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Grove girls grab share of NWC title with win at Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, February 15, 2019

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Visiting Columbus Grove earned a share of the Northwest Conference girls basketball crown with a 66-15 victory over Ada Thursday evening in the regular season finale.

Ada finished 1-20 overall and 0-8 in the NWC with the defeat. Meanwhile, Grove improved to 16-5 and ended up 7-1 in the NWC to tie Bluffton for the league crown with the decisive win.

CG came into its final league game tied atop the league standings with Spencerville and Bluffton at 6-1. Crestview was close behind at 5-2.

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Cort Reynolds publishes "Boston vs. Los Angeles" prior to Super Bowl

Posted on the Boston Celtics blog
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 14, 2019

Cort Reynolds, Icon sports writer, had an article published in SB Nation celticsblog.com the day before the Super Bowl.

The article detailed the championship playoff history between the two coastal rivals, with an emphasis on the Celtics/Lakers championship series rivalry.

Its headline reads: Boston vs. Los Angeles, a long history of sports rivalry.

Click here to read the article.

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ONU men and women defeat 'Berg

Wyss led the Polar Bears with a team-high 12 rebounds and three steals
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 14, 2019

ONU women's and men's basketball teams both defeated Heidelberg on Feb. 13. Those game stories follow.

Women's game
The Ohio Northern women's basketball team sent the program's Class of 2019 student-athletes out in style Wednesday evening, toppling Ohio Athletic Conference foe Heidelberg 53-45 inside the ONU Sports Center on Senior Night.

The Polar Bears improve to 12-12 overall and 6-11 against the conference circuit with the victory. More importantly, Northern moves into a two-way tie for seventh place with Wilmington in the OAC standings and can secure their spot in the conference tournament Saturday with a win at Muskingum.

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Two Polar Bears receive OAC honors

Posted by LizGH on Thursday, February 14, 2019

Senior All-American Ryan Bruns (Chickasaw/Marion Local) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of February 6-12.

Bruns averaged 29 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game last week as the Polar Bears (5-18 overall, 1-15 OAC) defeated Otterbein 75-70 and lost at John Carroll 90-71.

Against Otterbein, he scored 33 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and blocked four shots and followed that up with a 25-point, 11-rebound, 4-block performance at JCU.

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It's lacrosse season at ONU

Men's team picked as pre-season OAC leader
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 13, 2019

University lacrosse season begins later this month. Here’s a preview of ONU men’s and women’s team.

Men’s outlook
The Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team has been picked to repeat as Co-Champions in the Ohio Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches Poll in voting conducted by the league's 10 head coaches.

The Polar Bears received 75 points and six of the 10 first place votes in the poll.

John Carroll was also picked as a Co-Champion with 75 points and the otehr four first place votes, while Baldwin Wallace was picked to finish third with 68 points.

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Ada girls caged by Tigers in rematch

Megan Light led Ada with 10 points
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 13, 2019

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Visiting Waynesfield-Goshen rode a strong first quarter to a big lead and went on to post a 45-28 win over Ada in non-league girls basketball action Tuesday night.

The Lady Bulldogs fell to 1-19 with the defeat, while the Lady Tigers improved to 6-14 with their second win at Ada this season.

Converting on several early turnovers, W-G jumped to a 20-7 lead after the first period and never led by less than 13 points the rest of the way.

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