Several Bluffton High School fall athletes attained Northwest Conference Scholar Athlete status, according to Jim Raabe, NWC commissioner.
To qualify as an NWC Scholar Athlete a student must be a sport letter winner. Gold level students have a grade point average of 3.5 to 4.0 during the season. Silver level students have a grade point average of 3.0 to 3.49 during the season.
Attached at the bottom of this story is the entire NWC list.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Senior Macey Sheerer (Bucyrus) has been named the Heartland Conference Player of the Week following a stellar opening weekend in Chicago, Ill.
Sheerer hit 14-of-26 (53.8 percent), including 5-of-11 (45.5 percent) from distance, as the Beavers went 1-1 at the North Park Tip-Off Tournament. She led the Beavers to a 67-66 win over #7 Ohio Northern on Friday night. Sheerer averaged 19 PPG, 5.5 RPG and 3.0 assists per game for the Beavers.
Bluffton’s Blaze of Lights began in the 1930s with three lighted, painted deer on the Ream family farm.
In 2017, thousands of visitors are expected on Saturday, Nov. 25, to see the lighting of some 200 folk art pieces and enjoy the village’s 31st annual Christmas festival.
The Blaze of Lights parade begins at 5 p.m., but entries assemble at 4 p.m. and viewers start to gather well in advance.
Sixty-five students from 17 high schools across the state recently took part in the 15th annual Bluffton University Mathematics Competition. During the one-hour competition, students completed a test consisting of short-answer questions covering a range of math topics through precalculus. Cash prizes were awarded to top finishers.
Top finishers included:
1st place overall: Christopher Harnish, Bluffton High School
2nd place overall: Benjamin Heck, Liberty Benton High School
1st place junior: David Stirn, Shawnee High School
Bluffton school board will initiate bidding procedures on an 84-passengers school bus during its meeting on Monday. Bid opening is at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 13, in the superintendent’s office.
Several other actions are anticipated at Monday’s meeting. Those include, approving a special education agreement with the Pandora-Gilboa school district for the 2017-18 school year.
Several supplemental contracts are on the agenda. Four are for winter athletic coaches. Those persons are listed in the board agenda attached at the bottom of this story.
By Cara Echols Bluffton University student news writer
Kelsey May is jump-starting her career in the field of nursing with a unique opportunity.
Working with doctors and nurses to assist with childbirth, May, a sophomore from Van Buren, serves as an obstetrician (OB) scrub tech at Blanchard Valley Hospital while also working at a Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton. She is gaining exceptional knowledge out of the classroom and getting first-hand experience in her major.
CHICAGO, Ill. - The Bluffton University women’s basketball squad hit the court to face North Park University on Saturday, Nov. 18. After their upset of #7 Ohio Northern on a late Friday night, the Beavers came up just short to the host Vikings, 63-59, in the championship game while dropping to 1-1 on the season.
November 18, 2017
By: Colton Steiner, sports information assistant
ROANOKE, Va. - The Bluffton University men’s basketball team closed out the Roanoke Tip-Off with a contest against the Spalding University Golden Eagles in the consolation finals. It was a tight matchup as the game went back and forth. In the end, the Golden Eagles were able to come out on top in the final minute as Bluffton slipped to 0-2 following the opening weekend.
The Bluffton University women's basketball team trailed 66-64 with the ball out of bounds and 3.7 ticks on the clock before sophomore TJ Mills (Dayton/ Chaminade-Julienne) took the inbounds pass and calmly drilled a 25-footer for a stunning 67-66 victory over #7 Ohio Northern.
It marked the first clash with ONU since 2000 and just the 4th win in 28 meetings with the Polar Bears.
