By Cort Reynolds
TIFFIN - The Bluffton boys track and field team finished an impressive fourth at the Div. III regional meet Friday at Tiffin.
Liberty Center won the girls team title with 64 points, well ahead of second-place Colonel Crawford with 46. Defiance Tinora ended up third (43).
Columbus Grove captured the boys regional crown with 104 points, doubling up second place Archbold (52). Hopewell-Loudon was third (51), while Bluffton finished a strong fourth with 50 points.
Jackie Williams, 72, died on Sunday, May 30, 2021, at 9:10 a.m. at his residence in Ada.
He was born on July 23, 1948, in Lima, Ohio, to the late Harry and Marguerite “Maggie” (McElroy) Williams. Jackie was previously married to Melanie Jettinghoff.
Jackie retired from Durez in Kenton. He was a U.S. Army veteran who served during the Vietnam War. He was a life member and former post commander of the Ada VFW Post #9381.