The Ada HIgh School wrestling team traveled to Bucyrus Wednesday, December 22, for a rare mid-week afternoon dual match.
"It was definitely a different sort of environment," said Ada head coach Eric Perkins. "When you get their whole school packed into the gym being loud and rooting against you, it can be a very tough challenge mentally.
"I thought our guys did a great job rising to that challenge, staying aggressive and focused on the right things."
The contest was conducted with Bucyrus still in school, so there was a large student crowd on hand. Buoyed by the crowd, the host Redmen defeated Ada, 60-7.
Playing at home, the Ada High School girls basketball team led for most of their December 21 game but succumbed to Kenton 42-39 in a spirited non-conference contest.
With just seven players suited up, the short-handed Lady Bulldogs played with a lot of intensity but ultimately ran out of gas and size.
The feisty Ada girls dropped to 2-7 with the hard-fought defeat. The Lady Wildcats improved to 3-5 with the comeback win.
"I was proud of our effort," said fourth-year Lady Bulldog head coach Morgan Bass. "All seven players communicated and played as a team; "We were focused and engaged from the start."
The Ada High School girls swim team defeated host Van Wert last Thursday evening, December 16, in a tri-meet.
The Lady Bulldogs beat Van Wert 46-25, and lost a close meet to Elida 48-41. The Lady Bulldogs are 4-2 this season in dual meets.
The Bulldog boys (3-3) lost to Van Wert 43-12, and fell to Elida 54-18.
The VW boys also edged Elida 43-35, but the Elida girls beat the Cougar girls 59-27.
"I’m really happy with how each of the kids swam," said Ada head coach Katey Stuart. "It was only our second meet of the season, but everyone improved from last week.
The Ada wrestling team entertained Bath and McComb Monday evening, December 20, in a tri-match.
Due to several individual weight class forfeits, there were no official team score results. Five bouts were held in each Bulldog match, with nine of the 10 decided by fall.
Ada finished ahead of Bath 18-12 and was behind McComb, 18-12.
Bulldog Trevor McGue won his bout vs. McComb's Carter Scheff with a pin at 5:07 in the third round at 132 lbs.
Ada's Josh Arnett won via pin at 157 lbs. 15 seconds into round two over Panther Trace Bryan.
Bulldog Clayton McClain lost a hard-fought match at 138 lbs. to McComb's Daniel Rader by an 8-4 decision.
The visiting Ada boys basketball team led all the way in beating local rival Cory-Rawson 59-55 in a non-conference contest Saturday night, December 18.
"We had a solid effort at both ends," said first-year Ada head coach Vince Halliday. "We hit some big three's in the fourth quarter to keep them at bay."
The Bulldogs improved to 3-4 overall with the victory. With the win, they have already equaled last season's win total. C-R dropped to 2-7 with the defeat.
Ada got off to a good start as Carter Conley buried three three-pointers to give the Bulldogs an 18-7 lead after the opening period.
The visiting Ada boys basketball team was outscored big in the middle periods and lost 75-37 at Bluffton in a Northwest Conference contest Friday night, December 17.
Ada trailed just 18-17 after a high-scoring opening period, but the Pirates broke the game open with a 28-point second quarter barrage. Trenton Donley poured in nine of his game-high 21 points in the second stanza. Bluffton won the middle quarters, 48-12.
The Bulldogs dropped to 2-4 overall and 0-2 in the NWC with their third straight loss. Bluffton improved to 4-1 and 2-0 in NWC play with the victory.
