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Bulldog NWC winter scholar-athletes lauded

Cheerleading, basketball, wrestling, swimming

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Ada had several students named to the Northwest Conference winter sports scholar-athlete list recently. The entire NWC list is attached at the bottom of this story.

Criteria for inclusion are that students must be a letter winner in their sport, and meet the following grade point average requirements:
Gold level 3.50 and above
Silver level 3.00 - 3.49

Basketball cheerleading: Gold - Anabel Alexander, Nora Dellifield, Emma Jameson, Kama Arn, Barrette Jones, Courtney McLaughlin

Boys basketball: Gold - Cade Mullins
Silver: Micah Cook

Bulldog tennis stomps Lima Senior

By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - Visiting Ada spanked Lima Senior 4-1 Wednesday evening, with the Bulldogs playing many of its newcomers.

The Bulldog netters improved to 3-1 after the victory, while Lima Senior fell to 0-3 with the defeat.

Ada won all three singles matches easily in straight sets, losing just two out of 38 games.

Bulldog sophomore Miranda Wills improved her mark to 3-1 by winning handily at first singles.    

Freshman Dexter Woods won easily at second singles in straight sets to notch his first varsity victory.

Ada girls downed by late Panther comeback

By Cort Reynolds
McCOMB - Host McComb    scored five runs in the sixth inning to post a 5-4 comeback win over the Ada softball team Tuesday evening.  

The purple and gold dropped to 2-2 this season with the tough loss.

Ada led 4-0 through five innings. But in the home sixth McComb strung a few hits together, including a home run, and also capitalized on back-to-back Bulldog errors to seize a 5-4 lead.

The Panthers then held Ada scoreless in the seventh inning to preserve the victory.

Bulldog boys out-slugged at McComb

By Cort Reynolds
McCOMB - The host McComb baseball team erupted for six runs in a wild first inning and held on for a 9-6 win over Ada Tuesday evening.

Ada fell to 3-3 with the non-league defeat.

The Bulldogs raced to an early lead by scoring three runs in the top of the first inning. But the Panthers responded by tallying six times in the home half of the first.

The Panthers then tacked on single runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings to extend their lead to 9-3.

Ada rallied to plate three runs and halve the deficit in their last at bat in the top of the seventh, but the lead was too much to overcome.

Hit-fest victory

ONU pounds out 27 hits in win over Quakers

By Tim Glon
ADA — The Ohio Northern softball team scored 20 runs and pounded out 27 hits in a 7-0, 13-6 sweep of Wilmington on Tuesday afternoon at the ONU Softball Field.

The Polar Bears (9-9 overall, 3-1 Ohio Athletic Conference) also got a 4-hit shutout in Game 1 and a 3-inning save in Game 2 from senior Kaitlin Surdej (Lancaster, N.Y./Central). Surdej finished the day with 10 innings of shutout ball with only six hits allowed in the circle.

The Quakers fall to 14-6, 2-4.

Bulldog netters edge St. Marys

By Cort Reynolds
ST. MARYS - Visiting Ada won all three singles matches to post a hard-fought 3-2 victory over St. Marys Monday evening.

The Bulldogs improved to 2-1 after the victory, while SM fell to 2-1 with the loss.
Ada won all three singles matches in straight sets.

Bulldog senior Cade Mullins dropped just one game at first singles to run his record to 3-0.

Junior Isaac Spar rallied to gut out a three-setter to clinch a second singles win, and also improved his record to 3-0.

Ada sophomore Miranda Wills increased her mark to 2-1 by winning 12 of 13 games at third singles.

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