McClain wins at 150, Riblet and Vieira 2nd in their divisions
By Cort Reynolds
MIDDLE POINT __The Ada High School wrestling team finished a solid eighth at the 15-team Lincolnview Lancer Invitational meet Saturday.
Senior Clayton McClain won the 150 lbs. title to pace the Bulldog grapplers. Silas Riblet and Liam Vieira took second in their respective weight divisions.
McClain won each of his three pool play matches by pin to advance to the final four at the 150 lbs. division. He ended up pinning Levi Grace of Crestview at 3:43 in the championship bout to end the day 5-0.
Riblet was 3-0 in pool play at 113 lbs., and went 4-1 overall after losing in the championship match by a 17-6 majority decision.
At the 144 lbs. bracket, Vieira won his three pool matches, all by pin. He then advanced to the final where he lost by pin to finish 4-1 on the day.
Ohio Northern University named Andy Fries as its head football coach on Tuesday, December 12.
Fries (pronounced FREEZE) is the 29th head coach in the 129-year history of Ohio Northern football and is just the school's fourth head coach in the past 38 years.
ADA__The Ada high School boys basketball team played its Northwest Conference opener Friday at home vs. an older, more physical Columbus Grove squad and lost 53-31.
COLUMBUS GROVE__The visiting Ada High School girls basketball team was outscored 31-9 over the middle quarters at Columbus Grove and lost 63-22 in Northwest Conference action Thursday night, December 14.
Ada trailed 24-7 after the first period and never recovered.
CG guard Lauryn Auchmuty bombed in four triples and tallied 14 of her game-high 26 points in the opening stanza as the hosts built a big early lead and cruised to victory.
Auchmuty added nine more points in the second period to extend the lead to 36-15 at intermission.
