ARLINGTON - The visiting Ada High School girls basketball team started well but went cold and lost 40-27 to Arlington in a defensive Blanchard Valley Conference battle Thursday, January 30.
Ada led 22-18 at halftime after authoring a 15-10 second period. But the Bulldogs mustered only five second-half points and got outscored 22-5 to lose by 13.
The Bulldog record dropped to 2-16 overall and 0-8 in the BVC after the road defeat. Arlington improved to 7-11 overall and 2-6 in BVC play with the victory.
“In the first half we scored quite a bit by breaking their press,” said Ada head coach Zach Ricker. “In the second half, they played halfcourt man defense and pressured the ball, and didn’t allow anything easy.”
ADA __ The Ada High School girls basketball team fell victim to a three-point barrage by traditional arch-rival Upper Scioto Valley in a 51-39 defeat Tuesday, January 28.
USV drained 11 three-point goals to spell the difference in the outcome. The Ram girls nailed three triples to spark a first-half ending 11-2 run. USV then drilled three more treys in the third period, including a four-point play, to build a 20-point lead.
Ada gamely fought back with a 15-point fourth period, but the deficit was too big to overcome.
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.
