped in front with three runs in the top of the first inning. Ada edged within a run on two third inning runs.

Softball: Ada's Dalton no-hits Waynesfield

By Cort Reynolds
Ada sophomore Leona Dalton tossed a five-inning no-hitter to lead the Lady Bulldog softball team to a 13-1 win over visiting Waynesfield-Goshen in a non-conference contest Tuesday evening. The purple and gold evened their mark at 5-5 with the win, while the Lady Tigers dropped to 1-4 with the loss.

Dalton struck out 12 Tigers, walked one and allowed no earned runs in the run-rule shortened game to improve her mark to 5-4. Ada jumped in front with five runs in the bottom of the first inning.

Bulldog boys tame Tigers

By Cort Reynolds
The host Ada baseball team defeated Waynesfield-Goshen 10-4 in a non-conference game Tuesday evening. The Bulldogs improved to 6-4 with the win, while W-G fell to 1-6 with the defeat.

Ada led 3-2 after one inning, then broke the game open with a five-run second frame. Sophomore center fielder Zac Swaney doubled, hit two singles and scored three runs. He also swiped four bases to ignite the Ada offense. On defense, Swaney made a nice tumbling third inning catch on a deep Tiger fly ball. Junior Phillip Coulson singled, scord two runs and drove in another while stealing three bases.

4 ONU wrestlers listed as Scholar All-Americans

 Four Ohio Northern student-athletes were named Scholar All-America in wrestling for 2018-19 by the National Wrestling Coaches Association.

ONU golfers compete at Otterbein Classic

Women’s team
Sophomore Lydia Cranmer (Farmington Hills, Mich./Ladywood) fired a final round 80 to rally from four shot back to claim Medalist honors to lead the Ohio Northern women's golf team at the Otterbein Cardinal Classic on Saturday and Sunday at the NorthStar Golf Course.

Cranmer shot 85 on Saturday and carded an 80 on Sunday to finish with a 165, edging first round leader Madison Harsh of Capital by one shot.

Ada boys nipped by Mustangs

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The host Ada baseball team lost a tense 4-3 battle to backyard rival Allen East in Northwest Conference action Monday evening.

The Bulldogs fell to 5-4 and 1-1 in the NWC with the     league defeat, while AE improved to 4-3 and 1-1 in the NWC after the hard-fought win.

Hustling sophomore center fielder Zac Swaney gave Ada a 1-0 lead in the first inning when he stole home plate.

In the top of the fourth, Mustang Jordan Motter led off with a double over Swaney's head in center field. An infield hit put runners on the corners with none out.

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