By Cort Reynolds
The Ada tennis team defeated visiting Upper Sandusky 4-1 Monday evening at the Ohio Northern University courts in the 2019 home regular season finale.
The Bulldogs improved to 13-4 with the victory, while US fell to 10-4 with the loss.
Ace Cade Mullins celebrated Senior Day with a 7-5, 6-0 win at first singles to record his 17th win of the season.
Junior Isaac Spar and sophomore Miranda Wills also each reached the 17-win plateau with straight-set wins at seond and third singles, respectively.
By Tim Glon
Ohio Northern volleyball coach Kate Witte has announced her retirement at the end of the 2019 season after 29 years as head coach of the program.
Witte will be replaced at the helm of the Polar Bears by current assistant coach and ONU All-American Katie Kuhn on Jan. 1, 2020.
"I am very honored to have had the opportunity to be the leader of the ONU volleyball program for the past 28 years, Witte said. "I am greatly looking forward to my last volleyball season at Ohio Northern. I have had the privilege to coach hundreds of terrific young ladies during my time here and will cherish those memories the rest of my life."
By Cort Reynolds
The visiting Ada baseball team lost a tough 4-1 battle at Spencerville in Northwest Conference baseball action Monday night.
Ada fell to 8-10 and 1-5 in the NWC with the defeat.
Spencerville improved to 5-15 and ended up 3-5 in the NWC with the win.
The Bearcats scored once in the bottom of the first inning to take the early lead. They went up 2-0 after three, yet Ada's Dylan East scored in the top of the fourth frame to pull within 2-1.
But the hosts answered with a run in the home fourth, then tacked on an insurance tally in the bottom of the sixth to provide the final margin.
By Cort Reynolds
Defending district champion Ada lost 10-3 to visiting Marion Local in Div. IV sectional softball first round action on a warm Monday evening.
The Lady Bulldogs fell to 9-11 overall with the defeat, while ML improved to 9-11 with the outcome.
ML now plays at third-seeded MAC rival Ft. Recovery in the sectional finals Thursday, May 9 at 5 p.m.
"We just need to put the ball in play better and move runners more effectively," said Ada head coach Rebecca Dicke. "I think the game was closer than the score indicates. We gave them some runs defensively."
ML broke away from a 4-2 lead with six runs in their final three at bats.
By Cort Reynolds
The Ada baseball team was seeded seventh out of 12 teams at the Div. IV Ottawa district drawings held Sunday.
Ada (8-9) will host eighth seed Delphos St. John's (4-14) Tuesday, May 14 at 5 p.m. in a first round game.
The winner will then play at third-seeded Columbus Grove (10-5) Thursday, May 16 at 5 p.m. in the sectional finals. Ada's regular season game at Grove was rained out last week.
Allen East (10-11) was seeded fifth and will play 12th seed Pandora-Gilboa May 14 at 5 p.m. The victor plays at number two seed Miller City May 16 in round two.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada track and field program hosted its annual 16-team Invitational meet on a wet, overcast Saturday.
Ada junior Phillip Gautier won the long jump and finished third in the high jump to pace the Bulldogs. Teammate Alex Morgan came in second in the 300 hurdles, and also was fifth in both the 110 high hurdles and the pole vault.
Nora Dellifield took second in the girls pole vault to lead the Ada girls.
Spencerville won the girls team crown by a narrow margin over Van Wert and Bath. Van Wert captured the boys team title by 50 points over second-place Bluffton.
