The visiting Ada High School girls basketball team defeated Calvary Christian 40-29 in a non-conference contest Tuesday night, February 1.
The Ada girls improved to 6-13 with the victory. CC remained winless with the defeat.
"A win is a win and we will take it," said fourth-year Lady Bulldog head coach Morgan Bass.
The Bulldog girls led 15-8 after the first period behind guard Courtney Sumner's seven points.
Ada stayed ahead of the Lady Spartans 21-15 at halftime as playmaker Olivia Burkhart tallied four second-quarter points. The Bulldogs advanced the lead to 29-19 heading to the final stanza.
Playing on their home court, the Ada High School girls basketball team competed well but lost 45-36 to Leipsic in a hard-fought NWC battle Monday night, January 31.
The game was moved up from Thursday due to an impending snowstorm.
The Lady Bulldogs trimmed a 12-point deficit in half at 35-29 heading to the fourth quarter. Neither team scored during the first three-plus minutes of the final stanza.
Junior Leipsic guard Whitney Langhals then took off with a long defensive rebound and scored a key fast break layup with 4:49 remaining. The basket broke the ice and sparked a decisive 10-0 run that extended their lead to 45-29.
The Ada High School girls basketball team was seeded 10th out of 13 teams at the Div. IV Shawnee/Spencerville super sectional drawing held by conference call Sunday, January 30.
Fourth-ranked New Knoxville (17-2) was voted the number one seed, with Marion Local (14-5) tabbed second by the coaches and Minster (11-7) third.
The Lady Bulldog cagers (5-12) will visit fifth-seeded Midwest Athletic Conference foe Parkway (11-7) Wednesday, February 16 at 7 p.m.
The Ada/Parkway winner takes on fourth seed New Bremen (13-5) at Shawnee Saturday, February 19 at 3 p.m. NB received a first round bye.
The top seven seeds are all from the Midwest Athletic Conference.
The Leipsic at Ada High School girls basketball game originally scheduled for Thursday, February 3 has been moved to Monday, January 31 at 6 p.m. to avoid the impending snowstorm.
Led by two wins from freshman Lily Baumgartner, the Ada High School swim teams fared well at the North Central Ohio Swim League meet hosted by Colonel Crawford (CC) on Saturday, January 29.
The Lady Bulldogs finished a solid fourth in the eight-team event, while the Ada boys came in seventh.
Meet host CC won the girls title, while Upper Sandusky captured the boys crown. CC edged the Rams in the combined girls/boys score by 18.5 points.
Baumgartner won the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke races to lead the Ada girls.
Junior Carlie Oldfield finished second in the 50 freestyle, and touched third in the 100 backstroke.
Despite being short-handed, the visiting Ada High School boys basketball team stayed close to Ottoville for three quarters before losing 64-40 in a non-conference game Saturday night, January 29.
Ada hung within striking distance down 43-30 heading to the final period.
But the Big Green closed on a 21-10 note to win going away.
Ada junior guard Spencer Wall scored five early points, but took a hit to the head in the first quarter and missed the rest of the game.
"We held up pretty well considering we were without him," said first-year Bulldog head coach Vince Halliday. "We were only down 13 after three.
