Bulldog Nathan Williams scored two goals in the first nine minutes and the host Ada High School boys soccer team made them stand up in a 2-0 win over Lima Central Catholic Monday night, October 10, under the lights at War Memorial Park Stadium.
The Bulldogs improved to 6-6-4 following the non-conference victory. LCC is 2-13.
Williams netted his first goal from about 16 yards out by drilling a shot into the lower left corner of the net at the 37:14 mark.
Bulldog goalkeeper Colton Long made a nice save at 36 minutes.
The Ada High School girls soccer team will play at seventh-seeded Upper Sandusky at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, October 17 in Div. III sectional first round tournament action.
The Lady Bulldogs (5-9) were seeded ninth in the 12-team Bluffton sectional/district. Ada lost to visiting Upper Sandusky 4-2 on September 22, so they will get a chance to avenge that defeat.
The Ada/Upper Sandusky victor will play at second seed Van Buren (10-4-1) Thursday, Oct. 20 at 5 p.m. The Bulldogs lost 9-1 at VB on October 6.
The Ada High School volleyball team was seeded seventh in the 11-team Div. IV Wapakoneta sectional/district drawing held Sunday, October 9.
Ada (10-10) will play at sixth seed New Knoxville (5-14, 0-7 MAC) in the sectional semifinals Tuesday, October 18 at 6 p.m.
The Ada/New Knoxville winner will face fifth seed Perry (14-6) at Marion Local in the sectional finals. The winner advances to the district semifinals at Wapakoneta.
New Bremen (19-1) is the top seed, followed by MAC foe Marion Local (16-3) in second. Minster (9-11) is third, with Temple Christian (17-3) seeded fourth.
COLUMBUS GROVE--The Ada High School football team fought hard but lost to Columbus Grove 38-12 in a Northwest Conference contest Friday night, October 7, at Clymer Stadium.
The purple and gold trailed just 17-6 at halftime.
"It was a great first half by the (Ada) 'Dogs," said Ada second-year head coach Toby Smith. "We had a couple of short fields that we had to get stops on, and we did.
"After halftime we needed to come out and establish a drive to keep our momentum going, and we didn't," he continued. "The kids kept fighting. We need to play four quarters."
