By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The host Bluffton boys basetball team lost 63-50 to Crestview in Northwest Conference action Monday night in a makeup game from December 18.
The Knights led 21-17 after a high-scoring first period, with each team hitting three triples. Crestview took control with a 17-6 second period run to lead 38-23 at halftime.
The Pirates cut the deficit to 45-36 behind a 13-7 third stanza as Nate Schaadt scored seven points. But the hosts pulled away with an 18-point fourth period to win by 13.
Story by Larry Hoffman
Photos by Jamie Nygaard
The Bluffton Swim Club won their dual swim meet with Ada High School on Thursday, Dec. 17, at the Putnam County YMCA in Ottawa.
Ella Armstrong finished with two first places and two second places, which included a victory in the girls 200 meter medley relay with a time of 2:10:45.
So, you think you know Bluffton? Okay, where is this?
Admittedly, this is a seasonal item. On the other hand, lots of people walk by it every day. Our only hint: It is inside a building and the business name begins with the letter B.
Lady Pirates scalp Redskins By Cort Reynolds
ARCADIA - The visiting Bluffton girls basketball team earned a big early lead and went on to whip Arcadia soundly 59-39 in a non-league contest Saturday afternoon.
The Lady Pirates raced to a 21-9 edge after one period of play as Sami Scoles scored seven points and Riley Eachus buried two three-point goals.
The Pirate girls extended the lead to 36-21 at intermission as Eachus drained two more triples and Kylie Stackhouse netted five second quarter points.
By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - Led by two individual weight class winners, the Bluffton varsity wrestling squad finished fourth in the 11-team Allen County Invitational meet at Lima Senior Saturday.
Top Pirate finishers: Weight class, wrestler, place, record
106 Thayne Kleman 1st place, 3-0
126 Tayton Kleman 1st, 4-0
160 Kaden Basil 2nd, 4-1
195 Trent Howard 3rd
170 Gabe George 4th
Icon viewers are invited to a Bluffton Public Library Zoom presentation at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 22, to hear some of the stories published in “Bluffton Anthology – A Creek Runs Through It” essays on a small Ohio town collected by Fred Steiner.
Steiner and his brother, Rudi, will talk about how the book was created. To watch the program email the library for a login at: [email protected] anytime between now and 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
Bluffton schools will continue with its four-day in-learning schedule through March 26. The announcement was made on the school website by Greg Denecker, superintendent. Click here to read the entire announcement.
A portion of the announcement follows:
First, I want to thank you for all you have done to make our first half of the school year go as smoothly as possible.
To each and every one of you in the Village of Bluffton:
Here we are almost in the end of 2020. It has been a very challenging and interesting year to say the least. No matter what each of us faced in our personal lives or professionals lives, basically covid-19 consumed our lives, for the majority of 2020. I believe I can speak for most, to say this was something never experienced in our lifetime, and never want to experience again.
FROM NASA - Skywatchers are in for an end-of-year treat tonight, Dec. 21.
What has become known popularly as the “Christmas Star” is an especially vibrant planetary conjunction easily visible in the evening sky over the next two weeks as the bright planets Jupiter and Saturn come together, culminating on the night of Monday, Dec. 21.
In 1610, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei pointed his telescope to the night sky, discovering the four moons of Jupiter – Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
