By Cort Reynolds
McCOMB - Visiting Ada whipped McComb 9-3 in non-league softball action Tuesday on an unseasonably warm evening.
Ada improved to 2-1 this season with the convincing win, while the Lady Panthers dropped to 1-5 with the defeat.
Senior Leona Dalton pitched a complete game and socked a home run, her third of the season, to lead the Lady Bulldogs to victory. She also drove in three runs.
"We did what we needed to do by putting the ball in play and reducing our errors to one," said Ada head coach Rebecca Dicke. "Dalton threw a wonderful game with 11 strikeouts and no walks."
Dalton slugged a two-run homer in the first inning to put the visitors on top early, and they never trailed.
The Bulldogs plated two runs in each of the first, third, fifth and sixth innings. They added one run in the seventh before leaving the bases loaded.
McComb scored all three of its runs in the third inning to inch within 4-3. But Ada responded with five unanswered runs to win going away.
Bulldog senior shortstop Brenna George and classmate Kiersten Cortez both batted 3-4 with an RBI. George and Dalton each doubled in the sixth inning, while Cortez knocked out three singles.
Slugging senior catcher Alexis Waugh smacked two triples and a single. Senior outfielder Tori Green collected two hits in four at bats. Freshman Katie Sizemore and junior Lexi White each added one single.
Dalton struck out 11 Panthers and did not walk a batter in seven innings. She allowed six hits and two earned runs to improve to 2-1 this spring.
"Everybody contributed at the plate," summed up Dicke. "We stranded a few more runners than I would have liked to (10), but we reduced our strikeouts to four," she added.
Ada out-hit McComb, 15-6. Olivia Miehls tripled in a run and singled for the Panther girls. Losing pitcher Chloe Amburgey hit two singles for McComb.
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Ada 202 022 1 9 15 1
McC 003 000 0 3 6 2
WP-Dalton (2-1) LP-C. Amburgey (M)
2B-George (A), Dalton (A)
3B-Waugh 2 (A), Miehls (M)
HR-Dalton (A)
Ada entertains Columbus Grove (1-3) Wednesday, April 7 in the Northwest Conference opener at 5:30 p.m. The league lidlifter was moved up a day due to expected rain Thursday.
"I just hope to play a solid game against Columbus Grove," said Dicke. "We want to eliminate the errors and get another solid piching effort from Dalton."
The Bulldog girls then host Arlington (0-1) in a non-league doubleheader Saturday.
Ada baseball felled by McComb
McCOMB - The Ada baseball team lost to McComb 5-1 on a warm Tuesday evening in a non-league contest.
Ada dropped to 1-4 with the defeat, while the Panthers improved to 2-3 with the victory.
The Bulldogs trailed 2-0 after one inning. Ada cut the deficit to 2-1 with a run in the top of the fifth.
McComb then put the game out of reach with three runs in the home half of the sixth.
The Panthers out-hit Ada 5-3 in the pitching-oriented contest.
"Monty Sheldon looked very sharp in his mound debut," said head coach Jason Campbell.
Roman Snyder, Jacob Poling and Spencer Wall collected the Bulldog hits.
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Ada 000 010 0 1 3 4
McC 200 003 x 5 5 0
WP-Camden LP-Sheldon
Ada hosts Columbus Grove (2-1) in the Northwest Conference opener Wednesday, April 7 at 5:30 p.m. The NWC contest was moved up a day due to rain in the forecast Thursday.
CG stomped Pandora-Gilboa 14-2 Tuesday evening.
Ada 2nd in track quad meet
HARROD - The Ada boys and girls track and field teams each finished second at a four-team meet hosted by Allen East at Goodwin Field Tuesday evening.
Arcadia nipped Ada by a half-point to barely win the girls meet, 73.5 to 73. AE nosed out Temple Christian for third place, 42.5 points to 40.
The Mustangs won the boys meet comfortably with 125.5 points. Ada tallied 59.5 points to narrowly outscore Arcadia (55). Temple Christian finished a distant fourth with six points.
Ada sophomore Antonio Pettit won the 110 and 300 meter hurdle races to pace the purple and gold. The Bulldog boys also captured the 4 x 200 relay event.
Lady Bulldog sophomore Courtney Sumner took first in the long jump. Freshman Olivia Burkhart sprinted to first in the 100 meter dash.
Ada's Josie Phillips captured first in the girls 3200 meter run. Junior Lauren Mullins also won the girls pole vault.
Top Ada finishers:
BOYS 300m Hurdles
1st Petitt, Antonio 51.41
2nd Williams, Isaac 54.51
3rd Brown, Jackson 1:04.51
BOYS 110m Hurdles
1st Petitt, Antonio 19.01
3rd Williams, Isaac 22.6
GIRLS Long Jump
1st Sumner, Courtney 14'6.5"
3rd Hissong, Brenna 13'8.5"
5th Green, Olivia 13'4.75"
6th Burkhart, Olivia 12'7"
GIRLS 100m Dash
1st Burkhart, Olivia 14.22
5th Cooper-Bolden, Kayleianna 14.74
GIRLS 3200m Run
1st Phillips, Josie 15:17.23
GIRLS Pole Vault
1st Mullins, Lauren 6'6"
BOYS 4x200m Relay
1st Ada A Ada 1:42.64
Grose, Julian; Green, Wyatt; Swaney, Seth; Brown, Jackson
BOYS Pole Vault
2nd Swaney, Seth 7'
3rd Petitt, Antonio 6'6"
GIRLS 100m Hurdles
2nd Green, Olivia 19.09
GIRLS 400m Dash
2nd Hissong, Brenna 1:05.07
4th Marshall, Ella 1:16.34
GIRLS 4x200m Relay
2nd Ada A 1:58.92
Hissong, Brenna; Sumner, Courtney; Green, Olivia; Burkhart, Olivia
GIRLS 4x400m Relay
2nd Ada A 4:49.89
Burkhart, Olivia; Sumner, Courtney; Marshall, Ella;
Hissong, Brenna
BOYS 4x400m Relay
2nd Ada A 4:06.09
Caldwell, Chase; Williams, Isaac; Selover, Mason;
Ferguson, Riley
BOYS 800m Run
2nd Ferguson, Riley 2:31.45
BOYS 400m Dash
3rd Caldwell, Chase 59.87
5th Swaney, Seth 1:02.41
GIRLS 200m Dash
3rd Sumner, Courtney 29.32
GIRLS 300m Hurdles
3rd Park, Madison 1:21.48
GIRLS Shot Put
3rd Akyeampong, Kesewa 28'3"
5th Akyeampong, Awo 24'2"
8th Long, Tessa 22'6.5"
BOYS 4x100m Relay
3rd Ada A 51.26
Santos, Rheimound; Giddens, Keegan; Arnett, Owen; Green, Wyatt
GIRLS 1600m Run
4th Hazelton, Jilli 8:05.57
BOYS 3200m Run
4th Hunsicker, Brayden 15:13.76
BOYS 200m Dash
4th Grose, Julian 25.56
5th Swaney, Seth 26.09
GIRLS 800m Run
4th Mullins, Lauren 3:08.54
5th Wall, Luci 3:16.58
GIRLS 4x100m Relay
4th Ada A 1:01.73
Park, Madison; Marshall, Ella; Akyeampong, Awo; Cooper-Bolden,K.
BOYS 1600m Run
5th Selover, Mason 6:05.50
GIRLS Discus
5th Akyeampong, Kesewa 76'10"
9th Long, Tessa 61'04"
BOYS 100m Dash
5th Grose, Julian 12.61
6th Green, Wyatt 13.03
7th Caldwell, Chase 13.07
8th Giddens, Keegan 13.09
9th Santos, Rheimound 13.2
BOYS Shot Put
6th Nelson, Carter 36'
BOYS Long Jump
8th Grose, Julian 14'5"
BOYS Discus
10th Nelson, Carter 79'4"
11th Morgan, James 77'7"
Girls team scores:
1 Arcadia 73.5
2 Ada 73
3 Allen East 42.5
4 Temple Christian 40
Boys team scores:
1 Allen East 125.5
2 Ada 59.5
3 Arcadia 55
4 Temple Christian 6
Ada competes in the annual Bearcat Relays Friday, April 9 in Spencerville at 4:15 p.m.
