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Tennis anyone? Ada youth love the summer sport

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, July 28, 2014

USTA Junior Team Tennis was the craze in Ada last week. Instruction and matches took place at the Ohio Northern University courts.

CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

The Icon visited the games. Bailey Bowers provided a scrapbook of photos. Icon viewers may view the photos by opening the attachment at the bottom of this story.

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Ada freshman, Melina Woods, on area volleyball national championship team

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, July 21, 2014

Melina Woods, a freshman at Ada, and Shelby Alloway, a freshman at Hardin Northern, are on the Blackswamp 14-National Volleyball that recently won a national title.

The team from Tiffin placed first in the country at the 2014 USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Championships held at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minnesota. 

Woods and Alloway, along with their eight teammates, won an American bid at a USAV tournament in April, which allowed them to compete in the USAV Junior Championships in June.

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Here's the updated WOAL results

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, July 15, 2014

The Icon was in error in our reporting of the team scores in the Western Ohio Aquatic League championship results.

The initial report provide was men's scores. Here are the actual final team scores. Attached to this story is an updated final individual results.

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Cellentani, Stromback ITA Scholar Athlete; women's tennis team named All-Academic Team

Posted by Paula Scott on Monday, July 14, 2014

ONU Junior Kristin Cellentani and sophomore Taryn Stromback were named Scholar Athletes in women's tennis by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). This is the second consecutive season that both Cellentani and Stromback have earned this honor.

To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity letter winner, have a GPA of at least 3.50 for the academic school year and be enrolled at the school for at least two semesters.

Cellentani, a accounting major, has a career record of 90-28. This past season she posted a 36-6 record, including a 21-2 mark in doubles action.

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Ada swim team finished third in WOAL championships

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, July 13, 2014

Don't mess with the Ada swim team. They finished the 2014 swim season with an impressive third place in the eight-team Western Ohio Aquatics League meet held in Kenton on Friday and Saturday.

COMPLETE MEET RESULTS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

Ahead of Ada were two very tough swim teams.

Here's how they finished:
1 - Wapakoneta 1,654.5
2 - Westside 1,472
3 - ADA 993
4 - Bluffton 454
5 - Shawnee 437
6 - Van Wert 361.5
7 - Kenton 358
8 - Sherwood 247
A complete rundown of the meet is found on the attachment at the bottom of this story. 

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Vote for ONU's Cody Lovejoy and Nathan Rosenbaum in Elite 89 Award contest

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, July 7, 2014

The NCAA has launched a contest that will allow fans to vote for their favorite Elite 89 Award winners from the 2013-14 academic school year.

Ohio Northern had two student-athletes win the prestigious award.

Junior wrestler Cody Lovejoy earned his second straight Elite 89 Award this past season.

He was named Capital One First Team Academic All-America and earned All-American honors at the NCAA III Wrestling Championships with a seventh place finish.

Also winning a award for ONU in cross country was junior Nathan Rosenbaum.

He earned First Team All-OAC and All-Great Lakes Region honor, while being named First Team Capital One Academic All-America.

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