The Ohio Northern men's cross country team raced to a 16th-place finish out of 42 teams at the Louisville Classic on Saturday afternoon at E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park.
In the Silver Race (Pre-Nationals), the Polar Bears (35-19 overall) scored 508 points and posted a total time of 2:12:41.40 and an average time of 26:32:28 on the 8,000-meter course.
Junior Billy Driemeyer (House Springs, Mo./Lindbergh) led the seven-man ONU contingent across the finish line, placing 49th overall out of 341 runners with a time of 25:37.9.
Junior Breydan Hann (Wooster) was the next Polar Bear to finish, placing 91st overall with a time of 26:21.4.
Playing at home, the Ada boys soccer team lost 5-0 to Van Buren in North Central Ohio Soccer Association action Thursday night at War Memorial Stadium.
The Bulldogs fell to 3-6-3 overall and 1-3 in NCOSA play with the defeat.
Van Buren improved to 8-2 and 4-0 in NCOSA action to remain first in the six-team conference standings.
Ada sophomore goalkeeper Colton Long made eight saves in goal.
The Bulldog boys (0-2-1 NWC) host Spencerville (6-4, 1-1 NWC) Monday, October 4.
Ada will welcome Riverdale (4-4-3, 2-1 NCOSA) to War Memorial Stadium Thursday, Oct. 7.
Visiting Ada fell behind big and early to Spencerville and lost 56-20 in a Northwest Conference contest Friday night.
The Bearcats tallied three touchdowns in the first five minutes and raced to a 28-0 lead after the initial period of play. The hosts extended the margin to 49-6 at halftime.
Ada scored the last two touchdowns in the fourth period.
The Bulldogs fell to 1-6 and 0-4 in the NWC after their fourth straight defeat.
Spencerville improved to 3-4 and 2-2 in league play with the win.
"We fought hard, we competed hard," said first-year Ada head coach Toby Smith. "We are just making too many mistakes to give ourselves a chance to win.
The Ada golf team finished seventh out of 13 teams in the Div. III golf sectionals at Sycamore Springs Golf Course on September 30 to conclude its season on an upswing.
Allen East won the sectional crown with a team score of 337. Van Buren was second (341) and Bluffton third (346).
Ada came in a seventh with 427 strokes to register its best sectional showing in years.
Bulldog senior Dexter Woods shot a 49-53=102 18-hole score to tie for 24th and pace Ada. He finished seven strokes off district qualification.
Senior Andrew Rush finished right behind him in 27th with a 54-49=103. Junior Geddes Klingler posted a 54-55=109 to end up 35th.
