The Ada Alligator swim team moved to 2-0 on the young season after beating Shawnee 496 to 268 on June 13.
In the opening meet of the season Ada defeated Sherwood Sharks on June 10. On Monday Ada travels to the defending Western Ohio Aquatic League champions Westside.
Ada beat Westside in a dual meet last year, but Westwood prevailed in the league championships.
Commenting on the Shawnee meet, John Willamowski, Jr., Ada's coach said, "I was really proud of the way our team stepped up and remained focused. We have been working very hard this year and our team is coming along nicely."
The Ohio High School Athletic Association Board of Directors met Thursday morning in Columbus for its regularly scheduled June meeting, which marks the final board meeting of the 2012-13 school year. The following are highlights from the meeting. The complete set of meeting minutes will be posted later at OHSAA.org.
- The board approved the football divisional breakdowns and regional assignments for 2013 and 2014. The lists of schools in each of the seven divisions, along with the regional maps, are posted on the football page at OHSAA.org: http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/ft/boys/default.asp
Ohio Northern sophomore wrestler Cody Lovejoy (Harrod/Allen East) has been named Second Team Capital One At-Large Academic All-America in voting on by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Lovejoy, a pharmacy major, wasnamed to the At-Large team, which consists of student/athletes from the sports of wrestling, golf, swimming, volleyball, tennis, fencing, lacrosse and ice hockey.
He was also honored at the NCAA III Championships with the Elite 89 award, which is given to the student-athlete with the highest GPA at the championships site.
Senior Alison Steinbrunner has been named Capital One Academic All-District 7 for Women's Track & Field/Cross Country, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
This is the third consecutive year the pharmacy major has received this honor.
She will now move on to the national ballot, with first, second and third team All-Americans being selected in June.
Steinbrunner concluded her career with another brilliant season.
In cross country, she won her fourth straight OAC championship and second straight regional title.
Senior Michael Simmons finished fifth in his heat to qualify for the finals of the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA III Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Thursday night at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
The top five from each heat, plus the next four best times advanced to the finals, which will be run on Saturday at 3:10 p.m. (EST).
"Michael handled his first experience at the championships extremely well," said head coach Jason Maus. "He ran a very clean and smart race and made his moves when he needed to put himself in a comfortable position."
It is my honor to introduce to you Ada’s first girls’ basketball coach Sharon Pitts and her 1978 Ada girls basketball Class A state champions and Hardin County's first state championship team. This was the third girls’ state basketball team and there were three divisions!
