The December 2022 student of the month at Bluffton High School is Isaiah Mikesell, son of David and Amy Mikesell of Bluffton. Isaiah is a senior at Bluffton and has a 3.935 GPA.
Isaiah is in the Spanish Club, Show Choir, Chamber Choir and in the Ocean Focus Marine Biology class. He is also the team captain on the wrestling team.
Isaiah is a 3 time Industrial Technology Class award winner and received the 110% Award for the wrestling team.
Bluffton University Men's Soccer Camps will host a futsal tournament on January 21, 2023.
Registration is open for all high school and high school age club teams.
The game of futsal is a fast paced 4v4 + keepers game that occurs on a hard surface, requiring technical ball mastery and allowing for spectacular tricks. It is one of three officially recognized FIFA games along with soccer and beach soccer - each with their own World Cup.
The Bluffton University men's basketball team secured a 70-69 victory in a nail biter against long-time rival Defiance College on Wednesday, Jan. 4. The Beavers improved to 4-8 (2-3 HCAC) while the Yellow Jackets fell to 5-7 (0-5 HCAC).
Excerpt from the Ohio Attorney General's December 2022 newsletter:
After receiving consumer complaints from multiple counties, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has taken two chains of dollar stores--Dollar General and Family Dollar--to court for allegedly advertising goods for one price and charging a higher price at the register.
Bluffton Diamond Sports has announced that registration for 2023 baseball and softball is now open.
"Register online at www.bdsonline.org by February 12! A few changes this year - junior high baseball and softball are now coordinated through Bluffton school district and we will now have a U8 softball division."
Flyers will be distributed by the Bluffton schools.
Clayton Moore, a retired sergeant with the Fostoria Police Department and award-winning author, will present, “Why Me?,” at 11:00 a.m. on January 17 in Yoder Recital Hall on the campus of Bluffton University.
The author of the memoir “Good Cop, Black Cop: Guilty Until Proven Innocent,” reflects on times in life when we cry out to God. During the presentation, Moore will recount his struggle with and victory over racial discrimination as the first black police officer in a small town in northwestern Ohio.
The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Forum at Bluffton University is free and open to the public.
