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Luersman’s double-double leads Women’s Basketball to 54-43 win over Marietta to open OAC play
ADA — Junior Kristen Luersman (Fort Jennings) recorded her third career double-double to lead the Ohio Northern women's basketball team to a 54-43 win over Marietta on Saturday at the ONU Sports Center.

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Seven Northern University graduates received distinguished alumni awards and two received young alumni awards during Homecoming Weekend in October 2022.

Distinguished Alumni Award recipients:

David Hileman, BSPh ’86, BSBA ’87, a registered pharmacist and patient services executive, is executive vice president of PharmaCord. As a founding executive of the company, his focus is on working with biopharma manufacturers to develop and provide support services for specialty products and complex disease states. Throughout his career in healthcare services, he has been featured in numerous trade publications and spoken at a variety of conferences about commercialization services.

Kenneth Hall, BSEd ‘64, received the Alumni Service Award. He retired from Roundy’s in 2010 as vice president of marketing and merchandising after 31 years with the company. Hall has served the Alumni Advisory Board in various capacities since 2009.

James Halderman, BSEd ‘68, received the Getty College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award. He retired as a professor from Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio in 2010.  Since retiring, he has written automotive textbooks mainly used at community colleges. As the leading textbook author for the automotive education industry, Halderman is always bringing attention to his education at ONU while speaking throughout the country. Most recently, Halderman’s support led to the creation of an innovative lab and think space on campus called the Halderman Sustainability Lab. He has also funded the installation of a fleet of charging stations for electric vehicles at ONU.

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UPDATED December 5 with photographs by Traci McClain

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School wrestling team opened its season by coming in a solid third at the annual six-team Cory-Rawson Duals event Saturday.

The Bulldog grapplers won three of their five matches. 

Ada lost to Van Buren 42-30, but rebounded to beat host Cory 48-24. The Bulldogs then beat Delphos Jefferson, 46-30.

Archbold downed Ada 63-12, yet the Bulldogs came back to defeat Arcadia 43-24.

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Courtney Sumner poured in a season-high 26 points

By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Ada High School girls basketball team defeated Perry 56-46 in a non-conference game Saturday afternoon, December 3.

The Lady Bulldogs improved to 2-3 overall with the win. The Commodore girls fell to 2-2 with the defeat.

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Bulldogs dive into competition December 10

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada varsity swim team boasts two standout state qualifiers and five experienced letter winners back this winter for a new coach.

Former Ada district 500 freestyler swimmer Ashley Robey takes over the head coaching reins, with help from her mother Angela and fellow assistant coach Lorna Spar. 

A total of 11 swimmers, including seven girls and four boys, comprise the team roster this winter. 

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Ada boys start 3-0

By Cort Reynolds

Playing at home, the Ada High School boys basketball team soundly defeated McComb 66-45 in their non-conference home opener Saturday night, December 3, to continue a strong start.

Ada improved to 3-0, their best record out of the gate in over a decade, with the one-sided win. The Panthers dropped to 1-1 with the decisive defeat.

Bulldog senior Carter Conley drove and shot his way to a game-high 21 points to pace the rout. Sixth man Jayden Bankston contributed 16 big points off the bench.

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