The visiting Ada High School boys basketball team committed costly turnovers in a 54-33 loss to Delphos Jefferson in a Northwest Conference contest Friday night, January 14.
The Bulldogs are 4-9 overall and 0-3 NWC with the defeat. DJ improved to 3-9 and 1-2 in the NWC after the win.
The Bulldogs trailed 17-9 after one period and 30-18 at halftime. Ada was behind heading to the final stanza, 40-26.
"We were way too passive," said first-year Bulldog head coach Vince Halliday. "We were never in the game."
The Bulldogs committed 23 costly turnovers, including 13 in the first half.
The Ada High School girls basketball team suffered a long first-half scoring drought and lost to league-leading visitor Delphos Jefferson 57-27 in Northwest Conference action Thursday night, January 13.
The Bulldog girls fell behind 17-3 after the first period against the tough press and physicality of the 12th-ranked Lady Wildcats.
Ada junior guard Courtney Sumner spearheaded an 11-2 second quarter run, but DJ pulled away for good with a 22-7 third stanza.
The Lady Bulldogs dropped to 4-11 overall and 0-5 in the NWC with the defeat. Meanwhile, the Lady Wildcats improved to 14-1 and 4-0 in the NWC with the victory.
Though it didn't include an NCAA Tournament berth, the Ohio Northern men's soccer team's 2021 season was still one to remember.
"It was a landmark season in terms of how challenging we knew it was going to be," third-year head coach Chris Matejka said. "We played one of the toughest schedules in the country, so we knew from the early stages that we were going to be challenged and pushed weekly, and we exceeded expectations."
As winners of three of the past five Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament championships and six NCAA Tournament games dating back to 2017, the Ohio Northern women's soccer team has proven itself as a force to be reckoned with.
The 2021 season was no exception for the Polar Bears, as they won the OAC Tournament title and got a 2-0 victory over Hope (Mich.) in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament en route to finishing 14-5-3 on the year by outscoring opponents 31-15 with 14 shutouts and two separate five-game win streaks.
The Ada High School girls swim team won easily while the boys lost a close match in a dual meet at Defiance Ayersville Tuesday night, January 11.
The Lady Bulldogs won convincingly, 94-6.
Junior Carlie Oldfield and freshman Lily Baumgartner each took first in two races. Both swam for two victorious relay quartets as well, along with Kayla Wince and Kaitlyn Bowden.
Wince, Natilyn McClain and sophomore Autumn Andreasen also touched first in one race apiece for the Ada girls.
The Bulldog boys lost a tight meet, 54-41.
Junior Connor Daugherty and sophomore Jack Baumgartner each won an individual race for Ada.
