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By Cort Reynolds

One purple and gold team was guaranteed to win when the Ada boys basketball team hosted Leipsic in a seesaw Northwest Conference battle Friday night, February 3.

In the end, Leipsic authored a clinching 12-2 run late in the fourth quarter of the back and forth contest to pull out a 67-61 victory.

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NOTE: The February 4 Joe Banks Invitational track and field event at ONU has been canceled.

Men’s Basketball falls 53-50 in tight battle at Capital
February 3--The Ohio Northern men's basketball team fell 53-50 to Capital in a tightly contested game Friday night at the Capital Center.

The Comets improve to 11-10 overall and 7-7 in the OAC while dropping the Polar Bears to 9-12, 5-9.

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By Cort Reynolds

OTTAWA–The Ada High School swim team competed well in a four-team meet at the Putnam County YMCA Thursday evening, February 2. 

It was the final regular season swim meet for Ada, and the Bulldog boy and girl squads each won two of their three dual meets. Bluffton went 3-0 on the night.

The Ada girls lost a close meet with Bluffton, 43-36. They drowned Fostoria 48-14 and blanked McComb 49-0.

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By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Ada High School girls basketball team started slowly and lost 51-15 at league leader Leipsic in Northwest Conference play Thursday, February 2.

Ada fell to 10-10 overall and 0-7 in the NWC with the defeat. Meanwhile, first-place Leipsic improved to 18-1 and 7-0 in the NWC after the win.

Leipsic ran out to a 13-0 lead after the first period and never trailed. The 11th-ranked Vikings led 34-6 at halftime and 44-1 after three quarters.

Senior guard Courtney Sumner led Ada with eight points. Olivia Burkhart sank the lone Bulldog trifecta.

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By Cort Reynolds

KENTON--The Ada High School swim team competed in a dual meet vs. county rival Kenton on Tuesday, January 31, at the Hardin County YMCA.

The Wildcats won the combined girls and boys meet, 159-94.

Bulldog seniors Carlie Oldfield and Kaitlyn Bowden each won two races. Ada sophomore Lily Baumgartner won two events as well. Ada junior Jack Baumgartner won the 100 backstroke to post the top Bulldog boys finish.

“We had a lot of first-place finishes and best times,” said first-year Bulldog head coach Ashley Robey. 

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By Cort Reynolds

The Ada girls basketball team was seeded fifth out of 11 teams in their Div. IV sectional drawing Sunday.

After receiving a first round bye, the 10-9 Lady Bulldogs will play fourth seed New Bremen (10-10) in a sectional final Thursday, February 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Shawnee.

The Ada/NB winner advances to the Wapakoneta district semifinals, almost certainly against top seed Marion Local (17-2), on Tuesday, Feb. 23 at 6 p.m.

Eschewing a round one bye, ML plays winless 11th seed Ridgemont Feb. 16 in the first round. The winner takes on 10th seed New Knoxville (1-19) in one sectional final.

Ninth-seeded USV (4-15) plays third seed St. Henry (11-7) in a first round matchup at Spencerville Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. The winner faces seventh seed Perry (9-9) Feb. 18 at Spencerville.

SH passed on a bye, which Perry then received.

Hardin Northern (12-7) was seeded sixth and will play eighth seed Waynesfield (7-10) in Spencerville Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 6 p.m. in first round action. 

The victor advances to take on second seed Minster (10-8) at Spencerville Feb. 18.

The top four seeds are all MAC teams. The district finals are set for Thursday, Feb. 25 in Wapak at 6 p.m.

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