ADA__The visiting Delphos Jefferson girls basketball team—still unbeaten in the Northwest Conference–-authored a 17-0 first half run and went on to defeat the Ada High School girls 52-20 on Thursday evening, January 18.
CONVOY__It doesn’t get you on the ESPN highlights, but making pressure free throws down the stretch often decides close games.
The Allen East High School girls basketball team shot well at the foul line to help topple Crestview 45-40 on the road in a Northwest Conference battle Thursday night, January 18.
PLAIN CITY__The Allen East girls basketball team made the long trip to face a new foe in Div. II Jonathan Alder on Martin Luther King Day Monday afternoon, January 15.
Women's Basketball falls 67-58
(January 10) BEREA__The Ohio Northern women's basketball team fell at No. 25 Baldwin Wallace 67-58 in a battle of league unbeatens on Wednesday night.
McGUFFEY__The visiting Ada High School boys basketball team fell behind early and lost 73-46 to backyard foe Upper Scioto Valley in their traditional rivalry contest Saturday night, January 13, at Alumni Fieldhouse.
The Bulldogs dropped to 2-10 with the non-conference defeat. USV improved to 6-5 after the grudge match win.
NEW BREMEN__The Ada High School girls swim teams finished a solid seventh at the 16-team Celina Invitational held at the New Bremen YMCA Saturday, January 13.
Junior standout Lily Baumgartner won the 100-yard butterfly (58.32) and 100 backstroke (61.84) races to compile 32 of the 65 Bulldog girls points.
The Bulldog boys finished 12th out of 16 teams with 26 points. Ada finished 10th in the combined girls/boys team standings.
Ottawa-Glandorf swept both the boys and girls team titles. O-G edged St. Marys 274-268.5 for the girls crown. The Titan boys also beat out the second-place Roughriders 229-204.5 to claim first.
O-G won the combined teams event championship, with St. Marys second and Wapakoneta third.
“We had a few minor errors due to slippery blocks and walls, but I feel they adapted well and did the very best they could,” said Ada head coach Ashley Robey.
