The Bluffton High School boys' soccer team have several reason to cheer.
• The varisty won the Northwest Conference title at 5-0
• Tucker Routson, senior, was voted the 2015 Northwest Conference player of the year
• Steve Smucker, BHS coach, was selected as NWC coach of the year.
This season was the first-ever season for boys' soccer as a conference sport in the NWC.
Several other Pirates received all-league honors. Tristan Smucker, sophomore, Antony Kingsley, junior, and Cole Harlow, senior, were named the NWC first team along with Routson.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton volleyball team traveled to Hanover for a tri-match with Hanover College and Thomas More College. The first match of the day for the Beavers was against the host Panthers. With both teams undefeated in the Heartland Conference, it was a battle for the top spot in the HCAC.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Bluffton University women’s soccer team hit the road for a matchup with the Transylvania Pioneers on Saturday, Oct. 24. It was a rough day for the visitors as they headed north with a 3-0 setback. The loss puts Bluffton at 7-9 overall and 3-4 in the Heartland Conference. Transylvania upped its season mark to 6-7-2 with a 4-2-1 record in the HCAC.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Bluffton University men’s soccer squad faced Transylvania University in their next to last regular season road game this year. Despite a solid first half start that saw a scoreless tie through 45 minutes, the Beavers allowed five second half goals on the way to their 13th loss of the season. Bluffton stands at 0-13-2 overall and 0-5-2 in the Heartland Conference, while the Pioneers improved to 7-3-6 and 4-1-2 in the HCAC.
Last week I had to do some work at Lincoln Park Zoo in downtown Chicago.
As I rode in a golf cart going about my business I passed some giraffes, camels, bears, tigers, lions, hippos, and hundreds of 4th graders on field trips acting like monkeys.
Winding through the park my journey took me past the “Couch family tomb” the only remaining gravesite left in what was once Chicago’s first city cemetery.
Bernice L. Criblez, 85, of Bluffton, died Oct. 22, 2015, at 2:50 p.m. at Richland Manor, Bluffton. Bernice was born Aug. 3, 1930, in Lima to the late Lew and Martha Lones Hullibarger. On Aug. 8,1948, she married Marion E. Criblez who preceded her in death on May 18, 1998.
Bernice was a bus driver for the Allen East Schools. She was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church, Lafayette, the Eagles Ladies Auxiliary and American Legion Auxiliary both of Wapakoneta and the Farm Bureau. She was a graduate of Lafayette Jackson High School.
With the theme “A Christmas from the Past,” the 2015 Bluffton Blaze of Lights is getting ready for its Saturday, Nov. 28, launch.
The event, sponsored by the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, should bring several thousand visitors to Bluffton.
Here’s the latest update:
Saturday, Nov. 28 schedule – all events on Main Street
• 4 to 5 p.m. – Parade forms at the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool and The Centre on Snider Road
Thomas "Skip" Edgar Bassitt, 72, of Lecanto, Fla., and formerly of Bluffton died Oct. 21, 2015, at his residence.
Thomas was born Dec. 4, 1942, in Bluffton to the late Loren "Bill" and Margaret "Peg" (McGuire) Bassitt. On Aug. 28, 1999, he married Sharen Fuller Bassitt and she survives.
Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs will expand its 2016 Ropp Triplett Business Plan Competition into two divisions with six total winners, according to Brendon Matthews, BCE board president.
This year’s cash and in-kind prizes total $8,500.
The contest offers a Start-up and Emerging Business Division, accepting entries from Allen, Hancock, Putnam and Hardin counties. It offers a $2,000 first place, $1,000 second place and $500 third place cash award, in addition to several in-kind prizes.
