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Bulldog boys basketball nipped by Leipsic 

By Cort Reynolds

LEIPSIC__The visiting Ada High School boys basketball team rallied in the second half only to come up just short 57-54 at Leipsic in a tight Northwest Conference contest on February 9.

Bulldog girls basketball sunk by Vikings

By Cort Reynolds

ADA__The Ada High School girls basketball team fell behind early and lost 48-25 to visiting Leipsic in a Northwest Conference contest on February 8.

Youth coaching opportunity with Ada Soccer Association

The Ada, Ohio Soccer association has announced, "We are in need of 2-U8 boys coaches & 2 coaches for our U6 group. If interested, please reach out to Aftan Dewese."

You can also apply online via Demosphere HERE.

The organization has a public Facebook group HERE.

Bulldog girls basketball rolls over Calvary Christian on Sr. Night

By Cort Reynolds

ADA__The Ada High School girls basketball team jumped on top early and rolled over visiting Calvary Christian 54-23 in a non-league game on February 6 to celebrate Senior Night in style.

The Bulldogs led 20-5 at the end of the first period as seniors Mariah King and Olivia Burkhart combined for 13 points. 

The Bulldog girls stretched the lead to 35-10 at halftime as the duo combined for 27 points by intermission. Ada won the second half, 19-13.

Southpaw King poured in 15 of her career-high 19 points in the first half. Burkhart netted 12 of her 15 markers before intermission.

Ada improved to 9-11 with the lopsided non-conference victory, their second win in a row. Meanwhile, CC fell to 14-3 after the defeat.

“We had a lot of energy, it was the most we have come out to start a game with all year,” said Bulldog head coach Zach Ricker. “We seemed relaxed.

Bulldog girls basketball to face Waynesfield in sectional semis

By Cort Reynolds

ADA – On February 4, the Ada High School girls basketball team was seeded seventh in the Div. IV drawing for the 12-team Wapakoneta district.

The Bulldogs (8-11) will get a rematch against local foe Waynesfield-Goshen (9-10) Wednesday, February 21 at Ada in the first round of tournament play.

The victor will visit third seed St. Heny (12-5) in the sectional finals Saturday, Feb. 24. Ada lost a close game 48-45 at Waynesfield December 28. 

Bulldog senior guard Olivia Burkhart scored a career-high 28 points in that nailbiter. Tiger junior Tatelyn Faraglia led W-G with 18 points. Waynesfield junior post Raegan Hutchison scored 13 points despite spraining her ankle in the first half and missing part of the contest.

“I am good with the draw,” said second-year Ada head coach Zach Ricker.

Registration is open for youth diamond sports

Registration for Ada youth spring baseball and softball is open through February 29, according to announcements via the Ada schools and the local Ada Diamonds Facebook group

Registration is done online with a Demosphere account HERE.

T-ball - $45.00 - Player must be 5 by 9-1-23

Softball

Coach Pitch Softball - $60.00 - Player must be 8,9, or 10 by 9-1-23

Fast Pitch Softball - $65.00 - Player must be 11,12, or 13 by 9-1-23

Baseball

PeeWee Baseball - $60.00 - Player must be 8,9 or 10 by 9-1-23

Little League Baseball - $65.00 - Player must be 10,11, or 12 by 9-1-23

Pony League Baseball - $65.00 - Player must be 12,13 or 14 by 9-1-23

Have questions? Contact Ada Diamonds at [email protected] or message through the Ada Diamonds Facebook page.

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