The Ada High School golf team competed in a three-team Northwest Conference meet Tuesday evening, August 30, at Moose Landing Country Club in Ottawa.
League-leading Leipsic won with 173 strokes, followed by Columbus Grove (201) and Ada (245).
Brevin Brandt of Leipsic was match medalist with a round of 37.
The Bulldogs recorded their first win of the season last week over Lima Senior.
Ada dropped to 1-12 overall and 0-9 in the NWC with the losses. Leipsic is first in the NWC at 9-0 (11-2 overall). Grove moved to 3-6 overall and 3-4 in the NWC with the split.
The resurgent Ada High School volleyball team came from behind late to defeat visiting Perry in a seesaw five-set battle Tuesday evening, August 30.
The improved Lady Bulldogs captured the last two sets to rally for an impressive 25-21, 27-29, 14-25, 25-22, 15-8 victory.
The comeback win upped the Ada record to 3-1, while the previously-unbeaten Commodore girls fell to 4-1 with the non-league defeat. "We had the energy in game four and we kept fighting," said Ada head coach Kyleigh Woodruff. "We built more and more momentum, and the energy we had was unstoppable.
The Ada High School boys soccer team defeated visiting backyard rival Allen East 5-1 in the Northwest Conference opener on a muggy and eventually rainy Monday evening, August 29, at War Memorial Park Stadium.
The Bulldogs improved to 4-0-1 overall and 1-0 in the NWC with the win. The contest was called with 5:20 remaining to play due to the bad weather conditions.
AE fell to 0-1 overall and 0-1 in the NWC with the defeat.
Ada jumped to a 2-0 early in the first half and never trailed.
After nearly winning a second straight Ohio Athletic Conference championship last season, the Ohio Northern women's golf team returns a bevy of talent as they try to reclaim that crown in 2022-23 under 10th-year head coach Chad Bucci.
"We finished last year on a disappointing note, but I couldn't have been any prouder with the season we had overall," Bucci said. "I believe that with the experience gained by the underclassmen last year, we're going to be even better than what we were last season."
The Ada High School football team, playing at home at War Memorial Park Stadium, made strides and competed well but lost 38-20 to Arlington in a non-league football contest on a pleasant Friday night, August 26.
"We are going in the right direction," said Bulldog second-year head coach Toby Smith. "The issue is we have to stop stubbing our toes on things we can control.
"But we scored 20 points against a good team who is going to win seven games," he offered.
"We had moments where we found our way. Yet until we recognize we are beating our selves, we will not beat anyone," he added.
