The Ada High School boys basketball team was seeded 12th out of 14 teams at the Wapakoneta Div. IV district draw held Sunday, February 6.
The Bulldog boys (4-15) will travel to Coldwater to take on eighth-seeded St. Henry (10-8) Tuesday, Feb. 22. Tip-off for the sectional first round matchup is set for 7 p.m.
The winner advances to the sectional final round to face top seed New Bremen (14-3) in Coldwater Friday, Feb. 25 at 5:30 p.m.
The four sectional winners from Coldwater and St. Marys advance to the Wapakoneta district March 1/4.
The Ohio Northern University men's indoor track and field team scored first-place finishes in two events and second-place finishes in three others Saturday, February 5, at the Indiana Wesleyan Midwest Classic at Troyer Fieldhouse.
Marian (Ind.), Bethel (Ind.), St. Francis (Ind.), Huntington (Ind.), Goshen (Ind.), Indiana Wesleyan, Grace (Ind.) and Taylor (Ind.) also competed in Saturday's meet, which did not keep team scores.
The Polar Bears (9-0) were led by junior Hunter Kesler (Oakwood/Paulding) and freshman Jordan Dean (Euclid/Villa Angela Saint Joseph), who posted first-place finishes in the 200 meters and 400 meters, respectively.
Playing in Leipsic, the Ada High School boys basketball team was outscored by the hosting Vikings 92-54 in a Northwest Conference makeup game Saturday night, February 5.
Ada trailed 17-9 after the first quarter and 45-28 at halftime. Leipsic outscored the Bulldogs 47-26 after intermission.
Viking guard Mason Brandt fired in 41 points to pace the victors.
Senior Cayden Murphy led Ada with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Junior Carter Conley contributed a dozen points. Ethan Murphy tallied eight points, while Jaden Leal amassed seven points and seven rebounds.
The Ada High Schoolwrestling team hosted the 19-team Ada Invitational Saturday, February 5, with two Bulldog grapplers taking second in their respective weight brackets.
Marion Elgin won the team championship with 296 points. Fostoria took second with 183, while Bucyrus was third (178). Ada finished 12th with 58.5 points.
Bulldog sophomore Clayton McClain finished second in the 126 lbs. bracket with a 4-1 record.
Ada freshman Liam Vieira took second in the 120 lbs. bracket, with classmate Aedyn Beckwith right behind him in third.
Freshman Rowan West was the other Bulldog placer in sixth at 132 lbs.
Playing in McGuffey, the Ada High School girls basketball team ran out to a big early lead and went on to rout arch-rival Upper Scioto Valley 64-36 in a non-league makeup game Saturday afternoon, February 5.
Lady Bulldog junior guard Courtney Sumner poured in 15 of her game-high 24 points in the first half as Ada built a 39-20 halftime lead.
The Bulldog girls won the second half 25-16 as Sumner added nine more points and hit two of her five triples.
Sophomore backcourt mate Olivia Burkhart tallied 15 points with the aid of three treys.
The Lady Bulldogs improved to 7-13 with their second straight victory. The Lady Rams fell to 0-19 with the defeat.
