Now that they’ve won share of the Northwest Central Conference crown and made the playoffs, the players on the Upper Scioto Valley football team want to leave their imprint on the postseason. The playoffs begin for the Rams on Saturday night when they travel to Troy Christian High School to face the 9-1 Eagles in a Division VII Region 28 quarterfinal.

League champion Upper Scioto Valley dominated the Northwest Central Conference post-season voting receiving nine first team spots and sweeping the top awards in the all-league football teams released this week.

ADA — Freshman McKenna Jordan had a double double with 13 kills and 13 digs to lead No. 23-ranked Ohio Northern past Baldwin Wallace 25-23, 25-16, 25-17 in the semifinals of the 2016 Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament on Thursday night at the ONU Sports Center.

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's soccer team shutout Baldwin Wallace 2-0 Thursday evening at ONU’s Kerscher Stadium and advanced to the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Championship game Saturday.

ADA — There are two main lines of thinking heading into Ada’s football postseason opener Saturday night. The first one – the one Ada fans prefer – is that the Bulldogs are rolling after putting together one of their best games last Friday against rival Allen East to clinch a home playoff game.

McGUFFEY — Four weeks into the season, the Upper Scioto Valley football team was 1-3 and thoughts of a winning campaign – let alone the school’s first-ever playoff game – were quickly diminishing. That is to almost everyone except the Ram coaches and players.

Ada had several players honored when the Northwest Conference released its 2016 football all-conference honors on Wednesday. Chase Sumner and Jordan Bailey were both selected to the All-NWC first team on offense and defense.

ADA — Ada junior quarterback Seth Conley wouldn’t suggest suffering a broken arm, but in the end it’s benefited him and the Bulldogs. Last season, Conley missed more than half of the season after breaking his arm in the fourth game of the season.

The Ben Logan and Port Clinton football programs mirror each other in some respects. As freshmen, the current Raider seniors won just one game and have improved each season to earn the school’s first-ever playoff berth with a 9-1 campaign this fall.