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By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School boys basketball team have two players on the All-Northwest Conference teams following voting recently conducted by league coaches.

Senior guard Marek Donaldson was voted first team All-NWC. He led the team in three-point field goals made, and was one of the top Pirate scorers.

Senior Blake Sommers was named second team All-NWC. He was one of the top two Pirate scorers and rebounders.

Bluffton finished its regular season 15-7 overall against a tough schedule, and went 3-4 in the NWC.

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The Bluffton Senior Center will hold its Annual Garage Sale will on February 27, 28 and March 1. The center is taking donations at this time. Please no clothing or shoes and only clean usable items.

For a complete list of items that are not accepted, please stop in the office at 132 N. Main St. or call 419-358-8971. 

Workplace Culture and Employee Retention

Presenters for the February 27 Lunch & Learn session hosted by the Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs and Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will be 

  • Carol Turchick, Ohio Northern University Center for Corporate Engagement
  • Derek Dukes, Southgate Lanes
  • Jim Enneking, Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs

Topics presented will include:

The Bluffton High School wrestling team captured the annual eight-team Northwest Conference championship in the February 15 title meet. The Pirates tallied 217.5 points to defeat host AE (207) by 10.5 points to win the crown. This is the fourth NWC title won by Bluffton in wrestling. Click photo to enlarge. READ MORE

Asa Clingerman, Bluffton High School senior, has been named a finalist in the 70th annual National Merit  Scholarship Program. The announcement was made this week with finalists being notified of this  designation. All Finalists will be considered for 6,870 National Merit Scholarship Awards to be offered in  spring 2025. 

Clingerman is the son of Gail and the late Forrest Clingerman.  

Over 1.3 million high school juniors from 21,000 high schools entered the contest by taking the 2023  Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®). Semifinalists and Finalists  must have an outstanding academic record throughout their high school career. Scholars must also be  endorsed by a high school official, write an essay and earn SAT or ACT scores to confirm their earlier  performance on the qualifying test to advance to the semi-finalist round, according to scholarship rules.  

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Along with many financial institutions and government offices, as well as the Bluffton Schools, the office of the Bluffton Icon and the Ada Icon will be closed on Monday, February 17 in observance of Presidents' Day.

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