CINCINNATI, Ohio - Despite holding a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter, five turnovers were too much to overcome as the Bluffton University Beavers fell at Mount St. Joseph on Saturday, Oct. 31, by a score of 31-28. MSJ’s Shane Kelly hit a 21-yard field goal with just 0:08 remaining to secure the win. The Lions improved to 5-3 and 5-2 in HCAC play, while the Beavers sit at 4-4 and 3-3 in the Heartland.
By Sam Brauen
It’s never easy to win in certain venues and Clymer Stadium in Columbus Grove is a prime example.
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Despite racking up yardage, first downs and generally outplaying the host Bulldogs for most of the game, Bluffton found themselves trailing late in the fourth quarter.
That’s when Mitchell Ault scrambled from the six yard line and completed a pass to Joel Siefker that allowed BHS to win the game by a 10-7 score.
SHELBYVILLE, Ind. - The Bluffton University men’s and women’s cross country teams competed in the HCAC Cross Country Championship, hosted by Franklin College and contested at the Blue River Memorial Park in Shelbyville, Ind.
By: Whitney Warnecke, sports information assistant
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BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University women's soccer team suffered a 5-0 Senior Day loss to Rose-Hulman on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. The setback dropped the Beavers to 7-11 overall and 3-6 in the Heartland Conference. Rose-Hulman evened its season mark at 9-9 while finishing 5-4 in the HCAC.
Put those leaves on your curb. They'll disappear shortly.
Village employees turned on the leaf sweeper this week. According to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, the service department will continue its leaf pickup until the end of November.
Monday's council packet is in an attachment at the bottom of this story.
Residents should place un-bagged leaves on the side of the street, in front of residences, as close to the curb as posible.
The village asks residents to assist in the process by clearing leaves from catch basins and curb drains.
Megan Sycks, a junior, is the October Bluffton High School student of the month. She is the daughter of David and Linda Sycks. Megan is a junior and has a 4.000 GPA.
Megan is active in extra curricular activities including show choir, chamber choir, jazz band, pep band, marching band and drama club.
She is on the all A honor roll, a National Honor Society member, and has received academic awards for English and Spanish.
“Dissident Art: The Etchings of Aleksandr Kalugin,” a Nov. 12 program in Bluffton University’s Musselman Library Reading Room, will celebrate the donation of five Kalugin works to the library. The 4 p.m. event is free and open to the public.
Donors of the etchings—which are exhibited on the library’s second floor—are Dr. James Satterwhite, a professor emeritus of history and political science, and his wife, Olwen Pritchard, who will speak during the program.
