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Women's Golf Coaches Association honors

By Tim Glon
www.ONUsports.com

Senior Grace Honigford (West Chester/Lakota East) has been named an All-American Scholar for 2023-24 by the Women's Golf Coaches Association.

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By Cort Reynolds

ADA __ The Ada Gators summer swim team hosted its final West Ohio Aquatic League meet of the regular season with a makeup vs. Wapakoneta on Monday, July 1, at the municipal pool.

The visiting Waves edged the Gator boys by a score of 146-143 in their dual meet. Meanwhile, the Wapak females defeated the Gator girls, 260-115.

Wapakoneta won the combined boys/girls team meet, 406-258. 

The Gator boys fell to 1-6 with the loss, while the Ada girls are 0-7 in dual meets.

Gator brothers Lincoln Harriger (boys 13-14) and Landry Harriger (11-12) each touched first in five races. 

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By Cort Reynolds

The Ada Gators summer swim team hosted local West Ohio Aquatic League rival Bluffton on a warm, sunny Thursday evening, June 27, at the Village of Ada pool.

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The Hardin County Sports Hall of Fame held their 12th annual banquet on June 15 at St John's Church in Kenton. Six individuals and one team were enshrined as members of the Class of 2024. 

The evening started with a catered dinner and two local student/athletes garnering scholarships for their work in the classroom, community and athletic achievements.

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AHS senior-to-be pitched, hit and ran the Lady Bulldogs to a program record 18 wins. She batted .507 and authored a 17-4 record hurling with an 0.92 ERA.

By Cort Reynolds

ADA __ Ada High School junior pitcher and leadoff hitter Jenna Bassitt was tabbed second team all-state for Div. IV softball in voting conducted by coaches.

Bassitt was recognized at the all-state banquet in Columbus Monday, June 17.

She posted a 17-4 pitching record with an earned run average of 0.92 this past spring. On offense, she also led the team in batting average (.507), on base pct. (.580), runs scored (33), hits (38) and stolen bases (32).

Her OPS (on base plus slugging) was 1.380, and her slugging pct. was .800.

She hit five doubles, four triples, three home runs and 26 singles. She also drove in 19 runs from the leadoff spot.

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By Tim Glon

ADA __ Ohio Northern fifth-year senior fifth-year senior Elizabeth Graham (Dayton/Carroll), seniors Grace Honigford (West Chester/Lakota East) and Gabby Monastra (Wooster) and sophomore Rylie Kocik (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) were named to the 2024 Women's Academic All-District At-Large Team by College Sports Communicators.

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