NORTH ROBINSON – The Ada High School swim teams competed well at the 11-team North Central Ohio Swim League championship meet hosted by Colonel Crawford on January 18, finishing fourth at the annual event.
Perennial power Colonel Crawford swept to the boys, girls and combined team titles. Ada finished a solid fourth in all three standings.
The CC girls have won nine straight league championships. The Eagle boys have won three of the last five NCOSL crowns.
PHOTOS Carson Conley (left) and Kayleb Hickman (right) score tie and winning points from the free throw line.
By Cort Reynolds
DOLA – Free throws don’t usually make TV highlight shows, but they often decide close games.
The visiting Ada High School boys basketball team nipped county rival Hardin Northern 44-41 by sinking three free throws in the final seconds Saturday night.
Bulldog sophomore Carson Conley broke a 41-41 tie by hitting the second of two foul shots with 2.5 seconds left.
ADA __The Ada High School boys basketball team lost a tough defensive battle 48-40 to visiting Van Buren in a Blanchard Valley Conference contest on January 17.
The Bulldogs fell to 9-6 overall and 4-2 in the BVC after the hard-fought defeat. Van Buren improved to 8-5 overall and 4-2 in BVC play with the win.
VB turned the game around with a decisive 16-6 third period. Ada played hard but the Black Knights took advantage of 22 Bulldog turnovers and poor Ada three-point shooting to win.
The Hardin County Sports Hall of Fame has announced the 2025 Sports Hall of Fame class of inductees: Sue Fetzer, Darren Gilbert, Jeff Hastings, Gayle Lauth, Charles Renner, Jim West (Posthumously), 1975-1976 Ada Bulldog boys basketball team (Head Coach: Gene Fries).
VAN BUREN __ The visiting Ada High School girls basketball team lost a defensive 35-29 battle to Van Buren in a Blanchard Valley Conference contest on January 16
The tough road defeat dropped the Bulldog record to 2-12 overall and 0-7 in the BVC.
Van Buren improved to 6-8 overall and 4-3 in BVC play with the home victory.
“The girls played hard and battled all game,” said Bulldog third-year head coach Zach Ricker.
Ada trailed 9-4 after a low-scoring first period. The Bulldogs stayed within striking distance at halftime, down just 16-10. Ada then tossed in 14 third-period points to forge a 24-24 tie.
ADA – The Ada High School wrestling team swept a Blanchard Valley Conference tri-match convincingly on January 15.
The Bulldogs beat Riverdale 48-27, and trounced McComb 54-12. Ada finished on a 24-6 run vs. the Falcons to pull away and win what had been a close match at the midway point.
The Bulldogs raced to a 36-0 lead vs. the Panthers and were never threatened.
The decisive wins punctuated the night for Ada senior fourth-year grapplers Liam Vieira and Landon Simon.
