MARION – The Ada High School wrestling team competed at the rugged two-day Marion Pleasant Sally George Invitational tournament Friday and Saturday, January 14-25.
The Bulldogs finished 15th out of 21 teams with 50 points. Mechanicsburg edged Liberty Center 176-174 to win the team crown. Westland finished third with 166 points.
Ada senior Landon Simon finished second in the 215 lbs. weight class with a 3-1 record to post the top Bulldog showing. Seeded third, he had a first round bye and then won his initial match by pin in just 64 seconds.
McCOMB – The visiting Ada High School boys basketball team used a big fourth quarter to defeat Blanchard Valley Conference foe McComb 67-57 Friday, January 24.
It was the 300th win in the 22-season career of head coach Chris Sautter at Ada and Columbus Grove, 185 of which have come with the purple and gold.
The Bulldogs improved to 11-6 overall and 5-2 in the BVC with the road win. McComb dropped to 2-12 overall and 0-6 in BVC play after the home loss.
“Never easy, but it’s another win,” said Sautter, in his 15th season at the helm of the Ada program. “McComb played really hard.
OTTAWA- The Ada High School swim teams finished a solid third at a six-team meet in the Putnam County YMCA at Ottawa Thursday, January 23.
Bulldog senior Lily Baumgartner broke the school record in winning the 200 freestyle. The mark of 2:01.34 was previously held by Klava Katayama. Lily swam 2:00.81 to break the record by .53.
Baumgartner also won the girls 100 breaststroke race by an easy margin of 7.14 seconds.
ADA - The Ada High School girls basketball team lost 58-15 to visiting McComb in a Blanchard Valley Conference bout Thursday evening, January 23.
The decisive defeat dropped the Bulldog record to 2-14 overall and 0-8 in BVC action.
McComb improved to 14-3 overall and 7-1 in BVC play after the lopsided win. The Panthers are second in the 11-team BVC behind Riverdale (8-0), and they are tied with Liberty-Benton (7-1).
“We really struggled against their 1-3-1 zone defense,” said Bulldog third-year head coach Zach Ricker. “It is the first 1-3-1 we have seen all year, you don’t see it much anymore.”
RIDGEWAY - The visiting Ada High School girls basketball team rallied late but lost a 41-39 nailbiter to Hardin County rival Ridgemont on a very cold Monday evening, January 20.
The tough non-conference road defeat dropped the Bulldog record to 2-13. The Gopher girls improved to 4-8 with the seesaw victory.
Ridgemont jumped out to a 6-0 lead. Anna Conley fed Brooklynn Andreasen for the first Bulldog basket on a layup at the 3:18 mark to pull within 6-2.
The Gophers scored two driving field goals to make it 10-2. Andreasen swished a lane shot and Ada edged within 10-6 after the opening stanza.
