Competing at home, the Ada High School boys wrestling team swept a three-team match with McComb and Bath Tuesday evening, December 20.
Ada beat McComb 54-12 and edged Bath 43-42 in a tiebreaker after Landon Simon won a clutch bout by pin in the final match to tie it up, 36-36.
After the Simon comeback win, the last two bouts were forfeited, with one win for each team. Ada won the dual team outcome via the tiebreaker criterion for having forfeited fewer matches.
"It is always fun to wrestle at home and have more family and friends able to attend," said Ada coach Eric Perkins. "It really does change the energy level.
Simon rallied to win by pin in the last contested match vs. Bath with strong encouragement from the team and crowd.
Team age groups are U6-U15. Fees are different per age group. For the U6 group, fees include a jersey. For U8-U15, players must have a jersey, which can be purchased for $25.
Recovered from illness, team returns to competition
By Cort Reynolds
LIMA--The Ada High School swim team finished a solid fourth at the nine-team Lima Senior Invitational behind some winning individual finishes Saturday, December 27.
“Saturday’s meet was definitely a learning experience,” said first-year Ada swim coach Ashley Robey. “We got a late start to the meet and ended up with only 10 minutes of warm up time instead of 20. Then there were issues with the starters and technical difficulties with the operating systems.
Ada hosts Bath and McComb at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 20
By Cort Reynolds
ELGIN - The Ada High School boys wrestling team finished 10th out of 17 teams at the Elgin Pool tournament Saturday, December 17.
Bulldog freshman Silas Riblet finished second in the six-man 106 lbs. bracket. He went 4-1 with four pins on the day. Riblet lost to fellow freshman Jacob Courington of Whitmer by pin in the de facto bracket title match.
Ada junior Clayton McClain went 3-1 at 150 lbs. to finish fifth in his weight bracket. He was 1-1 in pool play with a pin. In the ensuing tournament, he won decisions of 8-3 and 5-2 to come in fifth out of 10 wrestlers in the bracket.
Bulldogs on the road at New Knoxville, Friday, December 23
By Cort Reynolds
The host Ada boys basketball team ran off 19 unanswered points in the first half, then held off spunky local rival Cory-Rawson to win 44-34 in a non-conference bout Saturday night.
The Bulldogs built a 20-point lead late in the second quarter, but had to stave off a late charge by the pressing Hornets to end a three-game losing skid.
Ada improved to 4-3 after the win, while Cory fell to 4-4 with the defeat.
Plagued by illness, the host Ada High School boys basketball team fell victim to a three-point onslaught as defending league champion Bluffton rolled to a 92-45 victory in Northwest Conference action Friday night, December 16.
Red-hot Bluffton fired in nine first half three-point goals, and ended up hitting a dozen treys. Senior guard Carson Soper drained four triples and added a conventional three-point play in the first half as he tallied 21 points in the first 16 minutes.
