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Ada swimmers 4th at Upper Sandusky meet; Baumgartner wins 2

Posted by Staff on Sunday, January 26, 2025

By Cort Reynolds

UPPER SANDUSKY – The Ada High School swim teams finished fourth at a five-team meet in Upper Sandusky on Saturday, January 25.

Lexington swept the combined, boys and girls team titles. The host Rams were second in the girls-boys standings.

Bluffton finished third overall, second in girls and third in boys.

Ada ended up fourth in all three standings. The Bulldogs tallied 39 points, 26 by the girls and 13 from the boys team.

Bulldog senior Lily Baumgartner touched first in the 100 butterfly and the 500 freestyle events. She won the 100 fly by a whopping 8.73 seconds. She also took the 500 free by 21.71 ticks.

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Ada wrestlers 15th at Marion Pleasant Invite; Simon 2nd at 215

Posted by Staff on Sunday, January 26, 2025

By Cort Reynolds

MARION – The Ada High School wrestling team competed at the rugged two-day Marion Pleasant Sally George Invitational tournament Friday and Saturday, January 14-25.

The Bulldogs finished 15th out of 21 teams with 50 points. Mechanicsburg edged Liberty Center 176-174 to win the team crown. Westland finished third with 166 points.

Ada senior Landon Simon finished second in the 215 lbs. weight class with a 3-1 record to post the top Bulldog showing. Seeded third, he had a first round bye and then won his initial match by pin in just 64 seconds.

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Ada boys basketball tops McComb; Sautter wins 300th

Posted by Staff on Saturday, January 25, 2025

By Cort Reynolds

McCOMB – The visiting Ada High School boys basketball team used a big fourth quarter to defeat Blanchard Valley Conference foe McComb 67-57 Friday, January 24.

It was the 300th win in the 22-season career of head coach Chris Sautter at Ada and Columbus Grove, 185 of which have come with the purple and gold. 

The Bulldogs improved to 11-6 overall and 5-2 in the BVC with the road win. McComb dropped to 2-12 overall and 0-6 in BVC play after the home loss.

“Never easy, but it’s another win,” said Sautter, in his 15th season at the helm of the Ada program. “McComb played really hard. 

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Bulldog swimmers 3rd at 6-team meet

Posted by Staff on Friday, January 24, 2025

Baumgartner breaks school mark in 200 free

By Cort Reynolds

OTTAWA- The Ada High School swim teams finished a solid third at a six-team meet in the Putnam County YMCA at Ottawa Thursday, January 23.

Bulldog senior Lily Baumgartner broke the school record in winning the 200 freestyle. The mark of 2:01.34 was previously held by Klava Katayama. Lily swam 2:00.81 to break the record by .53.

Baumgartner also won the girls 100 breaststroke race by an easy margin of 7.14 seconds.

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Bulldog girls basketball overwhelmed by Panthers

Posted by Staff on Friday, January 24, 2025

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - The Ada High School girls basketball team lost 58-15 to visiting McComb in a Blanchard Valley Conference bout Thursday evening, January 23.

The decisive defeat dropped the Bulldog record to 2-14 overall and 0-8 in BVC action. 

McComb improved to 14-3 overall and 7-1 in BVC play after the lopsided win. The Panthers are second in the 11-team BVC behind Riverdale (8-0), and they are tied with Liberty-Benton (7-1). 

“We really struggled against their 1-3-1 zone defense,” said Bulldog third-year head coach Zach Ricker. “It is the first 1-3-1 we have seen all year, you don’t see it much anymore.”

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ONU sports roundup, Jan. 15-21

Posted by Staff on Thursday, January 23, 2025

The following results are from January 15-21 of the Ohio Northern University 2025 athletics season:

Reese and Cunningham Jr. combine for 33 points, but Men's Basketball falls just short against Otterbein 56-53

Morris scores a career-high 11 points off the bench, but Men's Basketball falls to Mount Union 76-61

Mackenzie Suprano notches first career double-double as Women's Basketball wins at Otterbein 64-55

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