The Ada High School track and field teams both put together solid showings at the annual 11-team Hardin Northern Invitational meet Saturday April 23 in Dola.
Leipsic won the boys team title with 120 points, while Ada came in fourth with 80. Riverdale captured the girls team crown with 147.5 points, and the Bulldog girls finished fourth with 66.
Julian Grose won the boys 300 meter hurdles race to post the top Bulldog finish.
The visiting Ada High Schoolbaseball team gave up a run in the bottom of the seventh to lose a 6-5 nailbiter to Arlington in a non-league battle Friday evening, April 22.
Ada dropped to 4-8 overall with the close loss. Arlington improved to 5-7 with the comeback win.
The Bulldogs tied it with two runs in the top of the third, and again knotted the score with a run in the fourth. Ada took a 5-4 lead with single runs in the fifth and sixth frames.
Arlington tied it again with a run in the home half of the sixth. They then won it by plating a run in the bottom of the seventh in their last at bat.
The Ada tennis team lost 5-0 to visiting St. Marys Thursday evening, April 21, at the Ada park courts.
"Our team played really well, I was very pleased with the growth I saw," said Ada co-coach Tyler Christoff.
Bulldog Brendan Jameson lost a tough three-setter at second singles. The Ada second doubles team of Riley Ferguson and Nate Williams also won a set before falling in three sets.
Ada (0-3) is slated to host Celina Saturday morning at 10 a.m., then visit local rival Bluffton Monday, April 25.
"We are just going to get back to the drawing board," said Christoff.
Playing at home, the Ada baseball team gave up 10 sixth-inning runs and lost 16-2 to visiting Delphos Jefferson in a Northwest Conference bout Thursday on the warm, sunny evening of April 21.
Ada fell to 4-7 overall and 0-4 in the NWC with the six-inning loss. Meanwhile, DJ improved to 4-6 overall and 2-1 in the NWC with the win.
Colin Bailey pitched a six-inning complete game and struck out eight Bulldogs. He allowed just three hits, and also aided his own cause at the plate with three hits and three runs batted in.
Playing at home, the Ada High School varsity softball team decisively defeated Northwest Conference foe Delphos Jefferson 9-3 to earn their first league win on a sunny Thursday evening, April 21, at War Memorial Park.
The Ada girls improved to 3-8 overall and 1-3 in the NWC after the victory. DJ fell to 3-7 and 1-2 in NWC play with the defeat.
"The fourth was the big inning," said Ada first-year head coach Jeff Bassitt. "We started out strong.
"It was a big win for us," he added. "We needed to play a complete game."
